Edmund H. North
Edmund Hall North (March 12, 1911 – August 28, 1990) was an American screenwriter who shared an Oscar for Best Original Screenplay with Francis Ford Coppola in 1970 for their script for Patton.
Quotes
[edit]- There has been no attempt made in this series to be inspirational. War has not been painted as a delightful or glorious experience, but simply and straightforwardly as the cold, grim, scientific business that it is.
- From the Fighting Men series of films (September 1942). "The Secondary or Psychological Phase of Training Films", Journal of the Society of Motion Picture Engineers (February 1944), p. 120; cited in Thomas Doherty, Projections of War (1993), ch. 4
External links
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Encyclopedic article on Edmund H. North on Wikipedia
