Jonathan Hales What Did He Do for AOTC?
#1
Posted 23 November 2003 - 10:41 PM
We keep discussing the script of Episodes I & II and ask why didn't someone do something or say something? Well I'd like to ask what did Jonathan Hales contribute to Episode II? He is credited as the co-screenwriter. Surely someone with his background an pedigree could have helped. If you're not familiar with Hales here's a bit of his Bio:
British-born Jonathan Hales graduated from Cambridge University, and received a Fulbright Scholarship to the University of Texas, where he taught in the English department and gained a Ph.D.
He returned to England and joined the Royal Shakespeare Company, spending two years in Stratford-upon-Avon and London. Hales also directed theater productions, staging more than forty plays and operas in London's West End and at leading regional theaters in England.
Hales worked with director George Lucas as one of the writers for The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles and later also wrote the films The Scorpion King, Death on the Nile, The Mirror Cracked, and Loophole. Five of Hale's theater plays have been produced, and he has written many television screenplays for the BBC, London Weekend, Thames TV, Granada, Yorkshire TV, and Gaumont. A short list of Hales' numerous television screenplays includes episodes of Dallas, Van der Valk, Dempsey & Makepeace, and Agatha Christie's Partners in Crime.
I'm not saying he's a literary genius or anything like that, but he should have been able to see what was clearly presented as drivel. According to the credits he needs to be as responsible for it.
Anyway, any thoughts would be appreciated.
Trent
Yoda
#2
Posted 23 November 2003 - 10:52 PM
well..........you said thoughts but you didn't specify. actually, maybe george lucas is a greedy bastard.
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#3
Posted 23 November 2003 - 10:57 PM
well..........you said thoughts but you didn't specify. actually, maybe george lucas is a greedy bastard.
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#4
Posted 24 November 2003 - 02:52 PM
Still I'm sure that Lucas was kept in his protective yes-man bubble enough so that Hales had precious little to do with AOTC.
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#10
Posted 29 November 2003 - 12:10 AM
When we worked on the script, george, kersh (director), gary (producer) and i met every 2 weeks at first. then it was down to every week. we took the script, page by page and went over every line, every word. between meetings, i would write as many pages as i could, then bring in those 25 or so pages for us to go over. george had a policy of never telling me when he liked something. from a practical point of view, that saved time, but from a writer's point of view---presenting his material for approval--it was very tough. after a week or two i got used to george's method-- lawrence kasdan
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#11
Posted 29 November 2003 - 12:15 AM
#12
Posted 30 November 2003 - 01:47 AM
well, Yeah...
seems a long time ago, in a reality not far-fetched, GL had his hands tied in order to procure delivery of his (ever-evolving) "vision." then mattel printed their own currency in action figures and Yoda had more money than wisdom.
the first step of recovery is admitting you have a problem. GL, you need professional help.
writers, directors, producers. you can micro-manage a galaxy far far away, but you may be the only one who actually likes it. (or not. I believe there is goodness in the father. I have faith even lucas is privately disappointed)