- Date of Birth: 06 November, 1931
- Place of Birth: Berlin, Germany
- Biography: Best Musical 1977 Annie Best Play 1984 The Real Thing Mike Nichols is an Academy Award winning American film director, writer, and producer. Born Michael Igor Peschkowsky in Berlin, Germany, he and his German-Russian Jewish family moved to the United States to flee the Nazis in 1939. He became a... Read more
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THE SKINNY: As much as I enjoy Mike Nichols' work, I'm not sure that Akira Kurosawa's HIGH AND LOW needs to be remade. Nevertheless, Nichols is set to direct a remake of the classic Japanese film that will be written... ... Full Article
Veteran filmmaker Mike Nichols will remake Akira Kurosawa's classic High And Low , reports Variety . The original 1963 thriller revolves around an executive who is presented with the dilemma of either using money he has raised to pay the... ... Full Article
Mike Nichols didn't invent the idea of using pop songs in movies, but by scoring much of The Graduate to the songs of Simon & Garfunkel, he redefined how pop music would be used from then on. ... Full Article
MOVIES War, Peace & Mike Nichols The "Legend" of Will Smith Holiday Movie Guide David Ansen
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2007-12-17
Nichols's films seem to speak for their time"The Graduate," "Carnal Knowledge"and sometimes uncannily so. "Primary Colors," about a presidential candidate of voracious appetites, opened just after the Monica Lewinsky scandal broke. Though "Charlie Wilson's War," based on the nonfiction best ... Full Article
The Graduate: 40th Anniversary Edition (1967)
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2007-09-11
Reviewed by Colin Jacobson (September 11, 2007) 1967 was an amazing year, mainly because that's when I was born. However, I hear that a few other things happened as well, not the least of which seems to be that it... ... Full Article
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