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  • Sidney Aaron "Paddy" Chayefsky /ˌtʃaɪˈ(j)ɛfski/ (January 29, 1923 – August 1, 1981) was an American playwright, screenwriter and novelist. He is the only...
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  • Network (1976 film) (category Films with screenplays by Paddy Chayefsky)
    satirical black comedy-drama film directed by Sidney Lumet and written by Paddy Chayefsky. It is about a fictional television network and its struggle with poor...
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  • Altered States (category Films with screenplays by Paddy Chayefsky)
    directed by Ken Russell and adapted by playwright and screenwriter Paddy Chayefsky from his 1978 novel of the same name. The novel and the film are based...
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    and Midnight in Paris (2011)). Paddy Chayefsky and Billy Wilder have also won three screenwriting Oscars: Chayefsky won two for Original Screenplay (The...
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  • The Bachelor Party (category Films with screenplays by Paddy Chayefsky)
    "The Bachelor Party" is a 1953 television play by Paddy Chayefsky which was adapted by Chayefsky for a 1957 film. The play premiered to critical acclaim...
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    films, which included The Great Escape (1963) with Steve McQueen; Paddy Chayefsky's The Americanization of Emily (1964) with Julie Andrews; Cash McCall...
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    Marty (film) (category Films with screenplays by Paddy Chayefsky)
    Delbert Mann in his directorial debut. The screenplay was written by Paddy Chayefsky, expanding upon his 1953 teleplay of the same name, which was broadcast...
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  • footballer Paddy Chayefsky (1923–81), American playwright, screenwriter and novelist Paddy Clancy (1922–98), Irish folk singer Paddy Considine (born 1973)...
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  • Marty (The Philco Television Playhouse) (category Plays by Paddy Chayefsky)
    "Marty" is a 1953 television play by Paddy Chayefsky. It was telecast live May 24, 1953, on The Philco Television Playhouse with Rod Steiger in the title...
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  • The Hospital (category Films with screenplays by Paddy Chayefsky)
    Herbert Bock. It was written by Paddy Chayefsky, who was awarded the 1972 Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. Chayefsky also narrates the film and...
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  • of the same name which had an Academy Award–winning screenplay by Paddy Chayefsky and was directed by Sidney Lumet. The play premiered in the Lyttleton...
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  • Paint Your Wagon (film) (category Films with screenplays by Paddy Chayefsky)
    Lee Marvin, Clint Eastwood, and Jean Seberg. The film was adapted by Paddy Chayefsky from the 1951 musical Paint Your Wagon by Lerner and Loewe. It is set...
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  • Wasson. Norbert Leo Butz and Margaret Qualley are also featured as Paddy Chayefsky and Ann Reinking, respectively. It premiered on FX. At the 71st Primetime...
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    for seven Oscars. Hiller collaborated on films with screenwriters Paddy Chayefsky and Neil Simon. Among his other films were The Americanization of Emily...
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  • first Chayefsky theater work [...] and displayed his gift for picturesque speech and penchant for themes of mysticism." Minyan Paddy Chayefsky obituary...
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    of television (where Rod Serling, John Frankenheimer, Arthur Penn, Paddy Chayefsky and Sidney Lumet worked in their earlier years), both of which severely...
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  • Ransohoff's company, Filmways, had a deal with MGM to provide financing. Paddy Chayefsky, who had just written The Americanization of Emily for Ransohoff, was...
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  • reviews of live television dramas, notably teleplays by JP Miller, Paddy Chayefsky and Reginald Rose. At that time, it was sometimes used synonymously...
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  • (b. 1944) 1980 – Strother Martin, American actor (b. 1919) 1981 – Paddy Chayefsky, American author, playwright, and screenwriter (b. 1923) 1981 – Kevin...
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  • as the winner several years later. Billy Wilder, Charles Brackett, Paddy Chayefsky, Francis Ford Coppola, Horton Foote, William Goldman, Robert Benton...
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