Screenwriting : RIP Marshall Brickman, Oscar winning screenwriter and good guy all around by Sam Sokolow

Sam Sokolow

RIP Marshall Brickman, Oscar winning screenwriter and good guy all around

I was so sad to hear about the passing of Marshall Brickman. I met him as a little kid in NYC at a book release party my parents took me to and he let me hold his ANNIE HALL Oscar. Indellible moment for a kid with dreams. Years later, in 1994, when the New York Knicks were making a run at their ever ellusive next title, we saw each other again at an event and he chest-bumped me like the Knicks had started doing. A kind and brilliant man and the more I learned the more I couldn't believe that was the guy who chest-bumped me - he played the guitar on DUELING BANJOS on the DELIVERANCE sound track, co-wrote the pilot that became THE MUPPET SHOW, created Cranac for Johnny Carson and went on to write the Broadway hits JERSEY BOYS and THE ADDAMS FAMILY. A brilliant and funny person and, to a young kid, a super nice guy who even got the joke on The Knicks. He's an inspiration to always be creating and writing and collaborating. RIP. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/01/movies/marshall-brickman-dead.html

Marshall Brickman, Woody Allen's Co-Writer on Hit Films, Dies at 85
Marshall Brickman, Woody Allen's Co-Writer on Hit Films, Dies at 85
The duo won an Oscar for "Annie Hall." Mr. Brickman went on to write Broadway shows, including "Jersey Boys," and make movies of his own.
Maurice Vaughan

My condolences to Marshall Brickman's family and friends, Sam Sokolow. THE ADDAMS FAMILY was one of my favorite movies growing up. Incredibly written movie! I didn't know there was a musical.

Billy Kwack

Hi Sam, sad to hear

Francisco Castro

So sorry to read this. Brickman wrote and directed one of my favorite 80s teen thrillers, THE MANHATTAN PROJECT.

RIP, Marshall Brickman.

Stefano Pavone

May his soul rest in peace. :'(

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