He was 92 and winner of two Oscars. His most memorable screenplays were Tender Mercies, The Trip To Bountiful and To Kill A Mockingbird.
R.I.P. Horton Foote
By NIKKI FINKE | Wednesday March 4, 2009 @ 2:31pm PSTTags: R.I.P.
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The real deal. Simple as that.
He wrote with and about character, with and about honor, with and about family. Remember when those things mattered?
A great writer. His Oscars came at a time when the awards were more based on talent than politics.
He will be missed.
Had the pleasure to work with him. Humble and so lovely, capturing the world’s biggest ideas in the smallest of moments.
Not to be a cynic, but the line is even money that the Academy doesn’t include him in next years tribute….
He wrote a series of plays called The Orphans’ Home Cycle (and then The Young Man From Atlanta – which was sort of a sequel for which he won the Pulitzer prize). I think these are some of the best American plays ever written. Very simple and understated, but beautiful and powerful and epic. This is a sad loss.
What a talent. Each of those films mentioned won their stars, consummate performers, Oscars (Peck/Duvall/Page). While winning an Oscar is proof of nothing, these are still three of the finest performances I can think of — detailed, intimate and contained but brimming with possibility. While all three are brilliant, the Page performance had me in tears in the theatre. What a counterpoint of character writing to what’s passing for character at the local cineplex.
Sorry to see him go. He was the reason I became a screenwriter. A sweet man and a great writer.
I met him when he spoke at a small film conference in Orlando in 2001. He was the most kind, soft-spoken, genuine guy. He said to write what you know — and as he said, who knew that his small town life would help him with To Kill A Mockingbird. That’s proof, right there. A stellar guy. God Bless, Horton!
THE YOUNG MAN FROM ATLANTA is a superb play, and I found the Broadway production with Rip Torn and Shirley Knight unforgettable.
Incredibly, this play has never even been produced in LA.
Maybe not so imcredible….
He could make you see eternity in the smallest moment. His art was simple and true. I am so grateful for his work and saddened there will be no more. I saw the divine in his characters.
The gold standard.