Befitting our library setting, legendary writer, actor, and director Buck Henry will explore writing and the art of adaptation at the next installment of Lost & Found at the Movies, the Library Foundation’s new series on film culture with series curator John Nein. On Monday, August 25, the special program will take a look at rare renditions of Shakespeare and a handful of lesser-known, wildly imaginative adaptations and Henry’s own literary adaptions, including Catch-22, The Graduate (for which he was nominated for an Academy Award in 1968 for Best Adapted Screenplay), and To Die For.
The program will also explore Henry’s rich work as an actor that spans theater, film and television and includes The Steve Allen Show, The Man Who Fell to Earth, Eating Raoul, Grumpy Old Men, The Secret War of Henry Friggs, The Real Blonde, Short Cuts, Gloria and Milos Forman’s often overlooked masterpiece Taking Off. He even hosted NBC’s Saturday Night Live ten times, appearing first in 1976, and for the last time in 1980. Before we hear from Henry on the art of adaptation, here’s a few clips from some of his many roles–including part of the Library Foundation’s own 2013 project, What Every Happened to Moby Dick?.
Screenwriter, Catch 22
Screenwriter, What’s Up Doc?
Screenwriter, To Die For
Nominated for an Academy Award in 1979 for Best Director for Heaven Can Wait
One of his numerous turns on Saturday Night Live
Henry was he the co-creator (with Mel Brooks) of Get Smart, he recently played Tina Fey’s father on 30 Rock, and you can even check out an early role from his college days: a Dartmouth 1950 orientation video, My First Week at Dartmouth.
And of course, musical contributor to last year’s Moby Dick Project
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