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  1. www.imdb.com › name › nm0462193Richard Kobritz - IMDb

    Richard Kobritz was born on 12 December 1939 in San Francisco, California, USA. He is a producer and assistant director, known for Christine (1983), Alien Nation (1988) and Apt Pupil.

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    • December 12, 1939

  2. www.imdb.com › name › nm0462193Richard Kobritz - Biography - IMDb

    Richard Kobritz was born on December 12, 1939 in San Francisco, California, USA. He is a producer and assistant director, known for Christine (1983), Alien Nation (1988) and Apt Pupil.

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  4. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Salem's_Lot_(1979_miniseries)Salem's Lot (1979 miniseries) - Wikipedia

    Producer Richard Kobritz, who took a strong creative interest in his films, added several changes to Monash's script, including turning the head vampire Kurt Barlow from a cultured human-looking villain into a speechless demonic-looking monster.

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  5. www.mentalfloss.com › article › 54984415 Facts About John Carpenter’s Christine | Mental Floss

    • STEPHEN KING PITCHED THE MOVIE TO GET MADE. Producer Richard Kobritz helped adapt Stephen King’s novel Salem’s Lot as a TV miniseries in 1979, and the author asked Kobritz whether he’d be up for adapting any more of his works.
    • JOHN CARPENTER SIGNED ON SIMPLY BECAUSE HE WANTED A JOB. Kobritz approached John Carpenter after the critical and financial failure of his 1982 adaptation of The Thing, which is now widely regarded as one of the filmmaker’s best.
    • CARPENTER AND THE SCREENWRITER WERE STEPHEN KING VETERANS. Christine wasn’t Carpenter’s first foray into adapting the twisted mind of Stephen King. He was originally supposed to direct the adaptation of Firestarter, but was fired from the project because of the poor performance of The Thing.
    • HORROR HITS AT THE TIME FORCED CHANGES TO THE SCRIPT. In King’s book, Christine is seemingly haunted by her former owner, Roland D. LeBay, who appears to mild-mannered nerd Arnie in the backseat of the car as a rotting corpse taunting the car’s new owner.

  6. www.dreadcentral.com › editorials › 468542A Ride with John Carpenter's 'Christine' Forty Years Later

    Dec 1, 2023 · Following the success of the 1979 Salem’s Lot TV mini-series, producer Richard Kobritz was offered a pretty good deal by King. The writer would send him manuscripts of his upcoming novels, and...

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  7. prabook.com › web › richardRichard Kobritz (born December 12, 1941), American film ...

    Richard Kobritz, American film producer. Recognized for Best Movie for television Academy of Sciences Fiction, Fantasy and Horror, 1980, Best Science Fiction Film, 1989. Fellow Directors Guild American.

  8. www.tcm.com › tcmdb › titleThe Cheyenne Social Club (1970) - Turner Classic Movies

    An aging cowboy finds that the successful business he has inherited is actually a house of prostitution.