Robert Evans Week

He has been an actor, President of Paramount Pictures and commonly known as a producer.  From fame to infamy and back again.  Dating starlets, marrying them and divorcing them it has been a whirlwind of a life for this man that help bring Paramount back from the abysmal standings it was in by bringing in films like Rosemary's Baby, Love Story and the Godfather.  for the eleven years of running the studio he has recieved more flack than most actors get for a string of bad movies and was deemed a lucky fraud.   I am talking about "Kid Notorious" himself, Robert Evans.

No I am not Mike Douglas.

Deeming himself a half-assed actor he decided the name of the game was producer.  The man behind the scenes, wheeling and dealing and putting time and effort in and during post-production.  This week we will look at his influence on what Hollywood and the world deem some of the most critically acclaimed movies he had a hand in.   Aside from the writers, very few know the producer behind the movie and that is downright awful.

Without Richard D. Zanuck, there would be no Jaws, The Verdict and Driving Miss Daisy.  Without Sam Spiegel, there would be no The African Queen, On the Waterfront, The Bridge on the River Kwaii and Lawrence of Arabia.   No Saul Zaentz and no One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Amadeus and The English Patient.   So we acknowledge a fella that has done everything but direct professionally.   We will see the highs and lows of his career and formulate our own opinions on whether or not he had an influence in Hollywood.

So Jack and I  are there in Vegas and the hookers are paying us... no, really.