Person · Screenwriter and producer
Arthur Laurents
1917–2011
Wrote nine films on this site, including Rope (1948), The Way We Were (1973) and The Snake Pit (1948).
Laurents also worked as a screenwriter on Hollywood films such as Alfred Hitchcock's thriller Rope (1948), Anastasia (1956), Bonjour Tristesse (1958) and Sydney Pollack's romance The Way We Were (1973).
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He received two Academy Award nominations for Best Picture and Best Original Screenplay for the Herbert Ross drama film The Turning Point (1977).
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In their own words
The musical theatre and cultural conventions of 1957 made it next to impossible for the characters to have authenticity.
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Regulars
Films in this guide
Best known
- Rope 1948screenwriter
- The Way We Were 1973screenwriter
- The Snake Pit 1948screenwriter
- Anastasia 1956screenwriter
- The Turning Point 1977screenwriter, producer
- Summertime 1955screenwriter
1940s
- Rope (1948)screenwriter
- The Snake Pit (1948)screenwriter
- Caught (1949)screenwriter
1950s
- Anna Lucasta (1950)screenwriter
- Summertime (1955)screenwriter
- Anastasia (1956)screenwriter
- Bonjour Tristesse (1958)screenwriter
1970s
- The Way We Were (1973)screenwriter
- The Turning Point (1977)screenwriter, producer