boyajian@akov68.DEC (Jerry Boyajian) (05/18/84)
The following is something I wrote for the SF notesfile here on the DEC E-Net
about a month ago:
According to a recent STARLOG and CINEFANTASTIQUE, the P.H. Vazak of the script-
writing duo is a pseudonym used by Robert Towne as a means of removing his name
from the project (much like Ellison's "Cordwainer Bird"). According to a quote
from Hugh Hudson in the STARLOG article, the other writer, Michael Austin,
"worked on the film's British-Scottish elements." Hudson goes on to say "Of
course, the script's great power was the growing-up part of it,....Fundamental-
ly, it was all Towne's idea,.... In my own way...I have been faithful to Robert
Towne."
I infer from this that the "good parts" of the film (the jungle scenes)
were pretty much Towne's stuff, while the "bad parts" were the fault of the
other writer.
--- jayembee (Jerry Boyajian, DEC Maynard, MA)
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