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11 unusual facts about John Milius


Antoine Saint-John

His most famous role was in John Milius's historical epic The Wind and the Lion, where he played an evil German general; he also appeared, playing similar characters, in the Spaghetti Westerns A Fistful of Dynamite (1971) and My Name is Nobody (1973).

Deborah Baxter

After taking part in much stage work, she returned to film ten years later, being cast by fan John Milius in The Wind and the Lion (1975), playing Alice Roosevelt, daughter of U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt.

Form 4473

Director John Milius portrayed his concerns over the Form 4473 in his film Red Dawn, where it is specifically mentioned as being used by an invading Soviet army to track down civilians who own guns.

Fred Rexer

Fred Rexer has contributed numerous passages to the screenplay of that film and other films written or directed by John Milius and Walter Hill.

Gerry Lopez

Lopez has also worked as an actor, appearing mostly in films by fellow ex-surfer John Milius.

Kenneth Plume

Milius is a documentary is about director and screenwriter John Milius.

Mulai Ahmed er Raisuni

He was portrayed by Sean Connery in the heavily fictionalized 1975 film The Wind and the Lion, which was filmed in Spain by the American director John Milius.

NYSurfFilmFestival

Founded in 2007, the New York Surf Film Festival held its inaugural event September 26–28, 2008 at Tribeca Cinemas with 25 films screened from all over the world, including a special 30th Anniversary screening of Warner Brothers' Big Wednesday directed by John Milius & co-written with Denny Aaberg.

Tamara Asseyev

She eventually graduated to producing such studio-backed films as Robert Zemeckis's I Wanna Hold Your Hand (1978), John Milius's Big Wednesday, and Martin Ritt's Norma Rae (1979).

William Katt

In 1978, he appeared as Barlow, a young surfer, in the John Milius drama film Big Wednesday opposite Jan-Michael Vincent and Gary Busey.

Zeroville

Appropriately, many actors, writers, and directors popular in the 1970's make appearances, including Robert De Niro, John Milius, Margot Kidder, Ryan O'Neal, Ali MacGraw, Paul Schrader, Luciano Damiani, Brian De Palma, and the ghost of Montgomery Clift.


Homer Van Meter

In John Milius' film Dillinger (1973), Homer Van Meter was portrayed by actor Harry Dean Stanton.

The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean

The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean is a 1972 western film written by John Milius, directed by John Huston, and starring Paul Newman (at the height of his career, between Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid and The Sting).