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2 unusual facts about Peter Bogdanovich


Duilio Del Prete

He also played in several foreign films, including two for director Peter Bogdanovich, Daisy Miller (1974) and At Long Last Love (1975).

Pieces of Time

Pieces of Time is a 1973 book by Peter Bogdanovich consisting of a collection of writings by Bogdanovich on film, including pieces he had previously done for Esquire.


Anarene, Texas

Director Peter Bogdanovich intended the film as an homage to Howard Hawks' Red River, set in Abilene, Kansas, and chose the name Anarene to evoke a correspondence.

Claudia Harrison

Her film and TV credits include Point of Rescue film, The IT Crowd (2006), New Tricks (2007), Peter Bogdanovich's The Cat's Meow (2001), where she acted alongside Kirsten Dunst and Eddie Izzard.

Drive-In Massacre

A score of two out of four was given by TV Guide, which wrote "Obviously inspired by Peter Bogdanovich's masterful Targets, Drive-In Massacre has none of its predecessor's insight, intelligence, or craft. Instead, it's an ultracheap slice-and-dice effort that even boasts the tired 'They're coming to get you!' ending designed to make drive-in audiences uncomfortable. Needless to say, the effect is greatly diminished on home video".

Louise Stratten

Louise Beatrice Stratten (born May 8, 1968), also known as "L.B.", is the younger sister of the murdered actress, Dorothy Stratten, who was dating director, Peter Bogdanovich, at the time of her death.

Margaret Livingston

In the Peter Bogdanovich film The Cat's Meow (2001), Livingston, played by Claudia Harrison, is depicted as having an affair with Ince at the time of his death.

The Killing of the Unicorn - Dorothy Stratten 1960-1980

Killing of the Unicorn: Dorothy Stratten 1960-1980 is a book by Peter Bogdanovich detailing the relationship between Bogdanovich and Dorothy Stratten, the making of They All Laughed and Stratten's murder.

This is Orson Welles

In 1961 Peter Bogdanovich organized a retrospective of Orson Welles's films, the first in the United States, for the Museum of Modern Art.


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