Danny Opatoshu

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Danny Opatoshu (born 1947) is an American screenwriter best known for his work in exploitation films in the 1970s for directors such as Jonathan Kaplan and Allan Arkush with whom he attended New York University Film School.

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Optashu worked at the Filmore East with Arkush and Kaplan. Kaplan brought Opatoshu to Los Angeles to work on the script for Night Call Nurses . [1] They then collaborated on The Student Teachers. [2] [3]

Get Crazy was based on the experiences of Arkush and Opatoshu at the Filmore. [4]

He was the son of actor David Opatoshu and grandson of Yiddish novelist and short story writer Joseph (Yosef) Opatoshu. He is married to Anne Spielberg. [5] Opatoshu later became a historian. [6]

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References

  1. Markey, Constance (21 December 1980). "From Haddonfield to Hollywood via 'Airplane'". Courier-Post. p. 77.
  2. Jon Davison on The Student Teachers at Trailers From Hell
  3. Corman, Roger (1998). How I made a hundred movies in Hollywood and never lost a dime. p. 187.
  4. Saito, Stephen (28 December 2021). "To Live and Screen in L.A. A Resolution Comes True: The Making of "Get Crazy," the Ultimate New Year's Movie and Its Wild Restoration". The Moveable Feast.
  5. "Arnold Meyer Spielberg". The Los Angeles Times. 30 August 2020. p. B7.
  6. "Yiddish program aims to get studets beyond schmoozing". The Los Angeles Times. 7 July 2005. p. 3.
  7. Taylor, Paul (February 1, 1989). "Keep on Truckin' - Jonathan Kaplan". Monthly Film Bulletin . Vol. 56, no. 661. London, England: British Film Institute.