David Wolper (Roots, Willy Wonka, Political Documentaries) Has Died

[democrat2thecore]

Wolper was known for Roots and Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, but also made many political documentaries. He produced several "Making Of The President..." films based on the books.

I have a recollection of Mr. Wolper actually visiting DU a few years back and writing a few posts. Does anybody else remember that or am I just dreaming?

[democrat2thecore]

1. Yes! He was writing on DU for awhile

I'm not very good with the DU search, but I found this thread.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x2170434

[democrat2thecore]

2. Somebody help me

In one thread I very vividly remember him talking of how he found DU and how much he enjoyed learning to use the Internet.

And HERE is his DU profile: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=user_profiles&u_id=145749

[RandomThoughts]

3. Did he write WIlly Wonka?

The ending has a specific doctrine. It says you can do anything if you keep the secret. That was all Willy really cared about. I disagree with that.

It would be odd for him to post that kind of post and support secret group doctrines.

Thats the doctrine of being in a 'few' elite group, or intelligence groups also.

[democrat2thecore]

4. No

The book is a classic by Roald Dahl called Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.
He was the producer of Willy Wonka.

[democrat2thecore]

5. Strange

Someone just pointed out in LBN that Roald Dahl's wife Patricia Neal died this past week.

[RandomThoughts]

6. ahh, guess I could have looked that up, thanks for the response.

[Blue_Tires]

7. and iirc Dahl absolutely hated the treatment of his book in the Gene Wilder movie

[democrat2thecore]

8. As I was just looking at the IMDB entry it says Dahl wrote the screenplay -nt

[joeybee12]

9. Huge name in enetratinment...very sad...RIP Mr. Wolper...

:cry:

[asjr]

10. Roots was written by Alex Haley.

[democrat2thecore]

14. Wolper produced the Emmy Award winning mini-series

It was very widely acclaimed.

[asjr]

11. Roots was written by Alex Haley.

[asjr]

12. Oops Delete

[flamingdem]

13. Did he work for Frontline? nt

[democrat2thecore]

17. Not that I know of, though it would have been right up his alley -nt

[democrat2thecore]

15. Great Tribute at HuffPo

Excellent tribute - http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dale-olsen/remembering-david-l-wolpe_b_678995.html

A five-and-a-half hour interview with the Archive of American Television is here. http://www.emmytvlegends.org/interviews/people/david-wolper
It's broken up by parts of his life.


Wolper won so many awards for his political documentaries that many forget he was the producer of Willy Wonka! This man was a giant.

[democrat2thecore]

16. double post - sorry - ......self-delete

delete

[democrat2thecore]

18. Is there an option anywhere to pull up "all posts" by a DU user?

You would thnk I would know this by now, but I've never needed to for any reason. I would like to pull up all of Wolper's DU posts.

[democrat2thecore]

20. Anyone know? -nt

[democrat2thecore]

19. Online: David Wolper's "The Making Of The President 1960"

I just found this online;
http://www.youtube.com/user/DavidVonPein1#p/u/473/_2D3ZCZnjkc

[democrat2thecore]

21. *** KICK for one of the greats ***