Saul Zaentz
Saul Zaentz (/ˈzænts/; February 28, 1921 – January 3, 2014) was an American film producer and former record company executive. He won the Academy Award for Best Picture three times and in 1996 was awarded the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award.
Zaentz's film production career was marked by a dedication to the adaptation of the novel. A prolific reader, Zaentz typically did not produce original screenplays. His final production, Goya's Ghosts, was an exception, being an original story by Jean-Claude Carrièreand Miloš Forman.
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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Amadeus
The English Patient
The Lord of the Rings
Goya's Ghosts
The Mosquito Coast
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
The Oscars
At Play in the Fields of the Lord
Miloš Forman: What Doesn't Kill You…
The Making of 'Amadeus'
Completely Cuckoo