November 1, 2011 (XXIII:10) Ulu Grossbard, TRUE CONFESSIONS (1981, 108 min.) Directed by Ulu Grosbard Written by John Gregory Dunne, Joan Didion and Gary S. Hall (uncredited) Produced by Robert Chartoff and Irwin Winkler Original Music by Georges Delerue Cinematography by Owen Roizman Film Editing by Lynzee Klingman Robert De Niro...Father Des Spellacy Robert Duvall...Det. Tom Spellacy Charles Durning...Jack Amsterdam Kenneth McMillan...Frank Crotty Ed Flanders...Dan T. Campion Cyril Cusack...Cardinal Danaher Burgess Meredith...Msgr. Seamus Fargo Rose Gregorio...Brenda Samuels Dan Hedaya...Howard Terkel Gwen Van Dam...Mrs. Fazenda Thomas Hill...Mr. Fazenda Play It As It Lays / screenplay), 1971 Such Good Friends, 1971 Jeanette Nolan...Mrs. Spellacy The Panic in Needle Park, and 1965 “Kraft Suspense Theatre”. Joseph G. Medalis...Deputy Coroner James Hong...Coroner Wong ROBERT CHARTOFF (August 26, 1933, New York City, New York) shared a best picture Oscar with Irwin Winkler for Rocky ULU GROSBARD directed only seven films: 1999 The Deep End 1976. Some of the other 35 films he produced were 2011 The of the Ocean, 1995 Georgia, 1984 Falling in Love, 1981 True Mechanic, 2010/II The Tempest, 2006 Rocky Balboa, 2004 In My Confessions, 1978 Straight Time, 1971 Who Is Harry Kellerman Country, 1992 Straight Talk, 1990 Rocky V, 1985 Rocky IV, 1985 and Why Is He Saying Those Terrible Things About Me?, and Beer, 1983 The Right Stuff, 1982 Rocky III, 1981 True 1968 The Subject Was Roses. Confessions, 1980 Raging Bull, 1979 Rocky II, 1978 Uncle Joe Shannon, 1978 Comes a Horseman, 1977 Valentino, 1977 New JOHN GREGORY DUNNE (May 25, 1932, Hartford, Connecticut – York, New York, 1976 Nickelodeon, 1976 Rocky, 1975 Breakout, December 30, 2003, New York City) is a novelist who has eight 1975 Peeper, 1974 The Gambler, 1974 S*P*Y*S, 1974 Busting, screenwriting credits: 1996 Up Close & Personal, 1995 “Broken 1972 Up the Sandbox, 1972 The Mechanic, 1972 Thumb Trust”, 1990 “Women and Men: Stories of Seduction”, 1981 Tripping, 1972 The New Centurions, 1971 The Gang That True Confessions (novel / screenplay), 1976 A Star Is Born, 1972 Couldn't Shoot Straight, 1971 Believe in Me, 1970 The Play It As It Lays, 1971 The Panic in Needle Park, and 1965 Strawberry Statement, 1970 Leo the Last, 1969 They Shoot “Kraft Suspense Theatre”. Horses, Don't They?, 1968 The Split, and 1967 Point Blank. JOAN DIDION (December 5, 1934, Sacramento, California) is a IRWIN WINKLER (May 28, 1931, New York City, New York) novelist and literary journalist who has nine screenwriting shared a best picture Oscar for Rocky (1976) with Robert credits: 1996 Up Close & Personal, 1995 “Broken Trust”, 1990 Chartoff. Some of the other 52 films he produced are 2011 The “Women and Men: Stories of Seduction”, 1981 True Mechanic, 2006 Rocky Balboa, 2006 Home of the Brave, 2002/I Confessions, 1976 A Star Is Born, 1972 Play It As It Lays (novel Enough, 2001 The Shipping News, 2001 Life as a House, 1999 At First Sight, 1992 Night and the City, 1990 Rocky V, 1990 Grossbard—TRUE CONFESSIONS—2 Goodfellas, 1989 Music Box, 1988 Betrayed, 1985 Revolution, Tender Mercies, 1981 The Pursuit of D.B. Cooper, 1981 True 1985 Rocky IV, 1983 The Right Stuff, 1982 Author! Author!, Confessions, 1979 The Great Santini, 1979 Apocalypse Now, 1982 Rocky III, 1981 True Confessions, 1980 Raging Bull, 1979 1978 The Betsy, 1977 “The Godfather: A Novel for Television”, Rocky II, 1977 Valentino, 1977 New York, New York, 1976 1977 The Greatest, 1976 The Eagle Has Landed, 1976 Network, Nickelodeon, 1976 Rocky, 1975 Breakout, 1975 Peeper, 1974 1976 The Seven-Per-Cent Solution, 1975 The Killer Elite, 1974 The Gambler, 1974 S*P*Y*S, 1974 Busting, 1972 Up the The Godfather: Part II, 1974 The Conversation, 1973 Badge Sandbox, 1972 The Mechanic, 1972 Thumb Tripping, 1972 The 373, 1972 Joe Kidd, 1972 The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid, New Centurions, 1971 The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight, 1972 The Godfather, 1971 THX 1138, 1970 MASH, 1965-1969 1970 The Strawberry Statement, and 1969 They Shoot Horses, “The F.B.I.” (6 episodes), 1969 The Rain People, 1969 True Don't They? Grit, 1968 Bullitt, 1968 The Detective, 1966 The Chase, 1961- 1965 “The Defenders”, 1963-1965 “The Fugitive”, 1963 “The OWEN ROIZMAN (September 22, 1936, Brooklyn, New York Virginian”, 1963 “Twilight Zone”, 1963 “The Untouchables”, City, New York) has 28 cinematographer credits, including 1995 1962 To Kill a Mockingbird, 1961-1962 “Naked City”, 1962 French Kiss, 1994 Wyatt Earp, 1991 Grand Canyon, 1991 The “Alfred Hitchcock Presents” (TV series), and 1956 Somebody Up Addams Family, 1990/I Havana, 1985 Vision Quest, 1982 There Likes Me. Tootsie, 1981 Taps, 1981 Absence of Malice, 1981 True Confessions, 1980 The Black Marble, 1979 The Electric CHARLES DURNING (February 28, 1923, Highland Falls, New Horseman, 1978 Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, 1978 York) has been in 203 films and tv series, among them 2004- Straight Time, 1976 Network, 1976 The Return of a Man Called 2011 “Rescue Me” (26 episodes), 2011 The Life Zone, 2011 The Horse, 1975 Three Days of the Condor, 1975 The Stepford Great Fight, 2011 Naked Run, 2010 An Affirmative Act, 2010 Wives, 1974 The Taking of Pelham One Two Three, 1973 The The Waiter, 2008 The Golden Boys, 2006 Local Color, 2002 Exorcist, 1972 The Heartbreak Kid, 1972 Play It Again, Sam, Mother Ghost, 2002 Turn of Faith, 1998-2002 “Everybody 1971 The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight, and 1971 The Loves Raymond” (7 episodes), 2002 “First Monday” (13 French Connection. episodes), 2000 O Brother, Where Art Thou?, 1999-2000 “Now and Again” (20 episodes), 1998 “A Chance of Snow”, 1998 ROBERT DE NIRO (August 17, 1943, NY, NY) won a best actor “Homicide: Life on the Street”, 1995 The Grass Harp, 1990- Oscar for Raging Bull (1980) and a best supporting Oscar for The 1994 “Evening Shade” (98 episodes), 1994 The Hudsucker Godfather: Part II (1974). Some of his other 86 roles were in Proxy, 1991 V.I. Warshawski, 1990 Dick Tracy, 1989 Brenda 2012 The Wedding (post-production), 2012 Red Lights (post- Starr, 1986 Tough Guys, 1982 Tootsie, 1982 The Best Little production), 2012 Freelancers (post-production), 2011 New Whorehouse in Texas, 1981 True Confessions, 1981 “The Girls Year's Eve (post-production), 2012 Being Flynn (completed), in Their Summer Dresses and Other Stories by Irwin Shaw”, 2011 Killer Elite, 2011 Limitless, 2010 Little Fockers, 2009 1980 The Final Countdown, 1980 Die Laughing, 1980 “Attica”, Everybody's Fine, 2007 Stardust, 2006 The Good Shepherd, 1979 When a Stranger Calls, 1979 Starting Over, 1979 North 2004 The Bridge of San Luis Rey, 2004 Meet the Fockers, 2002 Dallas Forty, 1979 The Muppet Movie, 1978 The Greek Tycoon, Analyze That, 2001 The Score, 2000 Meet the Parents, 1999 1978 An Enemy of the People, 1977 The Choirboys, 1977 Analyze This, 1998 Ronin, 1998 Great Expectations, 1997 Jackie Twilight's Last Gleaming, 1976 Harry and Walter Go to New Brown, 1997 Wag the Dog, 1997 Cop Land, 1996 Marvin's York, 1975-1976 “The Cop and the Kid” (13 episodes), 1975 The Room, 1996 Sleepers, 1996 The Fan, 1995 Heat, 1995 Casino, Hindenburg, 1975 Dog Day Afternoon, 1973 The Sting, 1973 1994 Frankenstein, 1993 A Bronx Tale, 1993 This Boy's Life, “All in the Family”, 1971 The Pursuit of Happiness, 1970 I Walk 1993 Mad Dog and Glory, 1992 Night and the City, 1992 the Line, 1963 “East Side/West Side”, and 1953 “You Are Mistress, 1991 Cape Fear, 1991 Backdraft, 1990 Goodfellas, There”. 1989 Stanley & Iris, 1987 The Untouchables, 1987 Angel Heart, 1986 The Mission, 1985 Brazil, 1984 Once Upon a Time in KENNETH MCMILLAN (July 2, 1932, Brooklyn, New York – America, 1983 The King of Comedy, 1981 True Confessions, January 8, 1989, Santa Monica, California) appeared in 63 films 1980 Raging Bull, 1978 The Deer Hunter, 1977 “The Godfather: and TV series, among them 1989 Three Fugitives, 1987 A Novel for Television”, 1977 New York, New York, 1976 The “Magnum, P.I.”, 1987 “Murder, She Wrote”, 1986 Last Tycoon, 1976 1900, 1976 Taxi Driver, 1974 The Godfather: “Moonlighting”, 1986 Armed and Dangerous, 1985-1986 “Our Part II, 1973 Mean Streets, 1973 Bang the Drum Slowly, 1971 Family Honor” (13 episodes), 1985 Runaway Train, 1984 Dune, The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight, 1971 Born to Win, 1971 1984 Amadeus, 1984 The Pope of Greenwich Village, 1983 Blue Jennifer on My Mind, 1970 Bloody Mama, and 1968 Greetings. Skies Again, 1981 Whose Life Is It Anyway?, 1981 Ragtime, 1981 True Confessions, 1981 Eyewitness, 1980 Hide in Plain Sight, Robert Duvall (January 5, 1931, San Diego, California) won a 1980 Little Miss Marker, 1979 Chilly Scenes of Winter, 1978 best actor Oscar for Tender Mercies (1983). He has 137 acting Oliver's Story, 1977-1978 “Rhoda” (16 episodes), 1978 “The credits, some of which were 2013 Jayne Mansfield's Car (post- Rockford Files”, 1978 “Starsky and Hutch”, 1978 Bloodbrothers, production), 2009 Crazy Heart, 2009 The Road, 2005 Thank You 1978 Girlfriends, 1976-1978 “Kojak”, 1975-1976 “Ryan's Hope” for Smoking, 2003 Gods and Generals, 2002 Assassination (17 episodes), 1975 The Stepford Wives, 1974 The Taking of Tango, 1998 Deep Impact, 1997 The Apostle, 1996 Sling Blade, Pelham One Two Three, and 1973 Serpico. 1995 The Scarlet Letter, 1994 The Paper, 1993 Falling Down, 1991 Convicts, 1991 Rambling Rose, 1990 The Handmaid's Tale, Ed Flanders (December 29, 1934, Minneapolis, Minnesota – 1989 “Lonesome Dove”, 1988 Colors, 1984 The Natural, 1983 February 22, 1995, Denny, California) appeared in 55 films and Grossbard—TRUE CONFESSIONS—3 TV series, some of which were 1995 Bye Bye Love, 1994 “The Chambermaid, 1945 Story of G.I.