Lewis John Carlino, who scripted and directed The Great Santini and earned an Oscar nom for penning I Never Promised You a Rose Garden among many other credits, has died. He was 88.
Carlino died June 17 on Whidbey Island off Washington. Michael O’Keefe, who starred opposite Robert Duvall in 1979’s Great Santini, confirmed the news and posted a video in tribute on June 18:
Lewis John Carlino Died yesterday. I owe him in incalculable debt. It was he who cast me opposite Robert Duvall in The Great Santini. This interview with him makes evident his humanity, insight, humor, and grace. I love him immeasurably. https://t.co/8Q1XK97B25
— Michael O'Keefe (@mokeefeman) June 18, 2020
Carlino was a three-time WGA Award nominee for penning the adapted screenplays for Great Santini and Rose Garden (1977) and his original script for The Brotherhood (1968). He also scored a Golden Globe nom for co-scripting 1967’s The Fox with Howard Koch.
Carlino died June 17 on Whidbey Island off Washington. Michael O’Keefe, who starred opposite Robert Duvall in 1979’s Great Santini, confirmed the news and posted a video in tribute on June 18:
Lewis John Carlino Died yesterday. I owe him in incalculable debt. It was he who cast me opposite Robert Duvall in The Great Santini. This interview with him makes evident his humanity, insight, humor, and grace. I love him immeasurably. https://t.co/8Q1XK97B25
— Michael O'Keefe (@mokeefeman) June 18, 2020
Carlino was a three-time WGA Award nominee for penning the adapted screenplays for Great Santini and Rose Garden (1977) and his original script for The Brotherhood (1968). He also scored a Golden Globe nom for co-scripting 1967’s The Fox with Howard Koch.
- 6/24/2020
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
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