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IMDb member since September 2002
Mr. Cummings background in the entertainment industry spans a 20 year period as a television writer, producer, and director. His successful television series �The Making Of:� (1983-1992) defined an entire genre of reality/entertainment television programming that took viewers behind-the-scenes of major motion pictures such as Terminator, Robocop, My Left Foot, and Nightmare On Elm Street to name a few. He is also one of the original writers/producer/director of the hit television series Entertainment Tonight, and a former head of direct response television for 20th Century Fox. Among his other credits, he is the former Vice President of Entertainment of the Tropicana Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas. In 2004, as a long time member of the National Academy of Arts and Sciences, he served as a judge in numerous categories for the Prime Time National Emmy Awards.
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The Manchurian Candidate Interviews (1988)
Directing This Documentary Interview
28 February 2009
I had the pleasure of directing this prequel to the release of the movie for MGM. I had worked with Frankenheimer on my series "The Making Of:" when covering his movie 52 Pickup with Roy Scheider and Ann Margaret, and with Frank Sinatra when I was representing Don Rickles.
I believe that all of these men had an awareness of the impact and greatness of the Manchurian Candidate. Although Denzel Washington did star in the remake and did a marvelous job as always, the direction, style and look of the film, and grittiness just was not there.
This project will go down in my top 10 projects of my career, and I was honored to be chosen to direct it for MGM.
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