Was present the day George Lucas began writing the first draft of Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977).
Although he does not remember it, everyone present that day claims he
came up with the infamous line "In a galaxy far, far away..." when
Lucas asked how he should begin the script.
Introduced a young filmmaker to an up and coming actor over dinner. The
filmmaker was Martin Scorsese and the actor was Robert De Niro.
Did uncredited rewriting of James Cameron's Titanic (1997) script, transforming the
director's "scriptment" into a screenplay and contributing about a
third of the dialog.
Former film critic for Rolling Stone.
Did uncredited work on the script for "The Last Temptation of Christ" (1988).
[on Pauline Kael, 1974]: You may not have noticed, but since Pauline Kael departed the "New Yorker" this spring on her annual hiatus, her name has been popping up in ads for movies she didn't review.