James Salter - Turner Classic Movies

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Plimpton! (2012)

Operation Homecoming (2007)

Blood, Guts, Bullets and Octane (1997)

Broken English (1996)

From Short Story ("Twenty Minutes")

Broken English (1996)

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Downhill Racer (1969) -- (Movie Clip) I'll Be In Ruts Up To My Knees

Biography

Filmography

Cast (Feature Film)

Plimpton! (2012)

Operation Homecoming (2007)

Blood, Guts, Bullets and Octane (1997)

Writer (Feature Film)

Broken English (1996)

From Short Story ("Twenty Minutes")

Broken English (1996)

Threshold (1983)

The Appointment (1970)

Downhill Racer (1969)

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Life Events

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Downhill Racer (1969) -- (Movie Clip) Open Stylish opening in the Alps, from director Michael Ritchie in a project driven mostly by star Robert Redford, Downhill Racer, 1969, also starring Gene Hackman and Camilla Sparv.

Downhill Racer (1969) -- (Movie Clip) I'll Be In Ruts Up To My Knees Brought in to replace an injured skier, David Chapellett (Robert Redford, doing most of his own skiing) on his first day with the American Alpine team, bridling with coach Claire (Gene Hackman) and jousting a bit with teammate D-K (Kenneth Kirk) in Michael Ritchie's Downhill Racer, 1969.

Downhill Racer (1969) -- (Movie Clip) You Finished Fourth In One Race Top of the hill, then the first subjective-skier shot by Joe Jay Jalbert, Chappellet (Robert Redford) the new guy doing better-than-expected for the U.S. Alpine ski team, then making trouble for coach Claire (Gene Hackman), in Michael Ritchie's Downhill Racer, 1969.

Downhill Racer (1969) -- (Movie Clip) The American Way Of Life The ski team is back in the U.S., training and raising money for their next season in Europe, coach Claire (Gene Hackman) making speeches and Chappellet (Robert Redford) home in Colorado, finding his father (Walter Stroud) probably even more unimpressed than expected, in Michael Ritchie’s Downhill Racer, 1969.

Hunters, The (1958) The Iceman Cometh A little of Robert Mitchum’s voice and lots behind a mask, as top WWII flier Seville, first day training for Korea in an Air Force F-86, Stacy Harris as Moncavage, sent up to harry him, and Richard Egan as his C-O, invoking his old nickname, Tom Tutwiler the credited aerial photographer, in The Hunters, 1958.

Hunters, The (1958) Eats Two Steaks At A Sitting People treat this guy like he’s Robert Mitchum, as Maj. Seville, a veteran WWII pilot arriving Kyoto, en route to Korean War duty, meeting Gifford (Ralph Manza) and Lee Philips (as Abbott), Dick Powell producing and directing the Air Force drama The Hunters, 1958.

Hunters, The (1958) Picking Up Some Planes Robert Mitchum as USAF flier Seville, in Kyoto before returning to duty in Korea, meets May Britt, a new friend and wife of a pilot under his command, who’s being too hard on himself, Dick Powell producing and directing the Hollywood treatment of James Salter’s novel, The Hunters, 1958.

Appointment, The (1969) -- (Movie Clip) It Was A Pleasure Lawyer Federico (Omar Sharif) meets effusive old pal Renzo (Gausto Totti) for lunch and is surprised to discover the girl he noticed on the street the previous day is Carla (Anouk Aimee), his fianee`, in Sidney Lumet's The Appointment, 1969.

Appointment, The (1969) -- (Movie Clip) It's A Mistake Joining midway through director Sidney Lumet's credit sequence, Roman lawyer Federico (Omar Sharif) has narrated his introduction, visits with his mother (Paola Barbara), and notices a pretty girl (Anouk Aimee) in the street, in The Appointment, 1969.

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