Lawrence Turman

Producer

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Also Known As

Larry Turman

Birth Place

Los Angeles, California, USA

Born

November 28, 1926

Biography

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After spending time working in the family textile business, Lawrence Turman entered show business as a talent agent in the 1950s. By 1960, he had formed a producing partnership with Stuart Millar that yielded the soapy "The Young Doctors" (1961) and the critically recognized political drama "The Best Man" (1964). Turman had perhaps his crowning achievement early as co-producer of Mike Ni...

Filmography

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Second Thoughts (1983)

The Marriage of a Young Stockbroker (1971)

The Bacchae (2002)

KINGDOM COME (2001)

Executive Producer

What's the Worst That Could Happen? (2001)

Miracle on the Mountain: The Kincaid Family Story (2000)

Executive Producer

Photos & Videos

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Pretty Poison (1968) -- (Movie Clip) No Place At All For Fantasies

Pretty Poison (1968) -- (Movie Clip) Lascivious Carriage

Family & Companions

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Suzanne Turman

Wife

Divorced; died in 1995.

Laurie Turman

Wife

Biography

After spending time working in the family textile business, Lawrence Turman entered show business as a talent agent in the 1950s. By 1960, he had formed a producing partnership with Stuart Millar that yielded the soapy "The Young Doctors" (1961) and the critically recognized political drama "The Best Man" (1964). Turman had perhaps his crowning achievement early as co-producer of Mike Nichols' seminal "The Graduate" (1967). After scoring with the film version of the Broadway drama "The Great White Hope" (1970), he entered into a prolific collaboration with fellow producer David Foster that resulted in such well regarded Broadway-based films, like "Mass Appeal" (1984) and youth films, like "Short Circuit" (1986) and "Gleaming the Cube" (1989). Joining with Emese Green, the newly formed TFG Films produced the Meryl Streep adventure film "The River Wild" (1991). That same year, Turman accepted the directorship of the Peter Stark Motion Picture Producing Program at USC. More recently, he and John Morrissey created a new producing entity whose first feature was "American History X" (1998), starring Edward Norton and Edward Furlong.

Filmography

Director (Feature Film)

Second Thoughts (1983)

The Marriage of a Young Stockbroker (1971)

Producer (Feature Film)

The Bacchae (2002)

KINGDOM COME (2001)

Executive Producer

What's the Worst That Could Happen? (2001)

Miracle on the Mountain: The Kincaid Family Story (2000)

Executive Producer

The Long Way Home (1998)

Executive Producer

American History X (1998)

Executive Producer

Pretty Poison (1996)

Executive Producer

The Getaway (1994)

The River Wild (1994)

Gleaming The Cube (1989)

Full Moon in Blue Water (1988)

Executive Producer

Short Circuit 2 (1988)

Running Scared (1986)

Short Circuit (1986)

News at Eleven (1986)

Executive Producer

The Mean Season (1985)

Mass Appeal (1984)

Second Thoughts (1983)

Between Two Brothers (1982)

Executive Producer

The Thing (1982)

The Gift of Life (1982)

Executive Producer

Walk Proud (1979)

First Love (1977)

The Drowning Pool (1975)

The Nickel Ride (1975)

Executive Producer

Get Christie Love! (1974)

Executive Producer

Unwed Father (1974)

Executive Producer

The Morning After (1974)

Executive Producer

She Lives (1973)

Executive Producer

The Marriage of a Young Stockbroker (1971)

The Great White Hope (1970)

Pretty Poison (1968)

Executive Producer

The Graduate (1967)

The Flim-Flam Man (1967)

The Best Man (1964)

Stolen Hours (1963)

Executive Producer

I Could Go On Singing (1963)

I Could Go On Singing (1963)

The Young Doctors (1961)

Production Companies (Feature Film)

The Great White Hope (1970)

Pretty Poison (1968)

The Graduate (1967)

Producer (TV Mini-Series)

The Badge (2002)

Executive Producer

Life Events

1960

With Stuart Millar, formed Millar-Turman Productions

1961

Produced first film, "The Young Doctors"

1964

Last film with Stuart Millar, "The Best Man"

1967

Formed own production company, Lawrence Turman, Inc.; first feature "The Flim-Flam Man"

1967

Was co-producer of "The Graduate"; earned Best Picture Oscar nomination

1971

Film directing debut, "The Marriage of a Young Stockbroker"; also produced

1973

Executive produced first TV-movie, "She Lives" (ABC)

1975

With David Foster, formed Turman-Foster Company (date approximate)

1983

Directed second feature "Second Thoughts"; also scripted

1986

Produced comedy hit, "Short Circuit"

1991

Founded TFG film and TV production company with David Foster and independent producer Emese Green

1991

Named director of the Peter Stark Motion Picture Producing Program at USC

1994

Produced Meryl Streep action film, "The River Wild"

1996

With John Morrissey, formed Turman/Morrissey Company; briefly took over Rastar Productions

1996

Returned to TV-movies with small screen remake of "Pretty Poison" (Fox)

Videos

Pretty Poison (1968) -- (Movie Clip) No Place At All For Fantasies Anthony Perkins as Dennis seems a lot like Norman Bates, as he's lectured and released by counselor Azenauer (John Randolph), then goes on to observe co-star Tuesday Weld, as drill-teamer Sue-Anne, opening director Noel Black's Pretty Poison, 1968.

Pretty Poison (1968) -- (Movie Clip) Lascivious Carriage Mischievous parolee Dennis (Anthony Perkins) is talking crime with short-order cook Pete (Joseph Bova) when Sue Ann (Tuesday Weld), whom he's been kind of stalking, initiates their fateful first meeting, in director Noel Black's Pretty Poison, 1968.

Pretty Poison -- (Movie Clip) Credits, Sue Ann Tuesday Weld (as drill-teamer Sue Ann) in her memorable first appearance, Dennis (Anthony Perkins) observing, as the credits roll in the second scene from director Noel Black's Pretty Poison, 1968.

Great White Hope, The (1970) -- (Movie Clip) When They Start Hating You More Than That First scene for James Earl Jones as boxer Jack Jefferson, modeled on the real Jack Johnson, and Jane Alexander, in her first movie, as his girlfriend Eleanor, reprising their stage roles, Lou Gilbert as manager Goldie, Joel Fluellen trainer Tick, with crude language, in The Great White Hope, 1970.

Great White Hope, The (1970) -- (Movie Clip) How White You Wanna Be? Celebrating in Chicago after winning the heavyweight championship, Jack Jefferson (James Earl Jones) unconcerned with racial tensions, with his now-fianceè Eleanor (Jane Alexander), confronted by Scipio (Moses Gunn), with more foul language, in director Martin Ritt’s The Great White Hope 1970.

Drowning Pool, The (1975) -- (Movie Clip) Your Wife's Amorous Activities L-A P-I Harper (Paul Newman) visiting his client and one-time lover Iris (Joanne Woodward, of course Mrs. Newman) who summoned him to her Louisiana manor home, where she explains her problem, early in The Drowning Pool, 1975, from the Ross MacDonald novel.

Drowning Pool, The (1975) -- (Movie Clip) Are You Slant Drilling Me? Out-of-town detective Harper (Paul Newman) has been invited at gunpoint to meet Louisiana oil-man J-Hugh Kilbourne (Murray Hamilton), who seems to know all about the case at hand, in The Drowning Pool, 1975, Stuart Rosenberg directing from the Ross MacDonald novel.

Drowning Pool, The (1975) -- (Movie Clip) The Door Was Unlocked Paul Newman as the title character, an L-A detective based on Ross MacDonald's Lew Archer, having learned that the client who flew him to New Orleans was an ex-lover, heads for his motel across Lake Ponchartrain, meeting teenage Schuyler (Melanie Griffith), and cop Richard Jaeckel, early in The Drowning Pool, 1975.

Flim-Flam Man, The (1967) -- (Movie Clip) Who You Runnin' From? In the opening Michael Sarazin rescued George C. Scott, who was thrown from a freight train onto which he’d just hopped, and they formalize their acquaintance in an empty boxcar, in The Flim-Flam Man, 1967, from the polymath director Irvin Kershner, later known for The Empire Strikes Back, 1980.

Flim-Flam Man, The (1967) -- (Movie Clip) I Am Forgetting My Calling Working their second scam, con-man Mordecai (George C. Scott) poses as a minister and his hesitant protegè Curley (Michael Sarazin) as an accident victim, seeking transport, Alice Ghostley and Sue Lyon introduced as their rural mother and daughter marks, in The Flim-Flam Man, 1967.

Graduate, The (1967) -- (Movie Clip) Open, Sounds Of Silence Director Mike Nichols’ unorthodox opening, introducing Paul Simon’s landmark song, performed with Art Garfunkel, as Ben (Dustin Hoffman, title character, in his first lead role, sharing top billing with Anne Bancroft and Katharine Ross) arrives at LAX, in The Graduate, 1967..

Graduate, The (1967) -- (Movie Clip) Plastics Moments after the opening, Ben (title character, Dustin Hoffman) conveyed by his parents (William Daniels, Elizabeth Wilson) to their welcome-home party, Walter Brooke (as McGuire) with a famous line, and director Mike Nichols introduces Mrs. Robinson (Anne Bancroft), in The Graduate, 1967.

Best Man, The - (Original Trailer) Henry Fonda and Cliff Robertson are two presidential hopefuls forced to consider dirty politics in Gore Vidal's The Best Man (1964).

I Could Go On Singing - (Original Trailer) An American singing star (Judy Garland) in London tries to reclaim the son she gave up for adoption in I Could Go On Singing (1963), co-starring Dirk Bogarde and directed by Ronald Neame.

Family

Jack Turman

Father

In textile business.

John D Turman

Son

Producer. Born in August 1959.

Andrew P Turman

Son

Director of photography. Born in September 1963.

Peter J Turman

Son

Director. Born in October 1965.

Companions

Suzanne Turman

Wife

Divorced; died in 1995.

Laurie Turman

Wife

Bibliography

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