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Saul Zaentz

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Saul Zaentz learned gambling as a youth in Passaic, New Jersey, playing a card game called briscola. Later, in his twenties, he earned a full-time living as a gambler. Saul settled in San Francisco after WWII, at first working for a local record distributor and eventually joining the jazz record label Fantasy Records... See full bio »

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Hide HideProducer (9 titles)
2006 Goya's Ghosts (producer)
 
1996 The English Patient (producer)
 
1991 At Play in the Fields of the Lord (producer)
 
1988 The Unbearable Lightness of Being (producer)
 
1986 The Mosquito Coast (executive producer)
 
1984 Amadeus (producer)
 
1978 The Lord of the Rings (producer)
 
1977 Three Warriors (producer)
 
1975 One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (producer)
 
Show ShowActor (2 titles)
2008 The Ride (short)
Special Appearance as Himself
 
1975 One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Captain on Shore (uncredited)
 
Show ShowSound Department (2 titles)
2006 Independent Lens (TV series documentary) (sound mixer - 1 episode)
– Girl Trouble (2006) (sound mixer)
 
2002 The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow (TV documentary) (sound mixer)
 
Show ShowMiscellaneous Crew (2 titles)
1984 Amadeus (supervisor - 2002 director's cut)
 
1992 Visions of Light (documentary) (archive source)
 
Show ShowThanks (5 titles)
2005 The Ballad of Jack and Rose (thanks)
 
2004 A Home at the End of the World (special thanks)
 
2002 The Making of 'Amadeus' (video documentary) (thanks)
 
1997 Completely Cuckoo (video documentary) (special thanks)
 
1991 In the Shadow of the Stars (documentary) (special thanks)
 
Show ShowSelf (11 titles)
2009 Milos Forman: What doesn't kill you... (documentary)
Himself
 
2007 Fog City Mavericks (documentary)
Himself
 
2006 Emotional History: The Making of 'The Unbearable Lightness of Being' (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2005 HypaSpace (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Episode #4.175 (2005) … Himself
 
2002 The Making of 'Amadeus' (video documentary)
Himself - Producer
 
1998 The South Bank Show (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Saul Zaentz: A Tribute (1998) … Himself
 
1997 Completely Cuckoo (video documentary)
Himself
 
1997 The 69th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Winner: Thalberg Award and Best Picture
 
1985 The 57th Annual Academy Awards (TV special documentary)
Himself - Winner: Best Picture
 
1985 The 42nd Annual Golden Globe Awards (TV movie)
Himself - Winner: Best Motion Picture Drama
 
1976 The 48th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Winner: Best Picture
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (2 titles)
2005 ... A Father... A Son... Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2002 Hello, He Lied & Other Truths from the Hollywood Trenches (TV documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 

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The Ride -- Familiar and reckless passengers pressure their driver to choose between his responsibilities and a life-long dream as time runs out for both options.
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[from his Oscar acceptance speech for Amadeus] The five pictures nominated this year all had a curious relationship, in the fact that the filmmakers who made them had to fight and overcame many obstacles to make their films and to film their visions. One has to be proud to be a peer of the people who made The Killing Fields, A Passage to India, A Soldier's Story and Places in the Heart. See more »

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Former owner of Fantasy Records who used its profits to finance his films. See more »

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