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George Ames Plimpton (March 18, 1927 – September 25, 2003) was an American journalist, writer, literary editor, actor and occasional amateur sportsman. He is widely known for his sports writing and for helping to found The Paris Review. He was also famous for "participatory journalism" which included competing in professional sporting events, acting in a Western, performing a comedy act at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, and playing with the New York Philharmonic Orchestra and then recording the experience from the point of view of an amateur.
Plimpton was born in New York City on March 18, 1927, and spent his childhood there, attending St. Bernard's School and growing up in an apartment duplex on Manhattan's Upper East Side located at 1165 Fifth Avenue. During the summers, he lived in the hamlet of West Hills, Huntington, Suffolk County on Long Island.
He was the son of Francis T.P. Plimpton, and the grandson of Frances Taylor Pearsons and George Arthur Plimpton. His grandfather was the founder of the Ginn publishing company and a philanthropist. His father was a successful corporate lawyer and partner of the law firm Debevoise and Plimpton. He was appointed by President John F. Kennedy as U.S. deputy ambassador to the United Nations serving from 1961-65.
Marion Mitchell Morrison (born Marion Robert Morrison; May 26, 1907 – June 11, 1979), known by his stage name John Wayne and by his nickname "Duke", was an American film actor, director, and producer. An Academy Award-winner for True Grit (1969), Wayne was among the top box office draws for three decades. An enduring American icon, for several generations of Americans he epitomized rugged masculinity and is famous for his demeanor, including his distinctive calm voice, walk, and height.
Born in Iowa, Wayne grew up in Southern California. He found work at local film studios when he lost his football scholarship to USC as a result of a bodysurfing accident. Initially working for the Fox Film Corporation, he mostly appeared in small bit parts. His first leading role came in Raoul Walsh's lavish widescreen epic The Big Trail (1930), which led to leading roles in numerous B movies throughout the 1930s, many of them in the Western genre.
Wayne's career took off in 1939, with John Ford's Stagecoach making him an instant mainstream star. Wayne went on to star in 142 pictures. Biographer Ronald Davis says: "John Wayne personified for millions the nation's frontier heritage. Eighty-three of his movies were Westerns, and in them he played cowboys, cavalrymen, and unconquerable loners extracted from the Republic's central creation myth."
This article is about the author, Donald Barthelme Jr. For his father, the architect, see Donald Barthelme (architect).
Donald Barthelme (April 7, 1931 – July 23, 1989) was an American author known for his playful, postmodernist style of short fiction. Barthelme also worked as a newspaper reporter for the Houston Post, was managing editor of Location magazine, director of the Contemporary Arts Museum in Houston (1961–1962), co-founder of Fiction (with Mark Mirsky and the assistance of Max and Marianne Frisch), and a professor at various universities. He also was one of the original founders of the University of Houston Creative Writing Program.
Donald Barthelme was born in Philadelphia in 1931. His father and mother were fellow students at the University of Pennsylvania. The family moved to Texas two years later and Barthelme's father became a professor of architecture at the University of Houston, where Barthelme would later study journalism. Barthelme won a Scholastic Writing Award in Short Story in 1949, while a student at Lamar High School in Houston.
Robert Gordon "Bobby" Orr, OC (born March 20, 1948) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player, widely acknowledged as one of the greatest hockey players of all time. Orr used his ice skating speed, scoring, and play-making abilities to revolutionize the position of defenceman. He played in the National Hockey League (NHL) for 12 seasons, starting with 10 with the Boston Bruins followed by two with the Chicago Black Hawks. As of today Orr remains the only defenceman to have won the league scoring title with two Art Ross Trophies. He holds the record for most points and assists in a single season by a defenceman. Orr won a record eight consecutive Norris Trophies as the NHL's best defenceman and three consecutive Hart Trophies as the league's most valuable player (MVP). Orr was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1979 at age 31, the youngest to be inducted at that time. After his hockey career he became a well-known scout for many professional teams. He also spends a lot of his time talking to and mentoring young exuberant skaters.
Actors: David Doyle (actor), Alan Alda (actor), Roy Scheider (actor), Lauren Hutton (actress), Frank Gifford (actor), George Plimpton (writer), Alex Karras (actor), Sugar Ray Robinson (actor), Stuart Millar (producer), Lawrence Roman (writer), Ann Turkel (actress), Roger Kellaway (composer), Vincent Lombardi (actor), Ernie Harwell (actor), Alex March (director),
Plot: George Plimpton wants to write a story for Sports Illustrated on what it is like to be a quarterback for an NFL team. No one is willing to allow a klutzy amateur to go on the field for fear he'll kill himself. After several teams turn him down, Plimpton got the Detroit Lions to let him go to training camp. He tries to keep his true identity a secret from the real players. This is based on a true incident and many of the players play themselves in the movie.
Keywords: american-football, based-on-autobiography, based-on-novel, detroit-lions, sports-team, writerBest-selling author George Plimpton shares his experience as a "Storyteller For Life" with Dean Nelson of Point Loma Nazarene University as part of PLNU's 5th Annual Writer's Symposium By The Sea. Series: "Writer's Symposium By The Sea" [4/2000] [Public Affairs] [Humanities] [Show ID: 4611]
Interview with George Plimpton on Edie Sedgwick
George Plimpton got a job playing one of the bad guys in the Howard Hawks directed John Wayne Western Rio Lobo in the spring of 1970. In this special we see him talking to Hawks about whether he'll be killed off or not, to Wayne about how to cultivate a special walk to make oneself a star in movies and to himself as he attempts to rehearse his tiny part and while doing so is caught in the frame of a setup for another scene and chastised by Wayne. Wayne calls Plimpton "Pimpleton" throughout this special. One in a series of wonderful Walter Mitty type adventures as George Plimpton took us inside the world of movie making.
Watch the full-length program at http://video.pbs.org/video/2365247027/?utm_source=youtube&utm;_medium=pbsofficial&utm;_campaign=amms_covefullprogram (US Only) Mr. Zero. Vague. These are some of the nicknames the celebrated writer and journalist George Plimpton tried on for size during his lifetime (1927--2003). Plimpton did not show much early promise when he flunked out of the college preparatory school Exeter (Phillips Exeter Academy), where generations of his family held an esteemed reputation. In this film excerpt, Plimpton's son reads from his father's essay, "How Failing at Exeter Made a Success of George Plimpton." American Masters - Plimpton! Starring George Plimpton as Himself premieres nationally Friday, May 16, 9-10:30 p.m. on PBS (check local listings).
PLIMPTON! STARRING GEORGE PLIMPTON AS HIMSELF - premieres 8pm, Sunday 16 February on PBS America (Virgin Media 243 & Sky 534) George Plimpton, who died in 2003 at the age of 76, was a larger-than-life character; a writer, editor, amateur sportsman and many other things. This is his story -- in his own words. The story is told through a posthumous narration by Plimpton himself, along with thoughts and anecdotes from friends, family, and contemporaries. He was the first editor-in-chief of The Paris Review, which became one of the most influential literary magazines in history. Plimpton was particularly famous for his distinctive style of participatory journalism, in which he involved himself with the sporting and cultural elite in order to subsequently write about his experiences. During t...
Official trailer for "Plimpton! Starring George Plimpton as Himself." Opening at the Elinor Bunin Munroe Film Center at Lincoln Center in Manhattan on Wednesday, May 22nd. Opening at the Laemmle Royal, the Laemmle Playhouse and the Laemmle Town Center in Los Angeles starting Friday, June 7th. Opening at the Coolidge Corner Theater in Brookline, Massachusetts on Friday, June 21st. www.PlimptonMovie.com
Watch the full-length program at http://video.pbs.org/video/2365247027/?utm_source=youtube&utm;_medium=pbsofficial&utm;_campaign=amms_covefullprogram (US Only) George Plimpton was famous for shaping one of the country's most prestigious literary magazines, all while keeping it fun. The Paris Review's editor encouraged his young staff and created a relaxed community with plenty of apartment parties and sports activities. American Masters - Plimpton! Starring George Plimpton as Himself premieres nationally Friday, May 16, 9-10:30 p.m. on PBS.
Subscribe for more recordings like this: http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCoYen_MbA4aGqP6bPsrlNZQ?sub_confirmation=1 Listen to more recordings in this series: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?action_edit=1&list;=PL6zDI0eqOD_Q5llHzffe0iOrfn6WMjCBo This conversation between George Plimpton and Garrison Keillor, part of a collaboration between 92Y's Unterberg Poetry Center and The Paris Review, was recorded live at 92Y on November 28, 1994. We are able to share this recording thanks to a generous gift in memory of Christopher Lightfoot Walker, longtime friend of the Poetry Center and The Paris Review. Follow us on Facebook: http://facebook.com/92ndStreetY Twitter: https://twitter.com/92Y Tumblr: http://92y.tumblr.com/
Subscribe for more videos like this: http://youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=92Yplus This conversation between George Plimpton and Maya Angelou, part of a collaboration between 92Y’s Unterberg Poetry Center and The Paris Review, was recorded live at 92Y on January 11, 1988. We are able to share this recording thanks to a generous gift in memory of Christopher Lightfoot Walker, longtime friend of the Poetry Center and The Paris Review. Here is an excerpt from the full interview that ran in The Paris Review as The Art of Fiction No. 119 in the fall of 1990. Read more: Follow us on Facebook: http://facebook.com/92ndStreetY Twitter: https://twitter.com/92Y Tumblr: http://92y.tumblr.com/
A conversation about contemporary poetry with Robert Pinksy, George Plimpton, and Richard Howard. »»﴿───► See more on the Authors Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLIZqvqbtz9I30kDK7RrKXxtLK9WxA33-T
Transcript available at UF's Digital Collection: http://ufdc.ufl.edu/UF00008158/00001
George Plimpton interviews Willie Stargell about Roberto Clemente.
Subscribe for more videos like this: http://youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=92Yplus This conversation between George Plimpton and Paul Theroux, part of a collaboration between 92Y's Unterberg Poetry Center and The Paris Review, was recorded live at 92Y on December 18, 1989. Listen to more recordings in this series: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?action_edit=1&list;=PL6zDI0eqOD_Q5llHzffe0iOrfn6WMjCBo Follow us on Facebook: http://facebook.com/92ndStreetY Twitter: https://twitter.com/92Y Tumblr: http://92y.tumblr.com/
Mouseterpiece Theater (1988) hosted by George Plimpton. Donald Duck INTRO
Editor Terry McDonell discusses how he ended up on a golf course with Hunter S. Thompson and George Plimpton. Hear more at https://www.audioburst.com/Culture
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Zwei Frauen [VHS]: Jami Gertz, Martha Plimpton, George Peppard, Hannes Jaenicke, Bruce Payne, Gayle Hunnicutt, James Remar, Carin C. Tietze, Rip Torn, Gedeon Burkhard, Anne Dudley, Carl Schenkel: Original VHS. Für weitere Informationen zu diesem Produkt und zu erwerben besuchen Sie bitte: http://po.st/n3OJ3d Danke! Zwei Frauen [VHS] Jami Gertz, Martha Plimpton, George Peppard, Hannes Jaenicke, Bruce Payne, Gayle https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRTWJJWKC60