Harry would often sit with me rewriting old movie scripts for hours casting different actors actresses with new names for characters, sometimes creating his own “original motion picture screenplays” some adapted from books, mostly not, was obsessive about cinematography and memorable scenes with great lines, drifting into his own world where he could not be reached by anyone. “Here’s looking at you, kid.” Examples included following.
Ned, Hal, and Wiley, are three Vietnam veterans facing difficulties as they re-enter civilian life. Ned (George Clooney) is a war hero who, unable to compete with more highly skilled workers, has to return to his low-wage gas station attendant job. Bank executive Hal (Jack Nicholson) gets into trouble for offering favorable loans to veterans. After losing b
