hawg·wash BBQ (hôgwôsh, -wsh, hg-)

hawg·wash BBQ (hôgwôsh, -wsh, hg-) KEY


NOUN:


1. Worthless, false, or ridiculous speech or writing; nonsense.

2. Garbage fed to hogs; swill.


Monday, April 11, 2011

Happy 67th Birthday!!!! Director of RED DAWN!!


John Frederick Milius (born April 11, 1944) is an American screenwriter, director, and producer of motion pictures. The character Walter Sobchak in the film The Big Lebowski, made by his friends the Coen Brothers, was based on Milius.

Milius coined the famous "Charlie don't surf" and "I love the smell of napalm in the morning" lines from Apocalypse Now. He was also involved in creating the famous USS Indianapolis monologue in the movie Jaws and the famous Dirty Harry one-liners delivered by Clint Eastwood, including "Go ahead, make my day" and "Do I feel lucky?" monologue.


Graduated from USC School of Cinema-Television (1967). Is an avid gun collector. Wrote the line, "Go ahead, make my day," for Clint Eastwood's "Dirty Harry" character in Sudden Impact (1983). Wrote "U.S.S. Indianapolis" scene in Jaws (1975). Member of the NRA Board of Directors from 1995-2001. He currently serves on the Public Affairs and Shotgun Committees. Is a personal friend of the Coen brothers and was the inspiration for the character of Walter in the The Big Lebowski (1998). Milius, an avid gun collector, insisted that part of his payment for writing Jeremiah Johnson (1972) be in antique weapons.


  • Film Work
  • Director,The Reversal of Richard Sun,1966
  • Director,Marcello, I'm Bored,1966
  • Director,Dillinger,American International, 1973
  • Director,The Wind and the Lion,Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 1975
  • Director,Big Wednesday(also known asSummer of Innocence), Warner Bros., 1978
  • Executive producer,1941,Universal, 1979
  • Executive producer,Hardcore(also known asThe Hardcore Life), Columbia, 1979
  • Executive producer,Used Cars,Columbia, 1980
  • Director,Conan the Barbarian,Universal, 1982
  • (With Buzz Feitshans) Producer,Uncommon Valor,Paramount, 1983
  • Director,Red Dawn,Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 1984
  • Executive producer,Fatal Beauty,Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 1987
  • Director,Farewell to the King,Orion, 1989
  • Director,Flight of the Intruder,Paramount, 1991
  • Director,The Northmen,1999
  • Director,The Son Tay Raid,2004

  • WRITINGS
  • Screenplays
  • The Reversal of Richard Sun,1966
  • Glut,1967
  • The Emperor,1967
  • (With James Gordon White and Willard Huyck)The Devil's 8,American International, 1969
  • (With Alan Caillou)Evel Knievel,Fanfare, 1971
  • (Uncredited)Dirty Harry,Warner Bros., 1972
  • (With Edward Anhalt)Jeremiah Johnson(adapted fromMountain Man,a novel by Vardis Fisher, and "Crow Killer," a story by Raymond W. Thorp and Robert Bunker), Warner Bros., 1972
  • The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean,National General, 1972
  • (With Michael Cimino)Magnum Force,Warner Bros., 1973
  • Dillinger,American International, 1973
  • The Wind and the Lion,Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 1975
  • (Uncredited; Indianapolis monologue)Jaws,1975
  • (With Dennis Aaberg)Big Wednesday(also known asSummer of Innocence), Warner Bros., 1978
  • (With Francis Ford Coppola)Apocalypse Now,United Artists, 1979
  • (Story only)1941,1979
  • (With Oliver Stone)Conan the Barbarian,Universal, 1982
  • (With Kevin Reynolds)Red Dawn,Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 1984
  • (Story only)Extreme Prejudice,1987
  • Farewell to the King,Orion, 1989
  • (With Larry Gross)Geronimo: An American Legend(based on a storyby Milius), Columbia, 1993
  • (With Donald Stewart and Steven Zaillian)Clear and Present Danger(based on the novel by Tom Clancy), Paramount, 1994
  • The Northmen,1999
  • Mexico,1999
  • The Son Tay Raid,2004

  • Through his work, on Rough Riders (1997) (TV), he was instrumental in causing President Theodore Roosevelt to be posthumously awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for acts of conspicuous gallantry on San Juan Hill. Is one of the original founders of the Ultimate Fighting Championship. Was Sergio Leone's first choice to write Once Upon a Time in America (1984). But due to scheduling problems, and Leone's struggle to acquire the rights of Harry Grey's book The Hoods, Milius passed on the project. Considers himself as a "zen anarchist". Despite his political beliefs, he is an avid fan of director Spike Lee. His favourites films are Howard Hawks' Red River (1948), Gillo Pontecorvo's The Battle of Algiers (1966) (aka Battle of Algiers), Raoul Walsh's They Died with Their Boots On (1941), John Ford's The Searchers (1956) and They Were Expendable (1945), Sam Peckinpah's The Wild Bunch (1969), Akira Kurosawa's Seven Samurai (1954) (aka Seven Samurai), Billy Wilder's Sunset Blvd. (1950), Federico Fellini's La Dolce Vita (1960), John Huston's The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948), David Lean's Lawrence of Arabia (1962), and Orson Welles' Citizen Kane (1941). Is a close friend of MMA legends Rorion Gracie and Rickson Gracie and Jennifer Salt. Was the inspiration for drag-racer John Milner (played by Paul Le Mat) in American Graffiti (1973). Made an honorary member of the Sioux Nation, after his filming of The Rough Riders. Turned down the role of Jack Lipnick in Barton Fink (1991). Cigar smoker. Despite making two films about Theodore Roosevelt, The Wind and the Lion (1975) and Rough Riders (1997) (TV), he considers himself too enamored with Roosevelt to ever make an actual biographical film about his life.


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