The Player Articles

David Brown, who co-produced Jaws, The Verdict, The Player, and A Few Good Men, died Monday (Feb. 1) at his home in Manhattan. According to the New York Times obit, Brown suffered kidney failure following a long illness. The New York native and former journalist was 93. In the '70s, Brown partnered with Richard D. Zanuck, 20th Century Fox's mogul Darryl F. Zanuck's son. Their [...]

Iconoclastic director-producer-writer Robert Altman, 80, will be the next recipient of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' Honorary Award, to be presented at the the 2006 Academy Awards ceremony next March 5. The Honorary Award will be given to Altman for "a career that has repeatedly reinvented the art form and inspired filmmakers and audiences alike." Altman has never won an Oscar despite [...]