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Calder Willingham is known for:

  • The Graduate
    Benjamin, a recent college graduate very worried about his future, finds himself in a love triangle with an older woman and her daughter.
  • Paths of Glory
    A commanding officer defends three scapegoats on trial for a failed offensive that occurred within the French Army in 1916.
  • Spartacus
    The rebellious Thracian Spartacus, born and raised a slave, is sold to Gladiator trainer Batiatus. After weeks of being trained to kill for the arena, Spartacus turns on his owners and leads the other slaves in rebellion. As the rebels move from town to town, their numbers swell as escaped slaves join their ranks. Under the leadership of Spartacus, they make their way to southern Italy, where they will cross the sea and return to their homes.

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Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Calder Baynard Willingham, Jr. (December 23, 1922 - February 19, 1995) was an American novelist and screenwriter. He cowrote several notable screenplays, including Paths of Glory (1957) and One-Eyed Jacks (1961). Willingham and Buck Henry were co-credited (but did not collaborate) on the screenplay for The Graduate (1967), which they adapted separately from a novel by Charles Webb; they won a BAFTA Award for Best Screenplay for their work and were also nominated for an Oscar. Description above from the Wikipedia article Caroline D'Amore, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.