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Bernard Evslin is a Scriptwriter and Additional Writing American born on 1 january 1922

Bernard Evslin

Bernard Evslin
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Nationality USA
Birth 1 january 1922
Death 4 june 1993 (at 71 years)

Bernard Evslin (né le 4 avril 1922 à Nouvelle-Rochelle et mort le 4 juin 1993 à Kauai) est un scénariste, dramaturge et écrivain américain principalement connu pour ses réécritures de la mythologie grecque à but pédagogique.

Diplômé de l’université Rutgers, il débute par une carrière de dramaturge, sa pièce The Geranium Hat trouvant ainsi un bon écho à Broadway en 1959, puis officie en tant que scénariste et réalisateur de documentaire remarqué. Ce n’est que vers le milieu des années 1960 qu’il se tourne vers l’histoire et la mythologie grecque antique, écrivant un nombre important de livres pour enfants et de supports scolaires sur le sujet. Ses œuvres connaissent un grand succès et lui permettent de gagner plusieurs prix littéraires, dont notamment le Washington Irving Children’s Book Choice Award pour Hercules (1986) ou une nomination au National Book Award pour The Green Hero. Il décède en 1993 d’une crise cardiaque.

Plus intimement, il était marié à Dorothy Evslin et eut quatre enfants.

Son style d’écriture repose sur le mélange entre narration traditionnelle de contes et style américain moderne. Ses travaux passent souvent par une réécriture des mythes grecs en modifiant légèrement leur trame, voire en inventant de nouvelles situations et de nouveaux personnages.

Usually with

Fred Ladd
Fred Ladd
(1 films)
Norm Prescott
Norm Prescott
(1 films)
Liza Minnelli
Liza Minnelli
(1 films)
Don Messick
Don Messick
(1 films)
Larry Storch
Larry Storch
(1 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Bernard Evslin (2 films)

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Scriptwriter

Journey Back to Oz, 1h28
Directed by Don Bluth, Hal Sutherland
Origin USA
Genres Fantasy, Musical, Animation
Themes Films about magic and magicians, Monde imaginaire, Le pays d'Oz, Children's films
Actors Milton Berle, Herschel Bernardi, Paul Ford, Don Messick, Margaret Hamilton, Paul Lynde
Rating57% 2.8502252.8502252.8502252.8502252.850225
After a tornado in Kansas causes a loose gate to knock Dorothy unconscious, she re-appears in the Land of Oz with Toto, and encounters a talking Signpost (voiced by Jack E. Leonard), whose three signs point in different directions, all marked "Emerald City". They later meet Pumpkinhead (voiced by Paul Lynde), the unwilling servant of antagonist Mombi. Toto chases a cat to a small cottage where Dorothy is captured by Mombi's pet crow (voiced by Mel Blanc) and Mombi (voiced by Ethel Merman) herself. Pumpkinhead sneaks into the house in Mombi's absence, and discovers her creation of green elephants, to use as her army to conquer the Emerald City. Pumpkinhead frees Dorothy, and they flee. After finding Dorothy gone, Mombi threatens that their warning the Scarecrow will not help when her green elephants "come crashing through the gate".

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Journey Back to Oz, 1h28
Directed by Don Bluth, Hal Sutherland
Origin USA
Genres Fantasy, Musical, Animation
Themes Films about magic and magicians, Monde imaginaire, Le pays d'Oz, Children's films
Actors Milton Berle, Herschel Bernardi, Paul Ford, Don Messick, Margaret Hamilton, Paul Lynde
Roles Additional Writing
Rating57% 2.8502252.8502252.8502252.8502252.850225
After a tornado in Kansas causes a loose gate to knock Dorothy unconscious, she re-appears in the Land of Oz with Toto, and encounters a talking Signpost (voiced by Jack E. Leonard), whose three signs point in different directions, all marked "Emerald City". They later meet Pumpkinhead (voiced by Paul Lynde), the unwilling servant of antagonist Mombi. Toto chases a cat to a small cottage where Dorothy is captured by Mombi's pet crow (voiced by Mel Blanc) and Mombi (voiced by Ethel Merman) herself. Pumpkinhead sneaks into the house in Mombi's absence, and discovers her creation of green elephants, to use as her army to conquer the Emerald City. Pumpkinhead frees Dorothy, and they flee. After finding Dorothy gone, Mombi threatens that their warning the Scarecrow will not help when her green elephants "come crashing through the gate".