David Wolper (Roots, Willy Wonka, Political Documentaries) Has Died

[democrat2thecore]

Wolper was known for Roots and Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, but also made many political documentaries. He produced several "Making Of The President..." films based on the books.

I have a recollection of Mr. Wolper actually visiting DU a few years back and writing a few posts. Does anybody else remember that or am I just dreaming?

[democrat2thecore]

1. Yes! He was writing on DU for awhile

I'm not very good with the DU search, but I found this thread.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.ph...

[democrat2thecore]

2. Somebody help me

In one thread I very vividly remember him talking of how he found DU and how much he enjoyed learning to use the Internet.

And HERE is his DU profile: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.ph...

[RandomThoughts]

3. Did he write WIlly Wonka?

The ending has a specific doctrine. It says you can do anything if you keep the secret. That was all Willy really cared about. I disagree with that.

It would be odd for him to post that kind of post and support secret group doctrines.

Thats the doctrine of being in a 'few' elite group, or intelligence groups also.

[democrat2thecore]

4. No

The book is a classic by Roald Dahl called Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.
He was the producer of Willy Wonka.

[democrat2thecore]

5. Strange

Someone just pointed out in LBN that Roald Dahl's wife Patricia Neal died this past week.

[RandomThoughts]

6. ahh, guess I could have looked that up, thanks for the response.

[Blue_Tires]

7. and iirc Dahl absolutely hated the treatment of his book in the Gene Wilder movie

[democrat2thecore]

8. As I was just looking at the IMDB entry it says Dahl wrote the screenplay -nt

[joeybee12]

9. Huge name in enetratinment...very sad...RIP Mr. Wolper...

[asjr]

10. Roots was written by Alex Haley.

[democrat2thecore]

14. Wolper produced the Emmy Award winning mini-series

It was very widely acclaimed.

[asjr]

11. Roots was written by Alex Haley.

[asjr]

12. Oops Delete

[flamingdem]

13. Did he work for Frontline? nt

[democrat2thecore]

17. Not that I know of, though it would have been right up his alley -nt

[democrat2thecore]

15. Great Tribute at HuffPo

Excellent tribute - http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dale-olsen/remembering-da...

A five-and-a-half hour interview with the Archive of American Television is here. http://www.emmytvlegends.org/interviews/people/david-wo...
It's broken up by parts of his life.


Wolper won so many awards for his political documentaries that many forget he was the producer of Willy Wonka! This man was a giant.

[democrat2thecore]

16. double post - sorry - ......self-delete

delete

[democrat2thecore]

18. Is there an option anywhere to pull up "all posts" by a DU user?

You would thnk I would know this by now, but I've never needed to for any reason. I would like to pull up all of Wolper's DU posts.

[democrat2thecore]

20. Anyone know? -nt

[democrat2thecore]

19. Online: David Wolper's "The Making Of The President 1960"

I just found this online;
http://www.youtube.com/user/DavidVonPein1#p/u/473/_2D3Z...

[democrat2thecore]

21. *** KICK for one of the greats ***