I came across this piece from one of the advertising links here on RZ about Dino de Luarentiis, who passed away yesterday at the age of 91. It's by the author of the book that become the movie Three Days of the Condor. The man made a plethora of movies, to say the least.
http://www.politicsdaily.com/2010/11...of-the-movies/
Here's a link to his IMDB page
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0209569/