David Zelag Goodman

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David Zelag Goodman (1930-2011) was an American playwright and Oscar-nominated screenwriter. He was known in Hollywood as a "script doctor" due to his ability to quickly identify and fix flaws in a screenplay.

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Movie still from “Logan's Run” (1976), directed by Michael Anderson – A woman in a green shirt is holding her hand up to her face; Close Up shot, Low angle

Movie still from “Straw Dogs” (1971), directed by Sam Peckinpah – A man and a woman sitting next to each other under an umbrella; Close Up shot, Low angle

Movie still from “Logan's Run” (1976), directed by Michael Anderson – A group of people standing in front of a building; Extreme Wide shot, High angle

Movie still from “Straw Dogs” (1971), directed by Sam Peckinpah – A woman with long blonde hair sitting in front of a window; Close Up shot, Low angle

Movie still from “Logan's Run” (1976), directed by Michael Anderson – A group of people dressed in red and green; Extreme Wide shot, High angle

Movie still from “Logan's Run” (1976), directed by Michael Anderson – A man in a black and white shirt is in a crowd; Close Up shot, Low angle

Movie still from “Logan's Run” (1976), directed by Michael Anderson – A group of people standing next to each other in a room; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle

Movie still from “Logan's Run” (1976), directed by Michael Anderson – A man in a black and white sweater talking to another man in a black and white sweater; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle

Movie still from “Logan's Run” (1976), directed by Michael Anderson – A group of women in a room with a man in a black suit; Wide shot, Low angle

Movie still from “Logan's Run” (1976), directed by Michael Anderson – A woman looking into a mirror while a man looks at her face; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle

Movie still from “Logan's Run” (1976), directed by Michael Anderson – A person walking in a room next to pipes; Extreme Wide shot, High angle

Movie still from “Straw Dogs” (1971), directed by Sam Peckinpah – A man with a beard wearing a hat and a coat; Close Up shot, Low angle

Movie still from “Straw Dogs” (1971), directed by Sam Peckinpah – A person wearing a jacket; Close Up shot, Low angle

Movie still from “Logan's Run” (1976), directed by Michael Anderson – A person with long brown hair; Close Up shot, Low angle

Movie still from “Straw Dogs” (1971), directed by Sam Peckinpah – A man and a woman sitting next to each other; Close Up shot, Low angle

Movie still from “Logan's Run” (1976), directed by Michael Anderson – A group of people standing in front of a large red object; Extreme Wide shot, High angle

Movie still from “Straw Dogs” (1971), directed by Sam Peckinpah – A person with long hair wearing a sweater; Close Up shot, Low angle

Movie still from “Logan's Run” (1976), directed by Michael Anderson – A group of people dressed in white standing in front of a red circle; Extreme Wide shot, High angle

Movie still from “Straw Dogs” (1971), directed by Sam Peckinpah – A beautiful young lady with long blonde hair; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle

Movie still from “Logan's Run” (1976), directed by Michael Anderson – A woman wearing a green shirt and a silver collar; Close Up shot, Low angle

Movie still from “Logan's Run” (1976), directed by Michael Anderson – A woman in a green shirt is talking to another woman in a green dress; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle

Movie still from “Straw Dogs” (1971), directed by Sam Peckinpah – A woman sitting in the back seat of a car; Close Up shot, Low angle

Movie still from “Logan's Run” (1976), directed by Michael Anderson – A man standing in front of a wall in a room; Medium shot, Low angle

Movie still from “Logan's Run” (1976), directed by Michael Anderson – A young man holding a toy gun in a room with potted plants; Medium shot, Low angle

Movie still from “Straw Dogs” (1971), directed by Sam Peckinpah – A man and a woman looking at one another; Close Up shot, Low angle

Movie still from “Straw Dogs” (1971), directed by Sam Peckinpah – A person wearing glasses and looking at the camera; Close Up shot, Low angle

Movie still from “Straw Dogs” (1971), directed by Sam Peckinpah – A man in a sweater stares into the camera; Close Up shot, High angle

Movie still from “Logan's Run” (1976), directed by Michael Anderson – A woman standing in front of a glass table; Medium shot, Low angle

Movie still from “Straw Dogs” (1971), directed by Sam Peckinpah – Two men in business suits and ties one of which is holding a knife to the other's neck; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle

Movie still from “Straw Dogs” (1971), directed by Sam Peckinpah – A group of men sitting around a table drinking wine; Medium shot, Low angle

Movie still from “Straw Dogs” (1971), directed by Sam Peckinpah – A woman sitting on top of a brown couch reading a magazine; Wide shot, High angle

Movie still from “Logan's Run” (1976), directed by Michael Anderson – A man with long hair wearing a black and gray shirt; Close Up shot, Low angle

Movie still from “Logan's Run” (1976), directed by Michael Anderson – A man with blonde hair wearing a black shirt; Close Up shot, Low angle

Movie still from “Logan's Run” (1976), directed by Michael Anderson – A woman in a green dress talking to another woman in a green dress; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle

Movie still from “Straw Dogs” (1971), directed by Sam Peckinpah – A person sitting in a chair wearing a suit; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle

Movie still from “Logan's Run” (1976), directed by Michael Anderson – A person holding their hands over their head; Close Up shot, Overhead angle

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Movie still from “Straw Dogs” (1971), directed by Sam Peckinpah – A woman sitting in a chair eating a piece of food; Close Up shot, High angle

Movie still from “Logan's Run” (1976), directed by Michael Anderson – A person wearing a green dress; Close Up shot, Low angle

Movie still from “Straw Dogs” (1971), directed by Sam Peckinpah – A woman with long blonde hair looking into the distance; Close Up shot, Low angle

Movie still from “Straw Dogs” (1971), directed by Sam Peckinpah – A man and a woman are standing next to each other; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle

Movie still from “Straw Dogs” (1971), directed by Sam Peckinpah – A person wearing a sweater; Close Up shot, Low angle

Movie still from “Straw Dogs” (1971), directed by Sam Peckinpah – A beautiful young lady sitting on a brown leather chair; Close Up shot, Low angle

Movie still from “Logan's Run” (1976), directed by Michael Anderson – A man in black shirt talking to another man in black shirt; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle

Movie still from “Logan's Run” (1976), directed by Michael Anderson – Two men shake hands in front of a mirror; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle

Movie still from “Straw Dogs” (1971), directed by Sam Peckinpah – A person wearing a jacket; Close Up shot, Low angle

Movie still from “Logan's Run” (1976), directed by Michael Anderson – A woman standing in front of a red light; Close Up shot, Low angle

Movie still from “Logan's Run” (1976), directed by Michael Anderson – A very large rock wall covered in plants; Extreme Wide shot, Low angle

Movie still from “Straw Dogs” (1971), directed by Sam Peckinpah – A man sitting in a chair holding a cell phone; Medium shot, Low angle

Movie still from “Logan's Run” (1976), directed by Michael Anderson – A person wearing a black shirt; Close Up shot, Low angle

Movie still from “Logan's Run” (1976), directed by Michael Anderson – A group of people in a room with a glass table; Wide shot, Over the shoulder angle

Movie still from “Logan's Run” (1976), directed by Michael Anderson – A person with long brown hair; Close Up shot, Low angle

Movie still from “Straw Dogs” (1971), directed by Sam Peckinpah – A man sitting in a chair holding a glass of wine; Medium shot, High angle

Movie still from “Logan's Run” (1976), directed by Michael Anderson – A man and a woman standing next to each other; Close Up shot, Low angle

Movie still from “Straw Dogs” (1971), directed by Sam Peckinpah – A man with a knife sitting in a room; Close Up shot, Low angle

Movie still from “Logan's Run” (1976), directed by Michael Anderson – A man holding a cigarette in front of a round mirror; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle

Movie still from “Straw Dogs” (1971), directed by Sam Peckinpah – A woman wearing a white sweater standing in front of a building; Close Up shot, Low angle

Movie still from “Straw Dogs” (1971), directed by Sam Peckinpah – A person wearing a hat; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle

Movie still from “Logan's Run” (1976), directed by Michael Anderson – A person with long blonde hair; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle

Movie still from “Logan's Run” (1976), directed by Michael Anderson – A crowd of people in red and green dresses; Extreme Wide shot, High angle

Movie still from “Logan's Run” (1976), directed by Michael Anderson – Two people swimming in a body of water near the washington monument; Wide shot, Low angle

Movie still from “Straw Dogs” (1971), directed by Sam Peckinpah – A man looking out of a window in a sweater; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle

Movie still from “Straw Dogs” (1971), directed by Sam Peckinpah – A person wearing a shirt with blood on it; Close Up shot, Low angle

Movie still from “Logan's Run” (1976), directed by Michael Anderson – A man and a woman sitting in the back of a car; Close Up shot, Low angle

Movie still from “Logan's Run” (1976), directed by Michael Anderson – A crowd of people standing in front of a large red flower; Extreme Wide shot, High angle

Movie still from “Straw Dogs” (1971), directed by Sam Peckinpah – A person holding a glass of wine; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle

Movie still from “Straw Dogs” (1971), directed by Sam Peckinpah – A person touching the forehead of a woman; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle

Movie still from “Logan's Run” (1976), directed by Michael Anderson – A living room filled with furniture next to plants; Extreme Wide shot, High angle

Movie still from “Straw Dogs” (1971), directed by Sam Peckinpah – A beautiful young woman with long blonde hair; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle

Movie still from “Straw Dogs” (1971), directed by Sam Peckinpah – A man holding a gun while wearing safety glasses; Close Up shot, Low angle

Movie still from “Logan's Run” (1976), directed by Michael Anderson – A person wearing a collar; Close Up shot, Low angle

Movie still from “Logan's Run” (1976), directed by Michael Anderson – A man standing in front of a large clock tower; Wide shot, Low angle

Movie still from “Straw Dogs” (1971), directed by Sam Peckinpah – A woman holding a banana in a kitchen; Medium shot, High angle

Movie still from “Straw Dogs” (1971), directed by Sam Peckinpah – An old man drinking a glass of wine from a wine glass; Extreme Close Up shot, Low angle

Movie still from “Straw Dogs” (1971), directed by Sam Peckinpah – A man with long brown hair wearing a brown jacket; Close Up shot, Low angle

Movie still from “Straw Dogs” (1971), directed by Sam Peckinpah – A man in a suit and tie holding a cup; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle

Movie still from “Logan's Run” (1976), directed by Michael Anderson – A man sitting in a chair in front of a window; Medium shot, Low angle

Movie still from “Straw Dogs” (1971), directed by Sam Peckinpah – A young woman with long blonde hair standing in front of a chalkboard; Close Up shot, High angle

Movie still from “Straw Dogs” (1971), directed by Sam Peckinpah – A woman sitting on a leather couch in a room; Close Up shot, High angle

Movie still from “Logan's Run” (1976), directed by Michael Anderson – A young man in front of a group of young people; Close Up shot, Low angle

Movie still from “Logan's Run” (1976), directed by Michael Anderson – A large group of people in red uniforms; Extreme Wide shot, High angle

Movie still from “Logan's Run” (1976), directed by Michael Anderson – Two women and a man are standing next to a bed; Medium shot, Low angle

Movie still from “Logan's Run” (1976), directed by Michael Anderson – A person wearing a silver shirt; Close Up shot, Low angle

Movie still from “Straw Dogs” (1971), directed by Sam Peckinpah – A man in a suit and a hat is drinking from a wine glass; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle

Movie still from “Straw Dogs” (1971), directed by Sam Peckinpah – An old man with a beard wearing a hat; Close Up shot, Low angle

Movie still from “Logan's Run” (1976), directed by Michael Anderson – A man holding a gun in front of a mirror; Close Up shot, Low angle

Movie still from “Straw Dogs” (1971), directed by Sam Peckinpah – A person smoking a cigarette; Close Up shot, Low angle

Movie still from “Straw Dogs” (1971), directed by Sam Peckinpah – A man and a woman sitting on a chair in a room; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle

Straw Dogs

(1971)

Logan's Run

(1976)