UCLA Library Committee On Diversity

The films listed below were selected for inclusion into the "Whose Life is is Anyway" exhibit, but due to space limitations, not all were included in the exhibit. The UCLA Library owns a variety of material related to many of these films, including stills, film scores, and scripts. In some cases, videotapes of the films are available from the UCLA Film and Television Archive and/or the Instructional Media Library at UCLA.

At First Sight
Directed by Irwin Winkler
MGM
1999
from the book An Anthropologist On Mars by Oliver Sacks

Awakenings
Directed by Penny Marshall
Columbia Pictures
1990
from the book Awakenings by Oliver Sacks

The Best Years of Our Lives
Directed by William Wyler
Goldwyn Studios
1946
from the short story Glory for Me by MacKinley Kantor

Born on the Fourth of July
Directed by Oliver Stone
Ixtlan Corporation
1989
from the book Born on the Fourth of July by Ron Kovic

Butterflies Are Free
Directed by Milton Katselas
Paramount
1972
from the play Butterflies Are Free by Leonard Gershe

Children of a Lesser God
Directed by Randa Haines
Paramount
1986
from the play Children of a Lesser God by Mark Medoff

Coming Home
Directed by Hal Ashby
MGM Studios
1978
from a story by Nancy Dowd

Cutter's Way
Directed by Ivan Passer
United Artists
1981
from the book Cutter and Bone by Newton Thornburg

Dark Victory
Directed by Edmund Goulding
Warner Brothers
1939
from the play Dark Victory by George Emerson Brewer Jr.

The Elephant Man
Directed by David Lynch
Brooksfilms
1980
from the book The Elephant Man: A Study in Human Dignity by Ashley Montagu

Experiment in Terror
Directed by Blake Edwards
Colunbia Pictures
1962

Forrest Gump
Directed by Robert Zemeckis
Paramount Pictures
1994
from the book Forrest Gump by Winston Groom

Freaks
Universal Pictures
Directed by Tod Browning
MGM Studios
1932
from the short story Spurs by Tod Robbins

The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter.
Directed by Robert Ellis Miller
Warner Brothers
1968
from the book The Heart is a Lonely Humter by Carson Mc Cullers

The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Directed by William Worsley
Universal Pictures
1923
from the book The Hunchback of Notre Dame by Victor Hugo

The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Directed by William Dieter
RKO Pictures
1939
from the book The Hunchback of Notre Dame by Victor Hugo

Inside Moves
Directed by Richard Donner
Goodmark Productions
1980
from the book Inside Moves by Todd Walton

Johnny Belinda
Directed by Jean Negulesco
Warner Brothers
1948
from the play Johnny Belinda by Elmer Harris

Johnny Got His Gun
Directed by Dalton Trumbo
Cinamation
1971
from the book Johnny Got His Gun by Dalton Trumbo

Magnificent Obsession
Directed by John M. Stahl
Universal Pictures
1935
from the book Magnificent Obsession by Lloyd C. Douglas

Magnificent Obsession
Directed by Douglas Sirk
Universal International Pictures
1954
from the book Magnificent Obsession by Lloyd C. Douglas

Man Without a Face
Directed by Mel Gibson
Icon Entertainment
1993
from the book The Man Without a Face by Isabelle Holland

Mandy
Directed by Alexander Mackendrick & Fred F. Sears
Ealing Studios
1952
from the book The Day is Ours by Hilda Lewis

Mask
Directed by Peter Bogdanovich
Universal Pictures
1985
based on the true story of Rocky Dennis

The Men
Directed by Fred Zinneman
Republic Pictures Corporation
1950

Midnight Cowboy
Directed by John Schlesinger
United Artists
1969
from the book Midnight Cowboy by James Herlihey

The Miracle Worker
Directed by Arthur Penn
Playfilm Productions
1962
from the play The Miracle Worker by William Gibson

My Left Foot
Directed by Jim Sheridan
(Distributed by HBO Videos, released February 18, 1987)
1989
from the book My Left Foot by Christy Brown

Notre Dame de Paris
Directed by Jean Delannoy
Panitalia
1956
from the book Notre Dame de Paris by Victor Hugo

Of Human Bondage
Directed by John Cromwell
RKO Studios
1934
from the book Of Human Bondage by Somerset Maugham

Of Human Bondage
Directed by Henry Hathaway
MGM
1964
from the book Of Human Bondage by Somerset Maugham

On Dangerous Ground
Directed by Nicholas Ray
RKO Studios
1951
from the book Mad With Much Heart by George Butler

The Other Side of the Mountain
Directed by Larry Peerce
Universal Pictures
1975
based on the true story of Jill Kilmont

A Patch of Blue
Directed by Guy Green
MGM Pictures
1965
from the book Be Ready With Bells and Drums by Elizabeth Kata

The Phantom of the Opera
Directed by Rupert Julian
Universal Pictures
1925
from the book Le Fantome de l'Opera by Gaston Leroux

Phantom of the Opera
Directed by Arthur Lubin
Universal Pictures
1943
from the book The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux

Porgy and Bess
Directed by Otto Preminger
Columbia Pictures
1959
from the opera Porgy and Bess by George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin and DuBoise Heyward

Psyche '59
Directed by Alexander Singer
Columbia Films International
1964
from the book Psyche 59 by Françoise des Ligneris

Rear Window
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
Paramount Studios
1954
from the short story Rear Window by Cornell Woolrich

Saving Private Ryan
Directed by Steven Spielberg
Dreamworks SKG
1998
inspired in part by historical events from World War II

Scent of a woman
Directed by Martin Brest
Universal Pictures
1992

Sneakers
Directed by Phil Alden Robinson
Universal Pictures Inc.
1992

Sorry, Wrong Number
Directed by Anatole Litvak
Columbia Studios
1948
from the book Sorry, Wrong Number by Lucille Fletcher

The Story of Esther Costello
Directed by David Miller
1957
from the book The Story of Esther Costello by Nicholas Monserrat

Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon
Directed by Otto Preminger
Paramount
1970
from the book Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon by Marjorie Kellog

Terms of Endearment
Directed by James L. Brooks
Paramount Pictures
1983
from the book Terms of Endearment by Larry McMurtry

To Kill a Mockingbird
Directed by Robert Mulligan
Universal International Pictures
1962
from the book To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

Tommy
Directed by Ken Russell
Hemdale Films International
1975
from the opera Tommy by Pete Townsend

23 Paces to Baker Street
Directed by Henry Hathaway
20th Century Fox Pictures
1956
from the book 23 Paces to Baker Street by Phillip MacDonald

Wait Until Dark
Directed by Terence Young
Warner Brothers
1967
from the play Wait Until Dark by Frederick Knott

What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
Directed by Robert Aldrich
Warner Brothers
1962
from the book What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? by Henry Farrell

Whose Life Is It Anyway?
Directed by John Badham
MGM Studios
1981
From the play Whose Life Is It Anyway? by Brian Clark

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