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The son of Jewish immigrants from Russia, he graduated from college with an accounting degree (and moonlighted as a semi-pro football player) before serving in the Army in UsefulNotes/WorldWarII (where he won a Purple Heart).
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* ''Film/PaintYourWagon'' (1969)--Adapted from the 1951 Lerner & Loewe musical. Chayefsky got fired early in production but still retained final credit.
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But his modern reputation is based on the trio of screenplays he wrote in TheSixties and TheSeventies: ''Film/TheAmericanizationOfEmily'' and ''Film/TheHospital'' (both directed by Arthur Hiller) and ''Film/{{Network}}'' (directed by Creator/SidneyLumet). All three follow a similar template: scathing satires about major American institutions (the military, the health care system, network television), where a deeply-flawed AntiHero finds himself grappling with his superiors, who are determined to violate the rules of basic human decency for their own gain. He peppered this with genuine human drama, BlackComedy, and witty, literate dialogue, often stopping the action for charged conversations or revealing, highly-quotable monologues. If that all sounds familiar, it's because Creator/AaronSorkin has frequently cited Chayefsky as a major influence.
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* SesquipedalianLoquaciousness: Odds are you'll be running for a dictionary or a search engine once or twice ofver the course of a Chayefsky film. He had a love of obscure words that got passed on to his characters.
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But his reputation is based on the trio of screenplays he wrote in TheSixties and TheSeventies: ''Film/TheAmericanizationOfEmily'' and ''Film/TheHospital'' (both directed by Arthur Hiller) and ''Film/{{Network}}'' (directed by Creator/SidneyLumet). All three follow a similar template: scathing satires about major American institutions (the military, the health care system, network television), where a deeply-flawed AntiHero finds himself grappling with his superiors, who are determined to violate the rules of basic human decency for their own gain. He peppered this with genuine human drama, BlackComedy, and witty, literate dialogue, often stopping the action for charged conversations or revealing, highly-quotable monologues. If that all sounds familiar, it's because Creator/AaronSorkin has frequently cited Chayefsky as a major influence.
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But his modern reputation is based on the trio of screenplays he wrote in TheSixties and TheSeventies: ''Film/TheAmericanizationOfEmily'' and ''Film/TheHospital'' (both directed by Arthur Hiller) and ''Film/{{Network}}'' (directed by Creator/SidneyLumet). All three follow a similar template: scathing satires about major American institutions (the military, the health care system, network television), where a deeply-flawed AntiHero finds himself grappling with his superiors, who are determined to violate the rules of basic human decency for their own gain. He peppered this with genuine human drama, BlackComedy, and witty, literate dialogue, often stopping the action for charged conversations or revealing, highly-quotable monologues. If that all sounds familiar, it's because Creator/AaronSorkin has frequently cited Chayefsky as a major influence.
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Writing prolifically after the war, he achieved a small breakthrough in 1951 when one of his short stories was adapted into the film ''As Young as You Feel'' (which featured an early role for Creator/MarilynMonroe). Then he made his name as a writer of live TV dramas, based on SliceOfLife portrayals of everyday America. One of these, ''Film/{{Marty}}'', went on to be made into a succesful movie, which made him one of the most in-demand writers in Hollywood. He gave up writing for television, feeling the networks were no longer interested in quality shows. He also had success on Broadway with the plays ''Film/MiddleOfTheNight'' and ''The Tenth Man''.
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Writing prolifically after the war, he achieved a small breakthrough in 1951 when one of his short stories was adapted into the film ''As Young as You Feel'' (which featured an early role for Creator/MarilynMonroe). Then he made his name as a writer of live TV dramas, based on SliceOfLife portrayals of everyday America. One of these, ''Film/{{Marty}}'', went on to be made was adapted into a succesful movie, which made him one of the most in-demand writers in Hollywood. He gave up writing for became disillusioned with television, feeling the networks were no longer interested in quality shows.shows, though he still made occasional attempts at selling pilots (''Film/TheHospital'' was an expansion of a pilot script he failed to sell, and the UBS Network was created a few years before ''Film/{{Network}}'' in a rejected pilot for a series about a network executive) . He also had success on Broadway with the plays ''Film/MiddleOfTheNight'' and ''The Tenth Man''.
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* AwfulWeddedLife: Loveless marriages (''Film/MiddleOfTheNight'', ''Film/{{Network}}'') and bitter divorces (''Film/TheAmericanizationOfEmily'', ''Film/TheHospital'') abound in his work, which makes the characters hectoring the title character in ''Film/{{Marty}}'' about being a thirtysomething bachelor a bit HilariousInHindsight.
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Odd trivia: he attended the same high school (and graduated in the same class) as Creator/StanLee (they didn't know each other, but Lee was a big fan of Chayefsky).
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* RealisticDictionIsUnrealistic: His literate, finely-honed scripts forced actors into a very specific, expository delivery style, to be able to handle his words.
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* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: A master of this. His scripts often have several memorable ones, with a character who ''gets'' one often turning around to give one to another character.
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* InCaseYouForgotWhoWroteIt: As the rare non-directing screenwriter to become a household name, his films often have ''(title) by Paddy Chayefsky'' listed in the opening credits.
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Sidney Aaron Chayefsky (1923-1981) was an American writer, whose work encompassed theatre, television, radio, short stories, novels and film.
The son of Jewish immigrants from Russia, he graduated from college with an accounting degree (and moonlighted as a semi-pro football player) before serving in the Army in UsefulNotes/WorldWarII (where he won a Purple Heart).
Writing prolifically after the war, he achieved a small breakthrough in 1951 when one of his short stories was adapted into the film ''As Young as You Feel'' (which featured an early role for Creator/MarilynMonroe). Then he made his name as a writer of live TV dramas, based on SliceOfLife portrayals of everyday America. One of these, ''Film/{{Marty}}'', went on to be made into a succesful movie, which made him one of the most in-demand writers in Hollywood. He gave up writing for television, feeling the networks were no longer interested in quality shows. He also had success on Broadway with the plays ''Middle of the Night'' and ''The Tenth Man''.
But his reputation is based on the trio of screenplays he wrote in TheSixties and TheSeventies: ''Film/TheAmericanizationOfEmily'' and ''Film/TheHospital'' (both directed by Arthur Hiller) and ''Film/{{Network}}'' (directed by Creator/SidneyLumet). All three follow a similar template: scathing satires about major American institutions (the military, the health care system, network television), where a deeply-flawed AntiHero finds himself grappling with his superiors, who are determined to violate the rules of basic human decency for their own gain. He peppered this with genuine human drama, BlackComedy, and witty, literate dialogue, often stopping the action for charged conversations or revealing, highly-quotable monologues. If that all sounds familiar, it's because Creator/AaronSorkin has frequently cited Chayefsky as a major influence.
He died of cancer at age 58, but his stature has grown in the decades since, with his films (especially ''Film/{{Network}}'') seeming downright-prophetic in the way they presented how the previously-unthinkable can become reality because of the SkewedPriorities of people.
!! Films written by Paddy Chayefsky with pages on TV Tropes:
* ''Film/{{Marty}}'' (1955)--Based on his 1953 ''Philco Television Playhouse'' script. Won the UsefulNotes/AcademyAward for Best Picture, and also won a writing Oscar for him.
* ''Film/TheAmericanizationOfEmily'' (1964)--Adapted from a 1959 novel by William Bradford Huie.
* ''Film/PaintYourWagon'' (1969)--Adapted from the 1951 Lerner & Loewe musical.
* ''Film/TheHospital'' (1971)--Chayefsky also co-produced the film with Howard Gottfried. Won Best Original Screenplay Oscar.
* ''Film/{{Network}}'' (1976)--Chayefsky also co-produced the film with Howard Gottfried. Won Best Original Screenplay Oscar.
* ''Film/AlteredStates'' (1980)--Based on Chayefsky's only novel, published in 1978.
!! Tropes associated with Chayefsky:
* AlanSmithee: Had CreativeDifferences with Creator/KenRussell on ''Film/AlteredStates'', and chose to be credited as "Sidney Aaron" for the screenplay.
* CharacterFilibuster: His films are loaded with conversations that turn into lengthy monologues where a character states his/her opinion on a topic, or makes a personal confession.
* MayDecemberRomance: The focus of his play and film ''Middle of the Night'', and a major subplot in both ''Film/TheHospital'' and ''Film/{{Network}}''. Also, he allegedly had one in RealLife with the star of the ''Middle of the Night'' film, Creator/KimNovak.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Sidney Chayefsky got the name Paddy from an incident in his Army years. Assigned to early morning kitchen duty, he tried to get out of it by claiming he had to attend Mass. The officer in charge rolled his eyes at the obviously Jewish Chayefsky trying to pose as Catholic, and kiddingly told him "Sure you do, Paddy", sarcastically giving him a stereotypical Irish name that he ended up using the rest of his life.
* RealisticDictionIsUnrealistic: His literate, finely-honed scripts forced actors into a very specific, expository delivery style, to be able to handle his words.
* SesquipedalianLoquaciousness: Odds are you'll be running for a dictionary or a search engine once or twice ofver the course of a Chayefsky film. He had a love of obscure words that got passed on to his characters.
* WriterOnBoard: Chayefsky had strong opinions on any number of topics, and his characters are very obviously vehicles to express them.
Sidney Aaron Chayefsky (1923-1981) was an American writer, whose work encompassed theatre, television, radio, short stories, novels and film.
The son of Jewish immigrants from Russia, he graduated from college with an accounting degree (and moonlighted as a semi-pro football player) before serving in the Army in UsefulNotes/WorldWarII (where he won a Purple Heart).
Writing prolifically after the war, he achieved a small breakthrough in 1951 when one of his short stories was adapted into the film ''As Young as You Feel'' (which featured an early role for Creator/MarilynMonroe). Then he made his name as a writer of live TV dramas, based on SliceOfLife portrayals of everyday America. One of these, ''Film/{{Marty}}'', went on to be made into a succesful movie, which made him one of the most in-demand writers in Hollywood. He gave up writing for television, feeling the networks were no longer interested in quality shows. He also had success on Broadway with the plays ''Middle of the Night'' and ''The Tenth Man''.
But his reputation is based on the trio of screenplays he wrote in TheSixties and TheSeventies: ''Film/TheAmericanizationOfEmily'' and ''Film/TheHospital'' (both directed by Arthur Hiller) and ''Film/{{Network}}'' (directed by Creator/SidneyLumet). All three follow a similar template: scathing satires about major American institutions (the military, the health care system, network television), where a deeply-flawed AntiHero finds himself grappling with his superiors, who are determined to violate the rules of basic human decency for their own gain. He peppered this with genuine human drama, BlackComedy, and witty, literate dialogue, often stopping the action for charged conversations or revealing, highly-quotable monologues. If that all sounds familiar, it's because Creator/AaronSorkin has frequently cited Chayefsky as a major influence.
He died of cancer at age 58, but his stature has grown in the decades since, with his films (especially ''Film/{{Network}}'') seeming downright-prophetic in the way they presented how the previously-unthinkable can become reality because of the SkewedPriorities of people.
!! Films written by Paddy Chayefsky with pages on TV Tropes:
* ''Film/{{Marty}}'' (1955)--Based on his 1953 ''Philco Television Playhouse'' script. Won the UsefulNotes/AcademyAward for Best Picture, and also won a writing Oscar for him.
* ''Film/TheAmericanizationOfEmily'' (1964)--Adapted from a 1959 novel by William Bradford Huie.
* ''Film/PaintYourWagon'' (1969)--Adapted from the 1951 Lerner & Loewe musical.
* ''Film/TheHospital'' (1971)--Chayefsky also co-produced the film with Howard Gottfried. Won Best Original Screenplay Oscar.
* ''Film/{{Network}}'' (1976)--Chayefsky also co-produced the film with Howard Gottfried. Won Best Original Screenplay Oscar.
* ''Film/AlteredStates'' (1980)--Based on Chayefsky's only novel, published in 1978.
!! Tropes associated with Chayefsky:
* AlanSmithee: Had CreativeDifferences with Creator/KenRussell on ''Film/AlteredStates'', and chose to be credited as "Sidney Aaron" for the screenplay.
* CharacterFilibuster: His films are loaded with conversations that turn into lengthy monologues where a character states his/her opinion on a topic, or makes a personal confession.
* MayDecemberRomance: The focus of his play and film ''Middle of the Night'', and a major subplot in both ''Film/TheHospital'' and ''Film/{{Network}}''. Also, he allegedly had one in RealLife with the star of the ''Middle of the Night'' film, Creator/KimNovak.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Sidney Chayefsky got the name Paddy from an incident in his Army years. Assigned to early morning kitchen duty, he tried to get out of it by claiming he had to attend Mass. The officer in charge rolled his eyes at the obviously Jewish Chayefsky trying to pose as Catholic, and kiddingly told him "Sure you do, Paddy", sarcastically giving him a stereotypical Irish name that he ended up using the rest of his life.
* RealisticDictionIsUnrealistic: His literate, finely-honed scripts forced actors into a very specific, expository delivery style, to be able to handle his words.
* SesquipedalianLoquaciousness: Odds are you'll be running for a dictionary or a search engine once or twice ofver the course of a Chayefsky film. He had a love of obscure words that got passed on to his characters.
* WriterOnBoard: Chayefsky had strong opinions on any number of topics, and his characters are very obviously vehicles to express them.
