{{Short description|American film producer (1930–2010)}} {{Infobox person | name = Elliott Kastner | image = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1930|1|7|mf=yes}} | birth_place = New York City, U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|2010|6|30|1930|1|7|mf=y}} | death_place = London, England, UK | education = University of Miami<br /> Columbia University | occupation = Film producer | years_active = 1965–2010 | spouse = Carolyn Hughes<br />({{abbr|m.|married}} 1960; {{abbr|div.|divorced}} 197?)<br />Tessa Kennedy<br />({{abbr|m.|married}} 1971; {{abbr|div.|divorced}} 199?) | children = 2 }}
'''Elliott Kastner''' (January 7, 1930 – June 30, 2010)<ref name="variety"/> was an American film producer, whose best known credits include ''Where Eagles Dare'' (1968), ''The Long Goodbye'' (1973), ''The Missouri Breaks'' (1976), and ''Angel Heart'' (1987).
==Early life and career== Kastner was born to a Jewish family<ref>Erens, Patricia. ''The Jew in American Cinema''. {{ISBN|9780253204936}} | {{ISBN|0253204933}} | Publisher: Indiana University Press | Publish Date: August 1988. p. [https://books.google.com/books?id=-v2Di_5ShGMC&dq=Elliot%20Kastner&pg=PA392 392].</ref> in New York City. His father died when he was young, and he was raised by his mother in Harlem.<ref name="guardian"/>
He attended the University of Miami and Columbia University. During the 1950s, he was stationed with United States European Command in Frankfurt and Paris. ===Agent=== Kastner worked in the mail room at the William Morris Agency in New York, becoming a literary agent. He moved to Los Angeles and became a talent agent at the Music Corporation of America (MCA). When that agency merged with Decca Records, which owned Universal Pictures, Lew Wasserman, the president of MCA, made Kastner vice president of production at Universal. He worked there for two years before becoming an independent producer.
==Producer== Kastner's first film as producer was ''Bus Riley's Back in Town'' (1965) based on a script by William Inge and starring Ann-Margret and Michael Parks. Inge was so unhappy with the final result he requested his name be taken off the credits and the film was not a commercial or critical success.
===Jerry Gershwin=== Kastner then teamed up with producer Jerry Gershwin to form Winkast Film Productions, based at Pinewood Studios in Buckinghamshire. They wound up making eleven movies together, the first of which was the highly popular ''Harper'' (1966) from a novel by Ross Macdonald and directed by Jack Smight. The screenplay was written by William Goldman who had been talking to Kastner about a film of Goldman's novel ''Boys and Girls Together''; Goldman suggested that the Ross MacDonald Lew Archer series would make a good movie, and Kastner bought the rights.<ref>{{Cite news|title='I Like It. I Want It. Let's Sew It Up.'|author=PETER BART|work=The New York Times|date=Aug 7, 1966|page=95}}</ref> Kastner then got Goldman to write a sequel ''The Chill'', but it was never made.<ref name="new"/>
Kastner's third film was ''Kaleidescope'' (1966), made in England, directed by Smight with Warren Beatty and Susannah York. Kastner and Gershwin raised the finance independently, and sold it to a studio, Warner Bros. "That was the beginning of producers taking control creatively by self financing", said his stepson Cassian Elwes, who later became a producer himself.<ref name="variety">[https://variety.com/2010/film/news/producer-elliott-kastner-dies-1118021303/ Obituary at ''Variety'']</ref>
Winkast then made ''The Bobo'' (1968), starring Peter Sellers and his then-wife Britt Ekland, and ''Sweet November'' (1968), with Sandy Dennis. Both were released through Warners, but ''Sol Madrid'' (1968) was released through MGM.
''Sol Madrid'' was directed by Brian G. Hutton who helmed Kastner and Gershwin's next film, ''Where Eagles Dare'' (1968). The producer had managed to persuade Alistair MacLean to write an original screenplay as a vehicle for Richard Burton (it was later turned into a novel).<ref>{{cite news|author=Aba, Marika|date=21 July 1968|title=The Burtons... 'Just Another Working Couple|work=Los Angeles Times|page=c18}}</ref> The movie was a big hit and led to Kastner adapting several other MacLean stories and working with Burton a number of other times. Other MacLean adaptations included ''When Eight Bells Toll'' (1971), ''Fear is the Key'' and ''Breakheart Pass'' (1975).
Less popular was ''The Night of the Following Day'' (1969) with Marlon Brando.
Burton was meant to star in ''Laughter in the Dark'' (1969) but was fired during filming and replaced by Nicol Williamson. Kastner had involvement in ''Man on Horseback'' (1969).
In the late 1960s Kastner wanted rock star Jim Morrison to play Billy the Kid in a movie adaption of Michael McClure's ''The Beard''.
Kastner also partnered with noted producers Alan Ladd, Jr. and Jay Kanter between 1969 and 1972, producing with them the films ''The Walking Stick'', ''A Severed Head'', ''Tam-Lin'', ''Villain'', ''The Nightcomers'' (directed by Michael Winner, with Marlon Brando), ''X Y & Zee'' (with Burton's then-wife Elizabeth Taylor) and ''Fear Is the Key'' (from a novel by Alistair MacLean).<ref name="five">{{cite magazine|magazine=Filmink|first=Stephen|last=Vagg|url=https://www.filmink.com.au/forgotten-british-film-moguls-nat-cohen-part-five-1971-1988/|access-date=5 February 2025|date=5 February 2025|title=Forgotten British film moguls – Nat Cohen: Part Five (1971-1988)}}</ref>
Kastner is also famous for his film adaptations of three Raymond Chandler's novels based on the exploits of one of Chandler's most famous creations, Philip Marlowe: ''The Long Goodbye'' (1973), ''Farewell, My Lovely'' (1975) and ''The Big Sleep'' (1978). The first starred Elliot Gould and was directed by Robert Altman, with finance from United Artists. The latter two both starred Robert Mitchum as Marlowe and were financed by Lew Grade's ITC; ''The Big Sleep'' was shot in Britain under the direction of Michael Winner.
As part of the ITC deal, Kastner produced ''Dogpound Shuffle''.
Kastner admired Altman's work on ''The Long Goodbye'' and wanted to collaborate with him in a production of ''92 in the Shade'' by Tom McGuane, however the two men had a disagreement and the film was directed by McGuane himself. It was one of three McGuane projects produced by Kastner, the others being ''Ranchlo Deluxe'' and ''The Missouri Breaks''. The latter starred Marlon Brando and Jack Nicholson. Kastner famously got each star to commit by lying and telling them the other one had already signed.<ref name="new"/>
Around this time he also produced ''A Little Night Music'' which was a huge flop.
In a 1977 article Mario Puzo wrote about the Cannes Film Festival said that a group of producers regarded Kastner as "the greatest genius in the movie business... [he] has put together very big films, nearly all of which are flops. And yet he can get the money and stars to produce any movie he decides to. He does it with a phone, irresistible charm, and shameless chutzpah."<ref>{{Cite news|title=How I Went To the Festival But Missed All the Movies: How I Missed All The Festival Movies |author=MARIO PUZO|date=June 5, 1977|work=The New York Times|page=D1}}</ref>
Colleague Jay Kanter said Kastner's reputation in Hollywood was "Some good, some bad. He was relentless in pursuing what he wanted. I mean dogged in his pursuit."<ref name="new">[https://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/02/movies/02kastner.html?_r=0|work=The New York Times obituary]</ref> He added "If Elliott believed in some material, he'd never hesitate to put his own money into buying it and hiring writers to develop a screenplay. He was passionate about what he did, and he was a terrific salesman as well."<ref name="independent"/>
His obituary in the ''Guardian'' stated that "Kastner was relentless in his pursuit of getting what he wanted. Mostly he wanted to entice well-known playwrights and novelists to write screenplays, or gain the rights of those works whose authors were no longer around to cajole."<ref name="guardian">[https://www.theguardian.com/film/2010/jul/29/elliott-kastner-obituary Ronald Bergan, Elliott Kastner obituary, ''The Guardian'' 29 July 2010]</ref>
==Later years== Kastner planned to make ''Nightwork'' from a novel by Irwin Shaw directed by Frank Perry but the film was not made.
He made ''Absolution'' starring Richard Burton.
Kastner independently financed ''Oxford Blues'' which he sold to MGM. Peter Bart, an executive at MGM at the time, called Kastner "a maverick filmmaker... a stooped, rumpled, wizened little man" who "had a reputation in the industry for coming up with deals that were far more intriguing than his movies. Though over the years he’d produced a couple of highprofile films... he’d also proven remarkably adept at funding obscure films that failed to find audiences."<ref>{{cite book|page=219|url=https://archive.org/details/fadeoutcalamitou0000bart_h8g2/page/219/mode/1up?q=%22elliott+kastner%22|first=Peter|last=Bart|date=1991|title=Fade out : the calamitous final days of MGM| isbn=978-0-385-41892-8 }}</ref> Bart claims the film was made for $1.8 million but Kastner sold it to MGM for $6 million, including his $1 million fee.<ref>Bart p 221-223</ref>
In the mid-1980s Kastner frequently worked with his step son, Cassian Elwes. In the 1970s he had mentored Arnon Milchan.
Kastner produced ''Heat'' from a novel by William Goldman starring Burt Reynolds. Robert Altman was going to direct but he and Kastner clashed and Altman left the project. Kastner replaced him with Dick Richards, who had directed ''Farewell My Lovely'' for Kastner, but Richards clashed with Reynolds and left the project during filming.
In 1987 Kastner and Andre Blay bought 70% of Cinema Group Home video.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-06-10-fi-3668-story.html|title=Blay and Kastner Acquire Cinema Group Home Video|author=Harris, Kathryn|work=Los Angeles Times|date=10 June 1987|page=A2}}</ref> In the late 1980s he was going to make ''Jericho'' with Marlon Brando. Instead he made ''Angel Heart'' with Alan Parker. Parker called Kastner " an irascible gadfly in the film industry, having been involved with more films than Technicolor and outlived fifty studio heads and as many lawsuits. Many was the time I’ve seen him ‘work’ the tables in the Pinewood Studios restaurant on the way to the men's room. He usually stayed just long enough to blow his nose in your napkin, dispense some wickedly cynical aphorism about the movies and move on. There is an oft-told story that Marlon Brando finally said yes to doing ''Missouri Breaks'' because he could not face the prospect of Elliott Kastner, on his knees, crying in front of him one more time."<ref>{{cite web|website=Alan Parker|url=http://alanparker.com/film/angel-heart/making|first=Alan|last=Parker|title=The Making of Angel Heart}}</ref>
In 1988 he declared bankruptcy.{{citation needed|date=January 2021}}
In the late 1990s he bought Roger Corman's Concorde New Horizons for $100 million.<ref>{{Cite news|title=A Lion of B Movies To Sell Company To an Independent|author=GERALDINE FABRIKANT|date=Feb 10, 1997|work=The New York Times|page=D9}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1997-02-10-fi-27216-story.html | work=Los Angeles Times | first=James | last=Bates | title=B-Movie King Corman to Sell Company | date=February 10, 1997}}</ref>
Kastner had a financial interest in ''A Chorus of Disapproval'' directed by Michael Winner.
Kastner's career was marked by a number of lawsuits, including with Mickey Rourke<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1989-05-27-ca-608-story.html | work=Los Angeles Times | title=Rourke in Dispute Over 'Homeboy' | date=May 27, 1989}}</ref> and David McClintick,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.leagle.com/decision/19971208972FSupp236_11182.xml/TIME,%20INC.%20v.%20KASTNER |title=TIME, INC. v. KASTNER | 972 F.Supp. 236 (1997) | upp23611182 |publisher=Leagle.com |date=1997-07-31 |accessdate=2022-08-12}}</ref> and over the film ''Frank and Jesse''.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-03-15-ca-34417-story.html | work=Los Angeles Times | first=Jane | last=Galbraith | title=Ark. Town Gunning for James Gang : Movies: The citizens of Van Buren claim that the producers of 'Frank and Jesse' stiffed them. 'Nobody is going to be shabbily treated,' its co-producer says | date=March 15, 1994}}</ref>
Kastner was sued by Marlon Brando over a proposed musical film version of ''Treasure Island''.
==Family== He was married and divorced twice. In 1960 he first married actor Carolyn Hughes. He was the second husband of the interior designer Tessa Kennedy (m 1971), with whom he had two children, a son, Dillon and a daughter, Milica. He had been introduced to Kennedy by Warren Beatty.
"The marriage worked very well", says Kennedy. "For eight years we'd only spend three or four days a month together. It wouldn't have lasted more than a year if we'd been together because we're very different and volatile." Kennedy and Kastner separated in 1995.
He was also a stepfather to Kennedy's three sons from a previous marriage: film producer Cassian Elwes, artist Damian Elwes and actor Cary Elwes.
==Death== Elliott Kastner died of cancer on June 30, 2010, in London at the age of 80.<ref>[http://www.einsiders.com/hollywood-obituaries/film-producer-elliott-kastner-dies-june-30-2010.html Kastner Obituary] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100705212417/http://www.einsiders.com/hollywood-obituaries/film-producer-elliott-kastner-dies-june-30-2010.html |date=2010-07-05 }}; accessed May 5, 2014.</ref><ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/02/movies/02kastner.html?hpw Elliott Kastner obituary], nytimes.com, July 2, 2010; accessed May 5, 2014.</ref><ref>[https://www.variety.com/article/VR1118021303.html?categoryid=13&cs=1&ref=vertfilm ''Variety'' obituary], variety.com; accessed May 5, 2014.</ref>
Towards the end of his life he had approached David Thomson to see if he was interested in writing Kastner's biography.<ref name="david">https://newrepublic.com/article/books-and-arts/76147/elliott-kastner-1930–2010 {{Dead link|date=February 2022}}</ref> Thomson recalled: <blockquote>He was the way producers were once supposed to be—showily cynical yet deeply attached to his projects; absolutely aware that a producer had to make a lot of pictures before the trash and the triumphs got sorted out; belligerent but sensitive, tough-mouthed sometimes; arrogant and Cagneyesque, but very well read; devoted to writers and alert to children... He admitted he had been a scoundrel sometimes—you had to be—but he knew there was good work to show for it.<ref name="david"/></blockquote>
According to one obituary he: "Was noted for his skill in bringing together writers, directors and stars for generally commercial (though sometimes surprisingly cerebral) films. He excelled in literary adaptations, from popular works such as those of Raymond Chandler and Alistair MacLean to the more esoteric output of such writers as Iris Murdoch, Vladimir Nabokov and Edna O'Brien. He also favoured tales with strong, single-minded heroes and produced films featuring such actors as Marlon Brando, Paul Newman, Jack Nicholson, Robert Mitchum, Burt Reynolds and Richard Burton."<ref name="independent">[https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/elliott-kastner-film-producer-best-known-for-his-adaptations-of-novels-by-maclean-and-chandler-2028723.html Tom Vallance, "Elliott Kastner obituary"] ''The Independent'', 17 July 2010</ref>
In 2014 it was announced a deal had been struck to release all of his films on DVD.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cinemaretro.com/index.php?/archives/8270-HOLLYWOOD-CLASSICS-TO-DISTRIBUTE-FILMS-FROM-ELLIOT-KASTNER-LIBRARY.html|title=HOLLYWOOD CLASSICS TO DISTRIBUTE FILMS FROM ELLIOT KASTNER LIBRARY - Cinema Retro}}</ref>
==Filmography== He was a producer in all films unless otherwise noted.
===Film=== {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;" |- ! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Year ! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Film ! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Credit ! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Notes ! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | {{abbr|Ref.|Reference}} |- | 1965 || ''Bus Riley's Back in Town'' || || || |- |rowspan=2| 1966 || ''Harper'' || || || |- | ''Kaleidoscope'' || || || |- | 1967 || ''The Bobo'' || || || |- |rowspan=3| 1968 || ''Sol Madrid'' || || || |- | ''Sweet November'' || || || |- | ''Where Eagles Dare'' || || || |- |rowspan=3| 1969 || ''The Night of the Following Day'' || Executive producer || || |- | ''Man on Horseback'' || Executive producer || || |- | ''Laughter in the Dark'' || || || |- |rowspan=3| 1970 || ''The Walking Stick'' || Executive producer || || |- | ''Tam-Lin'' || Executive producer || || |- | ''A Severed Head'' || || || |- |rowspan=3| 1971 || ''When Eight Bells Toll'' || || || |- | ''Villain'' || Executive producer || || |- | ''The Nightcomers'' || Executive producer || {{center|<small>Uncredited</small>}} || |- |rowspan=3| 1972 || ''X Y & Zee'' || Executive producer || || |- | ''Cry for Me, Billy'' || Executive producer || || |- | ''Fear Is the Key'' || Executive producer || || |- |rowspan=3| 1973 || ''The Long Goodbye'' || Executive producer || || |- | ''Jeremy'' || || || |- | ''Cops and Robbers'' || || || |- | 1974 || ''11 Harrowhouse'' || || || |- |rowspan=6| 1975 || ''Rancho Deluxe'' || || || |- | ''Farewell, My Lovely'' || Executive producer || || |- | ''Russian Roulette'' || Executive producer || || |- | ''92 in the Shade'' || Executive producer || || |- | ''Breakheart Pass'' || Executive producer || || |- | ''Dogpound Shuffle'' || || || |- |rowspan=2| 1976 || ''The Missouri Breaks'' || || || |- | ''Swashbuckler'' || Executive producer || || |- |rowspan=4| 1977 || ''Black Joy'' || || || |- | ''A Little Night Music'' || || || |- | ''Equus'' || || || |- | ''The Stick Up'' || || {{center|<small>Uncredited</small>}} || |- |rowspan=2| 1978 || ''The Big Sleep'' || || || |- | ''Absolution'' || || || |- |rowspan=2| 1979 || ''Goldengirl'' || || || |- | ''Yesterday's Hero'' || Executive producer || || |- |rowspan=3| 1980 || ''Saturn 3'' || Executive producer || {{center|<small>Uncredited</small>}} || |- | ''North Sea Hijack'' || || || |- | ''The First Deadly Sin'' || Executive producer || || |- | 1982 || ''Death Valley'' || || || |- | 1983 || ''Man, Woman and Child'' || Executive producer || || |- |rowspan=3| 1984 || ''Oxford Blues'' || || || {{center|<ref>{{cite web| url = http://fortune.com/2014/01/03/meet-independent-films-go-to-fixer/| title = Meet independent film's go-to 'fixer' {{!}} Fortune}}</ref>}} |- | ''Garbo Talks'' || || || |- | ''Big Truck and Sister Clare'' || Executive producer || || |- |rowspan=2| 1986 || ''Nomads'' || || || |- | ''Heat'' || || {{center|<small>Uncredited</small>}} || |- |rowspan=3| 1987 || ''Angel Heart'' || || || |- | ''White of the Eye'' || || || |- | ''Zombie High'' || || || |- |rowspan=4| 1988 || ''Jack's Back'' || || {{center|<small>Uncredited</small>}} || |- | ''The Blob'' || || || |- | ''Homeboy'' || || || |- | ''Zits'' || || || |- | 1989 || ''Never on Tuesday'' || || || |- | 1994 || ''Frank and Jesse'' || || || |- | 1996 || ''Love Is All There Is'' || || || |- | 2001 || ''Sweet November'' || || || |- | 2005 || ''Opa!'' || || Final film as a producer || |}
;Miscellaneous crew
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;" |- ! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Year ! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Film ! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Role |- | 1973 || ''Cops and Robbers'' ||rowspan=7| Presenter |- |rowspan=3| 1975 || ''Rancho Deluxe'' |- | ''Russian Roulette'' |- | ''92 in the Shade'' |- | 1976 || ''The Missouri Breaks'' |- |rowspan=2| 1977 || ''Black Joy'' |- | ''The Stick Up'' |- |rowspan=2| 1978 || ''The Medusa Touch'' || In association with |- | ''Absolution'' ||rowspan=2| Presenter |- | 1979 || ''Yesterday's Hero'' |- |rowspan=3| 1980 || ''Saturn 3'' || Presents in association with |- | ''North Sea Hijack'' ||rowspan=5| Presenter |- | ''The First Deadly Sin'' |- | 1986 || ''Heat'' |- | 1988 || ''The Blob'' |- | 1989 || ''A Chorus of Disapproval'' |}
;Thanks
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;" |- ! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Year ! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Film ! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Role |- | 1965 || ''Wild Seed'' ||rowspan=2| Special thanks |- | 1979 || ''Natural Enemies'' |- | 1989 || ''Warm Summer Rain'' || The producers wish to thank |- | 1991 || ''The Dark Backward'' || Grateful acknowledgment |- | 2011 || ''A Thousand Kisses Deep'' || Special thanks |- | 2012 || ''Papadopoulos & Sons'' || Dedicated to the memory of |}
====Unmade films==== *''The Children of Sanchez'' (1962)<ref>{{Cite news|title=TEAM SET TO FILM OSCAR LEWIS BOOK: Vittorio de Sica Will Direct 'Children of Sanchez' Will Have International Cast Boccaccio 70" Selected Russian Movie to Open|author=HOWARD THOMPSON|date=Mar 17, 1962|work=The New York Times|page=17}}</ref> *''Flight into Camden'' from novel by David Storey (1962)<ref>{{Cite news|title=Bruce Yarnell Joins 'Irma La Douce' Cast|date=June 28, 1962|work=Los Angeles Times|page=C7}}</ref> *''Hanno's Doll'' with Jane Fonda and Stanley Kramer (1962)<ref>{{Cite news|title=Jane Fonda Heads 'Hanno's Doll' Cast|date=June 19, 1962|work=Los Angeles Times|page=C7}}</ref> *adaptation of ''Boys and Girls Together'' (1966) – to be directed by Sydney Pollack<ref>{{Cite news|title=Loads of Culture On the Horizon: More on Movie Matters|author=A.H. WEILER|date=May 29, 1966|work=The New York Times|page=D9}}</ref> *''The Telephone Book'' an original script by Harry Cohn (1966)<ref name="kinema">[http://www.britmovie.co.uk/forums/british-film-studios/111125-kinematograph-weekly-1966-a.html Kinematograph Weekly 24 Feb 1966 p 12] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151224183701/http://www.britmovie.co.uk/forums/british-film-studios/111125-kinematograph-weekly-1966-a.html |date=2015-12-24 }}</ref> *''Sard Harker'' based on a book by John Masefield<ref name="kinema"/> *''Fruit of the Poppy'' by Robert Wilder<ref name="kinema"/> *''Chow Charlie Baby'' based on novel by David Dodge<ref name="kinema"/> *''The Violent Land'' a western to be directed by Brian Hutton<ref name="kinema"/> *''Revolutionary Road'' based on novel by Richard Yates<ref name="kinema"/> *musical adaptation of ''Treasure Island'' for Cinema Center Films (1968)<ref>{{Cite news|title=Cinema by, but Not Necessarily for, Television|author=Warga, Wayne.|date=July 28, 1968|work=Los Angeles Times|page=c14}}</ref> *''The Chill'' (1967) – sequel to ''Harper''<ref name="kastner">{{Cite news|title=MOVIE CALL SHEET: Team to Produce 14 Films|author=Martin, Betty|date=Nov 30, 1966|work=Los Angeles Times|page=D16}}</ref> – at one stage to be directed by Sam Peckinpah<ref name="dick">{{Cite news|title=TOP PIX DEALS GOPOOF: "Say, what ever happened with that script I read you had all set up to shoot in Swaziland with Paul Newman, Raquel Welch, the Spanish Air Force, Godzilla and the June Taylor Dancers?" he asked, folding his copy of the Hollywood Reporter. "Don't ask", the man answered.|author=Adler, Dick.|date=Jan 31, 1971|work=Los Angeles Times|page=u14}}</ref> *''Rose of Tibet'' (late 1960s)<ref name="dick"/> *''Hall of Mirrors'' (late 1960s)<ref name="kastner"/> *''Caribbean'' (late 1960s)<ref name="kastner"/> *''The Violent Land'' (late 1960s)<ref name="kastner"/> *''Hive of Glass'' (late 1960s)<ref name="kastner"/> *''Sard Harder'' (late 1960s)<ref name="kastner"/> *''Confidence Man'' (late 1960s)<ref name="kastner"/> * adaptation of Gore Vidal's ''Julian'' with script by Vidal (1968)<ref>{{Cite news|title=Gore Vidal Sought to Pen Film Story of Late W. C. Fields' Life|author=Manners, Dorothy.|date=Sep 19, 1968|newspaper=The Washington Post|page=B7}}</ref> *adaptation of ''The Forty Days of Musa Daugh'' (1969)<ref>{{Cite news|title=Gershwin, Kastner Will Film 'The Forty Days'|date=Apr 11, 1969|work=Los Angeles Times|page=g28}}</ref> *''The Pictures of Fidelman'' (1971) based on novel by Bernard Malmud<ref>{{Cite news|title=The Many-Movied Malamud: Many-Movied Malamud|author=A.H. WEILER|date=July 26, 1970|work=The New York Times|page=71}}</ref> *''Sleep is for the Rich'' based on novel by Donald MacKenzie (1972)<ref>{{Cite news|title=Drive, Gene Hackman Said: Drive, Gene Hackman Said|author=A. H. WEILER|date=Feb 6, 1972|work=The New York Times|page=D15}}</ref> *''The Boy Who Invented the Bubble Gun'' (1973)<ref>{{Cite news|title=MOVIE CALL SHEET: Team to Film 'Jailbreak'|author=Scheuer, Lucie K.|date=June 2, 1973|work=Los Angeles Times|page=a6}}</ref> *''Untitled Tony Bennett/Ruby Braff-George Barnes Quartet Documentary aka This Funny World (working title)'' (1973) *adaptation of ''The Fountainhead'' (1975) – to be directed by Michael Cimino *''Gunfighters'' (1977)<ref>{{Cite news|title=FILM CLIPS: Stardom--Science or Fiction?|author=Kilday, Gregg.|date=May 7, 1977|work=Los Angeles Times|page=b6}}</ref> *''Serpentine'' based on life of Charles Sobhraj (1977)<ref>{{Cite news|title='Serpentine' Book Sold To Films for $1 Million: 'Strictly Cash and Carry' 'Omnibus' to Return to TV 'Modigliani' Bought for Pacino Warner Offers Prize|author=ALJEAN HARMETZ |date=Nov 15, 1979|work=The New York Times|page=C16}}</ref> *''The Quest of St. James Elk'' (1981) – to be directed by John McTiernan *adaptation of ''The Deer Park'' by Norman Mailer (1987)<ref>{{Cite news|title=Rampage' on again, off again, late again: Celebrities|author=Beck, Marllyn.|date=Aug 27, 1987|work=Chicago Tribune|page=D8}}</ref> *adaptation of book ''Indecent Exposure'' (1987)<ref>{{Cite news|title=OUTTAKES: SCANDALOUS|author=Clark TaylorNikki FinkePatrick GoldsteinCraig ModdernoLeonard KladyPat BroeskeChris WillmanLeonard KladyLeonard KladyLeonard KladyBelma Johnson.|date=Oct 25, 1987|work=Los Angeles Times|page=K18}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/magazine/1995/11/begelman199511|title=Final Exposure }}</ref> *''Jericho'' with Marlon Brando (1988)<ref>{{Cite news|title=Stones to be together separately: Celebrities|author=Beck, Marilyn.|date=Apr 14, 1988|work=Chicago Tribune|page=D13C}}</ref> *''The Madman's Tale'' based on novel by John Kaztenbach (2004)
===Television=== {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;" |- ! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Year ! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Title ! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Notes |- |rowspan=2| 1969 || ''Michael Kohlhaas'' || |- | ''Phantom India'' || Documentary |- | 1979 || ''Mr. Horn'' || Television film |}
==Theatre credits== *''Two Weeks Somewhere Else'' by Herman Raucher (1966)<ref>{{Cite news|title=The Rialto: A Secret's Out: News of the Rialto Secret Is Out WHY ALBEE? STRATFORD SEASON ROUNDUP|author=LEWIS FUNKEFriedman-Abeles|date=Nov 27, 1966|work=The New York Times|page=D1}}</ref> *''Marilyn! The Musical'' (1983)<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-nov-07-me-48245-story.html | work=Los Angeles Times | first=Myrna | last=Oliver | title=Stephanie Lawrence; London Musical Actress Starred in 'Evita,' 'Marilyn!' | date=November 7, 2000}}</ref>
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==External links== *{{IMDb name|0440990}} *[https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/producer-elliott-kastner-dies-25191 Obituary] at ''The Hollywood Reporter'' *[https://variety.com/2010/film/news/producer-elliott-kastner-dies-1118021303/ Obituary] at ''Variety'' *[https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2010-jul-03-la-me-elliott-kastner-20100703-story.html Obituary] at ''Los Angeles Times'' *[https://web.archive.org/web/20120715230907/http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2ba0b04788 Elliot Kastner credits] at BFI *[http://www.creativefilmco.com/elliot_kastner.htm Cinema VII] {{dead link|date=November 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} *[http://www.oldies.com/performer-view/Elliott-Kastner.html Oldies.com] *[http://www.channel4.com/film/reviews/person.jsp?id=15121 Channel 4] *[https://www.vanityfair.com/magazine/archive/1995/11/begelman199511?currentPage=5 Vanity Fair] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120405153105/http://www.vanityfair.com/magazine/archive/1995/11/begelman199511?currentPage=5 |date=2012-04-05 }} *[https://www.tcm.com/this-month/article/28064 Turner Classic Movies]
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