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Martin Bregman Born May 18, 1931
New York City, New York, United StatesOccupation Film producer Martin Bregman (May 18, 1931) is a film producer and former personal manager. Bregman produced many films including Scarface, Sea of Love, Venom, Serpico, Dog Day Afternoon, The Four Seasons, Betsy's Wedding, Carlito's Way, and The Bone Collector.
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Life and career
Bregman was born in New York City, to Leon and Ida.[1] As a child, he suffered from Polio. He began his career selling insurance and first got into the entertainment business as a night club agent. Building relationships with investors such as New York real estate magnate, Lew Rudin, Bregman moved successfully into personal management, eventually representing such stars as Al Pacino, Woody Allen, Barbra Streisand, Faye Dunaway, Alan Alda and Bette Midler.[2] Bregman discovered Pacino in an Off Broadway play, and helped to support the actor as he built his stage and then film career, among other things working to land Pacino the actor's first film role in 1971's "Panic in Needle Park," winning out over then unknown actor Robert De Niro.[2] Bregman ventured into film producing in 1973, building projects around Pacino, initially with the Sidney Lumet directed Serpico. The film's acclaim set the path for many more highly acclaimed collaborations with Pacino, including Dog Day Afternoon in 1975, Scarface in 1983, and 1989's Sea of Love. Beginning in 1979 with The Seduction of Joe Tynan, and for most of the 1980s, Bregman enjoyed a successful run of films with writer/director Alan Alda. Their creative and business partnership yielded such well received films as The Four Seasons in 1981, Sweet Liberty in 1986, A New Life in 1988 and Betsy's Wedding, in 1990. Other notable films include 1999's The Bone Collector with Denzel Washington and 2002's The Adventures of Pluto Nash, starring Eddie Murphy, and notable mostly for its resounding box-office failure.[3]
Bregman has also produced two short-lived television shows, 1980's S*H*E and 1984's The Four Seasons, with Alda, based on their film.[4]
Bregman lives in New York City and has two sons with former wife Elizabeth Driscoll, Christopher and film producer Michael (Sea of Love, Carlito's Way),"[1] and a daughter, singer Marissa Bregman,[5] with his current wife, actress Cornelia (Sharpe) Bregman (Serpico, The Next Man, The Reincarnation of Peter Proud).[6]
In popular culture
Scarface, initially criticized for its violent content, has become culturally, significant, and highly popular due to its heavy visual and thematic influence on various musical genres, especially hiphop and rap. The film's dialog has been sampled numerous times and appeared in songs by The Geto Boys, Kool G Rap, G-Unit and Jay Z. Rapper Scarface has acknowledged the film as the source of his name.
References
- ^ a b "Martin Bregman Biography (1931-)". Filmreference.com. 1931-05-18. http://www.filmreference.com/film/75/Martin-Bregman.html. Retrieved 2011-03-19.
- ^ a b "Marty Bregman". Cityfile. 1931-05-18. http://cityfile.com/profiles/marty-bregman. Retrieved 2011-03-19.
- ^ "Martin Bregman Biography - Yahoo! Movies". Movies.yahoo.com. 1931-05-18. http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1800022082/bio. Retrieved 2011-03-19.
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- ^ http://www.marissabregman.com
- ^ "Cornelia Sharpe Biography (1943-)". Filmreference.com. 1943-10-18. http://www.filmreference.com/film/75/Cornelia-Sharpe.html. Retrieved 2011-03-19.
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Categories:- American film producers
- People from New York City
- Living people
- 1931 births
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