Gordon Williams (writer) manager Tommy Docherty. In 1971, his novel "The Siege of Trencher's Farm" was controversially filmed as "Straw Dogs". Sam Peckinpah's cinematic treatment marked a watershed in the depiction of sexual violence in the cinema though the most controversial scenes are absent from the book. Other film work includes "The Man Who Had Power Over Women", from his own novel, and "Tree of Hands", as scriptwriter from a Ruth Rendell novel. Williams also wrote the book of Ridley Scott's film "The Duellists". In 1976 film producer Harry Saltzman employed Williams to rewrite the script for "The Micronauts". Although the film was
The Passions of the Mind Complex. Irving Stone is best renowned for his several biographical novels, the best known being "Lust for Life" and "The Agony and the Ecstasy" (about the artists Vincent Van Gogh and Michelangelo, respectively), which were both adapted into major Hollywood productions. Though less well known, "Passions of the Mind" was an American bestseller upon its release, spending 13 weeks at the top of the "New York Times" Bestseller List (fiction) in the spring of 1971, and nearly 30 weeks in the top 15. The Passions of the Mind The Passions of the Mind is a 1971 novel by American author