Darryl Ponicsan
American writer · United States · On the map · Writers · Born 1938 · age 88
Darryl Ponicsan is an American writer. He is best known as the author of the 1970 novel The Last Detail, which was adapted into the 1973 film of the same name starring Jack Nicholson.
Darryl Ponicsan is read about 33 times a day, in 6 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 14 July 2026
The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 60 days, one point a day.
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Close ties
Harold Becker Directed Taps, Vision Quest and The Boost- Stanley R. Jaffe Produced Taps and School Ties
Barbra Streisand Produced Nuts (1987)
Sydney Pollack Directed Random Hearts (1999)
Eli Wallach Darryl wrote Cinderella Liberty (1974)
Richard Linklater Directed Last Flag Flying (2017)
Martin Ritt Directed Nuts (1987)
Ronny Cox Also in Taps and Vision Quest
Hal Ashby Directed The Last Detail (1973)
Mark Rydell Directed Cinderella Liberty (1973)- Julia Phillips Produced The Boost (1988)
Sherry Lansing Produced School Ties (1992)
Dakin Matthews Also in Nuts and The Enemy Within
Warren Adler Produced Random Hearts (1999)
Robert Mandel Directed School Ties (1992)- Peter Douglas Produced The Enemy Within (1994)
Jon Peters Produced Vision Quest (1985)
Peter Guber Produced Vision Quest (1985)- Ronald L. Schwary Produced Random Hearts (1999)
Roger Gimbel Produced The Girl Called Hatter Fox (1977)
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About this person
A sequel, Last Flag Flying, based on his 2005 novel of the same name, was released in 2017; he co-wrote the screenplay with director Richard Linklater. He also wrote the 1973 novel and screenplay Cinderella Liberty, starring James Caan. Ponicsan writes mystery novels under the pen name Anne Argula.
