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What was Gore Vidal's first screenplay?
Gore Vidal's first screenplay was Climax!: A Farewell to Arms.
How did Gore Vidal become involved in Ben-Hur?
In 1958, the director William Wyler required a script doctor to rewrite the screenplay for Ben-Hur, originally written by Karl Tunberg.
Was Gore Vidal work on Ben-Hur successful for him?
Yes, in exchange for rewriting the Ben-Hur screenplay, on location in Italy, Gore Vidal negotiated the early termination of his four-year contract with MGM.
Where did Gore Vidal go after the early termination of his four-year contract with MGM?
Gore Vidal occasionally returned to the movie business, and wrote historically accurate teleplays and screenplays about subjects important to him.
Were any screenplays written by Gore Vidal notable?
The Best Man: A Play about Politics and Visit to a Small Planet were theatre and movie successes.
Were any movies written by Gore Vidal notable?
The Roman Empire movie Caligula (1979), from which Gore Vidal had his screenwriter credit removed
Why did Gore Vidal have his credit removed?
Gore Vidal had his screenwriter credit removed because the producer, director, and leading actor rewrote the script and added extra sex and violence to increase the commercial success.
Did having his screenwriter credit removed cause conflict for Gore Vidal?
In a Time magazine interview, Gore Vidal said that directors were parasites and a film's author was its screenwriter; in response, Brass demanded Vidal was removed from the set.
What did Gore Vidal do after The Best Man and Caligula?
In the documentary film The Celluloid Closet (1995), Gore Vidal explained that Messala's failed attempt at resuming their homosexual, boyhood relationship motivated the political enmity between Ben-Hur and Messala
Are there any other interesting aspects about Gore Vidal explaining the Ben-Hur screenplay in the documentary The Celluloid Closet (1995)?
Boyd was aware of the homosexual subtext to the scene and that the director, the producer and the screenplay writer agreed to keep Heston ignorant of the subtext, lest he refuse to play the scene.
is there any information about Gore Vidal's work on that film Ben-Hur (1959) besides what motivated political enmity in the film?
Despite Gore Vidal's script-doctor resolution of the character's motivations, the Screen Writers Guild assigned formal screenwriter-credit to Karl Tunberg, in accordance with the WGA screenwriting credit system

Question: Did he do any TV screenplays?
Self-contained rewrite: Did Gore Vidal do any TV screenplays?