who was the actor in the great santini
The best translation from page to screen, however, is The Great Santini (1979), itself based so closely on the author's young life and family that his father, the model for the lead character, told his son, upon hearing of the Academy Award nominations for Robert Duvall as Best Actor and Michael O'Keefe as Best Supporting Actor, You and me got nominated for Academy Awards, your mother didn't get squat.