TEAR. Alvin Sargent, Oscar-nominated screenwriter for Ordinary People

Alvin Sargent, an Oscar-winning screenwriter whose career has evolved into a frankly ridiculous line of genres with remarkable success, has passed away. Sargent – who won the Oscars for best screenplay adapted for 1977 Julia, and for the 1980s much famous portrait of devouring grief, destroyer of family, Ordinary people-Was 92 years old.

By The Hollywood ReporterSargent was born in Philadelphia and made his debut in the world of writing via television, where he wrote scripts for shows like Road 66 and Alfred Hitchcock presents. In 1966, he co-wrote the comedy Shirley MacLaine Gambit (not this Gambit), working with prolific comedy screenwriter Jack Davies to plan the plot based on the robbery and the farce of the film. With a foot in the door of the cinema, he worked prolificly in the cinema for several decades, bouncing in front of dramas like that of Gregory Peck. I walk the line (1970), to the misleading engineer of Peter Bogdanovich Moon paper (1973), to the awkwardness of Bill Murray of What about Bob? and the action of movie superheroes like Spider Mans 2, 3, and L & # 39; incredible. (Yes, this Spider-Man.)

Despite his success as a superhero, many people will still say that Spider-Man 2 is one of the greatest achievements of its kind. It's at the heart of what makes Peter Parker's always-tragic story sound right – we'll probably always remember Sargent, above all else. Ordinary people.

Based on Judith Guest's novel, Sargent sketched out the complex and corrupt dynamics of the tortured Jarrett family, filling their mouths with a series of bitter and torn speeches that expose a painfully dark vision of what love can and can not make. Donald Sutherland and Mary Tyler Moore, who themselves have won their own Oscar, are the model of their career representations. Sargent's script is one of the purest expressions of the brutal and destructive power of grief that has never been filmed.

The last credited screnplay of Sargent was from 2012 The amazing spider-man. He would have died of natural causes this week in his Seattle home.