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Writer · 1927 to 2019

Alvin Sargent

Best rated: Paper Moon (8.1)

Films
22
Avg rating
6.75
Peak run
1973’80
Oscar wins
2 of 3
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The career

Alvin Sargent, writing career by IMDb rating5-film averagePeak eraLongest 7+ run
Peak 1973 to 1980, 7.205678197019751980198519901995200020052010Paper Moon 8.1Bogus 5.4Career avg 6.75

Dot size shows IMDb votes. Films with fewer than 1,000 votes sit on the baseline.

Alvin Sargent's career barcodecoolhot
196622 films2012
Current formLast 5: 6.32 vs career 6.75 (−0.43)
  1. LBogus1996 · 5.4−1.3
  2. LAnywhere But Here1999 · 6.2−0.5
  3. WUnfaithful2002 · 6.70.0
  4. LSpider-Man 32007 · 6.3−0.4
  5. WThe Amazing Spider-Man2012 · 7.0+0.3
As a writer, films with 1,000+ votes

Alvin by the numbers

Average
6.75
22 rated films
Vote weighted
6.76
bigger films count more
Median
6.7
half are better
Consistency
±0.61
rating spread
Career
47y
1966 to 2012
Total votes
1.96M
across every film
Best
8.1
Paper Moon
Worst
5.4
Bogus
Newest first

Filmography

Writing filmography
2012The Amazing Spider-Man posterThe Amazing Spider-Man7.0790K
2007Spider-Man 3 posterSpider-Man 36.3722K
2002Unfaithful posterUnfaithful6.7109K
1999Anywhere But Here posterAnywhere But Here6.219,627
1996Bogus posterBogus5.47,391
1992Hero posterHero6.525,425
1991Other People's Money posterOther People's Money6.210,238
1991What About Bob? posterWhat About Bob?7.079,963
1990White Palace posterWhite Palace6.510,021
1988Dominick and Eugene7.03,451
1987Nuts posterNuts6.78,083
1980Ordinary People posterOrdinary People7.762,804
1978Straight Time posterStraight Time7.411,673
1977Julia posterJulia7.011,592
1977Bobby Deerfield posterBobby Deerfield5.85,300
1973Paper Moon posterPaper Moon8.158,450
1973Love and Pain and the Whole Damn Thing6.61,172
1972The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds7.42,961
1970I Walk the Line6.52,680
1969The Sterile Cuckoo6.72,622
Better together?

Alvin Sargent's regulars

The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers. Acting pairs here count billed roles (an actor in a director's top six, co-stars both in the top five); each duo page counts every film they made together in those roles.

Films together: Alan J. Pakula and Alvin Sargent movies · Norman Jewison and Alvin Sargent movies

Takes

On Alvin Sargent

3 nominations, 2 wins

Awards record

  • Best Adapted Screenplay · Academy Awards 1981
    Alvin Sargent
    Won
  • Best Adapted Screenplay · Academy Awards 1978
    Alvin Sargent
    Won
  • Best Adapted Screenplay · Academy Awards 1974
    Alvin Sargent
    Nominated

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