A glimpse of Ernest Tidyman.

Ad for Shaft's Big Score
(1972, screenplay by 
Ernest Tidyman)

Archives on the Air of Wyoming Public Radio features an image of a press pass for a young Ernest Tidyman (1928–84; author-screenwriter of Shaft and screenwriter for The French Connection), who worked for newspapers since his teens. His papers are at the American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming.

Film Music Friday: The films of Gene Hackman.

Kansas Public Radio's Film Music Friday pays tribute to Gene Hackman, who died in February, including the score for The French Connection (1971; director William Friedkin, composer Don Ellis, screenwriter Ernest Tidyman [author of Shaft]).

Dummy (1979).

In Dummy, deaf lawyer Paul Sorvino defends LeVar Burton, a deaf man unable to speak who is accused of murder. The writer is Edgar winner Ernest Tidyman (Shaft, The French Connection).

Archives on the Air: Ernest Tidyman.

Dynamite Entertainment's 2016 edition
of Ernest Tidyman's Shaft (1970)

The Archives on the Air radio series on Wyoming Public Media provides brief highlights about the collections of the University of Wyoming's American Heritage Center. One recent episode is on Edgar winner Ernest Tidyman (1928–84), the author of Shaft and a screenwriter on the film The French Connection. Among its holdings, the center has the original manuscript for Shaft and production files for films involving Tidyman.

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