Ron Whyte Movies
Playwright and screenwriter Ron Whyte earned a Pulitzer Prize in 1983 for his play Disability: A Comedy. He was at one time the coordinator of the playwrights' and directors' division of the Actors' Studio in New York. He also edited the Soho Weekly News and the American Book Review. Screenplays include The Happiness Cage (1972). In addition to his other achievements, Whyte also penned a children's book, The Flower That Finally Grew, and co-wrote the textbook The Story of Film. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
Based on the long-running Broadway play by Dennis Reardon, The Happiness Cage, a multinational filmmaking effort, is a drama about medical experimentation in the U.S. military. The experiment is a brain operation which removes pain, replacing it either with bliss or sensual satisfaction. It is at first attempted on terminal cancer patients, but finally the doctors receive permission to test the procedure on a healthy but thoroughly obnoxious subject (Christopher Walken). ~ Clarke Fountain, All Movie Guide
- 1970
- R
Unwilling to claw his way to the top of the corporate ladder, the college-educated Jonathan (Jordan Christopher) prefers the carefree life of a cab driver. A rebel, he vents his daily frustration by kicking pigeons in the park. The film's rambling plot encompasses such eccentric characters as a naive motorcyclist, a gay interior decorator and a parent-subsidized hippie who embarks upon a bumpy romance with Jonathan, whose lack of commitment proves his downfall. Very much a product of its times (psychedelic camerawork and all), Pigeons was originally released under the strenuously "hip" title Sidelong Glances of a Pigeon Kicker. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Jordan Christopher, Jill O'Hara, (more)
