One-Book Author: Difference between revisions

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{{quote|''"I have said what I wanted to say and I will not say it again."''|'''[[To Kill a Mockingbird|Harper Lee]]'''}}

 

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== Anime and Manga ==

* Tatsuya Nakazaki, the Japanese voice actor who voiced Akito Hayama in [[Kodomo no Omocha]], only voiced that character and both Hajime and Shiro Ryojoji in [[Jubei-chan]]. Apart of those roles and some Japanese dubbing roles (he voiced young Simba in the first [[The Lion King]] Japanese dub and he was the only voice actor that was replaced in the remasterized version of the dub) he retired from voice acting after that.

 

 

== Film ==

* The premise of ''[[Finding Forrester]]'' involves [[Sean Connery|Forrester]] being a One-Book Author. {{spoiler|In the end, [[Subverted Trope|he writes a second book]].}}

* Ditto for the plot of ''Wonder Boys.''

* ''Stone Reader'' is a documentary about this trope following a dedicated reader who tracks down an obscure but brilliant One-Book Author and helps get his book republished.

 

* ''[[The Night of the Hunter]]'', directed by [[Charles Laughton]]. While the film is today considered a classic, it did terribly when it was first released. Subsequently, Laughton was never given the chance to direct another film.

* ''Kotch'' was Jack Lemmon's sole film as a director.

* While certainly not a literal One-Book Author, Stephen King's sole directing credit is on ''[[Maximum Overdrive]].'' As he considers the movie something of an [[Old Shame]], this is likely to stay the case.

 

* Fernando Ramos da Silva was a young street urchin who starred in the Brazilian crime classic ''Pixote'' in 1981. Da Silva, who played the title role, couldn't break out as an actor due to his illiteracy. He later returned to a life of crime before being killed in a shootout with police at the age of 17.

* Carrie Henn won a Saturn Award for playing Newt in ''[[Aliens]]'', but to date (2012) never acted again.

* Although he'd appeared in various commercials, Russian actor Vladimir Garin died in a diving accident after shooting had completed for his first feature film, ''[[The Return]]''

 

* Screenwriter Diane Thomas was discovered by [[Michael Douglas]], wrote ''[[Romancing the Stone]]'' and then died before she could do another film. There's now a Diane Thomas Screenwriting Award.

* ''[[Eagle vs. Shark]]'' (which is probably best known as "that movie [[Jemaine Clement]] did before ''[[Flight of the Conchords]]''") is to date, the only film written by Loren Horsley (although it's not the only one she acted in, it ''is'' the only one she starred in.)

* Los Angeles deputy district attorney Lou Holtz Jr. wrote a screenplay called ''[[The Cable Guy]]'', and through various connections it wound up in the hands of [[Chris Farley]], then later [[Jim Carrey]]. Once Carrey and director [[Ben Stiller]] took on the project they brought in [[Judd Apatow]] to do a major rewrite. After the film was finished Apatow appealed to the Writer's Guild for a screenplay credit, but they said no (he wound up being credited as producer), so Holtz is the sole credited writer. The film was a notorious flop. Holtz went back to being a DA and ''[[The Cable Guy]]'' is still his only screen credit.

 

* An insurance manager (and eventual fertilizer salesman) named Hal Warren got involved in a bet with screenwriter Stirling Silliphant, in which Warren wagered that he would make a horror film on a shoestring budget. [[Manos: The Hands of Fate|The rest is history.]]

* Yoshifumi Kondo died shortly after making his only movie, ''[[Whisper of the Heart]]'' for [[Studio Ghibli]].