Michael Laughlin

Michael Laughlin was born in 1938 in the USA. He was a producer and writer, known for Strange Invaders (1983), Strange Behavior (1981) and Mesmerized (1985). He was married to Leslie Caron. He died on 20 October 2021 in Honolulu, Hawaii, USA. In 2012, Two-Lane Blacktop was chosen as one of only 20 films to be housed in the National Film Registry at the Library of Congress. Hailed as a minimalist classic, it was chosen as an example of the short-lived period of youth-oriented films following Bonnie and Clyde, The Graduate and Easy Rider in the late 1960s. Producers such as Laughlin financed a spate of low-budget, innovative films by young "New Hollywood" filmmakers, with influences ranging from playwright Samuel Beckett to European filmmakers Robert Bresson, Jacques Rivette and Michelangelo Antonioni.[citation needed] In 1984, Strange Invaders was nominated for Saturn Award for Best Screenplay and for Best Film at the Avoriaz Fantasy Film Festival.

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Mesmerized 1985Movie Director, Screenplay

Two-Lane Blacktop 1971Movie Producer

Town & Country 2001Movie Writer

Strange Invaders 1983Movie Director, Screenplay

Dusty and Sweets McGee 1971Movie Producer

The Christian Licorice Store 1971Movie Producer

The Whisperers 1967Movie Producer

Strange Behavior 1981Movie Director, Writer

Nicole 1976Movie Producer

Chandler 1971Movie Producer