John Thomas Sayles (born September 28, 1950) is an American independent film director, screenwriter, editor, actor, and novelist. He is known for writing and directing the films The Brother from Another Planet (1984), Matewan (1987), Eight Men Out (1988), Passion Fish (1992), The Secret of Roan Inish (1994), Lone Star (1996), and Men with Guns (1997).
For Eight Men Out, Sayles was nominated for the USC Scripter Award. He has twice been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay, for Passion Fish and Lone Star. At the 56th Golden Globe Awards, Men with Guns was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film. His directorial debut, Return of the Secaucus 7 (1980) as well as Matewan were added to the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress in 1997 and 2023, respectively.
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Date: 29 September 1950
By ANTHONY LEVIERO Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES
Anthony Special
Pres Truman happy about NK crumbling; reticent about crossing 38th Parallel; US State Dept spokesman says US position is that sanction for crossing line is contained in original UN Security Council resolution
Date: 29 September 1950
Date: 29 September 1950
By THOMAS J. HAMILTON
Thomas HAMILTON
GB, Australia, Canada, Norway and Philippines tentatively agree on peace resolution, Assembly Pol and Security Com; resolution contains tacit consent for crossing of 38th Parallel; India refuses approval without new instructions; undecided on serving on new UN Comm for Korea; resolution sponsors to meet again on final drafting; news agency rept of N Korean peace proposals still unconfirmed; Indian and other delegates reptd stressing need for UN authorization for crossing of parallel; resolution details; S Korea expected to protest resolution, especially provision for Korea-wide elections
Date: 29 September 1950
calls $333,215,000 of accts, Class B banks
Date: 29 September 1950
N Korea radio says Seoul NK commander vowed 'last man' fight