Waterfront writer Schulberg dies Aug 7, 2009
Last year, theatre director Steven Berkoff produced a stage version of the film that ran at the Edinburgh Fringe and in London's West End. In the early 1950s, Schulberg and Kazan both "named names" before the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) established to root out communist influence in Hollywood. (BBC News -- Americas)
Golden Age of Hollywood Reborn in the Heartland with "Say it in Russian" Mar 28, 2009
We have Faye, we have renowned British actor Steven Berkoff, and the icon of Soviet Cinema, Oleg Vidov. But we also have the movie stars of tomorrow, said Kenneth Eade, Executive Producer. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Berkoff not berko for Oz Mar 18, 2009
Could Australia have seen the last of Steven Berkoff ... McKinnon declined to comment, other than saying: "Steven Berkoff is a very great talent.". (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
From an overstylized 'Waterfront' to a bracing 'Berlin,' London mixes it up Feb 18, 2009
Steven Berkoff, for instance, once defined a strand of British theater all his own: edgy, aggressive, highly stylized, in the manner of this actor/writer/director's screen-stealing performances in "Beverly Hills Cop" and "The Krays," among other films. Now 71, Berkoff is back on the West End, lending a portly anchor to his own production of "On the Waterfront," the much-laureled Elia Kazan film that features the immortal lament from Marlon Brando's Terry Malloy, "I coulda been a contender." This... (International Herald Tribune)
