Charles Gary Allison (1938 – May 13, 2008) was an American screenwriter and film producer.
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<i>He may have been down,</i> <i>but he wasn't out.</i> He may have lost a few, but he didn't let it get to him. <i>We could all learn</i> <i>a lick or two</i> <i>from this little guy.</i> Oh, and by the way, he doesn't know he's little. He thinks he's the biggest horse out there. - [ Laughing ] <i>-So you got big plans</i> <i>for this little horse?</i> <i>Oh, yeah. See, sometimes</i> <i>when the little guy, </i> he doesn't know he's a little guy, he can do great big things. - [ Clamoring ] - Can we get a shot here? See, this isn't the finish line. The future is the finish line, and the Biscuit is just the horse to get us there. <i>[ McGlaughlin ]</i> <i>"Just the horse to get us there. "</i> You certainly made a believer out of me, Mr. Howard. It's time for this old tout to eat some crow. Four and 20 blackbirds, to be exact, all baked up in some humble pie, and I'll take mine Ĺ• la mode. [ Call To Post ] Oh. And one more thing, Mr. Howard. I just wanna say-- Thanks for the champagne. Don't mention it. Did you see the infield? No, not yet. Take a look. Your little horse is sellin' out the cheap seats. Oh, my gosh. Hey, what do you think about all those folks in the infield, Red? That's who we're ridin' for, folks with a quarter in their pocket. Red! Red! Red! That's an awful lot of hoopla for such a little horse! "Though he be but little, he is fierce." What's that? What? <i>That's Shakespeare, boys.</i> That's Shakespeare. <i>[ Laughing ]</i> <i>Oh, Shakespeare.</i> Holy cow! Look at that, Biscuit. Look at that. There you go. Oh, my God. There he is! Seabiscuit! Yea! That's for you, Pops.
Early life and education
Allison spent the first years of his life in London, returning to the United States in 1944. He grew up living simultaneously in Washington, D.C. and Los Angeles, attending school in Washington, D.C., Los Angeles, England, Tokyo, Saigon, and Hong Kong. He obtained his undergraduate degree in international relations from the University of Southern California in 1960, where he was a member of the Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity.
Career
From 1961 to 1963, he served as a White House social aide during the John F. Kennedy administration. From 1963 to 1969 he chaired a non-partisan White House youth program under both the Lyndon B. Johnson and Richard M. Nixon administrations, during which time he worked on a master's degree in international relations at Georgetown University.
Allison returned to the University of Southern California in 1973 to obtain two master's degrees (in cinema production and professional writing) and a Ph.D. in Philosophy. In 1977, he wrote and produced Fraternity Row for Paramount Pictures, which won him numerous industry awards. He worked continuously on a number of studio films in the U.S. and abroad, and also wrote and produced The First Olympics: Athens 1896 (1984), a TV mini-series for Columbia Pictures Television. The mini-series aired on NBC in 1984, and depicts the adventures of the United States' first Olympic team at the Athens 1896 Games. "The First Olympics", which received a number of Emmy nominations and awards, also won Allison the WGA Annual Award for Outstanding Script of 1984 (Television Long Form Series) from his colleagues at the Writers Guild of America.
In 1978, Allison helped to found and served as co-chair of the Utah/US Film Festival with Robert Redford, which would later go on to become the Sundance Film Festival.
Allison began work in 1984 on "The Olympic Century", the official 25 volume history of the modern Olympic movement, in a cooperative partnership with the International Olympic Committee and several national Olympic committees. The series will be available to teachers, schools, students and libraries beginning in the Fall of 2008. In 1987, the series development was designated 1st Century Project with Allison serving as chairman, which he has done up and until the present time.
Allison died at his home in Los Angeles, May 13, 2008. Allison was widowed in 1997 and is survived by one son, Richard, who lives and works in London, England.
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