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In interviewing George Gallo (he wrote “Midnight Run”), I was hoping to come across as a total professional besides being a fan. Instead I blurted out, “I’m a huge FIT of Midnight!” What Mr. Gallo was thinking, I don’t know, but he was one of the most polite and interesting interviews I’ve ever done. Gallo got his start in a completely unique way; after developing his love of movies from his dad (especially Humphrey Bogart in the Sam Spade films), he thought he would take a shot at screenwriting. Gallo was growing up in the New York suburbs in the 70s (“a great time for cinema”) when he was able to sell a screenplay at the tender age of 19 to Universal. He had looked up film people in the phone book of all places and found the name of Arthur J. Ornitz. Ornitz, a well-known cameraman (“Serpico” and “Death Wish”) thought Gallo had a real ear for dialogue from his screenplay and connected him with Marty Bregman (producer, “Dog Day Afternoon”)