De Palma, probably knowing Williams through Spielberg,
DO A LITTLE RESEARCH!
Frank Yablins produced The Fury. He was a big time movie executive in the 60s and 70s who made movies such as The Godfather and the Godfather II and Chinatown. He was as corrupt as the come but he had and enormous amount of power in Hollywood for decades.
DePalma didn’t hire Speilberg’s friend. Yablins produced a movie and did what he did, which is pull in top tier assets to make the movie.
DePalma had a huge break out hit called Carrie so he was tapped as the director
The Fury starred:
- Kurt Douglas
- John Cssavetees
- Amy Irving
Williams first movie with Spielberg was Sugarland Express in 1974. Long before doing that movie John Williams was one of the most sought after composers working.
Prior to 1974 John Williams had been nominated eight times for Academy awards for best scores for movies such as The Fiddler on the Roof, Good Bye Mr Chips, The Poseidon Adventure, The Valley of the Dolls and others.
In 1974 Williams got his ninth academy award nomination for a movie called The Towering Inferno.
Yablins got one of the most famous and revered composers in Hollywood to work on his movie.