He had had to fight Jack Warner , who wanted `` Virginia Woolf '' to be made in color . Charles Kaiser recounts his encounters with legendary director Mike Nichols . He says Nichols chose the role of Jesus because he had been one himself . Kaiser : Nichols was a brilliant mirror up to baby his generation with ` ` The Graduate ''
Charles Kaiser recounts his encounters with legendary director Mike Nichols . He says Nichols chose the role of Jesus because he had been one himself . Kaiser : Nichols was a brilliant mirror up to baby his generation with ` ` The Graduate ''