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RIP thread for people involved in film

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    #1292
    El Gato De Negocios
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    I see Alan Parker, director of Bugsy Malone, Midnight Express, Mississippi Burning, The Commitments, Evita, Fame, Birdy, Angel Heart and Angela’s Ashes among others died this morning. Some cracking movies in his catalogue.


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    #1293
    Harry Palmr
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    Wow! That's sad.


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    #1294
    JP Liz V1
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    Statutory Ape wrote: »
    I see Alan Parker, director of Bugsy Malone, Midnight Express, Mississippi Burning, The Commitments, Evita, Fame, Birdy, Angel Heart and Angela’s Ashes among others died this morning. Some cracking movies in his catalogue.

    RIP
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    #1295
    ohnonotgmail
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    Statutory Ape wrote: »
    I see Alan Parker, director of Bugsy Malone, Midnight Express, Mississippi Burning, The Commitments, Evita, Fame, Birdy, Angel Heart and Angela’s Ashes among others died this morning. Some cracking movies in his catalogue.

    what is amazing is the breadth of films he directed. From Bugsy Malone to Midnight Express and Angel Heart


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    #1296
    otnomart
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    RIP

    The Commitments came out in 1991.
    That was years before the Celtic Tiger, it contributed to place Ireland and Dublin on the World map as a cool and vibrant place


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    #1297
    El Gato De Negocios
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    ohnonotgmail wrote: »
    what is amazing is the breadth of films he directed. From Bugsy Malone to Midnight Express and Angel Heart

    ME and MB are two super movies. Angel Heart is dark as all fook, mad to think the same guy made a cheese fest like Bugsy Malone.


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    #1298
    Agent Coulson
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    There isn't many with a better CV than Alan Parker may he rest in peace.


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    #1299
    El Gato De Negocios
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    Wilford Brimley (Blair in The Thing among many other credits) has died aged 86.

    the-thing-wilford-brimley-1188624-1280x0.jpeg


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    #1300
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    Statutory Ape wrote: »
    Wilford Brimley (Blair in The Thing among many other credits) has died aged 86.




    Surely much more commonly known for Cocoon?

    Can not believe that he was that young, in that


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    #1301
    Skyknight
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    Wilford Brimley (Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins, Cocoon,Ewoks: The Battle for Endor,The Waltons ) has died at 85


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    #1302
    El Gato De Negocios
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    [Deleted User] wrote: »
    Surely much more commonly known for Cocoon?

    The Thing is one of the GOAT horror movies and stars a bad ass Kurt Russell.

    Cocoon is a cheesy 80s family movie and stars a horses ass Steve Guttenburg.

    So no, not for me.


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    #1303
    New Home
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    Yes but Jessica Tandy and Hume Cronin were also in it and they were Hollywood royalty.


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    New Home wrote: »
    Yes but Jessica Tandy and Hume Cronin were also in it and they were Hollywood royalty.




    Corny as it seems, now, Gutenberg was a big deal in the 80s.


    It also had Brian Dennehy and made over 85 million at the box office. That's good bank today for a smaller "family film", never mind 35 years ago


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    #1305
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    New Home wrote: »
    Yes but Jessica Tandy and Hume Cronin were also in it and they were Hollywood royalty.




    Reminded me of Batteries Not Included. Think it's time to show my kids


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    #1306
    New Home
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    Deleted User wrote: »
    Reminded me of Batteries Not Included. Think it's time to show my kids


    Definitely! :)


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    #1307
    Tom Mann Centuria
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    Deleted User wrote: »
    Corny as it seems, now, Gutenberg was a big deal in the 80s.


    It also had Brian Dennehy and made over 85 million at the box office.

    I quite liked Cocoon, nice feel good film. Mad to think Brimley was a bit like Clive Dunn in Dad's Army, one of the youngest in the cast but very convincing as an OAP. RIP.

    The mid/late 80s were a golden age for the older actor in Hollywood, Batteries Not Included, Cocoon, Driving Miss Daisy, Tough Guys. All doing well at the box office, the grey dollar in full effect and easy watching films.

    Oh well, give me an easy life and a peaceful death.



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    #1308
    New Home
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    Driving Miss Daisy is one of my top 5 films.


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    #1309
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    Jessica Tandy was the kind of actor who just raised the bar of any production she was in


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    #1310
    pixelburp
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    Skyknight wrote: »
    Wilford Brimley (Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins, Cocoon,Ewoks: The Battle for Endor,The Waltons ) has died at 85

    "The Thing" was the standout role for me, his limited range well suited to the paranoid chills.

    RIP. Honestly though, he was so old looking in the 80s films I know him from I had kinda assumed he had already passed on.


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    #1311
    JP Liz V1
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    Deleted User wrote: »
    Surely much more commonly known for Cocoon?

    Can not believe that he was that young, in that

    He looked the same for years :o I thought he was dead for a few years

    RIP
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    #1312
    Girly Gal
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    Skyknight wrote: »
    Wilford Brimley (Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins, Cocoon,Ewoks: The Battle for Endor,The Waltons ) has died at 85

    Remember him as the grandfather on Our House, was on in the late eighties on Saturday evenings.


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    #1313
    Zeek12
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    RIP Wilford.

    He was also the coach in The Natural. A nice 80s baseball movie with Robert Redford.


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    #1314
    Declan A Walsh
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    I thought Wilford Brimley was great in The Firm.
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    #1315
    Ronanc1
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    Deleted User wrote: »
    Surely much more commonly known for Cocoon?

    Can not believe that he was that young, in that

    Surely much more commonly known for "Diabeetus" :P


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    #1316
    Tony EH
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    pixelburp wrote: »
    "The Thing" was the standout role for me, his limited range well suited to the paranoid chills.

    RIP. Honestly though, he was so old looking in the 80s films I know him from I had kinda assumed he had already passed on.

    Yeh, this is me too Pix.

    I cannot believe he was only around 47 when he made 'The Thing'. :eek:


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    #1317
    p to the e
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    Ronanc1 wrote: »
    Surely much more commonly known for "Diabeetus" :P
    RIP big guy.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t0H2fH3K044


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    #1318
    p to the e
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    Reni Santoni had a few memorable roles including Callaghan's inexperienced partner in "Dirty Harry", Cobretti's more experienced partner in "Cobra" and as Poppie the unhygienic chef in Seinfeld.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reni_Santoni


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    #1319
    bnt
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    Variety reports that Sumner Redstone has died at 97: starting in his father’s exhibitions company, he grew his business to acquire first Viacom (home of MTV and other TV channels), then bought Paramount Pictures in 1993. He was CEO during their run of massively successful movies such as Forrest Gump, Saving Private Ryan, Braveheart and Titanic. As if that wasn’t enough, Viacom later bought Dreamworks SKG and CBS.

    As the Variety article details, Redstone (a transliteration of Rothstein) was a controversial figure with what turned in to a bizarre private life and fights with his family over control of his assets. He is credited with the saying “content is king”.

    From out there on the moon, international politics look so petty. You want to grab a politician by the scruff of the neck and drag him a quarter of a million miles out and say, ‘Look at that, you son of a bitch’.

    — Edgar Mitchell, Apollo 14 Astronaut



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    #1320
    bnt
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    Ben Cross has died - best known as the star of Chariots of Fire, he was also Sarek, Spock's father, in Star Trek (2009).

    From out there on the moon, international politics look so petty. You want to grab a politician by the scruff of the neck and drag him a quarter of a million miles out and say, ‘Look at that, you son of a bitch’.

    — Edgar Mitchell, Apollo 14 Astronaut



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    #1321
    Water John
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    Ah sad, love that Puttman film.


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