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I just happened to find this list of film people who died this past year and were honored at The Academy Awards:
Glenn Ford
Bruno Kirby
Alida Valli
Betty Comden
Jane Wyatt
Don Knotts
Red Buttons
Gillo Pontecorvo(director).)(The Battle of Algiers)(1965)
Darren McGavin
Richard Fleischer(director)
Sven Nykvist(cinematographer)
Joe Barbera
Tamara Dobson
Gretchen Rau(set designer)
Gordon Parks(director)
Philippe Noiret
Maureen Stapleton
Jack Wild
Vincent Sherman(director)
James Doohan
Shohei Imamura(director)
Carlo Ponti(producer)
Peter Boyle
James Glennon(director of photography)
Sidney Sheldon(writer)
Jack Palance
Mako
Jack Warden
Basil Poledouris(composer)
Henry Bumstead(art director)
Jay Presson Allen(writer)
Robert Altman(director)
and here's a list of people they "forgot":
Barnard Hughes
Arthur Hill
Paul Gleason
Phyllis Kirk
Ingo Preminger (Oscar nominated producer of MASH)
Richard Stahl
Arthur Franz
Robert Donner
Kasey Rogers
Kurt Kreuger
Mickey Spillane
Simonetta "Apollonia" Stefanelli
Joseph Stefano (writer; He wrote PSYCHO!!)
Robert Earl Jones
Pat Corley
Edward Albert
Leonard Schrader (writer)
Gary Graver (director of photography)
Frank Campenella
Hallie D'Amore (was once nominated for best make-up for FORREST GUMP. She also had a cameo as a waitress, her only on screen appearance. She shot her husband, photgrapher Richard D'Amore and then committed suicide.)
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MAN-THING-2005-Not much to recommend in this low budget adaptation of the swampy Marvel Comics character. A new sheriff (Michael Le Nevez) runs into problems from hillbilly locals, tribal legends and an evil swamp creature. Jack Thompson is the bad guy. It debuted on THE SCI-FI CHANNEL edited for TV. The uniqueness of the original character (created by Steve Gerber) and the weird comic storylines including it’s tagline “Whoever knows fear burns at The Man-Thing’s touch”, are abandoned for the usual bad script, sub-par SFX and boredom. Director Brett Leonard also made THE DEAD PIT, THE LAWNMOWER MAN and VIRTUOSITY as well as videos for Peter Gabriel, Billy Idol and Siegfried & Roy!
THE GOLDEN KILLAH (THE GOLDEN MASK)-1980 –Fairly action filled Taiwanese Martial Arts period piece featuring the usual “out for vengeance” storyline and a character that roams around in a gold mask. Two old men have a pretty funny battle near the end and in the finale the hero fights several Gold Mask Guys with “flying guillotine” type weapons.
THE YOUNG TIGER-1973-I’m leery of a Martial Arts movie that plays a weird “disco-fied” version of Led Zeppelin’s “The Immigrant Song” during the opening credits but then the packaging of this video makes it seem like Jackie Chan is the star but he only appears in the last 12 minutes in a kind of documentary/workout! In the main story a Martial Artist (Fei Meng who was in 5 FINGERS OF DEATH) is accused of a crime he didn’t commit. He escapes the police and goes after the real killer and a bunch of gangsters.
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Posted by CavedogRob on 2007-11-12 20:07:04 | Rating: | Views: 81
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mickey spillane????!!!!
"listen rob, i'm just goin' out an' i'm gonna blast, see? i ain't gonna rest. don't care anymore. i'm gonna find them mugs that done him, an' they ain't gonna be happy once i find 'em."
(Scene): the assasin known only as the 'stickman' turns up his collar and steps out under the feeble glow of the streetlamp. The rain drums on the brim of his fedora, pulled low to conceal his face. He disappears into the new york night and in a moment all that remains is the sound of his footsteps in rain.
;o)
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Posted by badlydrawnstickman
on 2007-11-12 20:26:35
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Oh, that's so sad that "Scotty" died. I'm currently watching the original Star Trek series.
Robert Altman was a good director. I've seen his "Gosford Park." I think it won an Academy Award for best screenplay.
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Posted by SubTomato
on 2007-11-13 06:34:00
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