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Post by Richard Kimble on Nov 30, 2017 18:46:38 GMT
TMZJim Nabors, who starred in the massive '60s hit, 'Gomer Pyle,' died Thursday. He was 87. Nabors became famous as the bumbling mechanic on The Andy Griffith Show and then went on to do his own show, which ran for 5 years. He also appeared in movies, including "The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas" and "Cannonball Run II." He also was an accomplished singer, who recorded dozens of albums and scored 5 gold and 1 platinum records. One of his iconic songs is the staple of the Indy 500 ... "Back Home Again in Indiana." He last appeared at the race in 2014.
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Post by petrolino on Dec 1, 2017 22:42:42 GMT
Indie sensation Wood Moy has died aged 99. Moy charmed audiences with his performance as taxi driver Jo in Wayne Wang's breakthrough feature 'Chan Is Missing' (1982).
Character actor Peter Baldwin has died aged 86. Baldwin earned critical acclaim for his performance in Anthony Mann's psychological western 'The Tin Star' (1957). He later became a successful television director.
Comedienne Veronique Nordey has died at the age of 78. Nordey collaborated with her husband, the film director Jean-Pierre Mocky, on a string of pictures, including Georges Franju's drama 'Head Against The Wall' (1959).
Comedienne Cristina Stamate has died at the age of 71. Stamate appeared in several movies and was a dedicated member of the Constantin Tanase Theatre in Bucharest, Romania.
Character actor Julio Oscar Mechoso has died aged 62. Mechoso made several films with the filmmaker Robert Rodriguez.
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Post by petrolino on Dec 1, 2017 22:50:15 GMT
Shadia, recording artist and iconic star of Egypt's cinematic Golden Age, has passed away at the age of 86 in Cairo, Egypt. She leaves behind a legacy of major film works. "She has been away from the entertainment scene for 30 years, but she has throughout remained close to people's hearts,"
- Tareq El-Shinnawy on the enduring mystique of Shadia
Shadia Rest in Peace
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Post by petrolino on Dec 1, 2017 23:13:57 GMT
Intrepid fantasy filmmaker Alain Jessua has died at the age of 85. Jessua learnt his trade assisting imaginative directors Marcel Carne, Max Ophuls, Yves Allegret and Jacques Becker. He directed ten feature films that showcased some of France's biggest box-office stars, drawing praise for his adept handling of material that stretched across a range of genres. Jessua was noted for bringing a poetic realism to all his work; his entry point to directing came with the award-winning documentary short 'Leon The Moon' (1956), a collaboration with poets Robert Giraud and Jacques Prevert. He will be missed.
Thanks for the movies.
Alain Jessua Rest in Peace
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Post by petrolino on Dec 4, 2017 18:30:15 GMT
Fearless fantasy filmmaker Ulli Lommel has died at the age of 72. Lommel began life as a performer, appearing in films directed by Russ Meyer, Rainer Werner Fassbinder and Daniel Schmid. In the 1970s, Lommel became a member of Andy Warhol's Factory and pursued a directorial career marked by wild experimentation, launching the essential semi-documentary punk expose 'Blank Generation' (1980). His genre films include the cannibal shocker 'The Tenderness Of Wolves' (1973), the supernatural mood-piece 'The Boogeyman' (1980) and the neurological thriller 'BrainWaves' (1982). A driven workaholic of a serious bent, Lommel was an erratic talent who could frustrate just as easily as he could dazzle, and an artist who was simply too unusual to ignore. He will be missed.
Thanks for the movies.
Ulli Lomel Rest in Peace
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Post by petrolino on Dec 4, 2017 18:36:47 GMT
Tributes are pouring in across the world of entertainment for screen legend Shashi Kapoor who's died aged 79 following a long period of illness. Kapoor's remembered at the BBC : Shashi Kapoor (1938 - 2017)Shashi Kapoor & Hayley Mills
R.I.P.
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Post by petrolino on Dec 4, 2017 18:46:10 GMT
American composer Mundell Lowe has died at the age of 95. Lowe provided soundtrack music for Tom Laughlin's action drama 'Billy Jack' (1971) and Woody Allen's sketch-based comedy 'Everything You Always Wanted To Know About Sex (But Were Afraid To Ask)' (1972)
Spanish composer Carles Santos has died at the age of 77. Santos worked in many artistic forms to bring his musical creations to life including filmmaking, sculpture, graphic design and photography.
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Post by Richard Kimble on Dec 8, 2017 5:20:32 GMT
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Post by petrolino on Dec 8, 2017 22:51:57 GMT
Conrad Brooks
1931-2017 He was the last surviving cast member from the early Ed Wood films Conrad Brooks went on to develop strong artistic associations in successive decades with three more major low budget genre filmmakers, Mark Pirro (1980s), David DeCoteau (1990s) and Jose Prendes (2000s). He was held dear by the horror community and often appeared in freaky movies. He'll be missed. Conrad Brooks R.I.P.
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Post by petrolino on Dec 8, 2017 22:55:11 GMT
Placid fantasy filmmaker Juan Luis Bunuel has died at the age of 83. Bunuel worked as an assistant director to Jacques Doniol-Valcroze, Louis Malle, Pierre Gaspard-Huit and Luigi Comencini during the 1960s, also assuming a variety of technical roles on the sets of his father, Spanish surrealist Luis Bunuel. In the 1970s, Bunuel helmed the stylised terror fantasies 'Expulsion Of The Devil' (1973), 'The Lady With Red Boots' (1974) and 'Leonor' (1975). He relaxed into television with a 1980 'Fantomas' project that set out to reinvigorate the fantastical tales of Marcel Allain & Pierre Souvestre, returning to the 'Fantomas' scale in 1992 (Bunuel spent the rest of his post-Fantomas career working in the tv medium). He will be missed.
Thanks for the movies.
Juan Luis Bunuel Rest in Peace
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Post by petrolino on Dec 8, 2017 23:12:18 GMT
Austrian stage performer Hannes Schiel has died aged 103. Schiel worked with the filmmakers George Wilhelm Pabst, Josef Von Baky and Geza Von Ravanyi during his career in entertainment.
Character actor Steve Reevis has died aged 55. Reevis acted in the 1990s westerns 'Grim Prairie Tales' (1990), 'Dances With Wolves' (1991), 'Posse' (1993), 'Geromino : An American Legend' (1993) and 'Wild Bill' (1995).
It's being reported that art director Angelo Graham passed away in November - age yet to be determined. The Oscar winning production designer collaborated with Francis Coppola on a number of movie productions.
It's also being reported that actress Sandra White passed away in November, aged 87. White appeared in 'The Girl Can't Help It' (1956), 'Solid Gold Cadillac' (1956) and 'While The City Sleeps' (1956)
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Post by petrolino on Dec 8, 2017 23:18:45 GMT
Tributes have been pouring in this week for Johnny Hallyday who died at the age of 74. Here, he's remembered in 'The Guardian' : Johnny Hallyday (1943 - 2017)Nathalie Baye & Johnny Hallyday
Johnny Hallyday R.I.P.
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Post by teleadm on Dec 9, 2017 16:13:33 GMT
RIP Johnny
Hope you see your idol in rock heaven
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Post by Richard Kimble on Dec 12, 2017 11:15:00 GMT
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Post by petrolino on Dec 12, 2017 21:49:40 GMT
Film producer Howard Gottfried has died aged 94. Gottfried co-produced Arthur Hiller's 'The Hospital' (1971), Sidney Lumet's 'Network' (1976), Ken Russell's 'Altered States' (1980), Brian De Palma's 'Body Double' (1984), Peter Medak's 'The Men's Club' (1986), Paul Bogart's 'Torch Song Trilogy' (1988) and Burt Kennedy's 'Suburban Commando' (1991).
Animator Grant Munro has died aged 94. Munro was a pioneer in pixilation.
Experimental filmmaker Drahomira Vihanova has passed away aged 87. Vihanova's work was banned on political grounds in the 1960s, a fate that befell a number of directors active in Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland and Hungary. She went on to become a respected documentary filmmaker and taught film studies in the Czech capital Prague.
Cult actor Keith Chegwin has died aged 60. Chegwin appeared in Roman Polanski's Shakespeare adaptation 'Macbeth' (1971) and Andy Thompson's sincere love letter 'Kill Keith' (2011). He also lent his vocal talents to Edgar Wright's trend-setting rom-zom-com 'Shaun Of The Dead' (2004).
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Post by petrolino on Dec 12, 2017 21:57:26 GMT
Suzanna Leigh has passed away at the age of 72. Leigh was a beloved member of the Hammer Horror family who starred in Michael Carreras' adventure project 'The Lost Continent' (1968) and Jimmy Sangster's literary tale 'Lust For A Vampire' (1971). She also appeared in the Ringo Starr production 'Son Of Dracula' (1974). Thanks for the movies ... Suzanna Leigh Rest in Peace
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Post by petrolino on Dec 15, 2017 21:50:55 GMT
Animator Bob Givens has died aged 99. Givens was a freelance artist who worked for several major animation studios, specialising in character redesign, plot redeployment and cartoon redevelopment.
Film producer Martin Ransohoff has died aged 90. Ransohoff co-produced Arthur Hiller's 'The Americanization Of Emily' (1964), Norman Jewison's 'The Cincinnati Kid' (1965), Sydney Pollack's 'Castle Keep' (1969), Mike Nichols' 'Catch-22' (1970), Richard Colla's 'Fuzz' (1972), John Avildsen's 'Save The Tiger' (1973) and Sidney Lumet's 'Guilty As Sin' (1993).
Prolific character player Bruce Gray has died at the age of 81. Gray had a knack for making people laugh and was a successful acting teacher.
Cult actress Carol Vogel has passed away at the age of 75. Vogel performed in independent auteur Andy Milligan's dramas 'Depraved!' (1967) and 'The Ghastly Ones' (1968).
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Post by Richard Kimble on Dec 18, 2017 3:41:45 GMT
Rolling StoneMichael Cimino, the Academy Award-winning director and cinematic visionary behind films like The Deer Hunter and Heaven's Gate, died Saturday. Cannes Film Festival director Thierry Fremaux first announced news of Cimino's death, tweeting that Cimino died surrounded by family members. A representative for the director could neither "confirm nor deny" whether Cimino had died. No cause of death was provided. Cimino was reportedly 77. "I cannot believe Michael Cimino has passed away too," director Edgar Wright tweeted."'Thunderbolt & Lightfoot' is one of my favourite films. R.I.P." After beginning his career in art and advertising, the New York-born Cimino moved quickly into screenwriting in the early Seventies, co-writing the sci-fi epic Silent Running and the Dirty Harry sequel Magnum Force. The success of those films allowed Cimino to step behind the camera for this debut feature Thunderbolt & Lightfoot, starring Clint Eastwood and Jeff Bridges. The film became a hit at the box office and provided Cimino an opportunity to have his pick for his next project. He chose the ambitious Vietnam War drama The Deer Hunter. The film, the story of the impact the Vietnam War has on a group of Pittsburgh steelworkers, went on to win five Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Director for Cimino, on its way toward becoming an American classic. The film was later preserved in the Library of Congress. For his next film, Cimino embarked on another mammoth project: Heaven's Gate, a Western epic about a land dispute in Wyoming. Like The Deer Hunter, the film fell behind schedule and over-budget, but unlike Cimino's previous picture, the nearly four-hour Heaven's Gate bombed commercially and critically, becoming among the biggest box office duds in movie history; the film would nearly destroy its studio, United Artists. "Now, I'm of the school that doesn't think that Heaven's Gate needed to be saved," Steven Spielberg told Rolling Stone in 1982. "I think that the overall attack that was launched on the director, Michael Cimino, is more interesting and worthy of analysis than the Heaven's Gate cataclysm. Because Heaven's Gate, which is a very, very flawed movie, is one of the most carefully crafted movies of all time." Although future generations of filmmakers and cinephiles would regard Heaven's Gate as a cult classic and modern masterpiece, Cimino's career never fully recovered from the film's initial critical and commercial drubbing. He would only go on to direct four more films: 1985's critically ravaged (but Quentin Tarantino-loved) Year of the Dragon, 1987's The Sicilian, 1990's Desperate Hours and Cimino's final feature film, 1996's Sunchaser.
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Post by Richard Kimble on Dec 20, 2017 8:26:30 GMT
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Post by jervistetch on Dec 20, 2017 9:00:06 GMT
Rolling StoneMichael Cimino, the Academy Award-winning director and cinematic visionary behind films like The Deer Hunter and Heaven's Gate, died Saturday. Cannes Film Festival director Thierry Fremaux first announced news of Cimino's death, tweeting that Cimino died surrounded by family members. A representative for the director could neither "confirm nor deny" whether Cimino had died. No cause of death was provided. Cimino was reportedly 77. Michael Cimino actually died about a year and a half ago. THUNDERBOLT AND LIGHTFOOT is my favorite Clint Eastwood movie and THE DEER HUNTER is one of my favorite all time movies. I think Hollywood was cruel to Cimino after the HEAVEN'S GATE debacle. I think he had more to offer than he was allowed. I remember reading something in recent years about him possibly changing his gender to female but it was all very mysterious and I'm not sure if it was even true. R.I.P., Michael.
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