RIP Troy Kennedy Martin

The Italian Job screenwriter Troy Kennedy Martin dies at 77
16 September, 2009 | Screen Daily

Troy Kennedy Martin, the British screenwriter whose credits include The Italian Job, died of cancer yesterday (September 15) aged 77 years old.

The award winning writer began his career at the BBC in 1958 and wrote several plays for the broadcaster before creating his first series, Storyboard, in 1961. His most famous TV creation was Liverpool-based police drama Z-Cars, which ran for 15 years although he was only involved in the first two series.

He moved into feature films in the early 1970s with the original screenplay for Peter Collinson’s The Italian Job, which starred Noel Coward and Michael Caine. He followed it up with Kelly’s Heroes, The Jerusalem File and Sweeney 2, based on the popular TV series, The Sweeney, created by his brother Ian Kennedy Martin. He also co-wrote the screenplay for Red Heat with director Walter Hill in 1988 and Red Dust, directed by Tom Hooper, in 2004.

He returned to TV work during the 1980s, including the critically acclaimed political thriller/science fiction drama Edge Of Darkness, and the popular ITV drama Reilly, Ace Of Spies. He also adapted Andy McNab’s book Bravo Two Zero for the BBC.

Although he was best known for his work spanning TV and film, he also penned a novel, Beating The Damask Drum, published in 1959, and gave many lectures including the McTaggart Lecture at the Edinburgh International TV Festival in 1986.
(Via AC), Edge of Darkness se reface, un soi de comebak la acting Mel Gibson !

making of Stolz der nation

si making off-ul la filmul din filmul lui Tarantino, Stolz der nation/ Nation's Prize, cu inca un citat Brian De Palma (caruciorul din Untouchables via Potiomkin, in plus fata de fintina din Scarface), mockup Saving Private Ryan, cu interviu cu Josef Goebbles, Francesca Mondino, soldatul Frederik Zoller si cu Eli Roth in rolul regizorului Alois Von Eichberg ! Bo Svenson are si o replica dementa ! Priceless !!!
(Via AC)

Inglorious Castellari !!!

un interviu chul cu Enzo Castellari, intulat: Warrior of the wasteland !!!, apropo si de Caribbean Basterds, noul sau opus in care ripuieste (pardon omagiaza), Portocala mecanica,
shi situl lui Castellari aici
a aparut tot la severin video (pe 11 august)La battaglia d'Inghilterra cu Van Johnson si Luigi Pistilli aka Eagles over England, si scot si El maledetto pe Blu-Ray !

RIP Patrick Swayze-Point Break

ar fi fost bine daca s-ar fi dus la un surf si nu s-ar mai fi intors...dar s-a cam chinuit cu acest cancer la pancreas care l-a ros de tot la 57 de ani...



obituary imdb:

Actor Patrick Swayze, who attained heartthrob status in the movies Dirty Dancing and Ghost, died Monday after a long battle with pancreatic cancer; he was 57.

The star revealed in March of 2008 that he was suffering from the deadly form of cancer, but continued working on the A&E series The Beast, and remained optimistic in interviews and on the set during his treatment.

Swayze shot to fame in the early '80s as part of the destined-for-fame ensemble in the 1983 drama The Outsiders, and also appeared in the action drama Red Dawn before taking on one of the lead roles in the popular miniseries North and South. He hit his zenith of fame in the late '80s and early '90s with the smash hit Dirty Dancing (1987), the cult fave Road House (1989), and the Oscar-winner Ghost (1990), opposite Demi Moore and Whoopi Goldberg, where his pottery-making scene with Moore became one of cinema's most iconic romantic scenes.

His films in the '90s included another cult favorite, Point Break, as well as the drama City of Joy, the cross-dressing comedy To Wong Foo, Thanks For Everything, Julie Newmar, and the indie hit Donnie Darko. He reprised his Dirty Dancing role in the quasi-remake Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights. In addition to his role in The Beast, Swayze most recently appeared in the drama Powder Blue and British comedy Keeping Mum.

Swayze is survived by his wife Lisa Niemi, whom he married in 1975.

pentru mine Swayze nu a fost like the wind (desi piesa "She's Like the Wind," nu era rea), dar mi-a placut in Red Dawn, Road House, Steel Dawn (un poor man's Mand Max), Next of Kin si of course Bodhi din Point Break !!! poate acu-l si revad...incercarile lui de action tough macho man...

trebuia sa fi jucat rolul principal in Total Recall varianta Bruce Beresford care
s-ar fi filmat in Australia dar a dat De Laurentiis faliment...