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Michael Crichton RIP

mike65 · 2008-11-05 19:06:38

Michael Crichton, doctor turned writer and director has died after illness. He is worth a thread here for his film work, making a string of interesting flicks in the 70s and 80s Physical Evidence (1989) Runaway (1984) Looker (1981) The First Great Train Robbery (1979) ... aka The Great Train Robbery (USA) Coma (1978)…

05-11-2008 07:06PM

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mike65

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Michael Crichton, doctor turned writer and director has died after illness.

He is worth a thread here for his film work, making a string of interesting flicks in the 70s and 80s

Physical Evidence (1989)
Runaway (1984)
Looker (1981)
The First Great Train Robbery (1979)
... aka The Great Train Robbery (USA)
Coma (1978)
Westworld (1973)
Pursuit (1972) (TV)

Mike

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#2 05-11-2008 11:10PM

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RIP. He wrote some fantastic stuff.

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#3 06-11-2008 01:20AM

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Sh*t. Wasn't he Mr Jurassic Park?

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#4 06-11-2008 01:24AM

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what a pity, his books made my childhood. rip

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#5 06-11-2008 08:06AM

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Without him there'd have been no Jurassic Park or E.R! :eek:

RIP

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#6 06-11-2008 11:57AM

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RIP Legend

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#7 06-11-2008 12:20PM

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Rest in Peace.

There is a thread in Films and Literature. I think one should be started in Television too.

I'm genuinely upset. I love his books and the way he wrote them

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