RIP thread for people involved in film

Harry Palmr

One of the best things about the 80s

Agent Coulson

Statutory Ape wrote: »

Iconic horror director Stuart Gordon has died aged 72. He was the director of the likes of Re-Animator, From Beyond, Castle Freak, Dreams of the Witch House and Dagon among others. Re-Animator is a personal favourite and one of best examples of over the top 80s splatter ever made.

The great made in Ireland Space Film... Space Truckers as well

odyssey06

Actor Mark Blum, 69, has died from complications due to coronavirus.

He had major supporting roles in Desperately Seeking Susan, Crocodile Dundee and The Presidio.

El Gato De Negocios

^^^^

Immediately recognised the face but wouldnt have known the name.

ohnonotgmail

Statutory Ape wrote: »

^^^^

Immediately recognised the face but wouldnt have known the name.

funnily enough i recognised both faces but never knew they were the same person.

p to the e

He was also in "Mozart in the Jungle" if anyone has watched that series.

bnt

Classical composer Krzysztof Penderecki has died. While not a soundtrack composer in the movie industry. his compositions were particularly suited to horror films. His Polymorphia and other pieces were used to great effect in The Exorcist and more recent films such as Fearless and Children of Men, while six of his pieces were used in The Shining, such as this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3IfNwzJ6Odo

bnt

bnt wrote: »

Classical composer Krzysztof Penderecki has died. While not a soundtrack composer in the movie industry. his compositions were particularly suited to horror films. His Polymorphia and other pieces were used to great effect in The Exorcist and more recent films such as Fearless and Children of Men, while six of his pieces were used in The Shining, such as this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3IfNwzJ6Odo

Speaking of music Eric Weissberg, the man credited with the Dueling Banjos from Deliverance also died a few days ago.

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bnt wrote: »

Classical composer Krzysztof Penderecki has died. While not a soundtrack composer in the movie industry. his compositions were particularly suited to horror films. His Polymorphia and other pieces were used to great effect in The Exorcist and more recent films such as Fearless and Children of Men, while six of his pieces were used in The Shining, such as this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3IfNwzJ6Odo

Wow that's not too dissimilar to Aliens soundtrack.

corkie

Star Wars actor Andrew Jack ~~~ Hope right thread for this post? (& correct imdb link?)

Star Wars actor Andrew Jack dies aged 76 ‘of Covid-19’

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Adam Schlesinger.

Probably most famous for his poppy tune "Stacey's Mom" but he earned an Oscar nod for writing the main theme for the 1997 film "That Thing You Do". He also composed and produced songs for several films. Another one taken by the dreaded CoViD19

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

El Gato De Negocios

Lee Fierro who played Mrs. Kintner in Jaws – the grieving mother who slaps Brody has died aged 91 of Conona related complications.

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Shirley Douglas

Had some movie parts, most notably hunting dinosaurs in Barney's Great Adventure, but is probably more known in the movie business as the mother of Kiefer Sutherland and ex-wife to Donald Sutherland.

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

serfboard

p to the e wrote: »

Shirley Douglas

Had some movie parts, most notably hunting dinosaurs in Barney's Great Adventure, but is probably more known in the movie business as the mother of Kiefer Sutherland and ex-wife to Donald Sutherland.

The death was announced by Kiefer Sutherland on Twitter

Worked with some interesting directors ...

A native of Weyburn, Saskatchewan, Douglas worked with famed directors including Stanley Kubrick ("Lolita") and David Cronenberg ("Dead Ringers"), and won a Gemini Award for her performance in the 1999 TV film "Shadow Lake."

... and came from an interesting political family too.

Daughter of Irma May (Dempsey) and Tommy Douglas, Saskatchewan Premier from 1944 to 1961, the first Leader of the NDP, from 1961 to 1971, and the founder of Canada's Medicare.

El Gato De Negocios

Fap material for a generation, Honor Blackman, aka Pussy Galore has died aged 94. She most definitely had "it"

JP Liz V1

Statutory Ape wrote: »

Fap material for a generation, Honor Blackman, aka Pussy Galore has died aged 94. She most definitely had "it

RIP

I enjoyed her in The Upper Hand (UK's take on Whose the Boss)

Harry Palmr

She was awesome! It's such a pity that her years in the Avengers were before the American sales deal her series are shot on tape with wobbly transfers for the most part.

El Gato De Negocios

Jay Benedict who played Newt's dad in Aliens has died aged 68 due to Corona related complications. He also had roles in The Dark Knight Rises and the VanDamme cheese fest, Double Team. More recently he was in Emmerdale apparently.

MfMan

James Drury, The Virginian, also passes.

ohnonotgmail

Allen Garfield, a character actor who always seemed to play weasels and leches, has died at the age of 80 from covid-19

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ohnonotgmail wrote: »

Allen Garfield, a character actor who always seemed to play weasels and leches, has died at the age of 80 from covid-19

He also played the verbally abusive police chief in Beverly Hills Cop 2

El Gato De Negocios

Dieter Lasar, the mad scientist from The Human Centipede died at the end of February, it was just announced last night.

johnny_ultimate

Sad news from Japan that Nobuhiko Obayashi has died - best known as the director of the cult masterpiece House (Hausu). One of the my favourite films thanks to its mix of wild colour, tonal insanity and ghoulishly surreal comedy. His recent late work Hanagatami is also well worth a look - that beyond hyper-stylised aesthetic of House ramped up further in service of a really fascinating epic melodrama.

https://twitter.com/LWLies/status/1248640539794247685?s=20

Mr Crispy

Hilary Heath passed last week due to COVID-19 complications. In front of the camera, she was probably best known for starring alongside Vincent Price in Witchfinder General, The Oblong Box and Cry of the Banshee, as well as numerous other roles in TV, stage, and cinema. She turned producer in the 90s, making films like Nil by Mouth and An Awfully Big Adventure. On top of all that, she obtained a Masters in psychology from Oxford, and worked as an addiction counsellor. She was 74.

Harry Palmr

She was a real looker. Must have seen most of her film appearances.

El Gato De Negocios

Joel M Reed, writer and director of infamous 70s sleaze fest Blood Sucking Freaks has died at the ripe old age of 86.

peteeeed

RIP Brian Dennehy, too many films to mention

https://consequenceofsound.net/2020/04/brian-dennehy-dead/

peteeeed

peteeeed wrote: »

RIP Brian Dennehy, too many films to mention

https://consequenceofsound.net/2020/04/brian-dennehy-dead/

Ah feck. Remember him being a regular on Gay's late late show. Great character actor.

Tom Mann Centuria

peteeeed wrote: »

RIP Brian Dennehy, too many films to mention

https://consequenceofsound.net/2020/04/brian-dennehy-dead/

He was perfectly cast in Gorky Park, the right amount of menace, even when he smiled. RIP.

JP Liz V1

peteeeed wrote: »

RIP Brian Dennehy, too many films to mention

https://consequenceofsound.net/2020/04/brian-dennehy-dead/

RIP

I enjoyed FX