RIP thread for people involved in film

There's definitely still some good stuff being done. But the days of truly eye catching movie posters and even "video" covers are long gone. I can't remember the last time I was enticed to check out a film just on the promo art and that used to happen all the time in the 80's. Maybe I'm just older now and more jaded.

Joss Ackland aged 95. Did loads of tv and film. The "diplomatic immunity" South African baddie in Lethal Weapon 2.

Frances Sternhagen dead aged 93

Marc Thorpe, who created Special effects with Industrial Light and Magic for shows such as the Indiana Jones Trilogy, Star Wars Ep 1- 3, Poltergeist, among others, has died. He was 77 and had been suffering from Parkinson's Disease. He was diagnosed with the disease in 1993.

His last movie credit was The Hunt for Red October in 1990.

After moving on from movies, he went on to create the Tv show Robot Wars.

Indeed, Norman Lear, was just HUGE in terms of influence. And he used it all for good. Shows that featured Black families (and positive examples of black families, not stereotypes). Interracial couples. Homosexuals, and discussions of very sensitive topics, including rape and women's issues including taboo topics like abortion and the menopause. (And Archie Bunker features the first flushing of a toilet on television).

Hear how he essentially influenced America, but for the better. He essentially gave everyone a voice, at a time when civil rights were

And that's just television. In film, he produced The Princess Bride, and Fried Green Tomatoes, the latter being the one of the most profitable films of 1991. (Made just shy of 120 million, on a 11 million dollar budget). The most profitable film of 1991 was obviously Terminator 2, but it cost 100 million, making $520 million.

Like, Lear was everywhere. Even making shows that are set to air in the coming months.

101 is fantastic. A life well lived, by all accounts.

RIP Ryan O'Neal.

In On Deadly Ground, he's got Michael Caine doing a deliberately bad American accent. It also had Billy Bob Thornton, John C McGinley as a character named 'MacGruder', R LE Ermey and character actor Mike Starr. Seagal wrote and directed it, and he makes sure the camera is WORSHIPPING him.

The film is one of his worst during that era. Might even be his actual worst overall.

And yeah, O'Neal, when he got with Fawcett, became notoriously unprofessional, to put it mildly.

Probably more known for TV

RIP Andre Braugher

Don't forget Glory, his first big onscreen role.

Mike Nussbaum, who had roles in films such as Men in Black and Fatal Attraction has died. He was 99.

He's probably best known for this memorable scene in Men in Black. He played the Arquillian Jeweller.

Bram Inscore, musician and composer, has died. He was 41, and took his own life due to a long battle with depression.

He either wrote, produced or played instruments (depending on the assignment) on tracks for films such as Scott Pilgrim vs The World, 2 Guns, and Sierra Burgess is a Loser. You can hear Bram's bass playing on the track 'Ramona' in Scott Pilgrim.

A really wonderful actor. You knew when you saw his name in the credits that the film was worth watching. One particularly memorable scene in Michael Clayton - without a word of dialogue - and I really liked him in The Debt, The Ghost Writer and Belle. But great in everything TBH.

He was brilliant in True Lies. Just hilarious.