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Post by codystarbuck on May 7, 2024 20:59:17 GMT -5
RIP to LEGENDARY stuntwoman Jeannie Epper.  When you saw Wonder Woman throw guys around or cash through walls, that was Jeannie Epper. When the Bionic Woman fought crooks, that was Jeannie. When Linda Evans fell off a horse, in the Big Valley or had a cat fight with Joan Collins, that was Jeannie Epper. When Kathleen Turner slid down the side of a muddy mountain, in Romancing the Stone, that was Jeannie Epper. Jeannie was born into a stunt family; her father doubled Gary Cooper, Errol Flynn and Ronald Reagan. her brothers and sisters did stunts. She did her first horse riding bit at age 9. After growing up, she became Linda Evans' stunt double on both The Big Valley and Dynasty. She doubled Linda Carter on Wonder Woman, Lindsay Wagner on The Bionic Woman and Kate Jackson on Charlie's Angels. She had tons of stunt credits and later, became one of the first female stunt coordinators. She was the founder of the Stuntwoman's Association of Motion Pictures and a friend and mentor to those that followed, including Xena and Kill Bill stuntwoman Zoe Bell, who was featured with Epper in the documentary Double Dare. Jeannie didn't just break glass ceilings; she jumped through them..... Rewind to the beginning to hear the full interview, with Dan Rather, which includes footage from The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean, with Paul Newman and a clip from Foxy Brown, where she got a picture bashed over her head and got clipped pretty hard, by the frame. If you notice, her stunt costume has shoulder straps of flesh-colored elastic. That was because of a stunt, in the episode "Wonder Woman Meets Baroness Paula Von Gunther," in a stunt where she rolls down a hill, with the stuntwoman doubling Christine Belford, as Von Gunther, she popped out of the suit and they had to fix it. Hell of a lady. |
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Post by Calidore on May 8, 2024 14:29:24 GMT -5
Another music legend gone. Steve Albini, an engineering and producing icon, as well as performer with his band Shellac and others, has died of a heart attack way too young at 61.
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Post by Confessor on May 8, 2024 18:23:47 GMT -5
Another music legend gone. Steve Albini, an engineering and producing icon, as well as performer with his band Shellac and others, has died of a heart attack way too young at 61. Blimey! I'm surprised he was even as old as that, but then again, thinking about it, that sounds about right. I principally know him from his production and engineering work with the Breeders, Nirvana, the Wedding Present, and Bush. |
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Post by MRPs_Missives on May 11, 2024 21:24:14 GMT -5
RIP to legendary film producer and director, known for mostly B grade stuff like the first Fantastic Four movie, Roger Corman, who passed on May 9th at the age of 98.
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Post by commond on May 12, 2024 1:58:56 GMT -5
RIP to legendary film producer and director, known for mostly B grade stuff like the first Fantastic Four movie, Roger Corman, who passed on May 9th at the age of 98. -M Loved his Vincent Price movies from the 60s. |
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Post by EdoBosnar on May 12, 2024 2:40:08 GMT -5
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Post by Confessor on May 12, 2024 3:10:00 GMT -5
Like many here, I'm sure, I've always had a real soft spot for Roger Coreman's films. Favourites include The Raven, Death Race 2000, The Dunwich Horror, and Battle Beyond the Stars. Shame that he's passed away.
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Post by foxley on May 12, 2024 3:38:03 GMT -5
Roger Corman was responsible for launching the career of director Peter Bogdanovich. The story goes that Bogdanovich had worked unaccredited as a 2nd assistant director on The Wild Angels. Corman was impressed by him and when he finished shooting The Terror, he discovered that he still had Boris Karloff contracted for three days. Corman told Bogdanovich he could direct a film, using Karloff's three shooting days, which would give about 20 minutes of footage, use 20 minutes of footage from The Terror, and shoot an additional minutes of new footage to bring the film up feature length. Under these constraints, and with no other guidance, Bogdanovitch crafted the suspense classic Targets (only Karloff became friends with Bogdanovich and liked the script, so generously gave another day of shooting free of charge). The rest is history.
R.I.P. Mr Corman.
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Post by Prince Hal on May 12, 2024 8:52:35 GMT -5
Roger Corman was responsible for launching the career of director Peter Bogdanovich. The story goes that Bogdanovich had worked unaccredited as a 2nd assistant director on The Wild Angels. Corman was impressed by him and when he finished shooting The Terror, he discovered that he still had Boris Karloff contracted for three days. Corman told Bogdanovich he could direct a film, using Karloff's three shooting days, which would give about 20 minutes of footage, use 20 minutes of footage from The Terror, and shoot an additional minutes of new footage to bring the film up feature length. Under these constraints, and with no other guidance, Bogdanovitch crafted the suspense classic Targets (only Karloff became friends with Bogdanovich and liked the script, so generously gave another day of shooting free of charge). The rest is history. R.I.P. Mr Corman. Also Ron Howard, who directed for Corman when he was in his early 20s. Jack Nicholson got his start in Corman movies, including the one you mentioned, The Terror, and the original Little Shop of Horrors. Not to mention Scorsese, who directed Boxcar Bertha (featuring De Niro) for Corman. And of course, we can't forget the DeNiro to Corman's Scorsese, Dick Miller.  |
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Post by MRPs_Missives on May 12, 2024 9:14:35 GMT -5
The best comment I have seen about Corman in the wake of his death is that "Roger Corman is the only person who could have read Edgar Allan Poe's The Raven and determined what this poem needs is a wizard battle between Vincent Price, Peter Lorre and Jack Nicholson."
And I think that encapsulates Corman in a nutshell.
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Post by Calidore on May 12, 2024 9:58:07 GMT -5
Corman got to live his dream life for 98 years, and has so many stories that even a book couldn't do him justice, let alone an obituary. My childhood weekend afternoon television certainly wouldn't have been the same without him. RIP, and thank you.
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Post by Farrar on May 12, 2024 16:30:14 GMT -5
As Calidore and others have already eloquently posted, I'm glad Corman got to live his dream life. As a foreign film buff I'm very grateful for the foreign film distribution in the US provided by his New World World pictures--I grew up on movies such as Amarcord, Cries and Whispers, The Romantic Englishwoman, The Tin Drum, Dersu Uzala, and many many many more. ... Not to mention Scorsese, who directed Boxcar Bertha (featuring De Niro) for Corman... A slight correction: Regarding DeNiro, you probably mean the movie Bloody Mama***, produced--and directed--by Corman and starring Shelley Winters as Ma Barker, with DeNiro as one of her sons. The Corman-produced, Scorsese directed Boxcar Bertha featured Barbara Hershey, David Carradine (Hershey's real-life paramour at the time), and the great John Carradine, and was an interesting film in its own right. As others have said, what an oeuvre! Thank you Mr. Corman and RIP ETA: ***Not to be confused with another Corman-produced film, Big Bad Mama, starring Angie Dickinson and William Shatner. |
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Post by Prince Hal on May 12, 2024 21:43:21 GMT -5
Yes, thanks... not easy relying on your memory when you're The Geezer That Time Forgot.
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Post by codystarbuck on May 13, 2024 22:28:33 GMT -5
RIP to former Miami Dolphins and San Diego Chargers player Bob Bruggers. Bruggers played basketball and football for the Univ of Minnesota, before joining the Dolphins (in the old AFL) in 1966, playing 3 seasons for the team, before being traded to San Diego. he played there another two seasons, before leaving behind football.
After football, he trained with wrestler and promoter Verne Gagne, in Minnesota and debuted in his American Wrestling Association promotion, the same week as another Gagne student, Ric Flair. Bruggers and Flair both went to the Carolinas, to gain further experience and ended up working in tag teams, on opposite sides of the ring. The fates were intertwined when Bruggers took promoter Jim Crockett's seat on his small Cessna aircraft, which crashed, carrying wrestlers Johnny Valentine (father of WWF star Greg "The Hammer" Valentine), "Mr Wrestling" Tim Woods, Bruggers and Flair, plus Crockett's brother David, who announced and wrestled a bit, at that time (1975). Woods checked himself out of the hospital and appeared in the ring a couple of days later, to hide the fact he had been flying with the heels, while Valentine's career pretty much ended. Bruggers left the hospital after 3 weeks, but never returned to wrestling. Flair, after a long recovery, returned, much slimmer (he used to have a power lifter's physique) and went on to become the NWA World Champion and WWF champion.
Bruggers was inducted into the Univ of Minnesota "M Club" Hall of Fame, in 2002, for his time playing basketball and football.
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Post by foxley on May 14, 2024 3:35:29 GMT -5
R.I.P. to Ignatius Jones, Filipino-born Australian events director, singer, songwriter, contortionist, journalist, and dancer who has passed away in Manilla at the age of 66.
Outside of Australia, Jones is probably best known as the co-director, alongside David Atkins, of the 2000 Sydney Olympics opening and closing ceremonies. Jones and Atkins also worked on the Opening Ceremony of the Shanghai 2010 World Expo and the ceremonies of the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games. Jones also performed the version of the song "Yesterday's Hero" used in the movie Strictly Ballroom.
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