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Empire Strikes Back director Irvin Kershner dies
BBC ^ | 29 November 2010

Posted on 11/29/2010 8:26:51 AM PST by Borges

According to Adriana Santini, Kershner - who also directed Sir Sean Connery in 1983 Bond film Never Say Never Again - died at home after a long illness.

Born in Philadelphia in 1923, Kershner trained as a musician before making documentaries and then features.

His other credits include Robocop 2 and Eyes of Laura Mars with Faye Dunaway.

Known as "Kersh", the director previously worked with Connery on 1996 romantic drama A Fine Madness.

(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: empirestrikesback; irvinkershner; neversayneveragain; obituary; theempirestrikesback
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1 posted on 11/29/2010 8:26:54 AM PST by Borges
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To: Borges

The best of the star wars series.


2 posted on 11/29/2010 8:28:32 AM PST by longfellow (Bill Maher, the 21st hijacker.)
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To: DollyCali

Ping


3 posted on 11/29/2010 8:34:56 AM PST by Borges
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To: Borges

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4 posted on 11/29/2010 8:37:19 AM PST by Sybeck1 (Is it proper etiquette to tip after a enhanced pat down?)
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To: Borges

ESB was the best Star Wars movie.


5 posted on 11/29/2010 9:01:37 AM PST by GraceG
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To: longfellow

I agree.


6 posted on 11/29/2010 9:07:33 AM PST by carton253 (Ask me about The Stainless Banner - a free e-zine dedicated to the armies of the Confederacy.)
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To: Borges

Empire Strikes Back was the perfect middle act of the trilogy. It was the best made movie of the series.


7 posted on 11/29/2010 9:10:28 AM PST by Retired Greyhound
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To: GraceG
ESB was the best Star Wars movie.

Yes it was, although I still have a soft spot in my heart for the first one. I still watch them on DVD now and then.


8 posted on 11/29/2010 9:13:28 AM PST by reagan_fanatic (Scratch a “progressive” and a fascist bleeds)
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To: longfellow; Impy; Perdogg; fieldmarshaldj; raccoonradio; DarthVader; All

The Empire Strikes Back - best of all the Star Wars films.

Never Say Never Again was pretty good too, especially for a non-EON 007 flick (although it was a remake of Thunderball).

RIP, Irwin.


9 posted on 11/29/2010 9:18:24 AM PST by GOPsterinMA
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To: Borges

How freaky...”Empire” was on Spike TV last night....


10 posted on 11/29/2010 9:20:32 AM PST by hoagy62 (.)
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To: GOPsterinMA

I agree and RIP to Irwin too.


11 posted on 11/29/2010 11:06:49 AM PST by DarthVader (That which supports Barack Hussein Obama must be sterilized and there are NO exceptions!)
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To: Borges

“A Fine Madness” is from 1966 and is an awesome movie.Its a nonconformists Braveheart


12 posted on 11/29/2010 11:07:21 AM PST by Paddyboy
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To: Borges

I took my parents to see it when it was in the Theater. Without having seen the first one they were completely lost.


13 posted on 11/29/2010 11:13:15 AM PST by Rebelbase
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To: Borges; EveningStar; alwaysconservative; Mr. Blonde; Mr. K; wtc911; swmobuffalo; Rummyfan; ...

Some consider this the best of the 6 Star Wars Movies

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14 posted on 11/29/2010 11:22:55 AM PST by DollyCali (Don't tell God how big your storm is... tell your storm how BIG your God is!)
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To: Borges
One of my favorites of his is Raid on Entebbe. Awesome cast, and very good for a made-for-TV history.
15 posted on 11/29/2010 11:30:16 AM PST by Snake65 (Gentlemen may cry, Peace, Peace-- but there is no peace. The war is actually begun!)
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To: Borges

A Fine Madness was about 1964 or so ... when Sean was not welcome in Hollyweird.


16 posted on 11/29/2010 11:34:00 AM PST by DontTreadOnMe2009 (So stop treading on me already!)
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To: Borges; All
IMDb

Wikipedia

AP article

17 posted on 11/29/2010 11:38:56 AM PST by EveningStar (Karl Marx is not one of our Founding Fathers.)
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To: DarthVader

Yes and yes. And RIP to Leslie Nielsen too.


18 posted on 11/29/2010 11:41:46 AM PST by GOPsterinMA
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To: GOPsterinMA

Yes, good to see Connery back.
and it was still better than any of the moore ones.


19 posted on 11/29/2010 11:47:53 AM PST by longfellow (Bill Maher, the 21st hijacker.)
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To: Borges
Never Say Never Again was alright.

Robocop 2 was butchered, he took plenty of things out of Frank Miller's script (long before Frank moved from writing and drawing comic books like Batman - The Dark Night Returns to making movies like Sin City and 300). He claims it was a bad script to begin with.

I used to agree with the meme that Empire Strikes Back was the best of the Star Wars films. After Lucas messed with the series and filmed a trilogy of prequels, I have to disagree.

Star Wars I (chapter IV) can stand on its own. Yes Vader gets away. Lives again to fight another day as do other cinema villains.

Star Wars II (Empire Strikes Back, Chapter V) ends with an outright cliffhanger, too many dangling plot threads. Hero has his hand cut off. Vader escapes. Han Solo is deep frozen. And you'd better have seen the first film to understand the characters (not so with the Bond series).

Star Wars III (Return/Revenge of the Jedi, Chapter VI) ends with Ewok teddy bear toy salesmen. And if we are to understand the story, it was only the end of the second trilogy, three more chapters will never be filmed.

So what then? Do we watch “Chapters I-III” next ending with the Revenge of the Sith (2005)? That will likewise leave the viewer with an unfulfilled reaction to the series.

But a viewer can enjoy A New Hope and be done with the matter.

20 posted on 11/29/2010 11:50:44 AM PST by a fool in paradise (The establishment clause isn't just against my OWN government establishing state religion in America)
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