With a title like this you know it has to be good. Irvin Kershner got his start directing on this small-scale tale of kids and crime. Jonathan Haze and Abby Dalton are standouts in the cast, while the uncredited executive producer who put up the cash is said to have been Roger Corman. It's a beautiful widescreen transfer -- the film was one of the first features shot by Haskell Wexler, who is also uncredited. Stakeout on Dope Street DVD-r The Warner Archive Collection 1958 / B&W / 1:85 widescreen / 83 min. / Street Date June 22, 2016 / available through the WBshop / 21.99 Starring Yale Wexler, Jonathon Haze, Morris Miller (Stever Marlo), Abby Dalton, Allen Kramer, Herman Rudin, Philip Mansour, Andrew J. Fenady, Herschel Bernardi, Coleman Francis. Cinematography Mark Jeffrey (Haskell Wexler) Film Editor Melvin Sloan Original Music Richard Markowitz Story and Screenplay by Andrew J. Fenady, Irvin Kershner, Irvin Schwartz Produced by Andrew J. Fenady Directed...
- 9/25/2016
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
Chosen to direct The Empire Strikes Back, he turned in one of the best sequels – and highest box-office earners – of all time
The film director Irvin Kershner, who has died aged 87, was known in the trade as a hired gun. His most famous film, The Empire Strikes Back (1980), the fifth episode in the Star Wars saga, is most commonly linked to its executive producer, George Lucas. Never Say Never Again (1983) is celebrated as the film in which Sean Connery made his comeback as James Bond after 12 years away from the role, the director merely providing the vehicle. Kershner's first feature, Stakeout On Dope Street (1958), was made under the aegis of Roger Corman, who usually gained the main credit for the films he produced. Yet, eclectic as Kershner seemed, his best films reveal a visual flair, with an eye for the telling detail and a sympathy for the rebel.
The Philadelphia...
The film director Irvin Kershner, who has died aged 87, was known in the trade as a hired gun. His most famous film, The Empire Strikes Back (1980), the fifth episode in the Star Wars saga, is most commonly linked to its executive producer, George Lucas. Never Say Never Again (1983) is celebrated as the film in which Sean Connery made his comeback as James Bond after 12 years away from the role, the director merely providing the vehicle. Kershner's first feature, Stakeout On Dope Street (1958), was made under the aegis of Roger Corman, who usually gained the main credit for the films he produced. Yet, eclectic as Kershner seemed, his best films reveal a visual flair, with an eye for the telling detail and a sympathy for the rebel.
The Philadelphia...
- 11/30/2010
- by Ronald Bergan
- The Guardian - Film News
The filmmaker, who also helmed the Bond flick 'Never Say Never Again' and 'Robocop 2,' passed away in Los Angeles.
By Tom Dichiara
Irvin Kershner
Photo: Jean-Christophe Verhaegen/ Afp/ Getty Images
Irvin Kershner, best known for directing the "Star Wars" sequel "The Empire Strikes Back," has died at the age of 87.
The filmmaker passed away at his Los Angeles home after a long bout with an unspecified illness, his goddaughter Adriana Santini told French news service Afp on Monday.
Born in 1923 in Philadelphia, Kershner studied music, painting and photography before turning his focus to filmmaking in the early 1950s. He got his start directing documentaries in Iran, Greece and Turkey for the United States Information Service, then returned to the States to develop the TV series "Confidential File" and "The Rebel."
Kershner made his feature directorial debut with "Stakeout on Dope Street" in 1958 and went on to direct a number of well-known films,...
By Tom Dichiara
Irvin Kershner
Photo: Jean-Christophe Verhaegen/ Afp/ Getty Images
Irvin Kershner, best known for directing the "Star Wars" sequel "The Empire Strikes Back," has died at the age of 87.
The filmmaker passed away at his Los Angeles home after a long bout with an unspecified illness, his goddaughter Adriana Santini told French news service Afp on Monday.
Born in 1923 in Philadelphia, Kershner studied music, painting and photography before turning his focus to filmmaking in the early 1950s. He got his start directing documentaries in Iran, Greece and Turkey for the United States Information Service, then returned to the States to develop the TV series "Confidential File" and "The Rebel."
Kershner made his feature directorial debut with "Stakeout on Dope Street" in 1958 and went on to direct a number of well-known films,...
- 11/29/2010
- MTV Movie News
The filmmaker, who also helmed the Bond flick 'Never Say Never Again' and 'Robocop 2,' passed away in Los Angeles.
By Tom Dichiara
Irvin Kershner
Photo: Jean-Christophe Verhaegen/ Afp/ Getty Images
Irvin Kershner, best known for directing the "Star Wars" sequel "The Empire Strikes Back," has died at the age of 87.
The filmmaker passed away at his Los Angeles home after a long bout with an unspecified illness, his goddaughter Adriana Santini told French news service Afp on Monday.
Born in 1923 in Philadelphia, Kershner studied music, painting and photography before turning his focus to filmmaking in the early 1950s. He got his start directing documentaries in Iran, Greece and Turkey for the United States Information Service, then returned to the States to develop the TV series "Confidential File" and "The Rebel."
Kershner made his feature directorial debut with "Stakeout on Dope Street" in 1958 and went on to direct a number of well-known films,...
By Tom Dichiara
Irvin Kershner
Photo: Jean-Christophe Verhaegen/ Afp/ Getty Images
Irvin Kershner, best known for directing the "Star Wars" sequel "The Empire Strikes Back," has died at the age of 87.
The filmmaker passed away at his Los Angeles home after a long bout with an unspecified illness, his goddaughter Adriana Santini told French news service Afp on Monday.
Born in 1923 in Philadelphia, Kershner studied music, painting and photography before turning his focus to filmmaking in the early 1950s. He got his start directing documentaries in Iran, Greece and Turkey for the United States Information Service, then returned to the States to develop the TV series "Confidential File" and "The Rebel."
Kershner made his feature directorial debut with "Stakeout on Dope Street" in 1958 and went on to direct a number of well-known films,...
- 11/29/2010
- MTV Music News
Today was a sad one in the world of entertainment, and one passing was particularly poignant for film geeks. Irvin Kershner, the director of “The Empire Strikes Back” passed away today at the age of 87.
Kershner had a varied and interesting career that wasn’t filled with Hollywood blockbusters. He studied music and photography, and became a documentary director under the United States Information Service. He also developed a number of television shows and directed several feature films, including “The Return of a Man Called Horse,” “A Fine Madness,” and “Hoodlum Priest.”
But he is best known for directing “The Empire Strikes Back”, a job he nearly didn’t take.
Kershner was one of George Lucas’ former professors at USC School of Cinema-Television, and was apparently a little dismayed his student was trying to recapture the success of “Star Wars” in a sequel. He was even more surprised that Lucas...
Kershner had a varied and interesting career that wasn’t filled with Hollywood blockbusters. He studied music and photography, and became a documentary director under the United States Information Service. He also developed a number of television shows and directed several feature films, including “The Return of a Man Called Horse,” “A Fine Madness,” and “Hoodlum Priest.”
But he is best known for directing “The Empire Strikes Back”, a job he nearly didn’t take.
Kershner was one of George Lucas’ former professors at USC School of Cinema-Television, and was apparently a little dismayed his student was trying to recapture the success of “Star Wars” in a sequel. He was even more surprised that Lucas...
- 11/29/2010
- by Elisabeth Rappe
- NextMovie
Faye Dunaway, Eyes of Laura Mars Irvin Kershner, the director of the (in my view) best early Star Wars saga effort, The Empire Strikes Back (1980), has died in Los Angeles "after a long illness" according to Agence France-Presse. Kershner was 87. What made me enjoy The Empire Strikes Back much more than either George Lucas' Star Wars (1977) or Richard Marquand's Return of the Jedi? I'd say it was of combination of various elements: great special effects (which the other two movies also have), combined with Kershner's stylish, well-paced direction, and a more mature screenplay credited to Lawrence Kasdan and Leigh Brackett. In other words, The Empire Strikes Back was action-packed mainstream fun, but without being (overly) juvenile. Long before his sci-fi foray, Kershner directed, among others, Don Murray in Hoodlum Priest (1961), the story of a priest dealing with street gangs and the director's first major assignment; Sean Connery, Joanne...
- 11/29/2010
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
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A Thief Catcher (Keystone, 1914), featuring a previously unknown performance by silent comedy star Charlie Chaplin, will have its west coast re-premiere during the 46th annual Cinecon Classic Film Festival at the Egyptian Theater in Hollywood California over Labor Day Weekend, September 2-6, 2010
Chaplin is officially credited with appearing in thirty-five films during his year at Keystone in 1914, but he claimed in various interviews that he had also played bit roles as a cop and a barber while at the studio--but he did not name the films, and although there has been some speculation about the possibility of additional Chaplin-Keystone appearances, none has turned up until now. Film collector Paul Gierucki found a 16mm film print in a trunk at a Taylor, Michigan, antique store last year. "I could tell it was a Keystone comedy,...
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A Thief Catcher (Keystone, 1914), featuring a previously unknown performance by silent comedy star Charlie Chaplin, will have its west coast re-premiere during the 46th annual Cinecon Classic Film Festival at the Egyptian Theater in Hollywood California over Labor Day Weekend, September 2-6, 2010
Chaplin is officially credited with appearing in thirty-five films during his year at Keystone in 1914, but he claimed in various interviews that he had also played bit roles as a cop and a barber while at the studio--but he did not name the films, and although there has been some speculation about the possibility of additional Chaplin-Keystone appearances, none has turned up until now. Film collector Paul Gierucki found a 16mm film print in a trunk at a Taylor, Michigan, antique store last year. "I could tell it was a Keystone comedy,...
- 8/25/2010
- by nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro)
- Cinemaretro.com
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