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Part two of those who managed to walk away |
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ROBERT GREENWALD |
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Robert went back to producing and/or directing TV movie productions. He would return to the big screen in 1988 with Don Johnson in the romantic comedy 'Sweet Heart Dance'
In the summer of 2000 Greenwald produced 'The Audrey Hepburn Story' TV movie with Jennifer Love-Hewitt as the leading lady and has directed a biography of that original Yuppie himself, Abbie Hoffman, entitled 'Steal This Film!'. |
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Greenwald has been gaining attention through his documentary work with the past 5 years, which peeked in 2004 with, 'Outfoxed!: Rupert Murdock Attack On Journalism', a clip filled doc on the Fox News Channel. in 2005, he did a similar job on Wal-Mart. Currently, he finished Iraq For Sale. |
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LAWRENCE GORDON &
JOEL SILVER |
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Gordon and Silver's next production was Burt Reynolds 'Paternity' and the Airplane-ish 'Jekyll & Hyde...Together Again'. Future works will include the 'Die Hard', '48 Hours' and 'Predator' films. Both men would return to the musical/fantasy gender and work with Walter Hill again in 1984 with 'Streets Of Fire' for Universal Studios...again. |
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Both men would also produce separate productions. Silver with the 'Lethal Weapon' series, 'Demolition Man' and 'The Last Boy Scouts'. Gordon with 'Fields Of Dreams', 'Waterworld', 'Mystery Men' and 'The Rocketter'. Both also would have a turn at independent films: Silver and the Cohen Bros. with 'The Honeysuckle Proxy' and Gordon with 'Boogie Nights'.
There's one area that Silver does have the definitive edge over his old boss: acting. In the classic 'Who Framed Roger Rabbit?', it's Silver you see playing the angry director, Rhoul J. Rhoul, yelling at Roger soon after the 'animated short' near the beginning of the film!
While Gordon has been producing 'Laura Croft' pictures, Silver (the producer) has been on a role as of late: 'The Matrix' trilogy was a sizable hit and already has developed a cult following. Latest projects for Silver is a pair of Alan Moore comics ( V For Vendetta and Watchmen) and a movie version of 'Wonder Women' with Buffy the Vampire Slayer creator Josh Wolden writing and directing. |
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After being dropped by his biggest (and only) client, Kramer no longer had the staying power to continue his plans he made before XANADU, which included a Silver Surfer movie.
He tried to manage a lounge singer but he basically dropped out of sight and of show biz. It could be assumed that he went back to his trade before he met Olivia, the family SHOE business. |
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LEE KRAMER |
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Bluth would continue his animation career in a rapid pace soon after XANADU. 'The Secret Of N.I.H.M.', a suspenseful story about escaped lab-rats, would hit the theaters in 1982. Even though it didn't make a big impression at the box office, it would earn cult status and creditability for Bluth. It should be noted that, in 1998, a sequel was made (without Bluth's involvement) as a musical! (?!?!?!?!)
In 1983, he would begin to developed the classic laser-disc arcade games, 'Dragon's Lair', 'Dragon's Lair 2: Time Warp' and 'Space Ace'. All the while, he would still continue his cinema animation ways with the first 'American Tail', 'Land Before Time' and 'All Dogs Go To Heaven' films, 'Thumblina', and 'Rock-A-Doodle-Do'.
In 1996, he would made a bigger splash with the backing of 20th Century-Fox for 'Anastasia' and in the summer of 2000 he experimented with mixing traditional and computer animation with 'Titan A. E.'. Canned by Fox, Bluth has started his own web site of his works (past, present), is planning his own animation magazine and a 'Dragon's Lair' movie. |
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