Richard Donner

...Color Purple," and that year also had produced "Back to the Future" and "Young Sherlock Holmes." The movie was directed by Richard Donner, who for my money has only directed one worthwhile movie: The first "Superman." Donner's other...

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In 2005, the film Sam and George was announced as the seventh collaboration between director Richard Donner and actor Mel Gibson. In February 2009, Donner said that this Paramount project was "dead," but that he and Gibson were...

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...wounds inflicted, bodies splayed and splattered, and those inescapable "forces of evil" often depicted as victorious. Ever since Richard Donner's gigantic hit, "The Omen," in 1976 (stupidly remade in 2006), it's been fashionable for...

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...a welcome idea, and why not? The director's departure from the X-franchise didn't burn any bridges. Plus, Donner's husband, "Superman" director Richard Donner, was an engaged mentor for Singer as the younger filmmaker toiled on a version of...

In this article: X-Men, Lauren Shuler Donner, Wolverine, Marvel, Brett Ratner, Hollywood, Los Angeles Times, and Hugh Jackman

...film classic should be next for a remake. The 1985 film The Goonies topped the list, with 19 per cent of the votes. Directed by Richard Donner and Steven Speilberg and starring Sean Austin and Josh Brolin, the film has made $61 million...

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...is filled with extras. (G) The Poop flashback Superman: Still one of the best superhero films of all time, this 1978 Richard Donner film starring Christopher Reeve, above, and Margot Kidder holds up incredibly well. And the four-disc set...

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...the Opera." "It all starts with the fact that Gerard Butler is a hell of a good actor and has a wonderful sense of humor," said Richard Donner, Butler's director on the 2003 action movie "Timeline," via e-mail. "He's 'a man's man', the...

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...blood," Riva explained. "You do these crazy things. You get so into it." The director of The Goonies, Richard Donner, also did Lethal Weapon with Riva. Donner knew Riva's father, Broadway set designer Bill Riva, who would re-design his...

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Named filmmaker of the year by editors' group The American Cinema Editors will honor producer-director Richard Donner with its ACE Golden Eddie Filmmaker of the Year Award. Lauren Shuler Donner, his wife and producing partner, will...

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...paved way for today's blockbusters By JEFF GOLDSMITH Hollywood had put men in tights long before 1978's "Superman," but Richard Donner was the first to do so convincingly, effectively setting the model for the modern-day superhero...

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