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11 items from 2011
10 greatest flying movies
21 June 2011 4:04 AM, PDT | Den of Geek | See recent Den of Geek news »
From aerial bravery in Wwi to Tom Cruise in an F-14 Tomcat, Mark lists his top ten all-time favourite flying movies…
This is a personal list, and as such, won't please everyone. I accept that, but I wanted to look at the films that have best represented flying for me over the years.
I've also excluded helicopters in exchange for a festival of fixed wings. But as a person who loves aircraft and flying of all kinds, these are the ones that made me feel the need. The need for speed...
The Dam Busters (1955)
Gosh, what a place to start. For the most part, the film's an historically accurate retelling of the ultimate daring-do of WWII. Richard Todd plays the unflappable Guy Gibson, who lead the amazing 617 Squadron on their secret mission against the dams of the Ruhr valley.
Using the Barnes Wallis (played by Michael Redgrave) utterly inspired bouncing bomb, »
John Barry obituary
31 January 2011 4:01 PM, PST | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
Composer most closely associated with the golden age of James Bond but whose scores ranged from Midnight Cowboy to Dances With Wolves
John Barry, who has died aged 77 following a heart attack, will always be associated with the golden age of James Bond, but though much of his most famous music was written to accompany the outlandish adventures of 007, his work covered a huge variety of moods and styles. Barry wrote epic, sweeping film scores for Zulu (1964), Born Free (1966) and Out of Africa (1985), introduced blues and jazz themes into The Chase (1966) and The Cotton Club (1984), and conceived the shivery, sinister music for The Ipcress File (1965). He even became something of a pop star in his own right.
He was born Jonathan Barry Prender- gast in York, where his father ran a chain of cinemas. His mother was a talented musician, but had abandoned the attempt to establish herself as a concert pianist. »
- Adam Sweeting
Peter Yates obituary
10 January 2011 4:00 PM, PST | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
Versatile British film director known for Bullitt, The Deep and Breaking Away
The director Peter Yates, who has died aged 81, helped Steve McQueen achieve iconic status with the cop movie Bullitt (1968), enjoyed a massive box-office success with The Deep (1977) and made one of the most beguiling of all youth movies in Breaking Away (1979). He maintained a steady career throughout five decades, initially in the theatre and then in mainstream cinema, but he suffered the critical neglect so often accorded those who tackle a variety of subjects and genres and become known, somewhat disparagingly, as journeyman directors.
Pauline Kael described him as a competent director "with a good serviceable technique for integrating staged movie action into documentary city locations". David Thomson suggested that, in America, Yates had "done nothing more profound than send hubcaps careering around corners". Bullitt's famous San Francisco car chase (later revived by Ford as part of »
- Brian Baxter
Peter Yates Dies
10 January 2011 10:13 AM, PST | Huffington Post | See recent Huffington Post news »
London — British filmmaker Peter Yates, who sent Steve McQueen screeching through the streets of San Francisco in a Ford Mustang in "Bullitt," has died at the age of 81.
A statement from Yates' agent, Judy Daish, said he died Sunday in London after an illness.
Yates was nominated for four Academy Awards – two as director and two as producer – for cycling tale "Breaking Away" and backstage drama "The Dresser."
A graduate of London's Royal Academy of Dramatic Art who directed stage greats including "Dresser" star Albert Finney and Maggie Smith, Yates also created one of film's most memorable action sequences – the much-imitated car chase in the 1968 police thriller "Bullitt."
Born in Aldershot, southern England in 1929, Yates trained as an actor, performed in repertory theater and did a stint as a race-car driver before moving into film, first as an editor and then as an assistant director on films including Tony Richardson's »
- AP
Peter Yates 1928-2011
10 January 2011 6:34 AM, PST | FilmJunk | See recent FilmJunk news »
Well, last week we passed along the unfortunate news that Pete Postlethwaite had died [1], and now this week Hollywood has lost another Pete. Peter Yates, director of such classics as Bullitt, Murphy's War, and the Jay Cheel favourite Krull has passed away after a long illness. He also directed The Friends of Eddie Coyle, which turned up at the top of Ben Affleck's list of best heist films [2] just a few days ago. He was 82 years old. Yates had a long and fruitful career and directed a wide variety of films in a number of different genres starting with Summer Holiday starring Cliff Richard and The Shadows in 1963. In addition to some of the classic crime films for which is best known, he also directed Peter Benchley's The Deep, Suspect starring Cher and Dennis Quaid, Year of the Comet, and Mother, Jugs & Speed starring Bill Cosby, Harvey Keitel and Raquel Welch. »
- Sean
Bullitt director Peter Yates dies aged 82
10 January 2011 3:57 AM, PST | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
British director of Summer Holiday, Breaking Away and Steve McQueen film Bullitt has died after long illness
Peter Yates, the four-time Oscar-nominated British director of Bullitt, Breaking Away and The Dresser, has died in London after a long illness. He was 82.
A graduate of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art whose first film as a director was the lightweight Cliff Richard and the Shadows vehicle Summer Holiday, Yates made his name with the action-packed 1967 crime thriller Robbery, a dramatisation of the great train robbery. Hollywood beckoned, and Yates's first Us effort, Bullitt, featured the first car chase in the modern style, with star Steve McQueen himself taking the wheel for a large part of a bravura extended sequence in which his Ford Mustang slaloms and chicanes through the streets of San Francisco.
Academy recognition came later in Yates's career with the 1979 coming-of-age tale Breaking Away. The comedy about four working-class »
- Ben Child
Legendary Director Peter Yates Dies at 82
10 January 2011 3:12 AM, PST | LOVEFiLM | See recent LOVEFiLM news »
Peter Yates 1928-2011
British director Peter Yates has passed away, aged 82, after a prosperous career spanning 48 years, as one of the film industry’s most acclaimed directors.
The 82-year-old made his feature film directorial debut in 1963 with the colourful Summer Holiday, featuring the nation’s favourite showman of the 60s, Cliff Richard.
After the success of Summer Holiday, Yates’ career continued to climb and it wasn’t long before he was hailed for his work on the Oscar-winning Bullitt – starring legendary silver screen icon Steve McQueen.
During his time in the film industry, Yates also had the privilege of working with some of cinema’s finest, including Peter O’Toole, Christopher Plummer and Sigourney Weaver.
His work was widely recognised and in 1979 he bagged an Oscar-nod for the coming-of-age drama Breaking Away, then later again for The Dresser in 1983.
Yates will be fondly remembered for lighting up screens with a »
- jennifer.trevorrow@lovefilm.com (Jennifer Trevorrow)
Peter Yates, Four-Time Oscar Nominee, Dead at 81
10 January 2011 1:00 AM, PST | Moviefone | See recent Moviefone news »
Filed under: Movie News, Cinematical
There's just something about the "old guard" UK film directors that makes them so memorable. A filmmaker like Peter Yates might not be mentioned all that much these days, but to a certain generation of film fanatics his was always known as a reliable name. That's not to say that all his films were classics, but even on the lighter or even sillier projects, there was a competence and confidence that most British filmmakers exhibit. Call it work ethic or class, but Peter Yates was one of those guys. The 81-year-old passed away over the weekend in his native London.
Oscar-nominated twice as a director (for the excellent 'Breaking Away' and the unfairly forgotten 'The Dresser') and then once again as a producer on both films, Mr. Yates had a colorful career of hits and misses, but one never got the »
- Scott Weinberg
Peter Yates, Four-Time Oscar Nominee, Dead at 81
10 January 2011 1:00 AM, PST | Cinematical | See recent Cinematical news »
Filed under: Movie News, Cinematical
There's just something about the "old guard" UK film directors that makes them so memorable. A filmmaker like Peter Yates might not be mentioned all that much these days, but to a certain generation of film fanatics his was always known as a reliable name. That's not to say that all his films were classics, but even on the lighter or even sillier projects, there was a competence and confidence that most British filmmakers exhibit. Call it work ethic or class, but Peter Yates was one of those guys. The 81-year-old passed away over the weekend in his native London.
Oscar-nominated twice as a director (for the excellent 'Breaking Away' and the unfairly forgotten 'The Dresser') and then once again as a producer on both films, Mr. Yates had a colorful career of hits and misses, but one never got the »
- Scott Weinberg
Bullitt/Krull Director Peter Yates is Dead
9 January 2011 11:58 PM, PST | Slash Film | See recent Slash Film news »
Four time Oscar-nominated British director Peter Yates has passed away at the age of 82. Deadline [1] reports that he died in London after a long illness. Yates is probably best known for the 1968 Steve McQueen film Bullitt, the 1983 Oscar-nominated drama The Dresser, the 1983 cult fantasy film Krull, the 1977 horror/thriller The Deep, and the 1979 sports drama Breaking Away. His filmography also includes Curtain Call, The Run of the Country, Roommates, Year of the Comet, An Innocent Man, The House on Carroll Street, Suspect, Eleni, The Dresser, Eyewitness, Mother Jugs & Speed, For Pete's Sake, The Friends of Eddie Coyle, The Hot Rock, Murphy's War and John and Mary, and Robbery. I've included trailers for some of these films after the jump. Please feel free to post in remembrance of Yates (and the movies he directed) in the comments below. Bullitt Krull Breaking Away The Deep The Dresser The Hot Rock [1] http://www. »
- Peter Sciretta
R.I.P. Peter Yates
9 January 2011 9:52 PM, PST | Deadline Hollywood | See recent Deadline Hollywood news »
Deadline has learned that English film director and producer and 4-time Oscar nominee Peter Yates -- who helmed such celebrated and dissimilar films as Bullitt, The Friends Of Eddie Coyle, Breaking Away, Suspect, and The Dresser -- has passed away in London after a long illness. He was 82. A graduate of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, he was a stage actor before working as an assistant director for Tony Richardson. Yates' feature directorial debut was the early 1960s low-budget Summer Holiday (1963) with Cliff Richard And The Shadows. He soon graduated to the 1967 crime thriller Robbery, a fictionalized version of Britain's The Great Train Robbery. It was a short jump to his first American film, Bullitt (1968), starring Steve McQueen in one of the definitive cop movies of all time thanks to that car chase through the streets of San Francisco. Other films he directed included John and Mary (1969), Murphy's War »
- NIKKI FINKE
11 items from 2011
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