In 2006, Clint Eastwood directed a pair of war dramas that stood as companion pieces. The first, "Flags of Our Fathers," based on the 2000 book by James Bradley and Ron Powers, was a contemplative and violent dramatization of the Battle of Iwo Jima, told from the perspective of the seven American soldiers who famously raised an American flag to signify their battlefield victory. The raising of the flag was captured on film by the Pulitzer-winning photographer Joe Rosenthal, and his picture served as the inspiration for the Marine Corps War Memorial in Washington DC. Eastwood's film climaxed with Rosenthal's taking of the picture.
"Flags of Our Fathers" was released on October 20, and its companion, "Letters from Iwo Jima" was released on December 20. "Letters" also detailed the events of the Battle of Iwo Jima, but from the perspective of the Japanese soldiers. Ken Watanabe gave an excellent performance as real-life General Tadamichi Kuribayashi,...
"Flags of Our Fathers" was released on October 20, and its companion, "Letters from Iwo Jima" was released on December 20. "Letters" also detailed the events of the Battle of Iwo Jima, but from the perspective of the Japanese soldiers. Ken Watanabe gave an excellent performance as real-life General Tadamichi Kuribayashi,...
- 12/29/2022
- by Witney Seibold
- Slash Film
Tucker Wiard, who served as editor for TV series including “Murphy Brown,” “The Carol Burnett Show” and “The Scarlet Letter,” died on Aug 28 in Los Angeles after complications from heart failure. He was 80.
Throughout Wiard’s decades-long career, he won five primetime Emmys for editing. Wiard won for his work in editing the final episode of “The Carol Burnett Show” at CBS in 1978, the four-episode Wgbh series “The Scarlet Letter” in 1979 and the television special “American Bandstand’s 30th Anniversary Special” in 1982. Two episodes of “Murphy Brown” — “Respect” and “On Another Plane” — also won Wiard primetime Emmys. He was nominated a total of 11 times.
Among his other TV editing credits were “All in the Family,” “Good Times,” “Detective School,” “Steambath,” “Alice,” “Charles in Charge” and “Nikki.”
Wiard was born in Detroit, Michigan in 1941 and raised nearby in Lansing. After graduating from Michigan State University in 1962 with a major in radio and television,...
Throughout Wiard’s decades-long career, he won five primetime Emmys for editing. Wiard won for his work in editing the final episode of “The Carol Burnett Show” at CBS in 1978, the four-episode Wgbh series “The Scarlet Letter” in 1979 and the television special “American Bandstand’s 30th Anniversary Special” in 1982. Two episodes of “Murphy Brown” — “Respect” and “On Another Plane” — also won Wiard primetime Emmys. He was nominated a total of 11 times.
Among his other TV editing credits were “All in the Family,” “Good Times,” “Detective School,” “Steambath,” “Alice,” “Charles in Charge” and “Nikki.”
Wiard was born in Detroit, Michigan in 1941 and raised nearby in Lansing. After graduating from Michigan State University in 1962 with a major in radio and television,...
- 8/30/2022
- by Carson Burton
- Variety Film + TV
Tucker Wiard, who won five Emmys as a TV editor behind landmark comedy series including The Carol Burnett Show and the entire run of Murphy Brown, died August 28 in Los Angeles from complications due to heart failure, his family said. He was 80.
Born in Detroit in 1941 and raised in Lansing, Mi, Wiard attended Michigan State where his major was Radio/Television. In 1962 he joined the Army where he designed and built the studio and remote videotape department at Fort Benning in Georgia.
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Wiard moved to Los Angeles in 1968 and worked in the videotape department at CBS; his first video tape editor credits came on the network’s The Red Skelton Hour the next year. He followed that with credits on Norman Lear’s All in the Family and Good Times before joining The Carol Burnett Show. He was editor on 48 episodes of the show’s run,...
Born in Detroit in 1941 and raised in Lansing, Mi, Wiard attended Michigan State where his major was Radio/Television. In 1962 he joined the Army where he designed and built the studio and remote videotape department at Fort Benning in Georgia.
Hollywood & Media Deaths 2022: A Photo Gallery
Wiard moved to Los Angeles in 1968 and worked in the videotape department at CBS; his first video tape editor credits came on the network’s The Red Skelton Hour the next year. He followed that with credits on Norman Lear’s All in the Family and Good Times before joining The Carol Burnett Show. He was editor on 48 episodes of the show’s run,...
- 8/30/2022
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
Toronto - The Ontario government is quietly proposing bending the rules for Hollywood celebrities by allowing them to bring in their own bodyguards — rules that weren't stretched for Bollywood stars in Toronto last month.
The Canadian Press has learned the change is expected to take effect Sept. 2, just a few days before the star-studded Toronto International Film Festival begins.
The proposed regulation, posted last Friday on a government website, would exempt out-of-province bodyguards who are employed by "individuals in the recorded video and audio-visual production industry" from provincial regulation.
They still need a valid licence from another jurisdiction, but don't have to meet Ontario standards.
The same courtesy was not extended to Bollywood stars who attended the International Indian Film Academy awards in June, which Premier Dalton McGuinty — who is facing an election this fall — attended and promoted.
Ontario Provincial Police laid 142 charges earlier this month following an investigation into...
The Canadian Press has learned the change is expected to take effect Sept. 2, just a few days before the star-studded Toronto International Film Festival begins.
The proposed regulation, posted last Friday on a government website, would exempt out-of-province bodyguards who are employed by "individuals in the recorded video and audio-visual production industry" from provincial regulation.
They still need a valid licence from another jurisdiction, but don't have to meet Ontario standards.
The same courtesy was not extended to Bollywood stars who attended the International Indian Film Academy awards in June, which Premier Dalton McGuinty — who is facing an election this fall — attended and promoted.
Ontario Provincial Police laid 142 charges earlier this month following an investigation into...
- 7/28/2011
- by CP
- Huffington Post
The Ontario government is quietly proposing bending the rules for Hollywood celebrities by allowing them to bring in their own bodyguards -- rules that weren't stretched for Bollywood stars in Toronto last month.The Canadian Press has learned the change is expected to take effect Sept. 2, just a few days before the star-studded Toronto International Film Festival begins.The proposed regulation, posted last Friday on a government website, would exempt out-of-province bodyguards who are employed by "individuals in the recorded video and audio-visual production industry" from provincial regulation.They still need a valid licence from another jurisdiction, but don't have to meet Ontario standards.The same courtesy was not extended to Bollywood stars who attended the International Indian Film Academy awards in June, which Premier Dalton McGuinty -- who is facing an election this fall -- attended and promoted.Ontario Provincial Police laid 142 charges earlier this month following an investigation...
- 7/27/2011
- Filmicafe
Check out the trailer for Indican Pictures' "Circle" which hits theaters in NY and Chicago next week and goes to DVD by end of year. Silas Weir Mitchell, Jason Thompson, Gail O’Grady, Peter Onorati, America Olivo, Michael Deluise and Ryan Doom star. Michael W. Watkins directs from the writing by Brad Tiemann. The film is produced by James Allen Bradley, Joe Dain, Luke Daniels, Brian Ransom and Brad Tiemann. Time is running out, for everyone When sociopath James Bennett (Silas Weir Mitchell, Prison Break, My Name is Earl) commits a series of brutal murders and then escapes a maximum security mental hospital, the FBI teams up with the U.S. Marshalls to stop him. Unfortunately Bennett is going back to his childhood home, where six graduate students are studying his surroundings for their thesis. Aided by Dr. Green (Gail O'Grady, NYPD Blue, Boston Legal, Deuce Bigalow) the authorities now must unravel a sociopaths mind,...
- 8/19/2010
- Upcoming-Movies.com
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