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Gary Kurtz
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Came up with the title for
Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
He invested in Return to Oz (1985) which failed at the box office. He filed for bankruptcy in 1985.
He took over
John Barry
's second unit duties after his sudden death on the set of
Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
until his replacement
Harley Cokeliss
arrived. Kurtz directed the scene in which Luke flees the Wampa cave.
Father of
Melissa Kurtz
and
Tiffany Hillkurtz
Child with Roberta Jimenez Kurtz - Dylan Antony Kurtz
He has produced three films that have been selected for the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically or aesthetically" significant:
American Graffiti (1973)
,
Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)
and
Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
.
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