John Wright, the film editor who received Oscar nominations for his work on Jan de Bont’s Speed and The Hunt for Red October, one of six movies he cut for John McTiernan, has died. He was 79.
Wright died April 20 at his home in Calabasas after a battle with prostate and bone cancer, his wife of 57 years, Jane Wright, told The Hollywood Reporter.
Wright’s résumé also included such other high-profile films as Sam Peckinpah’s Convoy (1978), Paul Michael Glaser’s The Running Man (1987), Stan Dragoti’s Necessary Roughness (1991), John Woo’s Broken Arrow (1996), Bryan Singer’s X-Men (2000), James Gartner’s Glory Road (2006) and Louis Leterrier’s The Incredible Hulk (2008).
He collaborated with directors Mel Gibson on The Passion of the Christ (2004) and Apocalypto (2006); with Graeme Clifford on Frances (1982) and Gleaming the Cube (1989); and with Randall Wallace on Secretariat (2010) and Heaven Is for Real (2014).
Wright was nominated for an Emmy...
Wright died April 20 at his home in Calabasas after a battle with prostate and bone cancer, his wife of 57 years, Jane Wright, told The Hollywood Reporter.
Wright’s résumé also included such other high-profile films as Sam Peckinpah’s Convoy (1978), Paul Michael Glaser’s The Running Man (1987), Stan Dragoti’s Necessary Roughness (1991), John Woo’s Broken Arrow (1996), Bryan Singer’s X-Men (2000), James Gartner’s Glory Road (2006) and Louis Leterrier’s The Incredible Hulk (2008).
He collaborated with directors Mel Gibson on The Passion of the Christ (2004) and Apocalypto (2006); with Graeme Clifford on Frances (1982) and Gleaming the Cube (1989); and with Randall Wallace on Secretariat (2010) and Heaven Is for Real (2014).
Wright was nominated for an Emmy...
- 5/2/2023
- by Mike Barnes
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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I know it's not exactly The Second Sex or The Women's Room or any of the other great titles you might expect to find on a feminist's bookshelf, but I love Tolkien's Lord of the Rings trilogy and I'm not ashamed to admit it. Well, Ok I am: but only a bit.
And while I may have all the films on extended DVD, and the collector's gift box sets that came complete with the statues of the Argonath and Gollum; and while I may also have my own, almost complete set of collector's models, with display stands, that doesn't make me a nerd. And nor does the fact that I went to the Lord of the Rings exhibition when it came to London's Science Museum...
I know it's not exactly The Second Sex or The Women's Room or any of the other great titles you might expect to find on a feminist's bookshelf, but I love Tolkien's Lord of the Rings trilogy and I'm not ashamed to admit it. Well, Ok I am: but only a bit.
And while I may have all the films on extended DVD, and the collector's gift box sets that came complete with the statues of the Argonath and Gollum; and while I may also have my own, almost complete set of collector's models, with display stands, that doesn't make me a nerd. And nor does the fact that I went to the Lord of the Rings exhibition when it came to London's Science Museum...
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- by Cath Elliott
- The Guardian - Film News
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