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Samuel Goldwyn Jr. (1926-2015)
Posted: Fri Jan 09, 2015 10:32 pm
by Disneyphile
Samuel Goldwyn Jr., the son of a fiercely independent-minded Hollywood mogul and the producer of many independent films in his own right including “Mystic Pizza” and studio hits including “Master and Commander,” died Friday at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. He was 88. His son John Goldwyn told the New York Times he died of congestive heart failure.
Goldwyn Jr. received his final credit as a producer, together with son John and others, on Fox’s long-gestating remake of the Goldwyn Sr.-produced classic “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty,” starring and directed by Ben Stiller and released in December 2013.
http://variety.com/2015/film/news/samue ... picks=true
Re: Samuel Goldwyn Jr. (1926-2015)
Posted: Sat Jan 10, 2015 10:07 am
by dvdjunkie
His version of "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" is far and away such a better movie than that current film starring Ben Stiller. Danny Kaye was a better actor and that movie will remain a favorite of mine, as the other one faded from memory less than an hour after I saw it in the theater.
Mystic Pizza and Once Bitten were two 'out of character' films for Sam Jr. Both were career makers for their stars, and both very entertaining in different ways.
R.I.P.: Sam Goldwyn Jr.
Re: Samuel Goldwyn Jr. (1926-2015)
Posted: Sat Jan 10, 2015 11:41 am
by Disney Guru
dvdjunkie wrote:His version of "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" is far and away such a better movie than that current film starring Ben Stiller. Danny Kaye was a better actor and that movie will remain a favorite of mine, as the other one faded from memory less than an hour after I saw it in the theater.
Mystic Pizza and Once Bitten were two 'out of character' films for Sam Jr. Both were career makers for their stars, and both very entertaining in different ways.
R.I.P.: Sam Goldwyn Jr.
Actually Samuel Goldwyn Jr was one of the producers of the Ben Stiller version of Secret Life of Walter Mitty. Which I found enjoyable, nice modern take on the story but I don't want to get into that with you dvdjunkie. He had no tie ins with the original his father was the producer of that . . .
Re: Samuel Goldwyn Jr. (1926-2015)
Posted: Tue Jan 13, 2015 1:17 pm
by carolinakid
I voted none. I liked his dad's pictures more.