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RIP Phil D'Antoni
Posted: Tue Apr 24, 2018 4:21 pm
by silverscreenselect
Oscar winning producer of The French Connection who also produced Bullitt earlier. However, after those two movies and one other hardnosed cop film The Seven-Ups that he wrote and directed (which also had a lengthy car chase), he pretty much gave up on Hollywood. The obituary notices don't say much about what he did the last four decades of his life.
Age 89.
http://variety.com/2018/film/news/phili ... 202782734/
Re: RIP Phil D'Antoni
Posted: Tue Apr 24, 2018 7:59 pm
by Estonut
Your linked article does:
Variety author wrote:In the early 1970s he also produced TV titles like “Mr. Inside/Mr. Outside” and “Strike Force.”
His final TV series, “Movin’ On,” ran for two seasons on NBC from 1974 to 1976. D’Antoni created and wrote for the show, which followed a team of truckers on their cross-country adventures. His final producing credit was the 1977 comedy TV pilot, “The Rubber Gun Squad.”
Re: RIP Phil D'Antoni
Posted: Tue Apr 24, 2018 8:04 pm
by BackInTex
Estonut wrote:
Your linked article does:
Variety author wrote:In the early 1970s he also produced TV titles like “Mr. Inside/Mr. Outside” and “Strike Force.”
His final TV series, “Movin’ On,” ran for two seasons on NBC from 1974 to 1976. D’Antoni created and wrote for the show, which followed a team of truckers on their cross-country adventures. His final producing credit was the 1977 comedy TV pilot, “The Rubber Gun Squad.”
Why didn't you quote it then? All you quoted was stuff he did up to 41 years ago (4.1 decades ago).
Re: RIP Phil D'Antoni
Posted: Tue Apr 24, 2018 9:25 pm
by silverscreenselect
BackInTex wrote: Why didn't you quote it then? All you quoted was stuff he did up to 41 years ago (4.1 decades ago).
All the obituary notices I saw stopped with his last producing credit in 1977. Usually when someone retires from the movie business at a fairly young age, the obituary will mention any later business ventures. Of course, maybe he just retired and decided to keep a low profile or he might have had medical problems the family wanted to keep private. I just noted that it was rather unusual not to mention anything at all about such a lengthy stretch of time.