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RIP Richard Donner
Posted: Mon Jul 05, 2021 8:53 pm
by kroxquo
Film director best known for the 1970's Superman, Lethal Weapon, and The Goonies.
https://www.cnn.com/2021/07/05/entertai ... index.html
Re: RIP Richard Donner
Posted: Mon Jul 05, 2021 10:19 pm
by silverscreenselect
He also directed the classic Nightmare at 20,000 Feet episode of Twilight Zone with William Shatner and the gremlin on the plane's wing.
Re: RIP Richard Donner
Posted: Tue Jul 06, 2021 11:23 am
by SpacemanSpiff
He also directed the live-action "Danger Island" segments on the "Banana Splits Adventure Hour" back in the day. (Uh oh, Chungo!)
Turns out he had the rights to do a live action version of "Jonny Quest," which I know he still owned as of twenty years ago and might still have to his death. "Danger Island" was his attempt to see how something like that might work out, using a very young Jan-Michael Vincent as an older teen counterpart to Jonny.
Re: RIP Richard Donner
Posted: Tue Jul 06, 2021 10:35 pm
by kroxquo
SpacemanSpiff wrote: ↑Tue Jul 06, 2021 11:23 am
He also directed the live-action "Danger Island" segments on the "Banana Splits Adventure Hour" back in the day. (Uh oh, Chungo!)
Turns out he had the rights to do a live action version of "Jonny Quest," which I know he still owned as of twenty years ago and might still have to his death. "Danger Island" was his attempt to see how something like that might work out, using a very young Jan-Michael Vincent as an older teen counterpart to Jonny.
My God, I haven't thought of Danger Island for years. I always thought the girl was really annoying.
Re: RIP Richard Donner
Posted: Wed Jul 07, 2021 9:50 am
by T_Bone0806
I'd be willing to bet that more people of a certain age remember the uh-oh Chongo phrase than the actual title of the segment itself.