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RIP Wolfgang Petersen

#1 Post by Vandal » Tue Aug 16, 2022 1:23 pm

Wolfgang Petersen, German Commander of ‘Das Boot,’ Dies at 81


Wolfgang Petersen, the German writer-director who surfaced in Hollywood following the triumph of his submarine masterpiece Das Boot to make the action blockbusters In the Line of Fire, Air Force One and The Perfect Storm, has died. He was 81.

Petersen died Friday at his Brentwood home of pancreatic cancer, publicist Michelle Bega of Rogers & Cowan PMK told The Hollywood Reporter.

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Re: RIP Wolfgang Petersen

#2 Post by BackInTex » Tue Aug 16, 2022 1:37 pm

Vandal wrote:
Tue Aug 16, 2022 1:23 pm
Wolfgang Petersen, German Commander of ‘Das Boot,’ Dies at 81


Wolfgang Petersen, the German writer-director who surfaced in Hollywood following the triumph of his submarine masterpiece Das Boot to make the action blockbusters In the Line of Fire, Air Force One and The Perfect Storm, has died. He was 81.

Petersen died Friday at his Brentwood home of pancreatic cancer, publicist Michelle Bega of Rogers & Cowan PMK told The Hollywood Reporter.

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movie ... 235200006/
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Re: RIP Wolfgang Petersen

#3 Post by Vandal » Tue Aug 16, 2022 7:07 pm

BackInTex wrote:
Tue Aug 16, 2022 1:37 pm
Vandal wrote:
Tue Aug 16, 2022 1:23 pm
Wolfgang Petersen, German Commander of ‘Das Boot,’ Dies at 81


Wolfgang Petersen, the German writer-director who surfaced in Hollywood following the triumph of his submarine masterpiece Das Boot to make the action blockbusters In the Line of Fire, Air Force One and The Perfect Storm, has died. He was 81.

Petersen died Friday at his Brentwood home of pancreatic cancer, publicist Michelle Bega of Rogers & Cowan PMK told The Hollywood Reporter.

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movie ... 235200006/
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Re: RIP Wolfgang Petersen

#4 Post by BackInTex » Wed Aug 17, 2022 7:33 pm

Vandal wrote:
Tue Aug 16, 2022 7:07 pm
I am not that clever,
I beg, no, I demand to differ.
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Re: RIP Wolfgang Petersen

#5 Post by tlynn78 » Thu Aug 18, 2022 7:56 am

What a shame. He was a tremendous talent. Cancer sucks.
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