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Walter Hill in Shootout - Keine Gnade (2012)
He once said in an interview that he considers all of his films as a director westerns. If you look closely, you can see western touches, such as revolvers, Winchester rifles and cowboy hats in all of his work.
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Sylvester Stallone, Walter Hill, and Sung Kang in Shootout - Keine Gnade (2012)
Biography in: John Wakeman, editor. "World Film Directors, Volume Two, 1945-1985." Pages 433-438. New York: The H.W. Wilson Company, 1988.
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Sylvester Stallone and Walter Hill in Shootout - Keine Gnade (2012)
Is a specialist of crime novels.
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Walter Hill in Last Man Standing (1996)
His favourites directors are John Ford, Howard Hawks, John Huston, Raoul Walsh, Sam Peckinpah, and Sergio Leone.
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Walter Hill in Johnny Handsome - Der schöne Johnny (1989)
His film Streets of Fire (1984) is said to have been an influence on the Japanese anime series Bubblegum Crisis (1987).
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Walter Hill in Die Warriors (1979)
Received the prestigious Joseph Plateau Award at the Flanders International Film Festival. The Joseph Plateau Life Time Achievement Award, considered the festival's highest honor, recognized Hill's achievement in filmmaking as a writer, director and producer, and was presented during the 34th edition of the festival in Ghent, Belgium (October 9th - 20th). [2007]
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Isabelle Adjani and Walter Hill in Driver (1978)
Born on the same day as Nelson Carvajal.
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Isabelle Adjani and Walter Hill in Driver (1978)
Stated on the DVD introduction for the Ultimate Director's Cut on The Warriors (1979) that he is against making special editions to his own films because he feels that movies should speak for themselves and do not demand as he describes "special explanations and long apologies".
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Walter Hill, Andrew Laszlo, Thomas Laughridge, Robert Marta, Richard Craig Meinardus, etc.
Profiled in "American Classic Screen Interviews" (Scarecrow Press). [2010]
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Walter Hill and Andrew Laszlo in Kommando Bravo (1981)
Co-founder of "Brandywine Productions" with David Giler and Gordon Carroll, a film company most famously associated with the 'Alien' series of films.
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Sigourney Weaver, Walter Hill, and Michelle Rodriguez
Co-wrote a version of Revenge (1990) with David Giler that wasn't used.
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Sylvester Stallone, Sarah Shahi, etc.
He was attached to direct Dick Tracy (1990) in the 1980s with Joel Silver producing. Pre-production had progressed as far as set building, but the film was stalled when artistic control issues arose with Warren Beatty. Hill wanted to make the film violent and realistic, while Beatty envisioned a stylized homage to the 1930s comic strip. The actor also reportedly wanted $5 million plus fifteen percent of the box office gross, a deal which Universal refused to accept. Hill left the project, but Beatty stuck with it.
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Sylvester Stallone, Walter Hill, etc.
As a teenager, Hill contemplated being a comic book illustrator and studied art at the Universidad de las Américas, Mexico City.
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He wanted to direct The Fugitive (1993) with Nick Nolte in the lead role. This was dashed when Nolte was deemed too old.
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