An SUV too, just makes me hate those damn things more
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| Author: | skantchybaby [ Thu Apr 05, 2007 10:50 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Director Bob Clark Killed in Car Crash |
Director Bob Clark Killed in Car Crash Director Bob Clark, who helmed the modern holiday classic A Christmas Story and was the writer-director-producer of the Porky's films, died in a car crash with his son on the Pacific Coast Highway early Wednesday morning; he was 67. According to police reports, Clark's car was hit head-on around 2:30am by an SUV that swerved into Clark's southbound lane; Clark and his 22 year-old son, Ariel, were pronounced dead at the scene. The SUV driver, who was driving without a license, was arrested for suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol and is to be booked for gross vehicular manslaughter. The director of the 1974 cult horror film Black Christmas as well as the 1980 Jack Lemmon drama Tribute (which nabbed Lemmon a Best Actor Oscar nomination), Clark scored a major box office success in the early '80s with the teen sex comedy Porky's, a surprise hit that he wrote, directed and produced which became the highest-grossing film of 1982 and one of the highest-grossing films ever in Canada. Clark went on to helm the sequel, Porky's II: The Next Day, a year later, but it was another 1983 film that would become his most memorable. Based on humorist Jean Shepherd's short story collection In God We Trust, All Others Pay Cash, A Christmas Story was the nostalgic and humorous tale of a young boy named Ralphie (Peter Billingsley) growing up in the 1940s who yearned for the ultimate Christmas gift, a Red Ryder BB gun. Also starring Darren McGavin and Melinda Dillon, the comedy (which Clark directed, co-wrote and produced) was a modest success in its initial box office run but gained a strong and steady following through the next two decades, becoming a TV staple during the holiday season and a consistent seller on DVD. Clark's other films included the Dolly Parton-Sylvester Stallone comedy Rhinestone, Turk 182!, From the Hip, and the two Baby Geniuses movies. Recently, there had been talk of Howard Stern producing a remake of Porky's, and Clark had begun development on a remake of one of his first films, the horror movie Children Shouldn't Play With Dead Things. |
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| Author: | spudthedestroyer [ Fri Apr 06, 2007 2:24 am ] |
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An SUV too, just makes me hate those damn things more
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| Author: | Lux Delux [ Fri Apr 06, 2007 2:27 am ] |
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Baby Geniuses 2... Sad, sad
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| Author: | Oberon [ Fri Apr 06, 2007 9:25 am ] | ||
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That's exactly what my girlfriend said and I quite agree. It looks like the SUV driver may get aggravated vehicular slaughter, hopefuly two counts. Black Christmas is one of my favorite movies. He'll be missed. 
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| Author: | George Tatum [ Fri Apr 06, 2007 10:11 am ] |
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Sad news indeed. Black Christmas and the original Porky's are classics. |
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| Author: | TaKYoN [ Fri Apr 06, 2007 2:19 pm ] |
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Afraid I can only mirror what me fellow chavs have stated, a loss indeed
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| Author: | Geezus [ Fri Apr 06, 2007 4:45 pm ] |
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SUV were designed with "no loose ends" in the back of the mind ... Can't help you with any witnesses though. Hang 'em. |
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| Author: | GrindCallus [ Sat Apr 07, 2007 9:14 am ] |
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