He died last Thursday Ted Kochiv In 94, as the media echoes are like Hollywood Reporter. This Canadian director, born TorontoHe was working for 60 years in the cinema and on television, where he took turns different records and signs a good handful of worship addresses that begin BesiegedThe opening delivery of the epic Rambo. Its first activities of the fifties return at the time of the start of work on Canadian television, faced problems in the law because of his political beliefs.
After that, Kotcheff imprisoned during a trip to the United States, was accused of communism, and was prohibited from entering the country until the 1970s. Before 1965, he had the opportunity to direct a classic complement in the United Kingdom Place to Jack ClaytonRepeating with Lawrence Harvey protagonist Live at the top. Then he had to give his hand to no less than Michael Angeloni With assembly BombingHelp reduce duration.
In 1971, Kotcheff staff in Australia to sign a stir due He woke up in hellHe was accompanied by a young student who would one day become a greatness of Australian filming. Peter Ware. He woke up in hell It was first shown in Festival Festival Festival With excellent reviews, but later contrast to the distributor led to the film showing the first screening. At least it was recovered at another festival at the 2009 Cannes Festival, where it was presented by Martin Scorsese.
In photography He woke up in hell Meet Kochiv his wife, Silvia Kai. He arrived in 1974, which was directed by one of the best Canadian films in history, Learn Dodi Cravitz. Champion Richard Drivos Win Golden Bear In Berlin, the assumption in Kotchef itself is the most important movie he made ever. By that time, they already allowed him to work in Hollywood, so he rose for the first time western Billy two caps Fool Gregory Beck.
In 1977, the theft comedy took place, The theft well without looking at whoThey starred George Sejal and Jane Fonda (This will be in 2005 a remakeand Dick y JinChews Jim is a friend of Leoni). Then face North Dallas forty Fool Nick NoltiAnd the start of the eighties is a promising novel David Morel. Then I directed Kotchef Sylvester Stallone As a veteran Vietnam war in BesiegedThe first batch of the epic Rambo.
About tin budget Besieged He reaped excellent numbers, ensuring the development of a story in which Kotchef did not want to do any relationship with the issue of principles: “They gave me the first completion and when reading the scenario I said” in the first movie I did not kill anyone, in this killing,Or one of the stupid wars in history“He said later.” I couldn’t do that. Of course, today it can be a rich man: this completion is made by 300 million. “
In 1983 he was brought out Beyond value Fool Jin HakmanAfter five years of comedy to intervene Fool Kathleen Turner, Bert Reynolds Y Christopher Reef. At the end of the contract, another worship was signed: This dead is very alive ((The weekend in Bernie): Comedy where two employees (Andrew McCarthy Jonathan SilvermanThey had to pretend that their boss did not die in his inactive body.
Kotchef did not want to guide it as well (he said they exhausted all the bodies), and during the next decade he was limited to Telefilms, cheap motion movies and style The final challenge Fool Dolph LundGren. In 1999, work as an executive producer began for Law and System: Special Victims UnitInvesting in this series 13 years of his life and even assuming responsibility 280 episodes Until you retire.
Today, a documentary film dedicated to his professional life has been prepared, Learn Ted KochivIn time Richard Drivos.
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