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Title: RIP director Peter Yates
Post by: RGMike on January 10, 2011, 08:13:47 AM
Bullitt, The Hot Rock, Breaking Away, many others.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/bullitt-director-peter-yates-dies-69860
Title: Re: RIP director Peter Yates
Post by: Wayback on January 10, 2011, 10:00:19 AM
Quote from: RGMike on January 10, 2011, 08:13:47 AM
Bullitt, The Hot Rock, Breaking Away, many others.
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/bullitt-director-peter-yates-dies-69860
Among his other notable films, "Murphy's War," with Peter O'Toole, "The Friends of Eddie Coyle" with Robert Mitchum, "For Pete's Sake" with Barbra Streisand, "Mother, Jugs and Speed" with Bill Cosby and Raquel Welch, "The Deep" with Nick Nolte, Robert Shaw and Jacqueline Bissett, "Eyewitness" with William Hurt and Sigourney Weaver, and "The Dresser" with Albert Finney and Maggie Smith.  He also directed episodes of TV's "The Saint" and "Secret Agent."  Obit includes link to video of famous "Bullitt" car chase through SF:
http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-peter-yates-20110111,0,1275161.story
Title: Re: RIP director Peter Yates
Post by: RGMike on January 10, 2011, 10:14:13 AM
Quote from: Wayback on January 10, 2011, 10:00:19 AM
Quote from: RGMike on January 10, 2011, 08:13:47 AM
Bullitt, The Hot Rock, Breaking Away, many others.
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/bullitt-director-peter-yates-dies-69860
Among his other notable films, "Murphy's War," with Peter O'Toole, "The Friends of Eddie Coyle" with Robert Mitchum, "For Pete's Sake" with Barbra Streisand, "Mother, Jugs and Speed" with Bill Cosby and Raquel Welch,  the undersea thriller "The Deep" with Nick Nolte, Robert Shaw and Jacqueline Bissett, "Eyewitness" with William Hurt and Sigourney Weaver, and "The Dresser" with Albert Finney and Maggie Smith.  This article includes video of famous car chase from "Bullit":
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/afterword/2011/01/peter-yates-who-directed-bullitt-and-breaking-away-dies-at-81.html

I finally caught up with Friends of Eddie Coyle on TCM alst year. Terrific film.