Directors Misc Directors #006 - Richard Marquand (1 Viewer)

[george kaplan]

Rate 'em, Rank 'em, Review 'em, whatever

Volume #006 - RICHARD MARQUAND


Hearts of Fire (1987)
Jagged Edge (1985)
Until September (1984)
Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)
Eye of the Needle (1981)
Birth of the Beatles (1979)
Big Henry and the Polka Dot Kid (1976) (TV)
Luke Was There (1976) (TV)
Edward II (1970) (TV)

 

[george kaplan]

RICHARD MARQUAND

Seen: 3
Like: ?*
Own: 1

Rank order:

Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)

Unordered:

Eye of the Needle (1981)
Birth of the Beatles (1979)


* - It's been so long since I've seen Eye of the Needle or Birth of the Beatles, that I couldn't say whether I like them or not.

 

[Brook K]

You're slipping George, I knew who this was!

Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi - A-

 

[Steve Christou]

[rant]"Oh I'm afraid the deflector shield will be quite operational when your friends arrive."[/rant]

Jagged Edge (1985) :star: :star:
Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983) :star: :star: :star: :star: :star:

David Lynch and David Cronenberg both turned down Jedi. IMO Richard Marquand (with Lucas no doubt peeking over his shoulder) did an excellent job with Episode VI considering all the muppets, puppets and teddy bears he had to contend with, sadly he died of a heart attack in 1987, aged just 49.

 

[Jim_K]

Ratings out of :star: :star: :star: :star:


[SIZE= 14px]RICHARD MARQUAND (1938 - 1987)[/SIZE]

Hearts of Fire (1987)
Jagged Edge (1985) :star: :star: 1/2
Until September (1984)
Return of the Jedi (1983) :star: :star: :star: 1/2
Eye of the Needle (1981) :star: :star: :star:
Birth of the Beatles (1979)
Big Henry and the Polka Dot Kid (1976)
Luke Was There (1976)
Edward II (1970)

 

[Bill McA]

Hearts of Fire :star: (Used to own the LD)
Jagged Edge (1985) :star: :star:
Until September (1984) :star: :star:
Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983) :star: :star: :star: (Own the DVD)
Eye of the Needle (1981) :star: :star: :star:
Birth of the Beatles (1979)
Big Henry and the Polka Dot Kid (1976) (TV)
Luke Was There (1976) (TV)
Edward II (1970) (TV)


Seen 5
Own 1

 

[Marc Fedderman]

Return of the Jedi :star: :star: :star: 1/2
The Ewoks have not aged well. Still, I love this film and have very fond memories of seeing it in the theatre as a kid.

Hey Steve, I wonder what Lynch would have done with (to) Jedi. Not a knock on Lynch, I like his work, just not sure that he has the right "sensibilities."

 

[Steve Christou]

You know David Lynch turned his nose up at Jedi and than went off to Mexico to direct Dune, which was trashed by critics and flopped at the box-office.
Directing muppets and ewoks wasn't his thing, but didn't mind filming people riding giant worms or have Sting prance around in a metal thong.

 

[Martin Teller]

Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983) - 5/10

I hate it a little bit more every time I see it. Until I have kids of my own, I probably won't watch it again.