Antonio Banderas who also worked with Parker on Evita also shared his sadness at the director’s passing.Elsewhere Ben Stiller honoured the late director saying: ‘So sad to hear of Alan Parker’s passing.
What a great director who made what I consider ‘real’ movies. He inspired so many filmmakers: Fame, Midnight Express, Mississippi Burning . . .
Watch his films – they are some of the best of the 70s and 80s.’Alan Parker has left us. He was a great director. I checked it in ‘EVITA’.
RIPHa fallecido Alan Parker. Fue un gran director. Pude comprobarlo en “EVITA”. DEP#RIPAlanParker pic.twitter.com/EuiPKQmOFv— Antonio Banderas (@antoniobanderas) July 31, 2020Andrew Lloyd Webber dubbed Parker: ‘One of the few directors to truly understand musicals.
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