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Pat Saperstein Deputy Editor Sandy Bresler, who served as Jack Nicholson‘s agent for more than 60 years, died Thursday in Santa Monica. He was 87. Bresler founded the independent boutique agency Bresler-Kelly & Associates in 1983 with John Kelly.

Sandy Bresler, who repped Jack Nicholson for more than 60 years and founded two talent agencies, died today after a brief illness, a rep for his family told Deadline. He was 87.

Owen Gleiberman Chief Film Critic Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining” is a movie that lives in its own special sphere. Simply put, I think it may be the most fascinating horror film ever made…that’s not scary. The most fascinating horror film ever made that is scary is “Psycho”; that’s because it’s the ultimate film to watch yourself watching.

Brent Lang Executive Editor Robert Altman was in Houston filming “Brewster McCloud” when he met Shelley Duvall at a party. After the filmmaker and his crew became close to Duvall, Altman was convinced that she would be perfect as the off-beat young woman who falls for Brewster. Duvall, who had sold cosmetics and studied nutrition in college, was stunned.

The Shining is on the way – check out all the details below.Approved by the Kubrick Film Archive and family estate, the film, Shine On – The Forgotten Shining Location, will premiere on the official Stanley Kubrick YouTube channel on July 26 at 7pm (UK time) to coincide with the late filmmaker’s birthday.The film is narrated by Michael Sheen and includes interviews with the film’s executive producer, Jan Harlan, art director Les Tomkins, and Kubrick’s daughter Katharina Kubrick.As per a synopsis of the film, the interviewees will “revisit the studio locations and share their memories about a film frequently voted the best horror film of all time.”The film explores key locations in the making film as well as the art direction when creating the Overlook Hotel at the famous Elstree Studios.In a press release, the documentary film’s director/producer, Paul King, said fans will discover some new information about the sets used on the film.He explained: “There have been so many rumours about some of the sets from The Shining still existing at Elstree Studios, but to actually find them and walk around them was like discovering a holy grail of film history.”Katharina Kubrick, who also worked as a location researcher on the film added: “The production of The Shining has been well documented and analysed, but this is a story which has never been told.

Addie Morfoot Contributor Celebrity documentaries are a dime a dozen these days. But celebrity docus that don’t serve as an infomercial for a star are rare. Laurent Bouzereau‘s HBO documentary “Faye,” about Faye Dunaway, is one of those rare celebrity docus.

Chinatown has died, aged 89.The writer passed away at home on Monday (July 1) among family and friends, his publicist said. A cause of death was not disclosed.Chinatown, starring Jack Nicholson, is still considered to be one of the greatest screenplays of all time and earned an Oscar for Towne in 1975.He had an illustrious writing career in Hollywood and also earned Academy Award nominations for his films Shampoo, The Last Detail and Greystoke.

Robert Towne, who won an Oscar for his Chinatown original screenplay and was nominated for his The Last Detail, Shampoo and Greystoke scripts, died Monday at his home. He was 89.

The original Twister, released in 1996, emerged during a golden age in Hollywood that erased the previously held threshold that kept A-list actors away from B-movie material. It didn’t get much better than casting John Malkovich as Cyrus the Virus in Jerry Bruckheimer’s 1997 blockbuster bruiser Con Air, but making Helen Hunt the lead in a disaster movie — just a year away from winning an Oscar opposite Jack Nicholson in As Good as It Gets — certainly gave Twister some unexpected gravitas. Twisters, however, is part of a more recent phenomenon: the Sundance-to-tentpole pipeline that started when in 2012 Colin Trevorrow went straight from Safety Not Guaranteed to Jurassic World.

Jack Nicholson’s ex-partner has claimed that the Oscar-winning actor has “never retired” despite beliefs that he withdrawn from acting.Lara Flynn Boyle, who dated the actor over two decades ago, said she remains friends with Nicholson, who she told People was “a huge part of my life.”Nicholson, 86, last appeared in a feature film in 2010’s How Do You Know, a romantic comedy starring Reese Witherspoon, Owen Wilson and Paul Rudd.In the 14 years since, he has resisted any offers to return to acting. Nicholson has never officially retired, although he did state in a 2013 Vanity Fair interview that he was less driven to “be out there anymore”.When asked about his retirement, Boyle said he’s “making magic”, adding: “The world of Jack is always here. There’s no retiring for the world of Jack.

Peter Debruge Chief Film Critic A great ending can be the hardest thing for a writer. For Robert Towne — who died Tuesday, having written and reshaped some of the most important films of the 1970s — finding the best way to wrap up a film was a career-long challenge.

Owen Gleiberman Chief Film Critic When Shelley Duvall was cast to play Wendy Torrance in Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining” (1980), the film she would become most famous for, it was overwhelmingly the most mainstream movie she’d ever done — but more to the point, it was the most mainstream character. Duvall, who died July 11 at 75, had spent the better part of a decade playing vibrant kooks and eccentrics in Robert Altman movies (and in case you think “kook” sounds pejorative, there was never anything pejorative about it when Shelley Duvall played one).

Shelley Duvall has died at the age of 75.

of complications from diabetes. She was 75.“My dear, sweet, wonderful life partner and friend left us. Too much suffering lately, now she’s free.

Pat Saperstein Deputy Editor Shelley Duvall, the big-eyed, waifish performer who won the Cannes actress award for Robert Altman‘s “3 Women” and endured Stanley Kubrick’s brutal directing techniques to star in “The Shining,” died Thursday in Blanco, Texas, Variety confirmed with her partner Dan Gilroy. She was 75. Duvall was known for working with director Altman, who cast her in “Brewster McCloud” as her first screen role.

Lara Flynn Boyle, 54, opened up about her time in Hollywood and the rumors that she left the industry in a rare interview with People, published Tuesday. Although she’s been on a four-year hiatus, she said, “I never wanted to bow out. Any moment I was feeling down or sorry for myself, I made sure I did not complain.

The Shining star Shelley Duvall has died aged 75 of complications from diabetes.The American actress passed away at her home in Blanco, Texas on Thursday. Dan Gilroy, her life partner since 1989, told The Hollywood Reporter the actress tragically died in her sleep. “My dear, sweet, wonderful life partner and friend left us.Too much suffering lately, now she’s free.

Shelley Duvall, the beloved actress known for her roles in Robert Altman's films and Stanley Kubrick's The Shining, has passed away at the age of 75.

Chinatown.” First released on June 20, 1974, the seminal noir feature was a resounding success at its time: a big hit for producer and Paramount heavy Robert Evans, a renowned return to Hollywood for director Roman Polanski and an Academy Award winner for screenwriter Robert Towne, plus Oscar nominations for stars Jack Nicholson and Faye Dunaway. But the film has only become more enshrined in the canon in the decades since, in particular for Towne’s script: a grim portrait of uninhibited greed shaping Los Angeles in the 30’s, celebrated as one of the best — and often cited as the best — screenplay in history. Key to its legacy is its terrifying ending, which sees Nicholson’s detective J.J.

Anthea Sylbert, an Oscar-nominated costume designer on Chinatown and Julia who dressed Mia Farrow in Rosemary’s Baby among many other credits and also was a studio exec and an Emmy-winning producer, has died. She was 84.

Jennifer Lawrence is hanging out with a former frequent collaborator!