Monday, August 20, 2012
TONY SCOTT, 1944-2012: Unlike his brother Ridley, Tony Scott's films were not typically critical favorites, but were nonetheless successful--often extremely so. He helped Tom Cruise become a movie star, directing Top Gun and Days of Thunder, was a staple director for Denzel Washington in action hero mode (Deja Vu, Crimson Tide, Man On Fire, Taking of Pelham 123, Unstoppable), and helped establish Will Smith as a big action star with Enemy of the State. But despite all the success, Scott apparently took his own life yesterday afternoon.
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