Not forgetting Space 1999. As a kid that and Mission Impossible.
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The American-born filmmaker George A Romero, who created the genre-defining Living Dead movie franchise, has died at the age of 77, his manager has said.
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Always liked Martin Landau.
He gave a masterful performance in a little known movie called 'Intersection' with Richard Gere and Sharon Stone.
He was urging Richard Gere to seize the moment and not hesitate,
"Whatever you're going to do - do it"
Sadly missed
Saint posted:
He gave a masterful performance in a little known movie called 'Intersection' with Richard Gere and Sharon Stone.
I know of this film. 
Poorly received and bombed at the box office.
Stone even got a raspberry for her performance.
But I disagree - all the performances are stellar, casting perfect, scenery to die for and that car . . . not to mention the story and twist at the end.
A favourite 
RIP Martin Landau, I remember him from Mission Impossible as Rollin Hand.
Never seen anything of George A Romero's films and never will - my brother saw Night of the Living Dead when it was shown at his university - he hadn't realised what it was like and it upset him more than any other film he had seen.
RIP Martin 
Didn't know him for Mission Impossible, only really Space 1999. A good 70s Captain Kirk. I have a box set of Space 1999, loved it as a kid. Martin Landau (aka John Koenig) RIP
Been meaning to comment on this thread for a while....
Martin Landau: I just about remember him in "Mission: Impossible", but I was too young to see him in it first time round and so only really saw him in repeats. He left the show in 1969 and was replaced by Leonard Nimoy (just off of "Star Trek"), who I remember better.
For me, however, Landau was "Space 1999" - loved that show! 
Film-wise, I remember him best as the bad guy in "North by Northwest", and as a memorable Bela Lugosi in "Ed Wood".
RIP.
Eugene's Lair posted:Been meaning to comment on this thread for a while....
Martin Landau: I just about remember him in "Mission: Impossible", but I was too young to see him in it first time round and so only really saw him in repeats. He left the show in 1969 and was replaced by Leonard Nimoy (just off of "Star Trek"), who I remember better.
For me, however, Landau was "Space 1999" - loved that show!
Film-wise, I remember him best as the bad guy in "North by Northwest", and as a memorable Bela Lugosi in "Ed Wood".
RIP.
Yes Eugene, I must say that for me too it was MI: repeats as I would have been in nappies in 1969.
Space 1999 was definitely my real first programme I saw him in.
I don't think I have ever seen Ed Wood. Can't recall anyway.
El Loro posted:Never seen anything of George A Romero's films and never will - my brother saw Night of the Living Dead when it was shown at his university - he hadn't realised what it was like and it upset him more than any other film he had seen.
I certainly can't argue that Romero's oeuvre can be a difficult watch for many ("intense" and "realistic" are descriptions you hear a lot), but he is unquestionably an important figure in horror cinema. I think I would summarize his contribution as:
1) He essentially created the modern zombie movie (although I believe he never actually used that term himself);
2) He pioneered a documentary-style approach to horror;
3) He also helped develop the horror movie as social-political satire (his early zombie movies were satires on consumerism) .
If you don't fancy his zombie movies, you might want to consider "Martin" - a reinvention of the vampire movie, decades before that became an overused clichÃĐ. Although not typical of Romero's work, it's regarded by many fans as being amongst his best (Mark Gatiss singled it out in his documentary series "A History of Horror", and as you've probably guessed, it's one of my favourite horror movies).
"Martin" also inspired one of the oddest musical tributes in movie history:
RIP, George.
