Showmasters Admin showmasters Posted July 31, 2009 Showmasters Admin Share Posted July 31, 2009 latest Guest Irvin Kershner This will be a very rare singing by this amazing 86 year old Director This will be his only planed event in the EU fore some time to come so we are very pleased he can make this event we have been trying to get him back for years now , so if you want to meet one of the people behind The Empire Strikes Back then do not miss this opportunity Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back - Director Never Say Never Again - Director RoboCop 2 - Director http://imdb.com/name/nm0449984/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedude57 Posted July 31, 2009 Share Posted July 31, 2009 AWESOME - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keithporter23 Posted July 31, 2009 Share Posted July 31, 2009 Great guest!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sauron Posted August 1, 2009 Share Posted August 1, 2009 Awesome!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackAubrey Posted August 1, 2009 Share Posted August 1, 2009 Fantastic!!! JA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skylover Posted August 1, 2009 Share Posted August 1, 2009 Cool! It would be awesome if you could arrange an ESB Talk with him and Billy Dee (and maybe some more?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr.fids Posted August 1, 2009 Share Posted August 1, 2009 (edited) Great guest.. Will there be any Q&A ? Edited August 1, 2009 by mr.fids Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jedicouncil Posted August 1, 2009 Share Posted August 1, 2009 superb guest, looking forward to meeting him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedude57 Posted August 1, 2009 Share Posted August 1, 2009 EMPIRE RULES Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timelord Posted August 1, 2009 Share Posted August 1, 2009 Great guest, being as I wish to work in film myself, it may be interesting to talk with him. BTW, I really hope that top picture of him looking at Vader will be available as a 8 x 10 picture to be signed, its hilarious! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yodas'stuntman Posted August 1, 2009 Share Posted August 1, 2009 Thats awesome i missed him before. Thats my mind made up now im defo coming, james earle jones would be great now and an empire talk too. Lets face it by far the darkest and best star wars film Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madmilburn Posted August 1, 2009 Share Posted August 1, 2009 Quality guest!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeatrixKiddo88 Posted August 2, 2009 Share Posted August 2, 2009 Missed him at MK. Thank you SOOOOO much SM. The Director of my fav film of all time!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nicky Posted August 2, 2009 Share Posted August 2, 2009 Great guest to have back and yes a talk would be great although he's a bit hard of hearing. BTW, I really hope that top picture of him looking at Vader will be available as a 8 x 10 picture to be signed, its hilarious! They did have pics of that 10x8 when he appeared at MK. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myself205 Posted August 2, 2009 Share Posted August 2, 2009 Great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justinh Posted August 2, 2009 Share Posted August 2, 2009 very very cool! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richie Rich Posted August 2, 2009 Share Posted August 2, 2009 This is amazing... does anyone know how much he was charging last time? Just so i have a rough idea how much it will be... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mpharris Posted August 3, 2009 Share Posted August 3, 2009 He was £15, but that was in 2005 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nosfer2 Posted August 3, 2009 Share Posted August 3, 2009 Great guest announcement! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeDonovan Posted August 3, 2009 Share Posted August 3, 2009 Have to admit, I might start another Star Wars item - an ESB poster this time! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nicky Posted August 4, 2009 Share Posted August 4, 2009 Someone here mentioned it before, possibley A007, that there were rumors that Kirshner merely handled the "mechanics" of directing TESB for Lucas (and Never Say Never Again for Connery) as opposed to the creative side...much like Speilberg directing Hooper on Poltergeist. Anyone expand? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Showmasters Admin showmasters Posted August 5, 2009 Author Showmasters Admin Share Posted August 5, 2009 meet the man and you will find out right a way i was lucky to have some time with this man and Gary Kurtz and i have to say IT WAS AMAZING when they are together they are ESB somehow ? it sound odd but they are very good friends and that shows but there is more what they did together on ESB shows through the two of them i am sorry i cannot explain more if you get to here them talk you will understand if they get going , which i hope they do one last thing and i am not going into this to much OK, but if you want to meet this man then DO so now OK we get chance to meet some of the guest only once and others we meet a lot and then one day we cannot , so think about this . Irvin is a very rare person to meet, if you care now is the time to meet him, this year is your best chance jason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nicky Posted August 5, 2009 Share Posted August 5, 2009 I think I'll get a Robocop 2 mini-poster signed this time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marky242 Posted August 5, 2009 Share Posted August 5, 2009 Any chance you could bring back Gary Kurtz for this and sit them next to each other?? I know he was just at LFCC but to hear them talking together would be amazing!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators swsigsuk Posted August 5, 2009 Moderators Share Posted August 5, 2009 Someone here mentioned it before, possibley A007, that there were rumors that Kirshner merely handled the "mechanics" of directing TESB for Lucas (and Never Say Never Again for Connery) as opposed to the creative side...much like Speilberg directing Hooper on Poltergeist. Anyone expand? I think you may be confusing Kershner on ESB with Marquand on ROJ. By all accounts (and as Jason says you will know this if you meet the guy) ESB is Kersh's baby. The deeper exploration of the character's relationships, the darker, more adult tone, all this came from Kersh. Meanwhile, Kurtz's influences can be seen in the Yoda scenes (which he directed in parts) where his Buddhist background really informed the exploration of the force etc. Lucas's influence is much smaller. After the stresses of ANH he pretty much relinquished ultimate control, which reportedly lead to a few creative conflicts as he was bankrolling things and didn't necessarily like what they were doing with his money. How many BTS shots from Empire have you seen of Lucas? It's all Kersh and Kurtz making that film and for this reason it's ironically the one Lucas likes the least, even though it is widely regarded as the best of the lot. By the time ROJ came round all that had changed. Kurtz was gone, Marquand installed as director and Lucas a near constant presence on set, even directing a number of key scenes. Never again would he relinquish creative control of his universe, and the films would be a lot poorer for it. Graham Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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