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| Oscar-winning Hollywood producer Saul Zaentz dead at 92 Posted: 04 Jan 2014 09:19 PM PST Zaentz died due to complications from Alzheimer's disease at his home in San Francisco on Friday, according to his nephew Paul Zaentz. "He was an extraordinary man," Paul Zaentz, who worked with his uncle for 37 years, said. "He had a lot of guts, a lot of integrity." Zaentz, who began in the music business before moving into films, was known for producing highbrow movies, and even ran his independent film production company from Berkeley – near San Francisco – to keep a distance from Hollywood. 'One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest' (1975), co-produced with actor Michael Douglas, starred Jack Nicholson as a patient in a mental institution. The movie won five Oscars, including best director for Milos Forman. Zaentz and Forman teamed up again for 'Amadeus' (1984) about the life of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. The movie won eight Oscars, including best picture, best director and best actor for F. Murray Abraham. For 'The English Patient' (1996), a drama set in World War II, Zaentz teamed up with director Anthony Minghella. The movie won nine Oscars, including best picture and best director. On Oscar award night in 1977, Zaentz was awarded the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award for lifetime achievement. Other movies that Zaentz had a role producing include 'The Unbearable Lightness of Being' (1988), 'At Play in the Fields of the Lord' (1991), and 'Goya's Ghosts' (2006). He also produced an animated version of The Lord of the Rings (1978). Earlier in his career, Zaentz made a fortune with Fantasy Records, a label that he bought, which represented jazz musicians and rock group Creedence Clearwater Revival. Later however, Zaentz was involved in bitter and lengthy litigation with Creedence singer John Fogerty over the rights to several of the group's hit songs. – AFP, January 5, 2014. |
| Posted: 04 Jan 2014 05:52 PM PST A few weeks later, his former bandmate Peter Gabriel (pic) confided to Rolling Stone that the idea of a Genesis reunion 'has never been ruled out.' Founded in 1967, Genesis rose to worldwide fame in the 1980s and 90s. The band reformed in 2007 for their last world tour together. According to the band's label, Atlantic Records, Genesis has sold over 150 million albums worldwide. Last September, Peter Gabriel released the concept album 'And I'll Scratch Yours,' on which he invited Arcade Fire, Lou Reed, Elbow, David Byrne, Bon Iver, Paul Simon and others to record their covers of his songs. – AFP Relaxnews, January 5, 2014. |
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