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Director of Death Wish gone.
Used to think he was just that old cheery Restaurant bloke in the back pages of Sunday Times and those annoying ''Calm down dear'' commercials.
Man used to roll with the real Action Bronson.
Quote:Michael Winner dies aged 77
Michael Winner, director of the Death Wish movie series and A Chorus of Disapproval, who later found fame as a restaurant critic, has died at the age of 77
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Hey folks, Harry here... Just as I was about to shutdown this computer for the next 5 days, I got word that Michael Winner has died. Now, sharp eyed viewers of the first season of AINT IT COOL with Harry Knowles, might have spotted a poster from time to time called PLAY IT COOL. I love the mod sensibilities of the poster and the film was a fun musical experience - if a bit simple. This was one of the early works of Michael Winner, the director that most of us know for a slate of really badass movies in the 1970s.
You seen CHATO'S LAND? Think Rambo, with out the military background. You see Charles Bronson is Chato - and Chato killed a US Marshall and gets hunted by Jack Palance... and it is AWESOME!
Even before that, Michael directed Oliver Reed in a WWII escape from the Nazis flick... where Oiver Reed escapes with an Elephant he was taking care of... this film also features the awesome of Michael J Pollard - who you should find everything he did to enjoy.
I mention these two rarely appreciated flicks - because the films we all know Michael Winner for... are often praised. Flicks like THE MECHANIC with Bronson or the first 3 DEATH WISH films. Hell, I love his remake of THE BIG SLEEP with Robert Mitchum - and I really love its one sheet by Amsel. He did SCORPIO with Burt Lancaster and Alain Delon which is a really great spy/assassination flick.
The point being, Michael Winner understood action. How much so? He was offered THE FRENCH CONNECTION to direct along with the Dino KING KONG - it would have been fascinating to have seen what he would have done, especially on KING KONG.
To get a real flavor for the man himself, check out his quotes over at IMDB - he was a hoot.
Our thoughts go out to wife Geraldine Lynton and those that knew him. Another good one is gone.
and everyday he was hustlin', hustlin'...
Quote:Calm down dears, I'm only £9million in debt: Michael Winner is out of pocket in pursuit of luxury
Michael Winner has spent a lifetime dining in the finest establishments in the world, but he admits he is sinking further in the red
Luxury lifestyle: Michael Winner has spent a lifetime dining in the finest establishments in the world, but he admits he is sinking further into the red
It seems that even multimillionaires
can’t escape the spiralling cost of living.
Michael Winner has revealed that he is £9million in the red - all in the name of maintaining his lavish lifestyle.
The critic and film director had admitted in the past to having borrowed £6million.
But in less than 18 months, he has taken out loans worth an extra £3million
- and is now £9million in debt.
The 74-year-old said: ‘I have spent it on living. I have spent it maintaining
my lifestyle. I have an opulent lifestyle and it goes on that. It goes private on planes, restaurants, chauffeurs,
and I have quite a big staff.’
Winner insisted he was still very rich but borrowed the money because he ‘got a good rate’ and it helped finance his love of the finer things in life.
He added that he had yet to spend the full £3million, but took out the lump sum because he did not want to keep returning every time he needed a bit more cash.
Fortunately, the star shouldn’t have too much trouble paying it all back. It is estimated that he is worth in excess of £35million, and he does not have a mortgage on his seven-bedroom mansion in London’s Holland Park, which includes a gym, home cinema and swimming pool.
Guernsey, a popular offshore finance centre, where Winner says he has millions of pounds stashed away
Playground of the rich: Guernsey, a popular offshore finance centre, where Winner says he has millions of pounds stashed away
He owns classic cars including a Bentley and a Rolls Royce, and regularly rents an £8.5million helicopter for travel across the UK.
Winner is also famed for his love of luxury hotels – including La Reserve de Beaulieu in the South of France, which costs £300 a night.
Two years ago, he even threw a lavish engagement party at the Ritz Hotel in London, complete with string orchestra, for his fiancée GeraldineLynton-Edwards and more than 100 guests.
During an interview on BBC1’s This Week, he said: ‘It is better to be comfortable. It is better to be unhappy in comfort.
‘You have to be rich to be £9million in debt - you have to have an enormous amount to pay it back.’
And when he revealed his initial debts of £6million in 2008, he admitted: ‘In truth, I wish I’d borrowed more, earlier and lived a life of even greater luxury.
‘If you spend money and as a result have a nicer day, you’re ahead of the game. You won that day.’
(This post was last modified: 01-21-2013 04:52 PM by Dope Man.)
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