Richard Fleischer; An Underrated Director
Richard Fleischer; An Underrated Director
MrMidwest
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/8/05
#0Richard Fleischer; An Underrated Director
Posted: 10/17/05 at 12:12am
Richard Fleischer is a director who's suprisingly not that well known considering the movies he's directed. (The Narrow Margin, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, The Vikings, Barabbas, Fantastic Voyage, Doctor Doolittle, The Boston Strangler, Tora! Tora! Tora!, See No Evil, Soylent Green, Mandingo, Conan the Destroyer). He's nearing 90 now. Hopefully he will be recognized by the Academy soon.
MrMidwest
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/8/05
#1re: Richard Fleischer; An Underrated Director
Posted: 10/17/05 at 9:44am
The Vikings is one of my fave adventure films.
SueleenGay
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/9/03
#2re: Richard Fleischer; An Underrated Director
Posted: 10/17/05 at 10:58am
A Mandingo ate my baby!
Seriously, though, even though he has directed a lot of films, I don't think too many are considered all that great. Fun, perhaps. Campy? Definitely. But are you asking for a lifetime achievement?
MrMidwest
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/8/05
#3re: Richard Fleischer; An Underrated Director
Posted: 10/17/05 at 11:39am
I think a lot of them are pretty solid films. He's been a part of the business forever, why not give him some recognition?
Borstalboy
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/9/04
#4re: Richard Fleischer; An Underrated Director
Posted: 10/17/05 at 12:26pmMANDINGO and DR. DOOLITTLE are great movies? WHAT are you people smokin'?
MrMidwest
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/8/05
#5re: Richard Fleischer; An Underrated Director
Posted: 10/17/05 at 12:30pm
Who said they were?
People are so quick to jump on people about anything on these boards.
#6re: Richard Fleischer; An Underrated Director
Posted: 10/17/05 at 1:50pm
I've seen some of the movies you list here, and other's you haven't. There's only two Fleischer movies that I've enjoyed, though:
Narrow Margin (52)
Child of Divorce (40's)
The Divorce movie has a great little actress in it. I can't think of her name now, but the movie was done to "expose" the damage done to children when a home breaks up. She did a fantastic job, and I believe she was around 10 at the time.
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