"released on March 2, 2018. Death Wish (1974 film) Death Wish is a 1974 American vigilante action film, loosely based on the 1972 novel of the same title by Brian Garfield. The film was directed by Michael Winner and stars Charles Bronson as Paul Kersey, an architect who becomes a vigilante after his wife is murdered and his daughter sexually assaulted during a home invasion. It was the first of the ""Death Wish"" film franchise. At the time of release, the film was attacked by many film critics due to its support of vigilantism and advocating unlimited punishment of criminals."
"on a book by Elmore Leonard. One film UA brought into the domestic mainstream was ""Violent City"", an Italian-made film originally released overseas in 1970, but not issued in the U.S. until 1974 under the title ""The Family"". Bronson's most famous role came when he was age 52, in ""Death Wish"", the most popular film with director Michael Winner. He played Paul Kersey, a successful New York architect who turns into a crime-fighting vigilante after his wife is murdered and his daughter sexually assaulted. This movie spawned four sequels over the next two decades, all starring Bronson. Bronson starred in"
"Robin Sherwood Robin Lyn Sherwood (born January 24, 1952) is an American actress, best known for her roles in ""Tourist Trap"" (1979), ""Blow Out"" (1981), and as the role of Carol Kersey in Charles Bronson's film ""Death Wish II"" (1982). Sherwood was born in Miami Beach, Florida, to the Hon. Wolfie Cohen, a two-term city councilman and successful restaurateur, and Miriam Rose Cohen, a prominent society hostess. She first appeared on stage when she was 9 years old. Sherwood studied acting in London, England, performed the leading roles in both musical comedies, ""Guys and Dolls"" as Sarah Brown to Sky"
"Charlie's Death Wish Charlie's Death Wish is a 2005 action thriller film directed by Jeff Leroy and starring Ron Jeremy and Phoebe Dollar. Ron Jeremy stars in this eroticized action-thriller that has a stripper avenging her sister's death. She knows she can't do the job alone, however, so she recruits the help of a rebellious cop to settle the score. But her quest doesn't turn out to be a neat affair, as she soon realizes there's more than one enemy to fight (Axl Rose of Guns N' Roses, Bill, William, Baluster), and they all appear to be gunning for her"
"Lincoln Center in New York on the opening night of the Film Society of Lincoln Center's Film Comment Selects 2015 film festival at the Walter Reade Theater. Robin Sherwood Robin Lyn Sherwood (born January 24, 1952) is an American actress, best known for her roles in ""Tourist Trap"" (1979), ""Blow Out"" (1981), and as the role of Carol Kersey in Charles Bronson's film ""Death Wish II"" (1982). Sherwood was born in Miami Beach, Florida, to the Hon. Wolfie Cohen, a two-term city councilman and successful restaurateur, and Miriam Rose Cohen, a prominent society hostess. She first appeared on stage when"
"numerous films made by smaller production companies, most notably Cannon Films, for whom some of his last films were made. Bronson was paid $1.5 million by Cannon to star in ""Death Wish II"" (1982), directed by Michael Winner."" In the story, architect Paul Kersey (Bronson) moves to Los Angeles with his daughter. After she is murdered at the hands of several gang members, Kersey is once again forced to become a vigilante. The film was a big success at the box office. Cannon Films promptly hired Bronson for ""10 to Midnight"" (1983). The movie marks the fourth collaboration between Bronson"
"even as she hunts them down. Charlie's Death Wish Charlie's Death Wish is a 2005 action thriller film directed by Jeff Leroy and starring Ron Jeremy and Phoebe Dollar. Ron Jeremy stars in this eroticized action-thriller that has a stripper avenging her sister's death. She knows she can't do the job alone, however, so she recruits the help of a rebellious cop to settle the score. But her quest doesn't turn out to be a neat affair, as she soon realizes there's more than one enemy to fight (Axl Rose of Guns N' Roses, Bill, William, Baluster), and they all"
"planned for director Sidney Lumet, under contract with United Artists. The commitment of Lumet to another film and UA's questioning of its subject matter led to the film's eventual production by Dino De Laurentiis through Paramount Pictures. ""Death Wish"" follows Paul Kersey, a liberal New York architect who becomes a gun-wielding vigilante after his wife is murdered and daughter is raped. With a script adjusted to Bronson's persona, the film generated controversy during its screenings and was one of the year's highest grossers. Winner tried to break out of action films with ""Won Ton Ton, the Dog Who Saved Hollywood"""
"to the project. This version also never came into fruition. In March 2016, Paramount and MGM announced that Aharon Keshales & Navot Papushado would direct the remake with Bruce Willis starring. In June 2016, the website ""Deadline Hollywood"" reported that director Eli Roth helmed the remake, which was released on March 2, 2018. The third film in the original series, was made into a video game of the same name by Gremlin Graphics for the ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64, MSX and Amstrad CPC. In the game, the player controls Paul Kersey in the streets and buildings in a free-roaming, all-out"
"Patrick Kerr Patrick Kerr (born January 23, 1956) is an American television actor. He is probably best known for his recurring role as Noel Shempsky on ""Frasier"". He has appeared on ""Curb Your Enthusiasm"" as a blind pianist and acquaintance of Larry, on ""ER"" as a patient who was attacked by a group of schoolgirls after he flashed them, and on ""Seinfeld"" as a New York Yankees employee whom George causes to break down. Other television appearances in Kerr's repertoire are on ""Law & Order"", ""The Drew Carey Show"", ""3rd Rock from the Sun"", ""Will & Grace"", ""Friends"" and the"
"that while the film's plot is ""preposterous"" and its characters thin, it serves as ""a solid textbook example of crisp exploitation picture craftsmanship."" He credited this mainly to director J. Lee Thompson having a strong sense of efficiency and humor, ensuring that hero Paul Kersey's apparent invincibility makes the audience laugh in a way that is ""friendly rather than derisive."" ""Variety"" poked fun at Paul Kersey's naive approach to eliminating the drug trade but summed up the film with ""What raises ""Death Wish 4"" above the usual blowout is a semi-engaging script and sure pacing by veteran action director J."
"Garfield novels ""Death Wish"" and ""Death Sentence,"" redefining the Paul Kersey character. The sequel was produced by Cannon Films, which had purchased the rights to the ""Death Wish"" concept from Dino De Laurentiis. Cannon executive Menahem Golan planned to direct the film, but Winner returned on Bronson's insistence. The soundtrack was composed by guitarist Jimmy Page. ""Death Wish II"" was released in the United States in February 1982 by Filmways Pictures but like the original, Columbia Pictures handled the international release and Paramount Pictures via Trifecta Entertainment & Media handles the television rights. It earned $16.1 million during its domestic"
"""You cannot call a film exploitative just because it touches on disturbing issues,"" said Globus. ""Both ""Death Wish"" films are a valid comment on American society... the theme of street violence getting out of control is sadly more of a fact of life than it was seven years ago."" David Engelbach was then tasked with writing the screenplay. Bronson was offered $1.5 million to reprise the role. Jill Ireland was cast in the film because Bronson, her husband, insisted on it. She serves as both the love interest to Kersey and the voice of opposition to the death penalty. Cannon"
"""On the Lot"". He starred as Zazu in Disney's ""The Lion King"" at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas until its closure. Patrick Kerr Patrick Kerr (born January 23, 1956) is an American television actor. He is probably best known for his recurring role as Noel Shempsky on ""Frasier"". He has appeared on ""Curb Your Enthusiasm"" as a blind pianist and acquaintance of Larry, on ""ER"" as a patient who was attacked by a group of schoolgirls after he flashed them, and on ""Seinfeld"" as a New York Yankees employee whom George causes to break down. Other television appearances in Kerr's"
"divorce as of March 20, 2009. Smith is a certified pilot, and enjoys motocross. Smith has since re-married and started a holistic health and wellness business (TerraLife Wellness) with his wife, Lisa. Kerr Smith Kerr Van Cleve Smith (born March 9, 1972) is an American actor known for playing Jack McPhee on The WB drama series ""Dawson's Creek"", Kyle Brody in The WB supernatural drama ""Charmed"" and more recently Axel Palmer in ""My Bloody Valentine 3D"". He is also known for portraying Carter Horton in ""Final Destination"" (2000). He was starred in the acclamed movie ""Where Hope Grows"" (2014). Smith"
"arrest Kersey as the latter walked away. In any event, as revealed in ""Death Wish V"" (though no direct reference to Reiner's discovery of Kersey's identity) Kersey entered the Witness Protection Program and assumed the alias Paul Stewart in New York City after meeting with the District Attorney of New York. Seven years would pass before Kersey's peace again became interrupted. New York's garment district has turned into Dodge City when mobster Tommy O'Shea muscles in on the fashion trade of his ex-wife Olivia Regent. Olivia is engaged to Paul Kersey, who provides a sense of security for her and"
"on three films at the time of his death which were released posthumously: ""Hours"" (2013), ""Brick Mansions"" (2014), and ""Furious 7"" (2015). The Wiz Khalifa song ""See You Again"", featuring Charlie Puth, was commissioned for the ""Furious 7"" soundtrack as a tribute to Walker. It was nominated for the Golden Globe for Best Original Song in 2015 and was the number-one song in the United States for 12 weeks. Walker was born in Glendale, California, and was the son of Cheryl (née Crabtree), a fashion model, and Paul William Walker III, a sewer contractor and boxer who was a two-time"
"""Death Wish"" (i.e. that Kersey's closest friends and relatives are brutally murdered) grows more absurd with each installment of the series. He summarized that ""There is not a moment of credibility in the movie and the ending is sheer chaos, and anticlimactic at that. Mr. Winner runs out of imagination before Mr. Bronson runs out of ammunition."" However, he acknowledged that the film effectively created all the elements that make the ""Death Wish"" series appealing to its fans. Some lambasted the film for sadistic over-violent content and the fact that a 64-year-old Charles Bronson was thrown into a Rambo-like situation."
"either ""fleshies"" or ""bonebags"". The 1995 film and spin-off cartoon series, however, show their friendship with Dr. James Harvey (Bill Pullman). At first, they demand he vacate their home and make his quest to learn about the afterlife difficult. They grow to like him and, certain that his obsession with finding his wife will make him become a ghost, consider expanding their group into a Ghostly Quartet (or Quad Dead in Stretch's terms). Of course, that would require killing him, but they ultimately prove unable to do it themselves. (Harvey later dies in a manhole accident, but this proves temporary.)"
"Thomas F. Duffy Thomas Francis Duffy (born November 9, 1955) is an American character actor, writer, musician, and athlete. He has appeared as the sadistic rapist Charles Wilson in ""Death Wish II"", the paleontologist Dr. Robert Burke in """", and as the football-loving dad in ""Varsity Blues"". Thomas was born in Newark, New Jersey and was raised in Woodbridge, New Jersey. While attending Woodbridge High School, he played football, ice hockey, tennis and track and was active in drama and vocal music. He was originally a pre-law student at Ohio University, where he also played football and ice hockey. Duffy"
"where Kersey kills him by lacing his cannoli with cyanide. Next, Paul tricks Freddie out of his home and blows him up with a bomb rigged ball. After dispatching the corrupt Hector Vasquez with a .44 Magnum Smith & Wesson Model 629 revolver concealed in a doll, Kersey discovers that Vasquez is in cahoots with Tommy. Using Chelsea as bait, Tommy lures Paul to Olivia's factory for a confrontation. The franchise was originally going to continue on without Bronson's involvement, and a sixth film titled ""Death Wish 6: The New Vigilante"" was in the works. However, when the studio went"
"Kerr Smith Kerr Van Cleve Smith (born March 9, 1972) is an American actor known for playing Jack McPhee on The WB drama series ""Dawson's Creek"", Kyle Brody in The WB supernatural drama ""Charmed"" and more recently Axel Palmer in ""My Bloody Valentine 3D"". He is also known for portraying Carter Horton in ""Final Destination"" (2000). He was starred in the acclamed movie ""Where Hope Grows"" (2014). Smith was born in Exton, Pennsylvania, the son of Barbara (Hess) and a father who works as a financial advisor. He has a sister named Allison. He attended Peirce Middle School and he"
"with, secondarily, ""chronic obstructive pulmonary disease"" and ""congestive cardiomyopathy"" as the causes of death. He was interred at Brownsville Cemetery in West Windsor, Vermont. Charles Bronson Charles Bronson (born Charles Dennis Buchinsky; ; November 3, 1921 – August 30, 2003) was an American actor. He was often cast in the role of a police officer, gunfighter, or vigilante in revenge-oriented plot lines. He had long-term collaborations with film directors Michael Winner and J. Lee Thompson, and appeared in fifteen films alongside his second wife, Jill Ireland. Bronson was born Charles Dennis Buchinsky, the 11th of 15 children, in a Roman"
"the series, was replaced by J. Lee Thompson. ""Death Wish 4: The Crackdown"" had a substantially lower budget and a more limited release than its predecessors. It was released in North America on November 6, 1987. The Bollywood film ""Mohra"" is an unofficial remake of the film. The film marks the seventh collaboration between Bronson and director J. Lee Thompson (following 1976's ""St. Ives"", 1977's ""The White Buffalo"", 1980s ""Caboblanco"", 1983's ""10 to Midnight"", 1984's ""The Evil That Men Do"", and 1986's ""Murphy's Law)"". Erica Sheldon (Dana Barron), the teenage daughter of Karen Sheldon (Kay Lenz), Paul Kersey's current girlfriend,"
"in ""Death Wish 3"", one of the policemen involved in this conspiracy was Richard Shriker, who agreed to maintain Kersey's secret in line with Ochoa's edicts. According to Officer Reiner in ""Death Wish 4"", Kersey's wife died in 1975, therefore the aforementioned events from the first ""Death Wish"" film took place either early or late in that year or in 1976 (based on the snow seen at Mrs. Kersey's funeral.) Ochoa stated in ""Death Wish II"" that Kersey's slaying of muggers took place ""four years"" ago during ""Death Wish II"" (see below), which appeared in 1982 (see below). Kersey and"
"Steven Keats Steven Keats (February 6, 1945 – May 8, 1994) was an American actor who appeared in such films as ""Death Wish"" (as Charles Bronson's character's son-in-law), ""Black Sunday"" and the Chuck Norris thriller ""Silent Rage"". Keats was born in the Bronx as Steven Paul Keitz, to Francis (née Rebold) and Daniel David Keitz. His father was born in Copenhagen, Denmark, to Polish Jewish parents from Warsaw. His mother was born in New York, also to a Polish Jewish family. He grew up in Canarsie, Brooklyn, New York, graduated from the New York School for the Performing Arts (now"
"with Geri Nichols (Jill Ireland) from ""Death Wish II"", was rejected because Ireland was battling breast cancer. The second script, which had Kersey going after an international terrorist, was rejected due to its premise having similarities to """" (1987). The final script had the premise of Kersey playing two gangs against each other. Hickman was influenced by the use of this premise in the films ""Yojimbo"" (1961) and ""A Fistful of Dollars"" (1964). Hickman also came up with the idea of a millionaire benefactor for Kersey, with both of them having lost a daughter (surrogate in Kersey's case) to the"
"As a result, Ochoa and the city government would have a political nightmare on their hands if they actually arrested him. However, Paul never finds the three punks who murdered his wife and raped his daughter. One night, when Kersey was injured after another hunt for muggers, he is hospitalized. Ochoa confronts him, revealing his willingness to make a deal to throw away Kersey's weapon (recovered by Officer Jackson Reilly) if Kersey will leave New York. Kersey made good on his part of the deal, moving to Chicago (as seen at the end of the first ""Death Wish""). As revealed"
"Paul Mazursky Irwin Lawrence ""Paul"" Mazursky (April 25, 1930 – June 30, 2014) was an American film director, screenwriter, and actor. Known for his dramatic comedies that often dealt with modern social issues, he was nominated for five Academy Awards: three times for Best Original Screenplay, once for Best Adapted Screenplay, and once for Best Picture for ""An Unmarried Woman"" (1978). His other films include ""Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice"" (1969), ""Blume in Love"" (1973), ""Harry and Tonto"" (1974), ""Moscow on the Hudson"" (1984), and ""Down and Out in Beverly Hills"" (1986). He was born in to a"
"and the United States Department of Defense who expressed contempt for the film. At the time, the film was a commercial rather than a critical success, and has only come to be viewed more favorably in recent times. The film grossed $70 million domestically. Eastwood starred in ""The Dead Pool"" (1988), the fifth and final film in the ""Dirty Harry"" series. It co-starred Patricia Clarkson, Liam Neeson, and a young Jim Carrey who plays Johnny Squares, a drug-addled rock star and the first of the victims on a list of celebrities drawn up by horror film director Peter Swan (Neeson)"
"Paul Unwin (director) Paul Andrew Unwin (born 25 November 1957) is a film, theatre, TV writer / director. He was born in Reading, Berkshire. He studied drama at the University of Bristol, where he met Jeremy Brock in 1979. Paul Unwin co-created the world's longest running medical drama, ""Casualty"". He was a regular writer throughout the first two series and also wrote the 30th anniversary episodes at the start of series 30. ""Holby City"" and ""Holby Blue"" are spin-offs from the original ""Casualty"" format. Paul has directed extensively in TV including ""Five Little Pigs"", ""Messiah"" and recently, ""Combat Hospital"" (ABC/Global),"
"Paul Naschy Paul Naschy (born Jacinto Molina Álvarez, September 6, 1934 – November 30, 2009) was a Spanish movie actor, screenwriter, and director working primarily in horror films. His portrayals of numerous classic horror figures—the Wolfman, Frankenstein's Monster, Count Dracula, the Hunchback of Notre Dame, Fu Manchu and a mummy—earned him recognition as the Spanish Lon Chaney. He had one of the most recognizable faces in Spanish horror film. Naschy also starred in dozens of action films, historical dramas, crime movies, TV shows and documentaries. He also wrote the screenplays for most of his films and directed a number of"
"a television show, ""Blast Corrigan: Rocketship To Earth"". Brooks was founder and owner of Conrad Brooks Productions, which has produced the Gypsy Vampire series, starring Bruce ""Porkchop"" Lindsay as Count Lugo. Brooks continued acting well into his 80s, making an appearance in a 2015 remake of ""Plan 9 From Outer Space"". He made his last appearance in the 2016 film ""Don't Let the Devil in"". Brooks died of complications from sepsis on December 6, 2017 in Martinsburg, West Virginia, at the age of 86. Conrad Brooks Conrad Brooks (born Conrad Biedrzycki; January 3, 1931 – December 6, 2017) was an"