Das Poll: The Films of Wolfgang Petersen

neverending story

Since every cable movie station in the planet plays it every two hours, I've grown very fond of In the Line of Fire. Eastwood and Malkovich should have made, like, six movies together as hero/villain antagonists.

This guy's filmography is just so weird. I think I have to go with NEverending story but shattered is surprisingly great.

He's churned out expensive crap for almost twenty years though.

In retrospect I'm kinda surprised Enemy Mine was even made. "You want Louis Gossett Jr. to play what?"

omg i had no idea he made air force one.

He's churned out expensive crap for almost twenty years though.

― The Edge of Gloryhole (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, June 8, 2011 10:20 PM (4 minutes ago) Bookmark

get off my plane.

haha xp

btw i voted for AF1 without even reading the list - i just knew that's what i wanted to vote for - but when i noticed TNS i was like :|

Yeah I had no idea he did air force one either. Has anyone else seen shattered? It's excellent IMO. The NEverending story was my jam as kid tho. I could probably still recite large parts of the dialogue. It just rules. Even now random parts will pop into my head like when the gnome dude who nurses falcon back to health says "It's my scientific speciality" - the pops into my head often and in exactly the voice that he uses.

Falcor not con

I had no idea the same person was responsible for all of these films! Neverending Story to Enemy Mine makes sense, sort of.

Also the sphinxes with the lazer beam eyes were so scary!

Oh and when bastian rides falcor and chases the bullies into the dumpster - so badass!

they make no little beep-beep-beep-beeps

It was the Nothing that scared me. really a brilliant idea, the nothing I mean.

Yeah the nothing. The rock monster was great too. It's all great. I've always meant to read the book.

These were big strong hands.

Never actually seen das boot.

the book has 26 chapters and every chapter begins consecutively with a different letter of the alphabet and the letters are intricately illuminated and occupy the entire facing page

so that's cool.

In the Line of Fire >>>>> Das Boot

I know he tried to make life tense in a submarine but.

http://www.the-neverending-story.com/Images/neverending-story-1.jpg

and so on

xpost -- Listen you. (The entire US sub force fell in love with Das Boot when it showed up as a movie in the States; pretty much it was the only film up until that point which actually got the inside of a submarine -- especially one from that era -- right.)

Ok I'm gonna get the book.

If Malkovich had played the first mate hissing effetely in the captain's ear, we woulda had something.

Plus ITLOF has the greatest exchange in film history:

MALKOVICH: You will be standing over the grave of another dead president.

EASTWOOD: You're gonna be standin' over my ass, motherfucker!

ahahaha okay i need to see ITLOF

Yeah that's amazing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_XSKPBef37c&feature=related

surprises me that people consider this list of films so odd. he made an international spalsh with das boot, a tense, gritty action-thriller, and has spent most of his subsequent career making roughly similar films - barring a brief detour into sci-fi and fantasy kids when he was starting out. ridley scott followed a similar pattern.

i'm vote for neverending story, but i haven't seen all of his post-80s films. not a big fan of straightforward, real-world thrillers.

Hahahaha yessssss

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omg malkovich i just love him

in the line of fire is sweet

so is air force one!

Erica –––––– you have to read The Neverending Story!

I like all the Michael Ende books I have read. He has a great imagination!

god, my last post was so harbly farmed

lol OK Abbott I will.

promise

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xpost -- Listen you. (The entire US sub force fell in love with Das Boot when it showed up as a movie in the States; pretty much it was the only film up until that point which actually got the inside of a submarine -- especially one from that era -- right.)

My dad was in the Merchant Marines during WWII and was torpedoed and sunk twice by U-Boats. To my knowledge Das Boot was the only movie he ever saw twice in a movie theater.

Still I voted for In the Line of Fire

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totally missed this. would have voted Troy.