RIP John G. Avildsen (director - ROCKY, KARATE KID)

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variety.com/2017/film/news/john-g-avildsen-dead-dies-rocky-karate-kid-1202469349/

John G. Avildsen, the director of ROCKY (which he won the Best Director in 1977), the original 3 KARATE KID movies, ROCKY V, NEIGHBORS, LEAN ON ME and others has died, age 81.

[WoodStoner1]

Aw, no. And I'm meeting KK stars from the first movie at a con in Monroe, NJ. Sad news for them and us all.

Loved Lean on Me too...

[burdette25159]

Avildsen was going to direct Saturday Night Fever but three weeks before filming was set to begin was wished the best in his future endeavors by producer Robert Stigwood over a script dispute, legend has it that Avildsen was told that the good news that his Rocky film had won a Oscar but the bad news was that he was fired from Saturday Night Fever. What could have been had Avildsen directed Saturday Night Fever

[SHAKEMASTER TV9 is Don Knotts]

It's not a great movie, but I like For Keeps?. It goes well with the Brat Pack movies of the 80s.