Directors Ghost: 10 films not those Directors listed in the credits
If you closely follow the news of the movie, you have probably noticed how the new project Directors out like a champagne cork. Of course, this may have many causes and explanations — do not agree on the vision to take the picture, or not agreed on the terms of work.
In the end, the future picture of the changing of the Directors in the preparation stage, during the shooting, and then in the final installation. In some cases, such changes are not even cited in the credits, you specify one name, while filming was directed by a different person, often not mentioned.
The presence of such a "Director's Ghost" can be calculated only by proprietary techniques, identifiable parts or from an interview given many years later.
"He walked by night" (1948) / He Walked by Night
Classic Noir "He walked by night", as if to confirm his name, is one of the first manifestations such thing as a "Director-Ghost". Formally, the picture listed solo work of Alfred Werker, but most experts agree that a large part of the painting took Anthony Mann, adept in the genre and with distinct handwriting.
The details of the cooperation of the two Directors of the lost, and no one today can say why Mann, led to a project of his regular screenwriter and operator, suddenly withdrew from working for a few days before the end of filming, so we stay with what we have: the Director is Verker, and the name of Anthony Mann from all documents is erased. For the viewer, however, all obviously hand manna is especially noticeable in the scenes of the shootings or violent episodes with graphic stripes.
"Poltergeist" (1982) / Poltergeist
About the classic horror film "Poltergeist" has been debated until now. The question of who really made this film, is not so simple. Recall that the idea belonged to Steven Spielberg, but for some reason he did not become a Director, and was invited to this place Toba Hooper, author of "Texas chainsaw massacre".
One version of such an unexpected decision was announced much later, the cameraman Matthew Leonetti. In particular, he said: "it's a film by Steven Spielberg, Steven came up with it and put. And Toba invited for fear the strike of Directors. Spielberg had no time to be distracted by such things, and he's just in case “cover” Hooper. Not a very pretty story, but Tobe was not against."
"Star wars: Episode VI — return of the Jedi" (1983) / Star Wars: Episode VI — Return of the Jedi
No one raises the question of the authorship of the "Star wars" — of course, the original trilogy is the brainchild of George Lucas. However, due to various reasons Lucas Director listed only in the "a New hope", then it seems to be relegated to the background and focus on the script and producing. But did they really?
In "Episode 5" — maybe, but that's about the "return of the Jedi" there is ample evidence that on the set of George Lucas was more active, more relevant, and authoritative nominal Director Richard Marquand. According to the memoirs of Joe Johnston, who was then working in a team of visual effects production, Lucas always was on the set and made adjustments to every scene. Shooting began without his approval, and post-production was under his total control. Apparently, another line in the credits of the true Director was not needed, and Lucas gave her his assistant.
"Rambo: First blood part 2" (1985) / Rambo: First Blood Part II
In any directory you will not see documentary evidence that Sylvester Stallone is the Director of the film "Rambo 2". On the contrary, all the credit here attributed to George Cosmatos, but, according to some reports, that sly was directing the picture, although not advertise this.
Stallone by that time had sufficient skills, experience and weight to any project subjugation, as directed by 1985 he had already done a lot of movies. Cosmatos, on the contrary, in the 80s filmed reluctant and was not particularly successful, so that the cooperation in the field of OSD conquest of Vietnam could be mutually beneficial.
Sylvester Stallone this topic always avoided, but accidentally gave Kurt Russell, which will be discussed below. Russell at the time received from Sly this advice: "If you need a dummy Director, use George as I'm in the "Rambo 2"". Looks like a confession.
"Tango & cash" (1989) / Tango & Cash
Action movie "tango and cash", with all its absurdities and nevadalas box office results, we used to be proud of — even to the most successful in Hollywood Russian Director Andrei Konchalovsky put the tape with the participation of popular actors Sylvester Stallone and Kurt Russell. Why wasn't the resounding success have potentially hit of the picture?
Yes, because the area was filled with a real mess for the time of operation was replaced by three operators, the script is appended to the knee, and in the final, the producers have decided to part with Konchalovsky. It seemed that the Director can't keep up. When shooting is already over the equator, our compatriot was replaced at the helm of albert Magnoli. However, the Studio did not enter his name in the credits.
Noticeable influence Magnoli? Of course. New Director was decorated with his remaining scenes scattering of neon and ridiculous jokes, and police Thriller was turned into a farce, what he later lamented.
"Tombstone" (1993) / Tombstone
Experiencing a new wave of youth the Western genre in the early ' 90s gave the audience a lot of interesting projects, including another adaptation of the momentous events that took place at Corolla OK in the town of Tombstone. The picture with the straightforward title "Tombstone" has collected in the frame mass stars: from Val Kilmer to Billy Bob Thornton, Billy Zane, bill Paxton to, from Michael Bina to Charlton Heston. But the most notable was the participation in the band of Kurt Russell, who not only played a major role, but actually directed this film.
The Director was to be a writer Kevin Jarre, but the producers fired him before filming began, and then Russell, for whom the film was extremely important, invited already familiar to us from George Cosmatos on conditions of obedience to all their instructions. In an interview given in 2005, Russell told that every night painted the shooting schedule for the next day, and Cosmatos just meekly this plan should have. So decide who is the real Director of "Tombstone".
"Waterworld" (1995) / Waterworld
At that time, when Kevin costner was at the peak of popularity, almost always with him, attended by Kevin Reynolds — they worked together on "Fandango", Reynolds was there at "dances with wolves" finally, the tandem has launched the project "Water world".
It was on a post-apocalyptic action movie, the friendship between the two masters is leaking — with the emergence of problems in the filming began an uncontrolled increase the budget costner and Reynolds no longer understand each other, and eventually the Director just quit the job and left. The remaining part of the finished himself Kevin, he was also responsible for the final Assembly and by postproduction. The end result was not so bad, at least it's a fascinating film with curious characters, all of it could have been much worse. And costner and Reynolds then reconciled and withdrew along the series "Hatfields and McCoys".
"Babe" (1995) / Babe
Least of all fans of the "Mad max" expected from George Miller's movie about a talking pig, but the fact remains: ten years Miller wrote the script of the children's film, perfected technology and was looking for financing for the film "babe". Why Miller took so dear to his heart, the film himself, and delegate a responsible and costly affair no one knows Chris nonane?
George said that he just didn't have the energy for this, he remained squeezed dry of "Lorenzo's Oil", but it seems that the master is disingenuous — and it's easy to prove. Compare "babe" with the sequel "babe: Pig in the city", and you will be obvious that the films made of the same hand. Unless continued a little darker, but it only confirms the theory — so, the task Noonan was a little paint dark colors, invented for a children's story by George Miller.
"V for vendetta" (2005) / V for Vendetta
Big fans of the comic strip Alex Moore, the Wachowski brothers (then brothers) wrote the scenario adaptation of the graphic novel "V for vendetta" at the beginning of the 1990s, but then they failed to sell the idea to any of the studios. After the success of "the Matrix" before Wachowski was opened all the doors, but they themselves are so exhausted by the production of two sequels of its greatest hits, limited in the project "Vendetta" the only producer positions.
But it's on paper, but in fact brothers don't put too much faith in his faithful assistant James Machtige for which the picture was to be his directorial debut, and control the process of filming to the smallest detail, to the point that the times returned to a normal scheme Wachowski at the helm, and McTeague "errand". The influence of the brothers particularly noticeable with editing, color correcting and setting the action scenes, though in the credits listed only McTeague.
Judge Dredd (2012) / Dredd
The fate of the "Dredd" had the unenviable film has not found support among the General public, but among fans of the genre quickly gained cult status, and last but not least thanks to the directing. But do not rush to crumble thanks to the address of the Pete Travis, perhaps his role in the creation of cyberbounty not so great.
Even when the film was at the stage of post-production, the leaked rumors that Travis brought the shooting to the end and was dismissed from the post of Director, and his place was taken by project producer Alex garland, author of the recent "Annihilation". The Studio was quick to issue a statement that the contribution Travis unchallenged, his name remains in the credits and claims to his work there.
However, more recently, Karl urban, who played in the movie the main role, expressed a different view: "People underestimate the contribution of Alex garland in "Dredd". He was a major at the site from the beginning, this is Alex took it off. This is his debut work, and not "of the car"".