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	Irvin Kershner - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Irvin Kershner (born April 29, 1923 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), is an American director and sometimes actor.
		Post-Empire, "Kersh" has also directed several episodes of the television series, seaQuest DSV, and he made his debut as an actor in the controversial 1988 Martin Scorsese film, The Last Temptation of Christ, playing Zebedee, the father of the apostles James and John.
		Currently, Irvin Kershner is a faculty member at the Master of Professional Writing Program at the University of Southern California.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Irvin_Kershner (232 words)

	Biography for Irvin Kershner (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		He turned to television in the 1950s, directing and photographing a series of documentaries called "Confidential File." Kershner was one of the directors given his first break by producer Roger Corman, for whom he shot Stakeout on Dope Street (1958).
		The main theme that runs through many of Kershner's films is social alienation and human weaknesses - although his biggest commercial success was the sci-fi blockbuster Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980).
		Kershner achieved his greatest popular success with The Empire Strikes Back (1980), the second installment of the Star Wars series that many critics felt surpassed the original.
	www.imdb.com /name/nm0449984/bio (866 words)

	Salon Directory (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Kershner recalls that even though he was in his 50s, executives at Twentieth Century Fox considered him too old for the job.
		Kershner cooked up classic moments with his actors, whether it was Chewbacca howling like a grieving wolf for his lost friends, or R2D2 standing on robotic tiptoe, or Han Solo banging at the controls of the Millennium Falcon like Bogart kicking at the engine of the African Queen.
		Kershner exploited improvisation, both with the actors and the props; often, this rescued the schedule and improved the picture.
	dir.salon.com /ent/col/srag/1999/05/13/kershner/index.html (2801 words)

	Salon Arts & Entertainment \| Father figure
		It was the director of the film, Irvin Kershner, who recorded a temporary vocal track that Jones says catalyzed his performance in "Empire." Kershner's passionate approach to the acting and framing of the "Star Wars" characters made his entry unique.
		A fire at the Elstree Studios in England and catastrophic weather in Norway prompted last-minute rescheduling; the fluctuating value of the pound caused the budget to balloon.
		Kershner tried to key his drawings to their work, then handed over his sketches to Lucas' storyboard artist for a brilliant polish.
	www.salon.com /ent/col/srag/1999/05/13/kershner (709 words)

	CGTalk - Star Wars General Grievous Rendered Pic!!!
		Boone, Irvin Kershner is not the sole reason ESB is as good as it is. The fact is Kershner's resume ranges from mediocre to awful.
		Irvin Kershner is not a good director at all and he's certainly not a better director than Lucas.
		Irvin is difficult to explain - see "A man called Horse" for another example of his directing abilities(I certainly hope you have seen Irvin's other films other than Robo2 before saying he is a "mediocre to awful" director...).
	forums.cgsociety.org /showthread.php?p=1439216 (2889 words)

	Irvin Kershner (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Affectionately known as "Kersh" by his admirers and friends, Irvin Kershner's background is a mixture of music and art.
		Kershner's accomplishments as a painter, photographer and musician are all evident in his work as film director.
		Kershner also directed the pilot for the Amblin TV series SeaQuest.
	www.towerofyouth.org /filmgrp/1ff/kershner.html (308 words)

	>> Barbra Streisand Archives \| Up the Sandbox 1972
		With producers Robert Chartoff and Irvin Winkler and director Irvin Kershner, she has been active in all matters including script and even budget.
		Based on the best selling novel by Anne Richardson Roiphe, the film was directed by Irvin Kershner, who earlier told viewers that he believes "the most important thing happening today is the women's revolution." The film will open Friday at Cinema North.
		Irvin Kershner at 2001 AFI Salute to Streisand
	barbra-archives.com /Films/streisand_sandbox.html (1352 words)

	6/25/98: I Met Irvin Kershner Tonight (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		For the first time hires a director: Irvin Kershner, who at the time was coming off of films like Return of a Man Called Horse and The Eyes of Laura Mars.
		Kershner and Lucas's longtime producer, Gary Kurtz (the guy in photos with the Amish beard), basically shoot the movie in England while Lucas oversees and executive produces from San Francisco (this is from memory, I might have the facts a bit off).
		Kershner goes over budget and schedule, due to all the problems in such a pioneering effects movie, and to my eyes, he does something miraculous: actually directs the movie.
	www.filmscoremonthly.com /articles/1998/25_Jun---I_Met_Irvin_Kershner_Tonight.asp (1044 words)

	Star Wars: Biography \| Irvin Kershner
		Soon after graduating from the University of Southern California, Irvin Kershner began his film career in the 1950s, producing documentaries for the U.S. Information Service in the Middle East.
		Kershner's desire to direct films with edgier content and alienated characters became more apparent with Hoodlum Priest (1961) based on the life of Fr.
		Kershner also stepped in front of the camera making a brief appearance in Martin Scorsese's The Last Temptation of Christ (1988), as well as in the films On Deadly Ground (1994), Angus (1995) and Manhood (2003).
	www.starwars.com /bio/irvinkershner.html (350 words)

	The CHUD.COM Message Boards - Irvin Kershner's THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		There's something of a history between myself and this movie, being that it was the first flick I ever saw, so naturally I have kind of a subconscious affection for it, not least that it's part of the Star Wars trilogy, which to me are the most beautiful and wondrous films ever made.
		With this, Kershner gives us a full pallet of wonderful environments for us to take in, from the sterile and harsh ice planet of Hoth to the ragged and dangerous asteroid field to the warm clouds of Bespin.
		Kershner doesn't disappoint us, with the room immediately illuminating, and Vader's menacing rhythmic heavy breathing erupting from every speaker.
	www.chud.com /forums/printthread.php?t=68976 (2470 words)

	The Eyes Of Laura Mars
		The director (irvin kershener) seems to have really concentrated on making the 'voyueristic' scenes as they are the best in the film.
		Kershner (a severly underated director, in my book) was brought onto the project fairly late, and though it helped his name in Hollywood, wasn't very happy with the project either.
		Then someone came up with the "bright" idea of making the killer someone the heroine is close to, possibly her lover, and Carpenter left in disgust.
	www.geocities.com /j_nada/carp/eyesofmars.html (594 words)

	Hans Hofmann . Hofmann’s Legacy . Irvin Kershner \| PBS
		It was this commitment to integrity that made Empire arguably the strongest of the three Star Wars films, though it did create some tension between Kershner and creator George Lucas.
		As the story goes, Lucas wanted to cut some of Kershner’s classic character development to speed along the action of the film.
		Characteristically, Kershner saw the Star Wars Trilogy as a symphony, and argued that it was his responsibility as director of the “lento,” or second movement, to make the audience care more deeply about the characters
	www.pbs.org /hanshofmann/irvin_kershner_005.html (140 words)

	LOVING - DVD (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Irvin Kershner's Loving was deemed all but a figment by this list, for you will find few bigger bastards than its overlooked protagonist, Brooks Wilson (George Segal), a lousy husband and father who has to be among the most self-absorbed suburbanites ever to despoil the screen.
		In our introduction to him, he decides to have a smoke instead of watching his daughter perform in the school Christmas pageant--an event for which he was made late by a fight with his mistress.
		If a close-up implies empathy, Kershner is careful to keep his distance from Brooks, though he allows him, almost entirely through camera angles, a small victory at the climactic soiree when Brooks challenges a fellow partygoer's pick-up lines pertaining to Vermeer.
	www.filmfreakcentral.net /dvdreviews/loving.htm (558 words)

	Director Irvin Kershner - MoviesOnline (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Below is a complete list of all of the Irvin Kershner movies in our database.
		Kershner hit his stride in the mid '60s with the Brian Moore adaptation The Luck of Ginger Coffey, the romantic satire A Fine Madness, and the marital-crisis drama Loving; his '70s work includes the comedy Up the Sandbox and the thriller The Eyes of Laura Mars.
		Since the '80s Kershner has helmed big-budget action and adventure films such as producer George Lucas' The Empire Strikes Back, the James Bond tale Never Say Never Again, and RoboCop II.
	www.moviesonline.ca /director80.htm (761 words)

	Irvin Kershner (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
		After extensive studies in painting, photography and design, Kershner began his film career in the early 1950s making documentaries ("Malaria", "Locust Plague" and "Childbirth") for the US Information Service in the Middle East.
		Kershner then moved to TV, photographing and often directing the documentary segments of the syndicated series "Confidential File" (1953-55), which recreated the events behind contemporary news headlines.
	www.hollywood.com /celebs/detail/celeb/191149 (385 words)

	The CHUD.COM Message Boards - Director Irvin Kershner Q&A Following " Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Director Irvin Kershner was already a successful director in the mid-1960’s when the USC Cinema graduate went back to his alma mater to teach.
		Since one of his students was George Lucas, it was only natural that ten years later, Lucas turned to his former teacher to take on the task of directing one of the most anticipated (and successful) movie sequels of all time.
		The print BTW was the 1997 SE one we got the old crappy looking Emperor, I wish it had been a new one because the print sometimes looked blured and grainy, also during this QandA we never get trailers just the movie right away but tonight we got one, and of course was ROTS.
	www.chud.com /forums/printthread.php?t=73491 (1129 words)

	Nightly.Net: What happened to Irvin Kershner?
		I'm sure he had a few suggestions to Kershner along the way, but ultimately the final decision was always Kershner's.
		Irvin also disagreed with Lucas, he had to fight to keep the infamous "I love you...
		He gave Kasdan the story to flesh out, and Irvin the sort of scheme he had in mind, but in post-production it was all Lucas.
	www.nightly.net /ubb/ultimatebb.php/topic/3/28642.html (2241 words)

	Amazon.ca: DVD: Up The Sandbox (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Streisand's commentary is enlightening, as is Irvin Kershner's.
		Kershner, so far, is the one director Barbra speaks the most about in all of the DVD commentary she's provided for this Warner Brother's set.
		Director Kershner is featured on a separate track, which is also very much worth listening to.
	www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/B00006FDCB (1590 words)

	Hans Hofmann . Hofmann’s Legacy . Irvin Kershner \| PBS
		Although he is ultimately best known as the director of one of the highest grossing block- busters of all time, there is hardly an artistic medium that Irvin Kershner hasn’t gotten his hands on.
		Growing up in Philadelphia in the 1920s and 30s, Kershner (or “Kersh,” as he’s known) was immersed in the arts.
		He studied and performed classical violin and viola, actively pursuing his dream of becoming a composer and conductor during and after his high school years.
	www.pbs.org /hanshofmann/irvin_kershner_001.html (125 words)

	IRVIN KERSHNER
		The main theme that runs through many of Kershner's films is social alienation and human weaknesses--although his biggest commercial success was the 1980 sci-fi blockbuster "The Empire Strikes Back."
		KERSHNER has just agreed to be a consulting editor on the new film
		Kershner explains an in depth scene to C-3PO.
	www.coolwatersprods.com /id34.html (222 words)

	Director Irvin Kershner Q&A Following " Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back. - The CHUD.COM Message Boards (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		If someone were to prove to me-right this minute-that God, in all his luminousness, exists, it wouldn't change a single aspect of my behavior.
		I got to met Irvin got his signature and a pic with him, more later.
		Also Irvin said that Stanley Kubrick, burned down a set before they started filming ESB which didn't helped him at all, since he was already short on sets.
	www.chud.com /forums/showthread.php?p=1328033 (1514 words)

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	Hans Hofmann . Hofmann’s Legacy . Irvin Kershner \| PBS
		That experience ultimately led to an assignment as a director and cinematographer of documentaries with the U.S Information Service.
		Traveling through Iran, Greece and Turkey in the early 1950s, Kershner’s early films were documentaries with titles such as, "Malaria", "Locust Plague" and "Childbirth.”
		When he returned to the States, Kershner helped develop “Confidential File,” a documentary television series for which he acted as writer, director, cinematographer and editor.
	www.pbs.org /hanshofmann/irvin_kershner_003.html (106 words)

	Irvin Kershner (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		A graduate of the University of Southern California film school, Irvin...
		Irvin Kershner ruined the commentary on empire dvd
		Find where Irvin Kershner is credited alongside another name
	us.imdb.com /Name?Kershner,+Irvin (252 words)

	DigiGuide : Irvin Kershner
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	Amazon.ca: DVD: Loving (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		While there are chapter stops and English subtitles-which they'd have to do anyway for the deaf and hard of hearing-there are no subtitles in any other language, there's no original trailer for the film, no filmographies, and no commentary tracks.
		This latter omission is puzzling considering the director Irvin Kershner is still with us, as are the film's two stars (George Segal and Eva Marie Saint) and its legendary cinematographer, Gordon (THE GODFATHER, MANHATTAN) Willis.
		Considering this was Willis's first film, and the film that many critics consider to represent Kershner, Segal, and Saint's BEST work--Pauline Kael called Saint's performance "stunning"--I can't imagine the talent wouldn't have been interested in getting together to discuss the film and help bolster its profile.
	www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/B00009QUH6 (548 words)

	Amazon.ca: DVD: The Eyes of Laura Mars (Widescreen/Full Screen) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Part of the problem is the script itself, but Irvin Kershner's flat direction and the generally downbeat performances don't help.
		As Irvin Kershner states in his commentary "look at this guy, he's in the inner circle, and he's sloppily dressed, and his hair's a mess..."
		Then the Director's Commentary is wonderful~~~Irvin Kershner talks to you, not AT YOU, just as if you were sitting with him in a living room, relaxing, and he gives you a play by play on the whole movie!!!
	www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/0767821610 (1549 words)

	Amazon.com: Eyes of Laura Mars: DVD: Faye Dunaway,Tommy Lee Jones,Brad Dourif,Rene Auberjonois,Raul Julia,Frank ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The only faults are a couple minor quirks in the script-- like you can tell whodunit almost right away.
		Irvin Kirschner, the very intelligent director who guided this (as well as "Empire Strikes Back", etc..), provides a non-stop commentary track which is interesting.
		My main complaint with the DVD: as a double-sided disc, you have the option of watching it on the square "full screen" shaped for TV, or the ALLEGED widescreen--- but the widescreen here is actually the square TV-version only with the 'heads and feet' cut-off in letterbox style...
	www.amazon.com /gp/product/0767821610 (1967 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: Star Wars Trilogy (Episodes IV-VI): DVD (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Lucas's story, told from the point of view of the two bickering droids (a device taken from Kurosawa's Hidden Fortress), also borrows freely from Errol Flynn's Robin Hood, as does John Williams's seminal Korngold-inspired music score.
		Thanks in equal part to Leigh Brackett's screenplay and Irvin Kershner's direction The Empire Strikes Back (1980) is the most grown-up instalment in the series.
		The basic fairy-tale is developed and expanded, with the principal characters experiencing emotional turmoil--blossoming romance, mixed feelings and confused loyalties--amid a very real threat of annihilation as Darth Vader's motivations become chillingly personal.
	www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/B0001ZE1OU (2127 words)

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