{"id":47287,"date":"2022-08-16T19:53:56","date_gmt":"2022-08-16T19:53:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/das-boot-perfect-storm-and-air-force-one-director-deadline\/"},"modified":"2022-08-16T19:53:56","modified_gmt":"2022-08-16T19:53:56","slug":"das-boot-perfect-storm-and-air-force-one-director-deadline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/das-boot-perfect-storm-and-air-force-one-director-deadline\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Das Boot,’ ‘Perfect Storm’ And ‘Air Force One’ Director \u2013 Deadline"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Wolfgang Petersen, the German director whose films include The Perfect Storm, Air Force One <\/em>and Das Boot, <\/em>has died. He was 81. Petersen died peacefully Friday at his Brentwood residence from pancreatic cancer, in the arms of his wife of 50 years, Maria Antoinette.<\/p>\n

Wolfgang Petersen: A Career In Photos<\/p>\n

Petersen began his career in Germany but answered the call of Hollywood after his 1981 breakout movie, the claustrophobic submarine WWII epic Das Boot<\/em> (The Boat<\/em>), was nominated for six Academy Awards. Two of those went to Petersen for adapted screenplay and directing, and he was also nominated for a BAFTA Award and DGA Award. The movie starred J\u00fcrgen Prochnow as the U-boat captain, who became a good example of Petersen’s action characters.<\/p>\n

Hollywood & Media Deaths 2022: A Photo Gallery<\/p>\n

He quickly became one of the most in-demand directors of technically complex star-driven studio action films \u2014 a run that included The Perfect Storm<\/em> (2000), Air Force One<\/em> (1997), Outbreak<\/em> (1995), In the Line of Fire<\/em> (1993), Shattered<\/em> (1991) \u2014 which he also wrote \u2014 Troy<\/em> (2004) and Poseidon <\/em>(2006). <\/em><\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\t\t\tErwin Leder in ‘Das Boot’<\/span>
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Das Boot <\/em>was released in multiple versions, starting with the 149-minute original theatrical pic. The BBC aired a three-part, 300-minute miniseries in the mid-1980s, and a 1997 director’s cut clocked in at 208 minutes.<\/p>\n

Petersen also helmed the space-set 1985 sci-fi pic Enemy Mine <\/em>and directed and co-wrote 1984’s fantasy movie The NeverEnding Story. <\/em>He also produced or exec produced several pics he helmed, including Perfect Storm, Outbreak <\/em>and In the Line of Fire, <\/em>along with such films as Instinct <\/em>and Bicentennial Man <\/em>(both 1999), and Red Corner <\/em>(1997).<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\t\t\tGary Oldman Harrison Ford in ‘Air Force One’<\/span>
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He was well-liked amongst his peers and admired by the talent he worked with including Clint Eastwood, Harrison Ford, George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Rene Russo, Glenn Close, Mark Wahlberg, Dustin Hoffman, Morgan Freeman and Diane Lane.<\/p>\n

Born on March 14, 1941, in Emden, Germany, Petersen began his directing career with short films and TV movies in the 1960s and ’70s. His first theatrical pic was One or the Other <\/em>(1974), and he followed that with The Consequence <\/em>in 1977, for which he also penned the adapted screenplay.<\/p>\n

In addition to his wife, Petersen is survived by his son, Daniel, and two grandchildren. Funeral services will be private.<\/p>\n

Erik Pedersen contributed to this report.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n