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Richard Marquand is a Actor, Director and Story British born on 22 september 1937

Richard Marquand

Richard Marquand
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Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 22 september 1937
Death 4 september 1987 (at 49 years) at Royal Tunbridge Wells (United-kingdom)

Richard Marquand (22 April 1938 – 4 September 1987) was a Welsh film director best known for directing Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi. He has also directed the critically acclaimed 1981 drama film Eye of the Needle and the 1985 thriller Jagged Edge.

Biography

Jeunesse et études
Richard Marquand est né à Cardiff, frère cadet de l'écrivain politique David Marquand et fils de Rachel E. (née Rees) et Hilary Marquand, un homme politique aux origines guernesiaises, qui a été membre du parti travailliste. Richard Marquand a étudié à l'école Emanuel School (Battersea, banlieue de Londres), à l'Université d'Aix-Marseille (Marseille, France) et au King's College (Cambridge).


Carrière
À la fin des années 1960, Richard Marquand a commencé une carrière de scénariste et réalise des documentaires pour la BBC.

À la suite de son film de 1981 L'Arme à l'œil, il est repéré par George Lucas qui l'embauche pour réaliser en 1983 Star Wars, épisode VI : Le Retour du Jedi.

En 1985 il réalise le thriller À double tranchant, mettant en scène Jeff Bridges et Glenn Close.


Mort
Il meurt en 1987 d'un accident vasculaire cérébral à l'âge de 49 ans. Son dernier film, Hearts of Fire, est sorti à titre posthume.

Best films

Return of the Jedi
Return of the Jedi
(1983)
(Director) Nowhere to Run
Nowhere to Run
(1993)
(Story)

Usually with

Alan Hume
Alan Hume
(6 films)
George Lucas
George Lucas
(1 films)
Phil Tippett
Phil Tippett
(1 films)
Ben Burtt
Ben Burtt
(1 films)
Peter Burroughs
Peter Burroughs
(1 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Richard Marquand (9 films)

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Actor

Return of the Jedi
Return of the Jedi (1983)
, 2h14
Directed by Richard Marquand
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Fantasy, Action, Adventure
Themes Films about children, Space adventure films, Monde imaginaire, Dans l'espace, Sur une planète fictive, Films about extraterrestrial life, Space opera, Children's films, Films about extraterrestrial life, Robot films
Actors Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Billy Dee Williams, Anthony Daniels, David Prowse
Roles Maj. Marquand - AT-ST Driver / EV-9D9 (voice) (uncredited)
Rating79% 3.960593.960593.960593.960593.96059
Luke Skywalker initiates a plan to rescue Han Solo from the crime lord Jabba the Hutt with the help of Princess Leia, Lando Calrissian, Chewbacca, C-3PO, and R2-D2. Leia infiltrates Jabba's palace on Tatooine disguised as a bounty hunter with Chewbacca as her prisoner. Lando is already there disguised as a guard. Leia releases Han from his carbonite prison, but she is captured and enslaved. Luke arrives soon afterward but after a tense standoff, he is captured. After Luke survives his battle with Jabba's Rancor, Jabba sentences him and Han to death by feeding them to the Sarlacc. Luke frees himself and battles Jabba's guards. During the chaos, Boba Fett, who has remained at Jabba's palace since delivering Han, attempts to attack Luke, but Han inadvertently knocks him into the Sarlacc pit. Meanwhile, Leia strangles Jabba to death, and Luke destroys Jabba's sail barge as the group escapes. While the others rendezvous with the Rebel Alliance, Luke returns to Dagobah where he finds that Yoda is dying. Before he dies, Yoda confirms that Darth Vader, once known as Anakin Skywalker, is Luke's father, and there is "another Skywalker". The spirit of Obi-Wan Kenobi confirms that this other Skywalker is Luke's twin sister, Leia. Obi-Wan tells Luke that he must fight Vader again to defeat the Empire.

Director

Jagged Edge
Jagged Edge (1985)
, 1h48
Directed by Richard Marquand
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime, Romance
Actors Glenn Close, Jeff Bridges, Robert Loggia, Peter Coyote, John Dehner, Karen Austin
Rating64% 3.24843.24843.24843.24843.2484
An intruder in a black mask and clothing ties up San Francisco socialite Page Forrester at her remote beach house and kills her with a hunting knife with a jagged edge. He writes the word "Bitch" on the wall with her blood. Her husband Jack (Bridges) later recovers in a clinic with a bloody head wound, claiming to have been knocked unconscious and awoken to find Page's body. After her funeral, he is arrested for her murder by DA Thomas Krasny, based on evidence that includes a witness at a club who saw a hunting knife in Jack's locker; medical suggestion that Jack's head wound was self-inflicted; Jack's fingerprints being at the crime scene with Page's; and Jack inheriting all of Page's corporate and personal assets in the event of her death. Forrester tries to hire high-profile lawyer Teddy Barnes to defend him after hearing of her high success rate. Barnes, however, used to work for Krasny, and is reluctant to take the case as she stopped working in criminal law after an incident with him.
Until September
Until September (1984)
, 1h35
Directed by Richard Marquand
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Romance
Actors Karen Allen, Thierry Lhermitte, Christopher Cazenove, Jean-Claude Montalban, Gérard Caillaud, Patrick Braoudé
Rating57% 2.8518552.8518552.8518552.8518552.851855
Moe Alexander (Allen) is an American tourist in Paris. When she misses her plane home, she ends up being stuck in Paris for a while until her visa gets approved and goes to stay at the apartment of a friend who is away for the summer. There she meets Xavier de la Perouse (Thierry Lhermitte), a wealthy French banker. Xavier is married but his wife and family are away. As he spends time with Moe, their mutual attraction is overwhelming and they fall in love.
Return of the Jedi
Return of the Jedi (1983)
, 2h14
Directed by Richard Marquand
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Fantasy, Action, Adventure
Themes Films about children, Space adventure films, Monde imaginaire, Dans l'espace, Sur une planète fictive, Films about extraterrestrial life, Space opera, Children's films, Films about extraterrestrial life, Robot films
Actors Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Billy Dee Williams, Anthony Daniels, David Prowse
Rating79% 3.960593.960593.960593.960593.96059
Luke Skywalker initiates a plan to rescue Han Solo from the crime lord Jabba the Hutt with the help of Princess Leia, Lando Calrissian, Chewbacca, C-3PO, and R2-D2. Leia infiltrates Jabba's palace on Tatooine disguised as a bounty hunter with Chewbacca as her prisoner. Lando is already there disguised as a guard. Leia releases Han from his carbonite prison, but she is captured and enslaved. Luke arrives soon afterward but after a tense standoff, he is captured. After Luke survives his battle with Jabba's Rancor, Jabba sentences him and Han to death by feeding them to the Sarlacc. Luke frees himself and battles Jabba's guards. During the chaos, Boba Fett, who has remained at Jabba's palace since delivering Han, attempts to attack Luke, but Han inadvertently knocks him into the Sarlacc pit. Meanwhile, Leia strangles Jabba to death, and Luke destroys Jabba's sail barge as the group escapes. While the others rendezvous with the Rebel Alliance, Luke returns to Dagobah where he finds that Yoda is dying. Before he dies, Yoda confirms that Darth Vader, once known as Anakin Skywalker, is Luke's father, and there is "another Skywalker". The spirit of Obi-Wan Kenobi confirms that this other Skywalker is Luke's twin sister, Leia. Obi-Wan tells Luke that he must fight Vader again to defeat the Empire.
Eye of the Needle
Eye of the Needle (1981)
, 1h52
Directed by Richard Marquand
Origin German
Genres Drama, War, Thriller, Action, Romance
Themes Spy films, Radio, Political films
Actors Donald Sutherland, Kate Nelligan, Christopher Cazenove, Ian Bannen, Philip Martin Brown, George Belbin
Rating70% 3.545133.545133.545133.545133.54513
A man calling himself Henry Faber is actually a German spy nicknamed "the Needle" because of his preferred method of assassination, the stiletto. He is a coldly calculating sociopath, emotionlessly focused on the task at hand, whether the task is to signal a U-boat or to gut a witness to avoid exposure.
Birth of the Beatles
Birth of the Beatles (1979)
, 1h44
Directed by Richard Marquand
Genres Drama, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Nigel Havers, John Altman, Ray Ashcroft, David Nicholas Wilkinson, Gary Olsen, Linal Haft
Rating63% 3.198293.198293.198293.198293.19829
The film opens with the Beatles driving in a car with their manager Brian Epstein and John's wife Cynthia Lennon. It is 1964 and they are heading to America for the first time after already encountering massive success across Europe. They begin to remember the days before they became famous.
The Legacy
The Legacy (1978)
, 1h36
Directed by Richard Marquand
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Horror
Themes Ghost films
Actors Katharine Ross, Sam Elliott, Roger Daltrey, John Standing, Ian Hogg, Margaret Tyzack
Rating56% 2.84862.84862.84862.84862.8486
Maggie Walsh (Ross) and her boyfriend Pete Danner (Elliott) are interior decorators from California. They are retained by an anonymous British client. Their reluctance to abandon their current client in Los Angeles is alleviated when that client dies suddenly in mysterious circumstances. Taking advantage of their pre-paid airfare, they travel to England and are immediately involved in a traffic collision with a limousine. The passenger reveals himself as their mysterious benefactor, Jason Mountolive (Standing), who invites them to his rambling estate, Ravenhurst.
The Legacy
The Legacy (1978)
, 1h36
Directed by Richard Marquand
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Horror
Actors Katharine Ross, Sam Elliott, Roger Daltrey, John Standing, Ian Hogg, Margaret Tyzack
Rating56% 2.84862.84862.84862.84862.8486
Maggie et Pete sont un couple de décorateurs d'intérieur en Californie. Ils sont sollicités par un mystérieux client britannique mais ils refusent d'abord de s'éloigner de leur pays natal. Après avoir accepté de se rendre chez lui en Angleterre, ils sont victimes d'un accident de voiture dans la campagne anglaise. L'autre véhicule impliquée dans la collision n'est d'autre que la limousine de leur bienfaiteur millionaire, Jason Mountolive. Celui-ci les invite dans son château dans lequel ils sont aussitôt rejoints par cinq autres personnes, venues pour la lecture du testament de Mountolive. En effet, celui-ci est mourant et compte leur dévoiler son héritage. Intriguée par son changement de santé, Maggie se rend à son chevet et Jason lui offre un anneau qu'elle ne peut pas enlever de son doigt, un joyau que possèdent tous les autres invités. Très vite, ils meurent accidentellement les uns après les autres dans des circonstances atroces. Maggie découvre qu'elle n'est pas dans le château par hasard mais qu'elle a un lien avec la famille Mountolive, dont le père de Jason a été brûlé vif avec son épouse, Margaret Walsingham, car ils ont été accusés d'hérésie et de sorcellerie. Elle apprend que les autres héritiers morts ont tous été impliqués dans des crimes ou des scandales mais ils ont été blanchis grâce à Jason. Maggie est l'arrière-petite-fille de ce dernier.

Scriptwriter

Nowhere to Run
Nowhere to Run (1993)
, 1h34
Directed by Peter MacDonald, Brian W. Cook
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Adventure, Crime, Romance
Actors Jean-Claude Van Damme, Rosanna Arquette, Kieran Culkin, Ted Levine, Joss Ackland, Edward Blatchford
Roles Story
Rating57% 2.8581952.8581952.8581952.8581952.858195
Sam Gillen (Jean-Claude Van Damme) is a Québécois convict in the United States who escapes from Federal custody with the aid of his bank-robbing partner. In their last heist, Sam's partner killed a bank guard, a crime for which Sam was ultimately convicted. Sam's partner is killed in the break, forcing Sam to continue on alone. He sets up camp on a piece of farmland owned by Clydie Anderson (Rosanna Arquette), the widowed mother of two kids, Mike (nicknamed "Mookie") (Kieran Culkin) and Bree (Tiffany Taubman).