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Gary Kurtz (I) More at IMDbPro »

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Father of Melissa Kurtz and Tiffany L. Kurtz

Child with Roberta Jimenez Kurtz - Dylan Antony Kurtz

Came up with the title for Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)

He took over John Barry's second unit duties after his sudden death on the set of Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980) until his replacement Harley Cokliss arrived. Kurtz directed the scene in which Luke flees the Wampa cave.

He invested in two movies which failed at the box office: The Dark Crystal (1982) and Return to Oz (1985). He filed for bankruptcy in 1985.

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[about the Star Wars movies] In terms of a saga of interrelated stories we always wanted to have each picture directed by a different person, to add a slightly different style or focus to the overall development, so that when they were eventually seen in a group one could see how the individual filmic styles added to the development of the characters.

Tension between the actors comes and goes. Some days they get on well, others they don't but these are just the normal misunderstandings that take place under high tension. Actors, more than anyone else, suffer from continuous anxieties as to whether they're doing a good job, whether they'r approved of by other actors or members of the crew. They inflict upon themselves a sort of endless psychiatric self-analysis.

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