Death of director Andre De Toth (House of Wax)

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11-01-02, 08:59 AM

marty888

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Death of director Andre De Toth (House of Wax)

In spite of the fact that he had only one eye, and therefore no depth perception, he directed what is considered to be the best of the 3D movies!

http://www.nytimes.com/2002/11/01/ob...es/01DETO.html

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04-30-13, 12:05 AM

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RIP. Man...this is hitting me pretty hard, especially the whole one eye thing.

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04-30-13, 12:07 AM

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Re: Death of director Andre De Toth (House of Wax)

uhm.....this thread is over 10 years old.

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04-30-13, 12:08 AM

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uhm.....this thread is over 10 years old.

Yeah I know, but I still haven't gotten over it. So sad.

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04-30-13, 12:09 AM

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Yeah I know, I still haven't gotten over it.

honestly though...how'd you even stumble upon it?

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04-30-13, 12:14 AM

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Re: Death of director Andre De Toth (House of Wax)

Don't know which is worse - The bump or the fact that no one responded to his death back in 2002.

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04-30-13, 12:19 AM

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Don't know which is worse - The bump or the fact that no one responded to his death back in 2002.

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04-30-13, 12:33 AM

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Re: Death of director Andre De Toth (House of Wax)

I'll never forget where I was when I found out he had died : sitting in this chair, at this computer, reading this thread, about thirty seconds ago.

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04-30-13, 12:36 AM

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I'll never forget where I was when I found out he had died : sitting in this chair, at this computer, reading this thread, about thirty seconds ago.

Stay strong brother. We'll get through this together. Never. Forget.

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04-30-13, 01:39 AM

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Re: Death of director Andre De Toth (House of Wax)

Mods should start warning people for bumping threads with unfunny responses. I actually enjoyed House of Wax (2005)....

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04-30-13, 01:42 AM

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Re: Death of director Andre De Toth (House of Wax)

I was thinking, Wow, that dude lived a long time. Then I saw the thread was 11 years old

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04-30-13, 02:48 AM

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Re: Death of director Andre De Toth (House of Wax)

He would have been 101 in a couple of weeks.

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04-30-13, 05:11 AM

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Re: Death of director Andre De Toth (House of Wax)

In honor of this thread, I'm going to stay home from work today and watch all my favorite Andre de Toth movies:

NONE SHALL ESCAPE
RAMROD
PITFALL
HOUSE OF WAX
WICHITA
PLAY DIRTY

What else did he direct?

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On second thought, maybe I won't.

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Re: Death of director Andre De Toth (House of Wax)

More sad news:

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04-30-13, 06:37 PM

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Re: Death of director Andre De Toth (House of Wax)

What's funny (yeah it's an ad lib but still) is that Lloyd can read that sentence instantly but had extreme difficulties reading earlier in the movie.