RIP Kevin Jarre
04-25-11, 12:00 AM
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RIP Kevin Jarre
Kevin Jarre, who wrote the screenplays for the movies "Glory" and "Tombstone," has died. He was 56.
His aunt, Patty Briley Bean, tells the Los Angeles Times that Jarre died unexpectedly of heart failure on April 3 at his Santa Monica home.
Jarre was a history buff who was entranced by the Civil War since childhood, when he'd received toy soldiers for Christmas. His research on a black regiment led him to write the 1989 movie "Glory," which won three Academy Awards, including one for actor Denzel Washington.
His 1993 "Tombstone," about the shootout at the OK Corral, got mixed reviews but was a hit.
Jarre also co-wrote "Rambo: First Blood Part II," "The Devil's Own" and "The Mummy."
He was the adopted son of Oscar-winning composer Maurice Jarre.
His aunt, Patty Briley Bean, tells the Los Angeles Times that Jarre died unexpectedly of heart failure on April 3 at his Santa Monica home.
Jarre was a history buff who was entranced by the Civil War since childhood, when he'd received toy soldiers for Christmas. His research on a black regiment led him to write the 1989 movie "Glory," which won three Academy Awards, including one for actor Denzel Washington.
His 1993 "Tombstone," about the shootout at the OK Corral, got mixed reviews but was a hit.
Jarre also co-wrote "Rambo: First Blood Part II," "The Devil's Own" and "The Mummy."
He was the adopted son of Oscar-winning composer Maurice Jarre.
04-25-11, 09:06 AM
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Re: RIP Kevin Jarre
56 is way too young. 
04-25-11, 01:19 PM
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Besides writing Glory, Kevin Jarre also played the racist corporal who shouted out, "Give 'em hell, Fifty-Fourth!" That moment swept up my emotions, leaving me with a lump in my throat when I was ten in 1989 and still does today.
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04-25-11, 04:55 PM
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Re: RIP Kevin Jarre
I dare anyone to write the full line he spoke (uncensored) and not get banned 
It was quite funny but in a shamefully, shouldn't laugh but can't help it sort of way.
It was quite funny but in a shamefully, shouldn't laugh but can't help it sort of way.
