Just read this in Hollywood Elsewhere...

Denver Post political editor Curtis Hubbard reported about 15 minutes ago that director George Hickenlooper, director of the forthcoming Casino Jack and co-director of the superb documentary Hearts of Darkness (as well as the very fine Factory Girl and The Mayor of Sunset Strip), was found dead this morning at age 47.

Hickenpooper noooo.

This sucks. RIP

My heart is in darkness.



...Things to do in Denver when you're dead.

Hearts of Darkness is in the documentary pantheon. 47, wow.

RIP Hickenlickinthepooper

Sad news indeed. RIP

47? How old was he when filming Hearts of Darkness?

If you're talking about the behind-the-scenes footage they used from Apocalypse Now, he didn't film it, Eleanor Coppola did. The doc came out in 1991 though, so for that he was around 28.

There needs to be a background movie of the making of Apoc Now.

^ Uhhh...

er i mean not a doc but an actual movie like Ed Wood.

What was his involvement on Sling Blade?

Maybe Lemmy is referring to the original short film, Some Folks Call It a Sling Blade, which Hickenlooper directed. I'd also like to hear more about the background about his involvement with Billy Bob's feature/remake, which Hickenlooper was involved with only peripherally, if I understand it right...