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* ''Series/{{The Hunger|1997}}'' (1997-2000)
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* ''Film/{{Revenge}}'' (1990)

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* ''Film/{{Revenge}}'' ''Film/{{Revenge|1990}}'' (1990)
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He was best known for making films in the action genre, most notably ''Film/TopGun'', ''Film/TheLastBoyScout'', ''Film/TrueRomance'', ''Film/CrimsonTide'', ''Film/SpyGame'' and ''Film/ManOnFire''.

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He was best known for making films in the action genre, most notably ''Film/TopGun'', ''Film/TheLastBoyScout'', ''Film/TrueRomance'', ''Film/CrimsonTide'', ''Film/SpyGame'' and ''Film/ManOnFire''.''Film/{{Man on Fire|2004}}''.



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He was the younger brother of fellow filmmaker Creator/RidleyScott. He tragically jumped off the the Vincent Thomas Bridge in Los Angeles, California, at age 68 on August 19, 2012, [[DrivenToSuicide having been unable to deal with the pain of a cancer he was experiencing]].

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He was the younger brother of fellow filmmaker Creator/RidleyScott. He tragically jumped off the the Vincent Thomas Bridge in Los Angeles, California, at age 68 on August 19, 2012, [[DrivenToSuicide having believing he had cancer]]. Tragically, a subsequent autopsy found no evidence of cancer, suggesting he may have been unable to deal with the pain of a cancer in remission when he was experiencing]].took his own life.



* InMemoriam: ''Film/TopGunMaverick'' was dedicated to him, which he had intended to direct himself. Tragically, he committed suicide a day before Creator/TomCruise was scheduled to meet with him to discuss development, and the movie fell into DevelopmentHell for several years.

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* InMemoriam: ''Film/TopGunMaverick'' was dedicated to him, which he had intended to direct himself. Tragically, he committed died by suicide a day before Creator/TomCruise was scheduled to meet with him to discuss development, and the movie fell into DevelopmentHell for several years.
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* Series/AFPAmericanFighterPilot (2002)

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* Series/AFPAmericanFighterPilot ''Series/AFPAmericanFighterPilot'' (2002)
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* NiceHat: His famous red baseball cap.
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He was the younger brother of fellow filmmaker Creator/RidleyScott. He tragically jumped off the the Vincent Thomas Bridge in Los Angeles, California, at age 68 on August 19, 2012, having been unable to deal with the pain of a cancer he was experiencing.

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He was the younger brother of fellow filmmaker Creator/RidleyScott. He tragically jumped off the the Vincent Thomas Bridge in Los Angeles, California, at age 68 on August 19, 2012, [[DrivenToSuicide having been unable to deal with the pain of a cancer he was experiencing.experiencing]].
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''[[caption-width-right:350:"The biggest edge I live on is directing. That's the scariest, most dangerous thing you can do in your life."]]''

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** ''Film/ExodusGodsAndKings'', directed by his brother [[Creator/RidleyScott Ridley]], was also dedicated to him.



* ProductionPosse: Was an established director in Creator/JerryBruckheimer's stable of filmmakers, and directed Creator/DenzelWashington in five movies. He was also fond of casting Creator/ChristopherWalken, Creator/ValKilmer and Creator/JamesGandolfini, all of whom appeared in ''Film/TrueRomance''. Creator/TomCruise, Creator/GeneHackman, Creator/BradPitt and Creator/TomSizemore each did two films with him.

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* ProductionPosse: Was an established director in Creator/JerryBruckheimer's stable of filmmakers, and directed Creator/DenzelWashington in five movies. He was also fond of casting Creator/ChristopherWalken, Creator/ValKilmer and Creator/JamesGandolfini, all of whom appeared in ''Film/TrueRomance''. Creator/TomCruise, Creator/GeneHackman, Creator/BradPitt Creator/BradPitt, Creator/MickeyRourke and Creator/TomSizemore each did two films with him.
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* InMemoriam: ''Film/TopGunMaverick'' was dedicated to him, which he had intended to direct himself. Tragically, he committed suicide a day before Creator/TomCruise was scheduled to meet with him to discuss development, and the movie passed into DevelopmentHell for 10 years.

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* InMemoriam: ''Film/TopGunMaverick'' was dedicated to him, which he had intended to direct himself. Tragically, he committed suicide a day before Creator/TomCruise was scheduled to meet with him to discuss development, and the movie passed fell into DevelopmentHell for 10 several years.
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Anthony David Leighton "Tony" Scott (21 June 1944 – 19 August 2012) was a British director and producer born in Tynemouth, North Shields.

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Anthony David Leighton "Tony" Scott (21 June 1944 – 19 August 2012) was a British director and producer born in Tynemouth, North Shields.
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He was the younger brother of fellow filmmaker Creator/RidleyScott. He jumped off the the Vincent Thomas Bridge in Los Angeles, California, at age 69 on August 19, 2012, having been unable to deal with the pain of a cancer he was experiencing.

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He was the younger brother of fellow filmmaker Creator/RidleyScott. He tragically jumped off the the Vincent Thomas Bridge in Los Angeles, California, at age 69 68 on August 19, 2012, having been unable to deal with the pain of a cancer he was experiencing.
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Anthony David Leighton "Tony" Scott (21 June 1944 – 19 August 2012) was a British director and producer.

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Anthony David Leighton "Tony" Scott (21 June 1944 – 19 August 2012) was a British director and producer.
producer born in Tynemouth, North Shields.



He was the younger brother of fellow filmmaker Creator/RidleyScott. He committed suicide at age 69 on August 19, 2012, having been unable to deal with the pain of a cancer he was experiencing.

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He was the younger brother of fellow filmmaker Creator/RidleyScott. He committed suicide jumped off the the Vincent Thomas Bridge in Los Angeles, California, at age 69 on August 19, 2012, having been unable to deal with the pain of a cancer he was experiencing.
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"Unfortunately" seems too apathetic for me. His death was a goddamned tragedy.


* InMemoriam: ''Film/TopGunMaverick'' was dedicated to him, which he had intended to direct himself. Unfortunately, he committed suicide a day before Creator/TomCruise was scheduled to meet with him to discuss development, and the movie passed into DevelopmentHell for 10 years.

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* InMemoriam: ''Film/TopGunMaverick'' was dedicated to him, which he had intended to direct himself. Unfortunately, Tragically, he committed suicide a day before Creator/TomCruise was scheduled to meet with him to discuss development, and the movie passed into DevelopmentHell for 10 years.
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* InMemoriam: ''Film/TopGunMaverick'' was dedicated to him, which he had intended to direct himself. Unfortunately, he committed suicide a day before Creator/TomCruise was scheduled to meet with him to discuss development, and the movie passed into Development Hell for 10 years.

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* InMemoriam: ''Film/TopGunMaverick'' was dedicated to him, which he had intended to direct himself. Unfortunately, he committed suicide a day before Creator/TomCruise was scheduled to meet with him to discuss development, and the movie passed into Development Hell DevelopmentHell for 10 years.
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* InMemoriam: ''Film/TopGunMaverick'' was dedicated to him, which he had intended to direct himself. Unfortunately, he committed suicide a day before Creator/TomCruise was scheduled to meet with him to discuss development, and the movie passed into Development Hell for 10 years.
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* ''Film/DejaVu'' (2006)

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* ''Film/DejaVu'' ''Film/DejaVu2006'' (2006)
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* ''Film/{{Domino}}'' (2005)

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* ''Film/{{Domino}}'' ''Film/{{Domino|2005}}'' (2005)
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Anthony David Leighton "Tony" Scott (21 June 1944 – 19 August 2012) was a British director.

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Anthony David Leighton "Tony" Scott (21 June 1944 – 19 August 2012) was a British director.
director and producer.



** Music/HansZimmer was his main composer during the early 1990s, while starting with ''Film/EnemyOfTheState'' and ending with ''Film/{{Unstoppable}}'', all his films were scored by Music/HarryGregsonWilliams.

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** Music/HansZimmer was his main composer during the early 1990s, while starting with all his films from ''Film/EnemyOfTheState'' and ending with ''Film/{{Unstoppable}}'', all his films onward were scored by Music/HarryGregsonWilliams.

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* ProductionPosse: Was an established director in Creator/JerryBruckheimer's stable of filmmakers, and directed Creator/DenzelWashington in five movies. He was also fond of casting Creator/ChristopherWalken, Creator/ValKilmer and [[Series/TheSopranos James Gandolfini]], all of whom appeared in ''Film/TrueRomance''.
** Music/HansZimmer was his main composer during the 1990s, while starting with ''Film/EnemyOfTheState'' and ending with ''Film/{{Unstoppable}}'', all his films were scored by Harry Gregson-Williams.

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* ProductionPosse: Was an established director in Creator/JerryBruckheimer's stable of filmmakers, and directed Creator/DenzelWashington in five movies. He was also fond of casting Creator/ChristopherWalken, Creator/ValKilmer and [[Series/TheSopranos James Gandolfini]], Creator/JamesGandolfini, all of whom appeared in ''Film/TrueRomance''.
''Film/TrueRomance''. Creator/TomCruise, Creator/GeneHackman, Creator/BradPitt and Creator/TomSizemore each did two films with him.
** Music/HansZimmer was his main composer during the early 1990s, while starting with ''Film/EnemyOfTheState'' and ending with ''Film/{{Unstoppable}}'', all his films were scored by Harry Gregson-Williams.Music/HarryGregsonWilliams.
** He also favoured working with editors Chris Lebenzon, Michael Tronick, Christian Wagner, and Billy Weber, and cinematographers Paul Cameron, Jeffrey L. Kimball, Dan Mindel, and Dariusz Wolski.
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* NiceHat: His famous red baseball cap.

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