Tony Scott Dead: 'Top Gun' Director Dies After Jumping Off Bridge

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

Source: AP, via Huffington Post

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Authorities say 'Top Gun' director Tony Scott dies after jumping off Los Angeles County bridge.


Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/20/tony-scott-dead-top-gun-director-obituary_n_1808583.html?ncid=edlinkusaolp00000003

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His filmography:
The Hunger (1983)
Top Gun (1986)
Beverly Hills Cop II (1987)
Revenge (1990)
Days of Thunder (1990)
The Last Boy Scout (1991)
True Romance (1993)
Crimson Tide (1995)
The Fan (1996)
Enemy of the State (1998)
Spy Game (2001)
Man on Fire (2004)
Domino (2005)
Déjà Vu (2006)
The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 (2009)
Unstoppable (2010)

[Poll_Blind]

1. This appears to be real. Reuters flash:

Hollywood filmmaker Tony Scott kills himself by jumping off a bridge near Los Angeles: coroner's office

Crazy.

PB

[alp227]

2. I've only seen Top Gun (edited) as well as his TV show, Numb3rs.

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Tragic end to the life of an accomplished director. (ETA) Tony and brother Ridley worked together on that show "Numb3rs"! I discovered that show around 07 or 08. Enjoyed it.

[Poll_Blind]

4. You haven't seen True Romance?!?

Oh man. You should see that.

PB

[alp227]

6. I was only two when that movie came out, so no.

[Poll_Blind]

14. Then I think you're just about the perfect age to see it for the first time!

I liked it a lot. Quirky.

PB

[Bjorn Against]

29. I second Poll Blind's recommendation

True Romance is a classic, one of the best crime movies ever. I know a lot of people will disagree with me on this but I think it is better than The Godfather.

[cabot]

47. Third recommendation

And, by the way, meh to you for making me feel old.

[7wo7rees]

13. My favorite flick.

[flamingdem]

18. I adored this one n/t

[7wo7rees]

19. Quick homage

[flamingdem]

24. That makes me feel better, thanks!!

poor Tony I didn't realize we have an emoticon for depression

[Tom Ripley]

22. I usually can't stand Scott, Tarantino, or Slater, but that was a GREAT movie

I was absolutely astonished at how good it was

[RedStateLiberal]

23. My favorite of his films.

Probably because it was written by Tarantino.

R.I.P. Tony Scott

[Bjorn Against]

27. My favorite of his as well, one of the best crime movies ever

[MgtPA]

38. I loved it too

The cast list alone was amazing

[BootinUp]

25. That is a great flick

underrated.

[Cha]

28. I've seen it was

scary and well done. Tony and Ridley Scott produce The Good Wife on tv which is an excellent tv show.

[Kennah]

32. A gun battle with 3 sides is the best. True Romance rocks.

[dipsydoodle]

36. Great film, one of the best ,

and what's happened really is a tragedy.



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[RoccoRyg]

45. I'm Sicilian

So that movie always made me laugh.

[dipsydoodle]

49. I'm going to watch that again tonight

and I'll be thinking of you.

[ButterflyBlood]

8. Check out Man on Fire for sure

It has a pretty unique style that I haven't seen copied really in any other movie. Though not if you get squeamish with explicit violence.

[pkdu]

16. Man on Fire is on my top 5 list.

Great film

[OnlinePoker]

9. Enemy of the State is my favorite of his films. n/t

[Poll_Blind]

3. Here might be a better link for you, from Dallas Morning Herald:

http://www.dallasnews.com/entertainment/movies/headlines/20120819-report-top-gun-director-tony-scott-jumps-to-his-death-in-apparent-suicide.ece

Just finished wrapping up work on a mini-series with his brother, Ridley Scott.

RIP.

PB

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

5. and he was supposedly getting ready to start work on a 'Top Gun' sequel with Cruise

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/04/26/top-gun-2-tom-cruise_n_1455185.html

[cascadiance]

41. And Ridley and he were also working on a film based on Bill O'Reilly's book "Killing Lincoln"...

"Top Gun" was based on the life of Randy Duke Cunningham, another disgusting politician that at one point was my congressman. Don't know if in the sequel they were going to try to make Tom Cruise's character more of a fictional departure from Cunningham's character.

But if Tony had to deal with possibly both Duke Cunningham and Bill O'Reilly, I wonder if that was bugging him?

Coincidentally just this weekend, I had someone relate a personal story about O'Reilly that confirmed for me how disgusting that man is. I could see how perhaps having to work with that bum might help put someone on edge.

Ridley Scott is one of my favorite film directors and Tony certainly is up there. Hoping that Ridley doesn't let this affect him too much and still continues his great work and gets the sequel done to perhaps my favorite film "Blade Runner" that he's supposed to be working on now. Must be tough though, given the circumstances!

[progressoid]

11. Wow. Did not know they were brothers.

[alp227]

34. Ridley's brother? Forgot about that.

They worked together on that show "Numb3rs"! I discovered that show around 07 or 08. Enjoyed it.

[MrsBrady]

40. the dallas morning news

the times herald has been gone for ages now.

might want to correct your post.

thanks and good morning.

[TeamPooka]

7. My heart goes out to his family, co-workers and friends.

RIP Tony.

[flamingdem]

10. So sad, a loss of a talented filmmaker, Ridley Scott's brother nt

[Tom Ripley]

12. Dude, you need a wingman!

Too soon?

[Ellipsis]

15. He had like 10 projects he was involved with producing filing and in post production... sad.

[flamingdem]

17. Workahaulic maybe?

Too soon to guess but from his output one can imagine he didn't have much time for self reflection.. comes a difficult moment, a transition, getting older .. and he hasn't had the time to build that relationship with himself. Just a thought.

There are many who have physical ills and make that decision, 68 is not that young. Hemingway for example knew he couldn't work anymore. In that light it's not so hard to understand his decision.

What troubles me here is the dramatic choice he made to jump from a bridge. That tells me his mind was distorted, that's just too troubling for family to handle. It's too grand, but then again his movies were grand and showed an impeccable quality that bordered on high art. He was underrated.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

20. One word...

...why?

[flamingdem]

21. He took the time to write a note

but that may not answer your question.

[cascadiance]

46. There are rumors out there that he had just been diagnosed for terminal brain cancer...

http://www.godlikeproductions.com/forum1/message1963179/pg5

which if true, is very, very sad and understandable on how it might affect someone like him that way...

I recall another celebrity recently that faced with a similar medical condition also taking his life too.

[Mz Pip]

48. It's a horrible way to die

I'd probably jump off a bridge too.

[jberryhill]

26. "after", "from", or "because of"?

That headline needs prepositional help.

While I realize that "jumping off of bridge" is generally non-lethal, but soon leads to the tricky part, i.e. landing Using "after" seems to understate the causal relationship.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

31. (deleting my fussy point about grammar) Condolences to family, friends, and fans

(deleting my fussy point about grammar) Condolences to family, friends, and fans

[Ilsa]

30. OMG. This so sad. My heart goes out

To his family. "Unstoppable" is a favorite movie of one of my kids.

[Kennah]

33. See "The Last Boy Scout"

"Shit, we're bein' beat up by the inventor of Scrabble."

"She's hot, Joe. She rates a three on my finger scale. That means I'd cut off three of my fingers if God would let me fuck her."

"Wow, an actual house. I was thinking a cave with... skulls and shit."

[pansypoo53219]

35. true romance? BUMMER. that had great acting.

i enjoyed most of unstoppable too.

[underpants]

37. The Hopper and Walken scene is one of my all time favorites

Gandolfini and Brad Pitt had a really great scene too.

[Bluenorthwest]

39. Really messed up news...

RIP Tony....

[cascadiance]

42. Kind of takes me back to when Duane Garrett radio host of KGO also ended his life the same way...

It sounds like liberal talk show host Garett in that situation had a lot of financial problems which lead him to try to be "creative" in doing very questionable things to get himself out of debt, which ultimately had him feel he couldn't win. I wonder whether we'll find out Tony's circumstances in the weeks to come.

http://articles.latimes.com/1995-07-28/news/mn-28937_1_duane-garrett

[Jennicut]

43. This is so sad.

Crimson Tide was one of my favorite movies.

I wonder if he suffered from depression. I know his brother did and it sometimes runs in families.

[Blue_Tires]

44. r.i.p.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

50. The bridge....

This is the picture most are using:

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This is a ground level view that shows how high it is.

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[flamingdem]

51. He was diagnosed with operable brain cancer, a tumor was found n/t