{"id":11972,"date":"2022-08-16T19:18:12","date_gmt":"2022-08-16T23:18:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=11972"},"modified":"2023-12-12T06:00:47","modified_gmt":"2023-12-12T11:00:47","slug":"wolfgang-petersen-director-from-das-boot-air-force-one-dies-at-81","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=11972","title":{"rendered":"Wolfgang Petersen, Director from &#8220;Das Boot&#8221; and &#8220;Air Force One,&#8221; Dies at 81"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p>German-born director Wolfgang Petersen has died at the age of 81 near Los Angeles. The filmmaker, who first came to prominence with<em><strong> Das Boot,<\/strong><\/em> later went on to direct several high-tech feature films, including <em><strong>Shattered, Outbreak, In the Line of Fire, The Perfect Storm, Troy, Poseidon,<\/strong><\/em> and <em><strong>Air Force One<\/strong><\/em>. In the mid-1980s, Petersen also directed <em><strong>Enemy Mine<\/strong><\/em>, a sci-fi epic, and <em><strong>The NeverEnding Story<\/strong><\/em>, a fantasy film.<\/p>\r\n<p>Pancreatic cancer was the cause of death, says his publicist, who noted that he died in the arms of his wife of 50 years, Marie Antoinette.<\/p>\r\n<p>Born in Germany during World War II, Petersen began making films in his twenties.<br><div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> online pharmacy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.clerkenwellislingtonclinics.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/png\/zithromax.html\">zithromax over the counter<\/a> with best prices today in the USA <\/div>\n<br> He first came to prominence at the age of 40 with his WWII feature <em><strong>Das Boot<\/strong><\/em>, which starred J\u00fcrgen Prochnow as a U-boat captain, earned six Oscar nominations, including two for Petersen (best director and best adapted screenplay).<\/p>\r\n<p><br \/>Petersen next directed and co-wrote 1984\u2019s fantasy film <em><strong>The NeverEnding Story,<\/strong><\/em> which was set on Earth and in the storybook kingdom of Fantasia. A <em>Variety<\/em> reviewer described it as \u201ca marvelously realized flight of pure fantasy.\u201d In 1993, he was applauded for <strong><em>In the Line of Fire<\/em><\/strong>, starring Clint Eastwood as a Secret Service agent at the time of the assassination of President John F Kennedy, and John Malkovich as the villainous assassin. The film was both a financial and critical success and propelled Petersen to the front ranks of trHollywood directors.<br><div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> online pharmacy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.clerkenwellislingtonclinics.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/png\/azithromycin.html\">azithromycin over the counter<\/a> with best prices today in the USA <\/div>\n<br><\/p>\r\n<p><br \/>In his 1997 film, <em><strong>Air Force One<\/strong><\/em>, starring Harrison Ford Petersen returned to the world of Secret Service agents attempting to thwart another presidential assassination, this time by a cadre of Communist hijackers. <em><strong>The Perfect Storm<\/strong><\/em> (2000) was an adaptation of a book by Sebastian Junger about a fishing vessel in the crosshairs of a killer storm in the North Atlantic. It starred George Clooney and Mark Wahlberg. His next films, <em><strong>Troy<\/strong> <\/em>and <em><strong>Poseidon<\/strong><\/em>, were not as well received as his earlier triumphs.<br \/><br \/><\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>German-born director Wolfgang Petersen has died at the age of 81 near Los Angeles. The filmmaker, who first came to prominence with Das Boot, later went on to direct several high-tech feature films, including Shattered, Outbreak, In the Line of Fire, The Perfect Storm, Troy, Poseidon, and Air Force One. 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