R.I.P.: Richard Rush ('The Stunt Man')

[rick]

Richard Rush, Writer and Director of 'The Stunt Man,' Dies at 91

[erik]

Another good director, albeit largely a cult figure, has left us.

An interesting side note about THE STUNT MAN: Peter O'Toole, who played the unyielding director that hires Steve Railsback's escaped con to be on his film, modeled his role not only off of Richard Rush himself, but also off of John Huston, and also Sam Peckinpah (whom O'Toole had known personally since the mid-1960's).