Blending unlikely and far-reaching talents was something that came naturally to Rafelson.
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Nicholson worked as an aide to Rafelson on “The Monkees” TV show, had a defining supporting role in “Easy Rider” and would make five pictures with Rafelson including the era-capturing “Five Easy Pieces” (1970), “The King of Marvin Gardens” (1972) and “Blood and Wine” (1996), which had Judy Davis, Jenifer Lopez and Michael Caine in the eclectic ensemble. Other than the films he directed himself, he produced the Dennis Hopper classic “Easy Rider” (1969) as well as Peter Bogdanovich’s “The Last Picture Show” (1971), both detailing the ebb of the American Dream, and launched Jack Nicholson as a major Hollywood star of the era. Warner also played attendant to Billy Zane’s controlling beau in “Titanic” (1996) and appeared in two Sam Peckinpah films: as a righteous preacher in “The Ballad of Cable Hogue” (1970), Peckinpah’s follow-up to “The Wild Bunch” (1969) and as a mentally disturbed pedophile in the dark, disturbing, yet luridly alluring, “Straw Dogs” (1971).Īs a producer, Rafelson was the force behind Davy Jones, Peter Tork and The Monkees. Warner, who has nearly 200 credits, played villains with panache, including Jack the Ripper in “Time After Time” (1979) and the archbaddies in “Tron” (1982) and “Time Bandits” (1981).
More film fixtures from the 1970s left us last week, including Royal Shakespeare Co.-trained actor David Warner and film producer-director Bob Rafelson.