{"id":64617,"date":"2022-02-14T20:54:05","date_gmt":"2022-02-14T10:24:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fernbyfilms.com\/?p=64617"},"modified":"2022-02-14T20:54:05","modified_gmt":"2022-02-14T10:24:05","slug":"vale-ivan-reitman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fernbyfilms.com\/2022\/02\/14\/vale-ivan-reitman\/","title":{"rendered":"Vale – Ivan Reitman"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Legendary Hollywood director Ivan Reitman, best known for helming the iconic 80’s supernatural-comedy Ghostbusters<\/em><\/a>, has died aged 75.<\/p>\n

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Ivan Reitman (R), together with Dan Akroyd (L) and Rick Moranis (C) on set filming Ghostbusters.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Born in 1946, the son of a Hungarian Jewish family – Reitman’s mother survived Auschwitz – Ivan Reitman’s first foray into the commercial film industry was as a producer, firstly shepherding David Cronenberg’s early features Shivers<\/em> and Rabid<\/em>, before the massively successful National Lampoon’s Animal House<\/em> in 1978 saw him transition to direct his first movie, Meatballs<\/em>, in 1979, and Stripes<\/em> in 1981. Reitman became a seminal Hollywood director during the 1980’s helming the runaway box-office smash hits Ghostbusters, Twins, Ghostbusters II<\/a><\/em>, and Kindergarten Cop<\/em>.\u00a0 In the 90’s, Reitman directed US Presidential comedy Dave,<\/em> re-teamed with Schwarzenegger for Junior<\/em>, gave Harrison Ford and Anne Heche a headache in Six Days Seven Nights<\/em>, and saw in the new millennium with David Duchovny’s critically drubbed Evolution<\/em>, before he began to step away from the camera and take on a heavier producer role.<\/p>\n

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Reitman (Center) with Danny DiVito and Arnold Schwarzenegger filming TWINS.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Among Reitman’s popular producer efforts, 1992’s dog-centric Beethoven<\/em>, its immediate 1993 sequel, the Looney Toon flick Space Jam<\/em>, and ribald comedy classics Road Trip, Old School, Euro Trip<\/em> and Baywatch<\/em><\/a> saw the director continue to produce comedy gold. Among his serious endeavours, Heavy Metal<\/em> (1981), Up In The Air<\/em><\/a> (directed by his son, Jason Reitman), the biopic Hitchcock<\/em><\/a> (2012) and Draft Day<\/em><\/a> (2014) saw him garner significant positive reviews.<\/p>\n

Reitman’s final big-budget project was as a producer on the 2021 Ghostbusters: Afterlife<\/em>, a sequel to the original films and overseen by his son Jason, who once again stepped in to direct.<\/p>\n

Ivan Reitman passed away suddenly on February 14th, peacefully in his sleep. He is survived by wife Genevieve, whom he married in 1976, and three children including son Jason.<\/p>\n

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Jason Reitman and Ivan Reitman.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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