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One of Paxton's first lead roles was in Huckabee's experimental film Taking Tiger Mountain. Paxton subsequently moved to Los Angeles, where he worked in props and art departments and as a parking valet at the Beverly Hills Hotel. [7] After being rejected by film schools in Southern California, he switched his ambitions from directing to acting. [8]
The role would go on to become one of Bill Paxton's most iconic and notable roles in his filmography. After Paxton's death in 2017, his co-stars gathered in remembrance of him on April 26, also known as Alien Day (due to the date being aligned with the planet LV-426 from Aliens). Producer Gale Anne Hurd stated that "[Paxton] made going to work ...
Apollo 13 is a 1995 American docudrama film directed by Ron Howard and starring Tom Hanks, Kevin Bacon, Bill Paxton, Gary Sinise, Ed Harris and Kathleen Quinlan.The screenplay by William Broyles Jr. and Al Reinert dramatizes the aborted 1970 Apollo 13 lunar mission and is an adaptation of the 1994 book Lost Moon: The Perilous Voyage of Apollo 13, by astronaut Jim Lovell and Jeffrey Kluger.
Bill Paxton has died at 61. The beloved actor and filmmaker, known for his roles in "Titanic," "Aliens" and 'Twister," passed away on Saturday after experiencing complications from surgery ...
Nearly three decades before Daisy Edgar-Jones and Glen Powell’s 2024 sequel Twisters, there was the OG 1996 film Twister starring Helen Hunt and Bill Paxton. Hunt and Paxton played an estranged ...
The beloved actor and filmmaker passed away on Saturday after experiencing complications from surgery.
Frailty is a 2001 American psychological horror film directed by and starring Bill Paxton, and co-starring Matthew McConaughey and Powers Boothe. It marks Paxton's directorial debut . The plot focuses on the strange relationship between two young brothers and their father, who believes that he has been commanded by God to kill demons disguised ...
Bill Paxton had the time of his life behind the scenes of Twister. The late actor gave ET a tour of the film’s destruction sets, including the house that Paxton and Helen Hunt memorably drove ...