Director Tony Scott Jumps to His Death in Apparent Suicide
Tony Scott, director of such blockbusters as Top Gun, Crimson Tide and most recently Unstoppable, has apparently died Sunday afternoon from a suicide attempt after jumping off the Vincent Thomas Bridge in Los Angeles.
According to the LA Times, authorities have reportedly pulled his body out of the water and found a suicide note inside his car. The Coroner’s Office is investigating the death as a suicide given that several witnesses saw Scott climb the fence and leap “without hesitation” to his death around 12:30PM ET.
The 68-year old filmmaker, brother of director Ridley Scott (Prometheus), also helmed True Romance, Enemy of the State, Beverly Hill Cops II and Man on Fire over a career than span more than four decades. Needless to say, this is a shocking and senseless breaking news. I know I haven’t always been taken by his movies as of late but this is absolutely tragic. What leads one of the most successful men in Hollywood to commit such thing, we will likely never know.
Our deepest condolences go to his loved ones.
Talk about your favorite Tony Scott movies and what he brought to the world of Cinema in the comments!
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I really hoped this was a hoax. I wasn’t a fan of some of his recent work but dammit! The man made some great movies.
True Romance is his best work. I also love Top Gun, Days of Thunder, The Hunger, Crimson Tide, Man on Fire, and The Last Boy Scout.
My jaw honestly dropped while eating my breakfast this morning and watching the breakfast news.
He did some great action films. Man on Fire’s one of my all time favourite action flicks.
Me too Jaina.
I had to take a double take. “Whaaaa” was the word out of my mouth when I saw it on Monday morning.
sad.
Tragic news to hear this morning. Scott was still one of the most exciting directors in Hollywood right up until his death. I’ve put together a tribute here: http://www.top10films.co.uk/archives/13374
I’ve been hearing he was diagnosed with brain cancer…which, if it is true would certainly explain why he did what he did
I’ll follow what dirtywithclass mentioned…[http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv-movies/tony-scott-battle-inoperable-brain-cancer-driven-top-gun-crimson-tide-director-suicide-leap-los-angeles-bridge-article-1.1140255]
That would give some background into his jump if true, but it still is a horrible way to go. If I was thinking about my own legacy, I would’ve thought twice about it. I guess if he was that desperate/depressed he wasn’t really thinking straight anyways.
While I didn’t love all of his films their were a few I was fond of. Actually according to Dan’s list, maybe I’ve only seen two of his films! I should get on that.
Sad sad news indeed. Thought and prayers.
Thoughts*
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