One tin solider rides away...... "Billy Jack" star Tom Laughlin dies at 82. | |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 20789106 Canada 03/28/2015 09:12 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | NEW YORK - Actor-writer-director Tom Laughlin, whose production and marketing of "Billy Jack" set a standard for breaking the rules on and off screen, has died. Quoting: 411 Laughlin's daughter told The Associated Press that he died Thursday at Los Robles Hospital and Medical Center in Thousand Oaks, Calif. Laughlin was 82 and Teresa Laughlin, who acted in the Billy Jack movies, said the cause of death was complications from pneumonia. "Billy Jack" was released in 1971 after a long struggle by Laughlin to gain control of the low-budget, self-financed movie, a model for guerrilla film-making. He wrote, directed and produced "Billy Jack" and starred as the ex-Green Beret who defends a progressive school against the racists of a conservative Western community. The film became a counterculture favorite and the theme song, "One Tin Soldier," was a hit single for the rock group Coven. MORE.... [link to www.cbsnews.com] [link to www.youtube.com (secure)] Good catch OP , he deserves tons of recognition for all his endeavours and what he accomplished with "Billy Jack" alone should be not only applauded but cherished as it was a fight against the establishment for all, as the movie depicts! Someone should pin based of the fact that he not only was a champion for the film industry but also for the people and idea of the character in the film Billy Jack. |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 68713964 United States 03/28/2015 10:11 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I loved that movie! I was probably 12 yrs old when I saw that movie in Newport News, VA... Quoting: Anonymous Coward 68156054 So sad to hear that "Billy Jack" has left this earth. Great movie!!! I hope he left this world in peace. Same here. I actually not long ago got copies of them to watch them again. |