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Richard Donner (born Richard Donald Schwartzberg; April 24, 1930–July 5, 2021) was an American film director and producer. Described as "one of Hollywood's most reliable makers of action blockbusters," Donner directed some of the most financially successful films of the 1970s and 1980s. His 50-year career crossed genres and influenced trends among filmmakers across the world. Donner began his career in 1957 as a television director. In the 1960s, he directed episodes of the series The Rifleman, The Man from U.N.C.L.E., The Fugitive, The Twilight Zone, The Banana Splits, and many others. Donner made his film debut with the low-budget aviation drama X-15 in 1961 but had his critical and commercial breakthrough with the horror film The Omen in 1976. He directed the landmark superhero film Superman in 1978, which provided an inspiration for the fantasy film genre to eventually gain artistic respectability and commercial dominance. Donner later went on to direct films in the 1980s such as The Goonies and Scrooged, while reinvigorating the buddy cop film genre with the Lethal Weapon series. Donner and his wife, Lauren, owned a production company, The Donners' Company, which is most successful for producing the Free Willy and X-Men film franchises. Donner also produced Tales from the Crypt and co-wrote several comic books for Superman publisher DC Comics. In 2000, Donner received the President's Award from the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror Films. Description above from the Wikipedia article Richard Donner, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
A dark-comedy film based on the 1960's Animated Television series of the same name. The town of Bedrock is alarmed by the news of an asteroid heading toward Earth. An asteroid so large that scientist are to believe that it will whip the majority of mankind and all livings things off the planet. The Flintstones and The Rubbles are the only families in town to take the news serious. The rest of the citizens of Bedrock don't believe the foolish news and are quoted to say that "only fools believe in that space bulllarky". Fred Flintstone and Barney Rubble, being the only two half whited citizens to actually believe such a story, build a safety shelter for their families to live in. The Flintstones and The Rubbles are the only surviving people on Earth. They must revash through the dark and spooky remains of the planet and begin to rebuild mankind and all things surrounding it.
