Word: giraldi
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Jack Nicholson. The joint is now about as in as any place off the eaten path gets. And if they are not part of the show themselves, show-biz proprietors know how to put one on. "Eating has become the evening's entertainment for people," says Director-Producer Bob Giraldi. He conceived his 15-month-old Positano in New York "as an artistic creation. A restaurant is a major production. It is like doing a good film...
...effect was not quite right for Director Bob Giraldi...
According to Jackson's associates, Giraldi asked the singer to move more slowly and ordered the fireworks "heated up" a bit. The combination proved volatile. On the fiery fifth take, as pop music fans the world over swiftly learned, sparks from a smoke bomb ignited Jackson's hair, sending the singer to the hospital with second-and third-degree burns on his scalp. Jackson is expected to recover fully, though he may require cosmetic surgery to replace his hair in the burned area. His physician last week stressed that the injuries could have been much worse...
Virtually every major director of videos (Mulcahy, Steve Barren, Bob Giraldi, Brian Grant, Paul Justman) is in the throes of making a major studio feature. Warner Bros. Vice President Mark Canton describes the studio's upcoming Vision Quest as Rocky and Flashdance meet The Graduate, and says, "A movie has to feel like sound." Miles Copeland, head of I.R.S. Records and Video, has put together a women's rock group made up half of actresses, half of musicians. The actresses are learning music, the musicians are learning to act, all for a Columbia project called Exceptions...
Michael Jackson: Billie Jean (Steve Barren); Beat It (Bob Giraldi); Thriller (John Landis). Even though Thriller is the most accomplished of the three, just think of all as one-the collected works of soul's youngest past master...