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Apr 27, 2017 · Jonathan Demme entered my consciousness as a filmmaker by my father drawing attention to the scene in “Philadelphia” where a dying Tom Hanks explains his favorite aria to Denzel Washington. It is a ravishing moment, full of beauty and sorrow both in Maria Callas’ voice on the soundtrack and Hanks and Washington’s faces as the cruelty of ...
Apr 26, 2017 · Filmmaker Jonathan Demme, whose Oscar-winning thriller “The Silence of the Lambs” terrified audiences and introduced one of the most indelible villains in movie history, died Wednesday morning ...
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Apr 26, 2017 · Jonathan Demme speaks with an interviewer at a 25th anniversary showing of The Silence of the Lambs at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City last year. Cindy Ord/Getty Images hide caption
Apr 26, 2017 · Jonathan Demme, the Oscar-winning director of Philadelphia and The Silence of the Lambs and the filmmaker who revolutionized concert movies with his 1984 Talking Heads movie Stop Making Sense ...
Apr 26, 2017 · Robert Jonathan Demme (pronounced DEM-ee) was born in Baldwin, on Long Island, on Feb. 22, 1944. He completed high school in Miami, where his father worked as a publicist for the Fontainebleau ...
Apr 26, 2017 · Jonathan Demme, the Oscar-winning director of The Silence of the Lambs, has died in New York at the age of 73. His publicist confirmed he died from complications from oesophageal cancer.
Apr 26, 2017 · Jonathan Demme, the Oscar-winning director of the “Silence of the Lambs” has died, his representative confirmed Wednesday. He was 73. “Sadly, I can confirm that Jonathan passed away early this morning in his Manhattan apartment, surrounded by his wife, Joanne Howard, and three children,” his rep. said in a statement.
