Re: In memory of Jeffery Boam

Posted by icfpny from spider-tk082.proxy.aol.com on January 30, 2000 at 21:33:45:

In Reply to: In memory of Jeffery Boam posted by Brisco on January 30, 2000 at 16:45:38:

: Hi, all. I have not posted here in a very long time, but I couldn't let Mr. Boam's death go by without posting something. Jeffery Boam was one of my very favorite screenwriters, one who inspired me to want to do the same, and led me to my major at college. Nobody could craft sheer adventure out of the written word like he could. If you've never read the script to "Last Crusade," I suggest that you do. It's available online, I think. I'm pretty sure there's a link somewhere on this site; otherwise, try Drew's script-o-rama. Anyway, it's a fantastic script, as is "Lethal Weapon 2" and "The Phantom," (a great, vastly underrated adventure movie). And of course, Mr. Boam also co-created the series I take my name for this board from, "The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr." If you've never seen this show you owe it to yourself to check it out one Saturday morning on TNT. It's the best Indy that's not Indy ever. (And it stars the inimitable Bruce Campbell!) Anyway, Jeffery Boam wrote some of the most exciting scripts ever produced (and some never produced) and I truly hope that if Lucas, Ford and Spielberg ever get around to making Indy 4, they use his draft. "Indy 4" is Boam's legacy. My condolances to his family, friends and colleagues. The world has lost a great storyteller.
: Brisco

I got the following from Cinescape.com:

In Memory of Jeffrey Boam
Sad news has come that screenwriter Jeffrey Boam passed away this week from heart failure caused by a rare lung disease. Among the high profile projects he wrote for were Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, Lethal Weapon 2 & 3, The Phantom, Innerspace, The Lost Boys and The Dead Zone. According to the Hollywood Reporter, Boam also wrote a script for Indiana Jones 4. A spokesperson for Steven Spielberg told the trade that Boam, Spielberg and George Lucas all talked about "wanting to do it, but neither George nor Steven has been able to focus on it," with Lucas’ spokesperson adding, "George and Steven would like to do it at some point." Boam was 53. Our condolences go out to his family and friends.

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: : Hi, all.  I have not posted here in a very long time, but I couldn't let Mr. Boam's death go by without posting something.  Jeffery Boam was one of my very favorite screenwriters, one who inspired me to want to do the same, and led me to my major at college.  Nobody could craft sheer adventure out of the written word like he could.  If you've never read the script to "Last Crusade," I suggest that you do.  It's available online, I think.  I'm pretty sure there's a link somewhere on this site; otherwise, try Drew's script-o-rama.  Anyway, it's a fantastic script, as is "Lethal Weapon 2" and "The Phantom," (a great, vastly underrated adventure movie).  And of course, Mr. Boam also co-created the series I take my name for this board from, "The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr."  If you've never seen this show you owe it to yourself to check it out one Saturday morning on TNT.  It's the best Indy that's not Indy ever.  (And it stars the inimitable Bruce Campbell!)  Anyway, Jeffery Boam wrote some of the most exciting scripts ever produced (and some never produced) and I truly hope that if Lucas, Ford and Spielberg ever get around to making Indy 4, they use his draft.  "Indy 4" is Boam's legacy.  My condolances to his family, friends and colleagues.  The world has lost a great storyteller.  
: : Brisco

: I got the following from Cinescape.com:

: In Memory of Jeffrey Boam
: Sad news has come that screenwriter Jeffrey Boam passed away this week from heart failure caused by a rare lung disease. Among the high profile projects he wrote for were Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, Lethal Weapon 2 & 3, The Phantom, Innerspace, The Lost Boys and The Dead Zone. According to the Hollywood Reporter, Boam also wrote a script for Indiana Jones 4. A spokesperson for Steven Spielberg told the trade that Boam, Spielberg and George Lucas all talked about "wanting to do it, but neither George nor Steven has been able to focus on it," with Lucas’ spokesperson adding, "George and Steven would like to do it at some point." Boam was 53. Our condolences go out to his family and friends.

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