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Death of Jerry Weintraub, producer of Ocean’s Eleven and Karate Kid

By Corentin Palanchini ▪ Tuesday, July 7, 2015 – There is 1 hour and 51 minutes

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renowned Hollywood producer Jerry Weintraub died Tuesday of heart failure at the age of 77 years. He had worked on the franchise Ocean’s Eleven, and again this year to the HBO series The Brink.

The famous American producer Jerry Weintraub died Tuesday at the age of 77 years. Financial sagas Karate Kid and Ocean’s Eleven, he was also known in the US as a producer of tours for American stars.

Jerry Weintraub, son of a salesman of precious stones, began his career in 1950 as agent for the television and radio presenter Jack Paar, precursor talk shows, and singer Jane Morgan who became his second wife. In the 60s, he founded concerts companies and works with artists such as Elvis Presley , Frank Sinatra Bob Dylan , Led Zeppelin, and The Beach Boys.

Producer Karate Kid

Nashville (1975) Robert Altman is Weintraub’s first foray into film production. It continues with the comedy Oh, God! , the controversial Cruising (1980), and Life in purple (1981). In 1982 he produced Dinner , Barry Levinson where you can see young new actors such as Kevin Bacon or Mickey Rourke . In 1984 he produced with The Karate Kid which will be a hit series, available in three other suites until 1994. In 1986, Weintraub was named Producer of the Year by the National Association of Live Theatres, and in March 1991, President George Bush appointed him to the board of the Center for the Performing Arts John F. Kennedy.

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In 1987, Weintraub produced Happy new year . He made his first appearance as an actor in The Firm Sydney Pollack . He then put Jerry Weintraub Productions in place. With bowler hat and leather boots , it is the origin of the first for the big screen adaptation of the homonymous English cult series. It also produces Ocean’s Eleven (2001), in which he played the small role of High Roller. It appears the same Front Full (2002) of the Steven Soderbergh where he plays the character of Jerry.

In 2001, he partnered with Soderbergh and Clooney Ocean’s Eleven a The Unknown Las Vegas . The film’s success at the box office encourages Weintraub doubling ( Ocean’s Twelve ), then triple the bet ( Ocean’s 13 ), always with great success. In 2015, he was the producer for the HBO series The Brink and Westworld. He died in Santa Barbara 7 July 2015 at the age of 77 years

The mythical trailer of “The Karate Kid”.

The Karate Kid Trailer