Kurt Russell
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| - | '''Charles Joseph Whitman''' (June 24, 1941 – [[August 1]], 1966) was a [[student]] at the [[University of Texas at Austin]] who killed 14 people and wounded 32 others during a shooting [[rampage]] on and around the campus of the [[University of Texas]] at [[Austin]] in [[1966]]. | + | '''Kurt Vogel Russell''' (born March 17, 1951) is an American actor. He began acting on television for the [[Westerns on television|western]] series, ''[[The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters (TV series)|The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters]]'' (1963–64). In the late 1960s, he signed a ten-year contract with [[The Walt Disney Company]] where, according to [[Robert Osborne]], he became the studio's top star of the 1970s. |
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| - | Whitman is portrayed by [[Kurt Russell]] in the 1975 made-for-TV movie ''[[The Deadly Tower]]''. | + | |
| - | The [[Peter Bogdanovich]] film ''[[Targets]]'' ([[1968 in film|1968]]) was loosely based on the massacre. | + | Russell was nominated for a [[Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture]] for his performance in ''[[Silkwood]]'' (1983). During the 1980s, he starred in several films by director [[John Carpenter]], including [[anti-hero]] roles such as army hero-turned-robber [[Snake Plissken]] in the futuristic action film ''[[Escape from New York]]'' (1981), and its 1996 sequel ''[[Escape from L.A.]]'', Antarctic helicopter pilot R.J. MacReady in the horror film ''[[The Thing (1982 film)|The Thing]]'' (1982), and truck driver Jack Burton in the dark kung-fu comedy action film ''[[Big Trouble in Little China]]'' (1986), all of which have since become [[cult film]]s. He was nominated for an [[Emmy Award]] for the television film ''[[Elvis (1979 film)|Elvis]]'' (1979), also directed by Carpenter. |
| - | Whitman is discussed at length in the [[Stanley Kubrick]] film ''[[Full Metal Jacket]]'' ([[1987 in film|1987]]). | + | Russell also starred in other films, including ''[[Overboard (film)|Overboard]]'' (1987), ''[[Tombstone (film)|Tombstone]]'' (1993), ''[[Stargate (film)|Stargate]]'' (1994), ''[[Miracle (film)|Miracle]]'' (2004), ''[[Poseidon (film)|Poseidon]]'' (2006), ''[[Death Proof]]'' (2007), ''[[Bone Tomahawk]]'' (2015) and ''[[The Hateful Eight]]'' (2015). |
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| - | The character Det. Jack Scagnetti in ''[[Natural Born Killers]]'' is the son of someone murdered by Whitman. | + | |
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| - | The Whitman murders are referenced in the Season 5 ''[[Mad Men]]'' episode, "[[Signal 30 (Mad Men)|Signal 30]]", that originally aired in 2012. | + | |
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| - | Kinky Friedman's song, "The Ballad of Charles Whitman", from the 1973 album ''Sold American'', offers a satirical look at the man and the incident. | + | |
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| - | The song "[[Sniper (song)|Sniper]]" by [[Harry Chapin]] refers to the shootings. | + | |
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| - | [[Insane Clown Posse]]'s song "[[The Tempest (album)|The Tower]]" is based on this rampage. | + | |
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| - | The sniper scene of John Singleton's [[Higher Learning]] is based on Whitman's 1966 shooting. | + | |
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| - | The old anarchist in [[Richard Linklater]]'s film ''[[Slacker (film)|Slacker]]'' ([[1990 in film|1990]]) talks about Whitman's shooting, saying how he was almost there that day. | + | |
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| - | The book ''Tower Sniper: The Terror of America's First Active Shooter on Campus'' by Monte Akers, Nathan Akers, and Roger Friedman, Ph.D. explores the history and personal experience of the tragedy. | + | |
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| - | [[Tower (2016 film)|Tower]] a 2016 documentary film about the shootings. Directed by Keith Maitland, it is the first factual documentary about the shootings. | + | |
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Kurt Vogel Russell (born March 17, 1951) is an American actor. He began acting on television for the western series, The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters (1963–64). In the late 1960s, he signed a ten-year contract with The Walt Disney Company where, according to Robert Osborne, he became the studio's top star of the 1970s.
Russell was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture for his performance in Silkwood (1983). During the 1980s, he starred in several films by director John Carpenter, including anti-hero roles such as army hero-turned-robber Snake Plissken in the futuristic action film Escape from New York (1981), and its 1996 sequel Escape from L.A., Antarctic helicopter pilot R.J. MacReady in the horror film The Thing (1982), and truck driver Jack Burton in the dark kung-fu comedy action film Big Trouble in Little China (1986), all of which have since become cult films. He was nominated for an Emmy Award for the television film Elvis (1979), also directed by Carpenter.
Russell also starred in other films, including Overboard (1987), Tombstone (1993), Stargate (1994), Miracle (2004), Poseidon (2006), Death Proof (2007), Bone Tomahawk (2015) and The Hateful Eight (2015).
