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Death Wish II
Death Wish II Movie Poster
Directed by	Michael Winner
Produced by	Yoram Globus Menahem Golan Hal Landers Bobby Roberts
Written by	David Engelbach
Starring	Charles Bronson
Music by	Jimmy Page
Cinematography	Thomas Del Ruth Richard H. Kline
Editing by	Julian Semilian Michael Winner
Distributed by	Filmways Pictures
Release date(s)	19 February 1982
Running time	88 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Preceded by	Death Wish
Followed by	Death Wish 3
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Death Wish II, 1982, was the first sequel to Death Wish. The movie starred Charles Bronson and was directed by Michael Winner. The soundtrack, also titled Death Wish II, was done by Jimmy Page. It had the highest box office draw of the five movies in the series, earning USD$15 million, despite critics panning it. In Death Wish II, Paul Kersey (again played by Charles Bronson) again turns to vigilantism, now in Los Angeles, in response to the rape and murder of his maid and his daughter. Jill Ireland plays Kersey's fiancée, who leaves him when she discovers what he has done. Image File history File links Broom_icon. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Winner at a book signing for his autobiography Michael Winner (born 30 October 1935) is an English film director and producer, active in both Europe and the United States, also known as a food critic. ... Biography Yoram Globus is a film producer and financier who, along with his cousin, Menahem Golan (born Menahem Globus) bought the Cannon Group production company in 1979 and ran it throughout the 1980s. ... Menahem Golan is an Israeli director/producer who is most famous (or infamous) for his association with Cannon films, a company he ran with his cousin Yoram Globus. ... For other persons named Charles Bronson, see Charles Bronson (disambiguation). ... James Patrick Jimmy Page, OBE (born 9 January 1944) is an English guitarist and record producer. ... Thomas Del Ruth is a multiple-award-winning cinematographer. ... Richard Howard Kline (* 15. ... Winner at a book signing for his autobiography Michael Winner (born 30 October 1935) is an English film director and producer, active in both Europe and the United States, also known as a food critic. ... The Filmways Globe logo, used from 1961 to 1978. ... February 19 is the 50th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... // January 11 - Production begins on the Star Wars film Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... Death Wish is a 1974 film based on the 1972 novel by Brian Garfield. ... Death Wish 3 is the second sequel to Death Wish. ... Year 1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar). ... Death Wish is a 1974 film based on the 1972 novel by Brian Garfield. ... For other persons named Charles Bronson, see Charles Bronson (disambiguation). ... Winner at a book signing for his autobiography Michael Winner (born 30 October 1935) is an English film director and producer, active in both Europe and the United States, also known as a food critic. ... Death Wish II is a soundtrack album by Jimmy Page, released by Swan Song Records on March 1, 1982 to accompany the film Death Wish II. Page uses a Roland guitar synthesizer on a number of tracks. ... James Patrick Jimmy Page, OBE (born 9 January 1944) is an English guitarist and record producer. ... ISO 4217 Code USD User(s) the United States, the British Indian Ocean Territory,[1] the British Virgin Islands, Cambodia, East Timor, Ecuador, El Salvador, the Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Palau, Panama, Turks and Caicos Islands, and the insular areas of the United States Inflation 2. ... For other persons named Charles Bronson, see Charles Bronson (disambiguation). ... Flag Seal Nickname: City of Angels Location Location within Los Angeles County in the state of California Coordinates , Government State County California Los Angeles County Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa (D) Geographical characteristics Area     City 1,290. ... Jill Ireland (April 24, 1936 – May 18, 1990) was an English actress best known for her many films with her second husband Charles Bronson in the 1970s and her portrayal of Leila Kalomi in the Star Trek episode This Side of Paradise. She was married to David McCallum from May...

Death Wish II proved controversial even before it was released, with the British Board of Film Classification cutting over three minutes out of the notorious scene in which Bronson's home is invaded by a group of drugged-out hooligans who gang-rape his Hispanic maid. The director, Michael Winner, was reportedly furious. Some of the cuts have been reinstated for the 2005 DVD release, but it remains significantly shorter than the uncut version, which was previously available on video for a short time in the early eighties. There appears to be no definitive (or director's) cut of the film, and Death Wish II seems to exist in numerous slightly different versions, depending on where you are. British Board of Film Classification logo The British Board of Film Classification (BBFC), originally British Board of Film Censors, is the organisation responsible for film and some video game classification and censorship within the United Kingdom. ... Winner at a book signing for his autobiography Michael Winner (born 30 October 1935) is an English film director and producer, active in both Europe and the United States, also known as a food critic. ...

Trivia

• Isaac Hayes was recommended by the producers of the film to compose the score; however, Michael Winner chose former Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page (who was Winner's neighbour at the time). Although Page is credited as the composer of the Death Wish 3 score, Page had no direct involvement with the film. Cues from the score he had written for Death Wish II were rearranged by Mike Moran.

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Quotes

Paul Kersey (Charles Bronson): (Notices the bad guy has a cross) Do you believe in Jesus? For other persons named Charles Bronson, see Charles Bronson (disambiguation). ... A Greek cross (all arms of equal length) above a saltire, a cross rotated by 45 degrees A famous Armenian khachkar at Goshavank (Notice the cross). ...

Bad Guy: Yes I do.

Paul Kersey: Well you're gonna meet him.