John Moore (1970-) is a film director, producer, and writer. Born in Dundalk, Ireland, he went from directing commercials to making the $40 million motion picture Behind Enemy Lines. In 2006 he directed a remake of Richard Donner's The Omen, the film received mixed critical feedback. He attended a technical college in Dublin were he learned the tricks of his trade, he says. In an interview he says the first film to ever scare him was Jaws followed by The Omen and Freaks. He says that remaking The Omen was a homage to Richard Donner and that Superman - another Donner film - was his inspiration and reason for being so keen to give Donner a tribute. Moore is not known for having a pleasant and likeable demeanour, and also possesses a foul mouth, as many interviews and DVD features have revealed. He even claims on The Omen Dvd, that when some film was destroyed he was sick and destroyed parts of his apartment he was so distraught. However outside of filming he appears very likeable and has been praised for his conduct in EMPIRE magazine. He has made three feature-length films, The Omen, Flight of the Phoenix, and Behind Enemy Lines, all for Twentieth Century Fox. He is reported to be involved with the up and coming The Last Mission, but it appears Fox have that project on hiatus. Moore was also reportedly linked to X-men: The Last Stand, though if he ever was a candidate to direct that movie remains unproven. 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1970 calendar). ... This article is about the town of Dundalk in Ireland. ... Behind Enemy Lines is a 2001 film starring Gene Hackman and Owen Wilson. ...
Behind Enemy Lines is a 2001 film starring Gene Hackman and Owen Wilson. ... Flight of the Phoenix is a 2004 remake of the 1965 film The Flight of the Phoenix, based on the the book of the same name. ... The Omen (also known as The Omen: 666) is the 2006 remake of the 1976 horror film The Omen. ...
Irish directorJohnMoore says he likes then great outdoors and does those locations proud in his faithful remake of Flight of the Phoenix, which originally starred James Stewart and Richard Attenborough.
JohnMoore: I was hesitant - you know - because it does have a certain lineage and it seems to be one of those films - you know - that more people have actually heard of it than seen it.
So it's tough to get movies where the word ensemble is thrown around rather liberally, - because unless you're in Oceans 11 or 12, you know, it's at the point of - stunt casting is at the point where - you know - it transcends any chance of creating characters, I think personally.
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