{"id":31327,"date":"2022-12-21T18:03:05","date_gmt":"2022-12-21T23:03:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=31327"},"modified":"2022-12-21T18:03:05","modified_gmt":"2022-12-21T23:03:05","slug":"rip-mike-hodges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=31327","title":{"rendered":"RIP: Mike Hodges"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Mike Hodges, the British writer, director and producer died on December 17, 2022.\u00a0 Mr. Hodges was 90.<\/p>\n

Mike Hodges began his career as a teleprompter operator for British television.\u00a0 In his down time, Mr. Hodges began writing scripts. His writing was good enough to get him noticed. Mike Hodges directing career began with episodes of British television shows.\u00a0 He continued writing screenplays.<\/p>\n

Suspect<\/em> (1969) and Rumour<\/em> (1970) were two scripts that he wrote and directed for Thames Television.\u00a0 The strength of his work on those two films led to him getting to adapt Ted Lewis’ novel Jack’s Return Home<\/a>.\u00a0 Mr. Hodges directed his adaptation which was retitled, Get Carter<\/em>.\u00a0 If he never made another film, Mike Hodges would be remembered for this crime classic.<\/p>\n

Mike Hodges continued directing, but he also branched out to write stage plays, radio plays and novellas.<\/p>\n

Some of Mr. Hodges’ feature films include: Get Carter<\/i>; The Terminal Man; Damien: The Omen II; Flash Gordon; A Prayer for the Dying; Croupier<\/em> and I’ll Sleep When I’m Dead<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Our thoughts and prayers go out to Mike Hodges’ family, friends and fans.<\/p>\n

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