in 1981 and served the same capacity on future Walter Hill films until striking out on his own with Silver Pictures in 1985. In America’s action arena from 1985 to 1995, there was producer Joel Silver and (with few exceptions) those who sought to be Silver - a Jewish kid from Jersey who erected his empire of excitement by buddying up to bankable stars, beating back the blusteriest egos and blowing up the biggest buildings. The self-imposed rules of the column: No films with an Oscar nomination and no films among their year’s top-10 box-office grossers. In the Class of … series, Nick Rogers takes a monthly look back at films celebrating their 20th or 30th anniversary of initial release this year - seven from 1991 (the extra in this month’s double-feature column) and six from 2001.
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