The New Biographical Dictionary Of Film: Completely Updated And Expanded - Plot & Excerpts
In 1958, Stake Out on Dope Street was an early offshoot of Roger Corman’s mezzanine empire, a second feature with a brash urban rawness. But sixteen years later, Kershner was still servant to the casual spontaneity of Donald Sutherland and Elliott Gould—so much so that the original title, Wet Stuff, was amended to remind us of the actors’ earlier success in M*A*S*H.In between, Kershner has had an inconsequential career. The Hoodlum Priest was his first large project, though centered on Don Murray’s do-gooding intentions. The Luck of Ginger Coffey was a clumsy movie, made in Canada from a Brian Moore novel. A Fine Madness is a moderate comedy, and The Flim Flam Man contrives to waste George C. Scott. But Loving is a world apart, an anguished, tender, and disrupting movie with fine performances from George Segal, Eva Marie Saint, and Sterling Hayden—it has the sort of unconventional but lifelike approach to hurt feelings that Bob Rafelson has taken to exploring.Kershner had his best opportunity ever with The Empire Strikes Back (under the care and control of the Lucas empire), but he was less successful in the Sean Connery comeback as James Bond or in the sequel to Robocop.He has not worked much as a director lately.
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