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Renny Harlin

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You just never give up, no matter how hard the challenges are, and observe this world with a healthy dose of criticism and don't just follow the herd like somebody else might do.


— Renny Harlin


#criticism #dose #else #follow #give

Actually, it was first a movie called Gale Force, which was a hurricane movie. That script never came together, and then the same deal was replaced with Cliffhanger.


— Renny Harlin


#called #came #deal #first #force

At that point, the movie was called Wild Force. Everything fell apart, eventually - our financing completely fell apart - and we were never able to make that film.


— Renny Harlin


#apart #called #completely #eventually #everything

Eventually, in '84, we made a film for a little over a million dollars - with American actors that was shot in English - that was shown in Finland A little action film called Born American.


— Renny Harlin


#action film #american #american actors #born #called

Ford Fairlane was one of those movies that was so much fun to make that it was bound not to be a big hit.


— Renny Harlin


#big hit #bound #ford #fun #hit

I became a real Shell Motor Oil expert, and I did this 25-minute film. It turned out really well and, as a result, they offered me more work and lots of commercials to direct.


— Renny Harlin


#commercials #did #direct #expert #film

I decided that, somehow, I had to get out of there and go to Hollywood. I had never been to America.


— Renny Harlin


#been #decided #get #go #had

I did some film reviews for small papers in Finland and things like that to be able to keep living here.


— Renny Harlin


#did #film #finland #here #i

I learned a lot about how to shoot and how to put together sequences.


— Renny Harlin


#how #i #learned #lot #put

I loved cutting together simple commercials about margarine or soft drinks - all kinds of silly products - but I tried to make the commercials different.


— Renny Harlin


#commercials #cutting #different #drinks #i






About Renny Harlin






Did you know about Renny Harlin?

Harlin directed the WWE Studios action movie 12 Rounds starring John Cena. X. Instead Harlin made another foray into low-budget horror with The Covenant which was another moderate commercial success.

His film Cutthroat Island (1995) held the Guinness world record for "Biggest Box-Office Flop of All Time". Harlin's movies have earned US$506543064 in the United States as of January 2013 making him the 87th highest-grossing director in the American market.

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