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[Net_Wrecker]

What the hell....Talk about out of nowhere.

 

[DeadTrees]

Guessing either terminal illness, or some horrible scandal about to come out. Why else would a 68-year-old still in the Hollywood game off himself?

 

[blame space]

Man On Fire is a great movie.

 

[alphaNoid]

Fuck!!!! One of my favorite directors... Goddamit

 

[Monocle]

Wow, that's awful.

 

[GusBus]

Holy shit, no. Man made some great films, RIP

 

[Foxy Fox 39]

...what?

 

[Az987]

Damn....

Very sad news.

 

[Zeliard]

This is dreadful news.

Guessing either terminal illness, or some horrible scandal about to come out. Why else would a 68-year-old still in the Hollywood game off himself?

Depression

 

[Talladega Knight]

Must have read the Top Gun 2 script.

seriously dude

 

[IAmtheFMan]

Huh. Wow.

 

[JdFoX187]

I think I'll watch Man on Fire tomorrow in his memory. Been looking for an excuse to dig that out. Such a shame.

 

[OfWhiteSkinOnRedLeather]

Reading his wiki was a huge wtf moment. So many movies that I love. I feel bad that I didn't remember he directed most of them.

Yeah, he's made a bunch of really good films. I actually always preferred his work to his brother's.

 

[TheSeks]

Guessing either terminal illness, or some horrible scandal about to come out. Why else would a 68-year-old still in the Hollywood game off himself?

Exactly. I can't see anything out of left field unless like he was in deep with the mob or something being the cause.

 

[MormaPope]

Only movie he directed that I didn't enjoy was Topgun, his other work for the most part is excellent.

Really odd that he would commit suicide, must've been really bad or untreated depression.

 

[DevelopmentArrested]

Exactly. I can't see anything out of left field unless like he was in deep with the mob or something being the cause.

Mental illness, depression more likely.

 

[Imm0rt4l]

FFFFUUUUCK

 

[Demoncarnotaur]

Wow. =(

 

[kaskade]

I'm curious as to what the note said. Why would he do something like this?

 

[Pollux]

What the...

Holy shit.

RIP.

 

[Falifax]

Just, there are no words. I think I'm going to watch The Last Boy Scout tonight but seriously RIP.

 

[Amagon]

What!?!?!?!?!?!?!

 

[Soyongdori]

Was he broke? I guess he owed too much money from the investors. But all the money his movies made tells otherwise.

 

[Guzim]

Holy shit. This is awful. RIP.

 

[TrumanBurbank]

He's done many cool movies. Fucking sad man.

 

[Shard]

Wow, just wow.

 

[Johnny Cage In The Shower]

Those fences look pretty tall, especially for a 68 year old man to scale, he really was determined to go on with this!

 

[whytemyke]

What was that time travel movie he did with Denzel? Wasn't that supposed to be a pretty good film?

 

[PhoncipleBone]

I think I'll watch Man on Fire tomorrow in his memory. Been looking for an excuse to dig that out. Such a shame.

Best excuse is that it is Denzel in super scary psycho mode. He was so much scarier in this than Training Day. Really, the Denzel and Tony Scott team was awesome.

 

[JABEE]

Damn.

 

[Wario64]

I don't want to do anything, so sad

 

[Cartman86]

As no doubt many will mention depression and mental illness are tough to understand for people who haven't experienced it.

 

[HIGH DEF JEFF]

Man, I remember being obsessed with True Romance and Tony Scott's style when I was a teenager. That career shift he took with Beat the Devil wasn't appealing, to me, regardless of Man on Fire.

No one shoots a red sky better than Tony. Going to have to do a marathon this weekend.

 

[DietRob]

Damn. Shocked we lost a great director today :[

 

[TheSeks]

Mental illness, depression more likely.

That's also possible. Depression is a hell of a thing.

 

[Justin]

What was that time travel movie he did with Denzel? Wasn't that supposed to be a pretty good film?

Deja Vu? It wasnt very good.

 

[Jitters]

Its a significant blow to humanity to commit suicide. It just goes to show you that being happy is paramount. Life isn't about anything else. We've all seen people with what we think, would make us happy, do this. I hate what depression and sadness has the ability to do such damage to the greatest gift we've been fortunate enough to experience.

I hope that this causes some sort of peace for him, wherever he may be now.

This is exactly what I thought.

Crazy story. RIP

 

[el retorno]

Damn... This sucks. I loved the guys movies.

I wish his family (including Ridley) the best.


I don't normally think of directors has ones to commit suicide.

 

[TheKaeptain]

Man, I just realized I am getting to the point in my life where I will see all the people that entertained me throughout my life die.

 

[ChocolateCupcakes]

What was that time travel movie he did with Denzel? Wasn't that supposed to be a pretty good film?

Deja Vu and it is good, in my opinion.

 

[LiK]

I don't want to do anything, so sad

watch his movies, remember him.

 

[BuddyJoeHooker]

Was he broke? I guess he owed too much money from the investors. But all the money his movies made tells otherwise.

It had nothing to do with that he and his brother had their own production company, Scott Free Productions. No investors needed.

 

[Cartman86]

http://www.deadline.com/2012/08/rep...-scott-jumped-to-death-from-san-pedro-bridge/

Deadline has not yet independently confirmed this report. But the local Daily Breeze newspaper is quoting Los Angeles County Coroner’s officials as saying that the 68-year-old British film director jumped to his death today from the Vincent Thomas Bridge spanning San Pedro and Terminal Island. Tony Scott is known for such Hollywood blockbusters as “Top Gun,” “Days of Thunder,” “Beverly Hills Cop II” and “The Taking of Pelham 123,” as well as ScottFree Productions which producers TV shows like The Good Wife with his brother Ridley Scott. Tony Scott climbed a fence on the south side of the bridge’s apex and leaped “without hesitation” around 12:30 PM, according to the Coroner’s Department and port police quoted by the newspaper. A suicide note was found inside Scott’s black Toyota Prius, which was parked on one of the eastbound lanes of the bridge, as U.S. Coast Guard Lt. Jennifer Osburn told the Daily Breeze. Earlier today Deadline was alerted that “an older gentlemen who people recognized from either movies and/or TV tried to jump off a pier” and that the attempt was not successful”.

 

[TrumanBurbank]

Never seen an interview with him. Seems like such a sweet man.
Fuck this news.

 

[mr jones]

I just don't expect wealthy men of his age and status to commit suicide. I'm having a hard time wrapping my head around that.

What was happening in his life that he would decide to kill himself?

 

[oneils]

This is dreadful news.



Depression

This thread, and the comments on various news articles about his suicide remind me that so many people just don't understand mental illness. About 90% of people who commit suicide have some sort of mental disorder.

It is unlikely that there is a "reason" that we will be able to point to.

Rest in peace, Mr. Scott.

 

[Expendable.]

This is terrible

 

[el retorno]

http://www.deadline.com/2012/08/rep...-scott-jumped-to-death-from-san-pedro-bridge/

Is that saying he tried earlier? And that this was a second attempt?

 

[plasmasd]

This is madness :-( he made some great films

 

[-Deadpool-]

Geez, terrible, terrible news

Dude made some of my favourite films.

RIP.