Stanley R. Jaffe

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Stanley R. Jaffe
Born
Stanley Richard Jaffe

(1940-07-31) July 31, 1940 (age 83)
20th Century Fox
Academy Award Winner
Spouses
  • Joan Ellen Goodman (divorced)
  • Melinda Jill Marciano (September 27, 1986 - present)
Children4

Stanley Richard Jaffe (born July 31, 1940) is an American film producer, responsible for movies such as Fatal Attraction, The Accused, and Kramer vs. Kramer.[1]

Background

Jaffe was born to a

The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, in 1962.[3] He is the son of Leo Jaffe, film executive and "Hollywood Deal Maker."[4] Leo Jaffe was a close friend of independent producer Sam Spiegel; Stanley Jaffe described how he would find his father and Spiegel at his father's office at Columbia Pictures: "The lights were turned low and there they were, at the end of the table, playing gin."[5]

Career

In 1962, Jaffe joined

Warner Brothers purchased Seven Arts in 1967, Jaffe left to join CBS for two years.[6]

After producing Goodbye Columbus, he was appointed executive vice president and chief operations officer of Paramount Pictures in 1970,[7] and within three months was named president of Paramount Pictures, which post he resigned in 1971 to form an independent production company, Jaffilms,[3][6][8] which was "associated" with Columbia Pictures.[4] Jaffilms produced Bad Company (1972) and The Bad News Bears (1976). In 1977, he became executive vice president of worldwide production at Columbia Pictures.[citation needed]

Jaffe returned to independent production with

Paramount Communications,[12] and dissolved his partnership with Lansing.[3] In 1992 he was named successor to Brandon Tartikoff as president of Paramount.[13]

When

Sony Pictures Entertainment.[3]

Jaffe had earned the ire of fans of the Star Trek franchise for his role in making a last minute stop to a project that would have built an interactive entertainment facility in the likeness of a full scale Starship Enterprise in Las Vegas. Jaffe was the only person on the planning committee who opposed the idea, and as CEO of Paramount had the authority to terminate the project. Instead, Star Trek: The Experience was built in the Las Vegas Hilton. The Fremont Street Experience was built in the place originally planned for the Enterprise project.

Veto of the USS Enterprise complex in Las Vegas

In or around 1992, a consortium of developers put a proposal together with government officials from Las Vegas to build a replica of the USS Enterprise in Las Vegas. The giant scale model of the ship would include restaurants and tours but no hotel or casino. The proposal was also approved by the then-president of Paramount and only needed the approval of CEO of Paramount Studios Stanley Jaffe. After listening to the proposal from all sponsors, Jaffe in the meeting reportedly curtly rejected the proposal on the basis that if unsuccessful, the building would, unlike a movie, be a permanent reminder of failure in the franchise.[15]

Awards and nominations

Filmography

He was producer for all films unless otherwise noted.

Film

Year Film Credit Notes
1969 I Start Counting
Goodbye, Columbus
1972 Bad Company
1976 The Bad News Bears
1979 Kramer vs. Kramer
1981 Taps
1983 Without a Trace
1984 Racing with the Moon
Uncredited
Firstborn Executive producer
1987 Fatal Attraction
1988 The Accused
1989 Black Rain
1992 School Ties
1998 Madeline Executive producer
2000 I Dreamed of Africa
2002 The Four Feathers
As director
Year Film
1983 Without a Trace

Filmography (as himself)

References

  1. ^ Mitgang, Herbert (2012). "Stanley R. Jaffe". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on October 21, 2012. Retrieved June 17, 2009.
  2. ISBN 0253204933 | Publisher: Indiana University Press | Publish Date: August 1988. Page 392
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  3. ^
    Yahoo
    . Retrieved June 17, 2009.
  4. ^ a b James Sterngold (August 21, 1997). "Leo Jaffe, Hollywood Deal Maker, Dies at 88". The New York Times. Retrieved January 17, 2008.
  5. ISBN 978-0-684-83619-5
    . Stanley R. Jaffe
  6. ^
    ISBN 9780813122021
    .
  7. New York Times
    . p. 69. Retrieved June 16, 2009.
  8. New York Times
    . p. 53. Retrieved June 18, 2009.
  9. New York Times
    . Retrieved June 16, 2009.
  10. New York Times
    . Retrieved June 16, 2009.
  11. ^ "People". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. January 5, 1983. Retrieved June 18, 2009.
  12. ^ Cieply, Michael (March 19, 1991). "Stanley Jaffe Named Paramount President Entertainment: The veteran producer may help boost the firm's sagging film operation". Los Angeles Times. p. D-2. Retrieved June 16, 2009.
  13. ISBN 9780813120164
    . Retrieved June 17, 2009.
  14. ^ "Jaffe, Forced Out of Paramount, Sues". Los Angeles Times. April 15, 1994. Retrieved June 18, 2009.
  15. ^ Trumbore, Dave (April 8, 2012). "Las Vegas Almost Built a Full Scale USS Enterprise From STAR TREK". Collider. Archived from the original on April 28, 2015.

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