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Over the past four decades, director Albert Pugh has built a remarkable career. He started with the appropriately titled sword and sorcery classic The Sword and Sorcerer and has since directed films such as Cyborg, Captain America (1990), Kickboxer 2, Kickboxer 4, Arcade, Nemesis, Dollman, Mean Gun, Infection, and many other things. Many more, there are about fifty features that direct credits to his name. Unfortunately, Pyun was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis a few years ago... and is now in her final days. His wife, Cynthia Curnan, took to Facebook asking her fans to send her personal messages and turn to her to read them. Curnan's request for comments was prompted by Sam Peckinpah's fan page.
Kurnan's Facebook post can be found here. He said,Albert got another drop. I knew he was afraid of falling again. He was working very hard. "What's the hurry?" I asked. He said: "If I stop, that's it." ... Please write to him for me to read. A personal message from you to him will make him really happy. They think his time is running out. Update: Albert cried tears of happiness and sadness when he heard your messages to him. He feels bad for leaving you. He could not finish his last 2 films. He wanted them to be a 6 part series. He worked like a maniac and tried; it was all really important. Failure never happened to Albert."
Sam Peckinpah page post HERE. They said:It seems to me that cult filmmaker and direct-to-video pioneer Albert Pugh is seriously ill and doesn't have much time. The Hawaii-born director began his career under Toshiro Mifune and built a reputation as a B-level action/sci-fi director who brought memorable visuals and boundless imagination to films usually made on very limited budgets.
Known for his kickboxing/apocalyptic spectacles, Pyun was a disciple of such greats as Sergio Leone, John Woo, Akira Kurosawa and Sam Peckinpah, who staged his action scenes and turned them into surreal landscapes for his eccentric characters. Cult classics such as SWORD AND THE SORCERER (1982), RADIOACTIVE DREAMS (1985), CYBORG (1989), CAPTAIN AMERICA (1990), NEMESIS (1992), KNIGHTS (1993) and MEAN GUNS (1999) will never be alive. Mistaken for cinematic masterpieces, and certainly many of Pyun's films fall happily into the very bad-good corner of cinematic heritage — but they're all shot in the wings and with reverence by a director with a range and singular artistic vision. impressive cinematic tricks up his sleeve. Plus, look at some of the legendary actors with whom Albert Pugh worked: Burt Reynolds, Jean Claude Van Damme, Charlie Sheen, Lance Henriksen, Ice T, Christopher Lambert, Ronnie Cox, Darren McGavin – and Peckinpah alumni Chris James Kristoffern, Rutger Hauer and Dennis Hopper. .
Albert's wife, Cynthia, has been posting updates on his condition for some time on her personal page, and she said she wanted to hear from Albert's fans in his final days. He has given me permission to post this request here for my readers – and I am now asking you to take this opportunity. Albert had been ill for some time, but his love of cinema kept him going; Indeed, he spent these twilight years of his life working tirelessly on new projects that he never completed. I think it would mean a lot to the movie lovers out there to say thank you to a man who spent his life in the field, working fearlessly against an often unforgiving industry to bring his artistic vision to the world. screen.
If you would like to leave a message of appreciation for Albert, write in the comments below. Cynthia makes sure Albert sees them. And by all means - share this post everywhere. Thanks, team."
So if you're a fan of Pyun's work, now is the time to reach out and let him know you appreciate the entertainment he's provided over the decades. Here's hoping his health really takes a turn for the better, but it would be nice to hear from his fans.
