Kevin Jarre

Not to be confused with Kevin St. Jarre.

Kevin Jarre
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Born	Kevin Noel Clark (1954-08-06)August 6, 1954 Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
Died	Santa Monica, California, U.S.
Resting place	Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery
Occupation	Screenwriter, producer, actor
Parent(s)	Laura Devon Maurice Jarre (adoptive father)

Kevin Noel Jarre (August 6, 1954 – April 3, 2011) was an American screenwriter, actor, and film producer. He adopted the last name of his adoptive father, Maurice Jarre.

Background and Personal Life

Jarre was born on August 6, 1954 in Detroit, Michigan, to actress Laura Devon and her second husband, Cleland B. Clark, after his parents divorced, he lived in Wyoming for a time with his father, whom he referred to as Hemingwayesque, and who had combined ranching and fashion photography, then he returned to Los Angeles with his mother, who was married at that time to actor Brian Kelly, in the mid 1960s, Devon subsequently married French composer Maurice Jarre who adopted Kevin.

He was the step-brother of Jean-Michel Jarre and Stéfanie Jarre.

In the early 1990s, he had dated actress Lisa Zane, he had written the role of Josephine Marcus in Tombstone with her in mind.

On July 25, 2009, Jarre was arrested in Santa Monica for D.W.I, his bail was set at $5,000.

Career

In the 1960s, Jarre had small acting parts in the TV series Flipper. In England, while his father was scoring the film Ryan's Daughter, Kevin became a friend of writer/director David Lean, who encouraged him to take up screenwriting and directing, giving him the books, James Boswell's "Life of Johnson" and Alan Moorehead’s "The Blue Nile" and "The White Nile". One of his early scripts was an unproduced screenplay he had written called "Eternal War", which was sent to producer Paul Kohner, in the 1980s, he had written a story treatment that eventually became Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985), as Jarre later recalled in an interview

"I wrote the first draft of "Rambo". And I just did it, I was living on dog food at the time and I, you know, I needed a gig and I wanted to finish a spec script I was writing. And you know, they called, Stallone called me in and they had this idea about what they should do in the sequel to "First Blood" and I said, "Well, how about if maybe he searches for POWs in Southeast Asia and back in Vietnam? He said "Great, let’s do it"

Jarre also wrote the screenplays for The Mummy (1999). and The Devil's Own (1997).

Jarre often worked as a script doctor, rewriting scripts, such as the 1990 movie, Navy Seals, the 2004 movie, The Alamo, "Track Down", an unproduced screenplay written by Ron Mita and Jim McClain, the 1997 movie, The Jackal (in which Jarre served as a producer), among other films.

In addition to his Produced work, Jarre was considered for, or had written several scripts that were never produced, such as a movie about the Hell's Angels that would’ve been directed by Steve De Jarnatt and starred Mickey Rourke, an adaptation of Bram Stoker's Dracula, a film about the life and times of Wild Bill Hickok that he would’ve directed, a Civil War suspense story about Ward Hill Lamon, the friend and bodyguard of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln, and "Blood Mark", a screenplay co-written with Desmond Nakano.

He began directing Tombstone (1993) from his own screenplay but he was fired a month into shooting and replaced by George P. Cosmatos. Jarre's scenes featuring Charlton Heston are still featured in the finished film.

He had a role in the short A Hero of Our Time (1985), directed by Michael Almereyda and based on Mikhail Lermontov's novel of the same title, and screened in the 1992 Sundance Film Festival. He also appeared in the film Gotham, the only movie directed by Lloyd Fonvielle.

He had a profound interest in history since childhood. He was especially fascinated by the American Civil War, which led to his in-depth research of the 54th Massachusetts Regiment which inspired his screenplay for Glory (1989). He played a bit part as a quarrelsome soldier who picks a fight and later, as the 54th regiment heads for battle, yells, "Give 'em hell, 54th!" For his work on Glory, He was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay and a WGA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay.

The screenplays of The Devil's Own and Tombstone were published as novels in 1997 and 1994 respectively.

Death

Jarre died on April 3, 2011 in Santa Monica, California, of heart failure, at the age 56.

Filmography

Year	Film	Credit	Notes
1985	A Hero of Our Time	The Hero (Actor)	Short
	Rambo: First Blood Part II	Story by
1988	The Tracker	Written by	TV Movie from HBO, also known as Dead or Alive in some countries
	Gotham	Tim (Actor)	TV Movie from Showtime
1989	Glory	Screenplay by, Actor	He played the role of 10th Connecticut Soldier (uncredited)
1990	Navy Seals	Screenplay by	Co-wrote screenplay with Chuck Pfarrer, Gary Goldman, Angelo Pizzo, & Alvin Sargent
1993	Judgment Night	Screenplay by, Written by	Co-wrote screenplay with Lewis Colick & Jere Cunningham
	Tombstone	Written by, Directed by	Director of the Charlton Heston Scenes, Uncredited
1997	The Devil's Own	Screenplay by, Story by	Co-wrote screenplay with David Aaron Cohen, Vincent Patrick, Terry George, & Robert Mark Kamen
	The Jackal	Producer, Screenplay by	Uncredited Revision
1999	The Mummy	Story by, Executive Producer	Co-wrote story with Lloyd Fonvielle and Stephen Sommers
2000	Rules of Engagement	Screenplay by	Uncredited Revision
2004	The Alamo	Screenplay by	Uncredited Revision

External links

• Kevin Jarre at the Internet Movie Database
• Glory Screenwriter Kevin Jarre Dies