View gallery Director Anthony Minghella (L) and producer Saul Zaentz hold the Oscars they won for Best Director and Best Picture respectively for "The English Patient" during the 69th Annual Academy Awards in http://vdance.vn/profiles/blog/list?tag=photos&user=3qz78k5kvs8xs March, 1997 in Los Angeles, California (AFP Photo/Kim Kulish) Los Angeles (AFP) - Film producer Saul Zaentz, winner of best picture Oscars for "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest," "Amadeus" and "The English Patient," has died at age 92, US media reported. Zaentz died due to complications from Alzheimer's disease at his home in San Francisco on Friday, his nephew Paul Zaentz told the Los Angeles Times. "He was an extraordinary man," Paul Zaentz, who worked with his uncle for 37 years, told the Hollywood Reporter. "He had a lot of guts, a lot of integrity." Zaentz, who began in the music business before moving into films, was known for producing highbrow movies, and even ran his independent film production company from Berkeley -- near San Francisco -- to keep http://www.paranoid.com.ua/gallery.html?func=detail&catid=33&id=1322 a distance from Hollywood. "One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest" (1975), co-produced with actor Michael Douglas, starred Jack Nicholson as a patient at a mental institution. The movie won five Oscars, including best director for Milos Forman. Zaentz and Forman teamed up again for "Amadeus" (1984) about the life of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. The movie won eight Oscars, including best picture, best director and best actor for F. <br>Full story: http://news.yahoo.com/oscar-winning-hollywood-producer-saul-zaentz-dead-92-055707236.html
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