JOE JOHNSTON

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Joseph Eggleston "Joe" Johnston II (born May 13, 1950) is an American film director, known for being direcor of movies such as Honey, I Shrunk the Kids, Jumanji, The Rocketeer, Jurassic Park 3, and more recently Wolfman and Captain America.

He began his career in the special effects department, particularly on the first opus of George Lucas' Star Wars trilogy. His association with Lucas proved successful since he won the Oscar for Best Special Effects for Raiders Of The Lost Ark. He launched into production with the film Willow, before making his first steps as a director with Honey I Shrunk The Kids (1989).

The Rocketeer (1991) and The Pagemaster (1994) both failed at the box office, but Jumanji, was a mixed success.

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JUMANJI EXPANDED EDITION: OUR EXCLUSIVE REVIEW

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Photo credit: © Sylvia Wells James Horner left this world, leaving us stunned and inconsolable. It was the day after Father's Day, the second day of summer. After this tragic and absurd June 22, we ran as our headline, "All is Lost,” a track title from the beautiful The New World. Since the departure of the composer, we must learn to live in this new world. A world without James Horner. So many notes will not be written. In an interview about The New World (and for now only available in French), James Horner said: "Timelessness is not what we are but what we