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Mickey Cottrell, Hollywood publicist, ‘Star Trek’ actor and producer, dead at 79
During this time he handled publicity for a plethora of movies including “Earth Girls Are Easy,” “The Quiet American,” “Weekend,” “I Am Divine,” “One False Move,” “Blood and Concrete,” “Earth Girls Are Easy,” “Streetwise,” “Ballets Russes” “Salt” and “Querelle.”
Cottrell also worked with several notable independent filmmakers such as Andrew Haigh, Phillip Noyce (“Dead Calm”), Wim Wenders (“Wings of Desire”), Percy Adlon (“Bagdad Cafe”), Ira Sachs (“Keep the Lights On”), Andrew Haigh (“Weekend”) and Jonathan Caouette (“Tarnation”).
He also worked extensively with film director Gus Van Sant, 71, on “Drugstore Cowboy,” “Even Cowgirls Get the Blues,” and “My Own Private Idaho,” in which he played Daddy Carroll opposite Keanu Reeves and the late actor River Phoenix.