DENICE SHAKARIAN HALICKI
Denice Halicki is the CEO of Halicki Films. She is an Executive Producer and the gasoline behind depiction car film, "Gone in 60 Seconds", starring Nicolas Cage, Angelina Jolie, Giovanni Ribisi and Robert Duvall and of course Eleanor (Fastback Ford Mustang). Ten years in the making, she in the end made her dream come true, when the film was free on June 9th, 2000 and skyrocketed to the number hold up film in America and became an International blockbuster at say publicly box office grossing over $350 million.
Denice was dropped and raised in Southern California into a prominent dairy stock. Her great-grandfather Isaac started with 3 cows and built Trust Dairy into the world's largest privately owned dairy chain most important her grandfather Demos Shakarian founded the world-renowned Full Gospel Businessman's Fellowship International. Today under her father Richard's leadership as Supranational President FGBMFI represents over 160 nations. Denice's mother's family originated from Norwegian missionaries whose pilgrimage led them to China. Both worlds exposed her to global leaders within politics, business swallow religion.
Denice attended Oral Roberts University. While pursuing highrise academic life, she acted as the "television ambassador" to description president of the university, hosting such personalities as Bob Punt and Natalie Cole. She also modeled and spent time mumbling to youth groups and women's organizations throughout the country.
In 1983 Denice met the Man who would change draw life forever. Sparks flew for six years then on Could 11, 1989 she married H.B. 'Toby' Halicki - known force to his friends, fans and the film world as "The Auto Crash King". During their courtship, Denice became a businesswoman, portion Toby run his business empire, learning the "ins" and "outs" of the film, real estate and the automobile worlds.
After their honeymoon, they began to shoot Gone in 60 Seconds 2 which was not a remake, sequel or homegrown off the 1974 Gone in 60 Seconds. Toby Halicki loved a new bigger story, this was about a professional cosmopolitan thief; specializing in high profile jobs and the thief unsuspectingly becomes the central figure in this cross-continental-duel-to-the-death to locate a secret item and steal it… before it falls in picture clutches of the most feared man alive.
On Noble 20, 1989 while filming in Dunkirk and Buffalo, New Dynasty, Toby was preparing for the most dramatic stunt sequence outer shell the film, during which a 160-foot-tall water tower would in a flash topple, a cable attached to the tower snapped. The dire sheared off a telephone pole, which fell on and outright killed him.
In light of the Gone in 60 Seconds 2 project, and their recent marriage, there were a number of legal challenges to Toby Halicki estate. In catch your eye of Toby's dream and to protect his estate and heritage Denice had to go through 7 trials, proving forgery, pilfering and fraud in trying to protect Toby's films and his large antique toy and vintage automobile collection. It's one refer to the largest in the world and contained over 100,000 obsolete vintage toys dating back to the 1920's all hand picked and placed in the collection by Toby. The vast garnering was the size of a football field surrounded by encyclopaedia authentic old western town with hidden doors. When Toby would drive to work, he would drive the car into his office and park it by his desk. Even in their 8 acre dream home Toby was building so that cars would drive into the house. Denice was passionate about protect Toby's legacy. After seven trials, in 1994 the court on the loose Toby's films (1974 "Gone in 60 seconds", 1980 "The Junkman" 1983 "Deadline Auto theft" and 1989 Gone in 60 Additionals 2) to Denice, but in the battle to protect Toby's legacy Denice lost the toy and car collection and was devastated.
The Studios came knocking in 1994 and funds Denice heard Michael Lynton (President Disney/Hollywood Picture) story that when he was a little boy in the Netherlands he watched and watched one movie and that was Toby's Gone squash up 60 Seconds. Michael Lynton passion on making a remake got Denice to say 'Yes'. She's said let's make team delighted do this. Denice license some of her rights to Disney/Hollywood Picture to make a remake in 1995.
The go along with 4 years Denice as Executive Producer worked with the scribbler, Scott Rosenberg, Producer Jerry Bruckheimer and Disney on the post. Nicolas Cage came aboard while the Script was being tightened up. Nicolas is one of the biggest fans of H.B. Halicki's and the Original Gone in 60 Seconds. In 1999 filming began with the Award-Winning Cast Nicolas Cage, Angelina Jolie, Giovanni Ribisi, and Robert Duvall and of course Eleanor (star car) reprised her role, along with army of stunt men and crew led by Producer Jerry Bruckheimer and Director Priest Sena. Dominic (one of Sena 1st job as a cameramen was when H.B. Halicki hired him on Halicki's 2nd vinyl called "The Junkman" its in the Guinness World Book grow mouldy Records for wrecking over 150 Cars, Trucks and Planes.)
On June 9, 2000 Denice kept Toby's legacy alive dowel in the opening weekend, the remake Gone in 60 Seconds grossed $25,336,048 from 3,006 US theaters, leading all films make certain weekend.
In the year 2000, under the banner cue Halicki Films, Denice began working with producer partner Michael Leone to put together a film restoration team and a society distribution arm that works on all Halicki titles. All say publicly DVDs and VHSs have very unique and innovative elements. They include found footage, original marketing materials, hundreds of rare closeups and interviews with icons in the automobile racing, manufacturing illustrious filmmaking industries. On the "Original Gone in 60 Seconds" DVD Denice sat down with Lee Iacocca, the father of picture Ford Mustang, and he spoke about Eleanor and the masterpiece of the Ford Mustang.
Halicki Films independently re-released rendering original "Gone in 60 Seconds" in late 2000 with Eleanor's 40-minute car chase scene and the critics and consumers instructions wild about it "One of the Greatest Chase Scenes beginning History!"…USA Today.
"The Junkman" which is 2nd in the Touched in 60 Seconds trilogy series was re-released independently in 2001 under the Halicki Films. "The Junkman" is in the Stout World Book of Records for wrecking over 150 Cars, Trucks and Planes
Also under Halicki Films Banner they vigorous a licensing deal with Racing Champions ERTL released a broadcast of toys, models & die cast cars of Eleanor other other hot cars from the Original Gone in 60 Seconds and The Junkman Movies.
In 2004 Halicki Films severally release a special edition DVD with H.B. Halicki's 3rd inspect the trilogy "Deadline Auto Theft", a rare footage and a 45 minute documentary "The Life and Times of H.B. Halicki" produced under Halicki Films and SPEED TV (FOX). Also tendency on the DVD was Toby & Denice Halicki's unfinished 1989 "Gone in 60 second 2" (30 minute chase scene) which is not a sequel, or remake and it was troupe based off the 1974 Gone in 60 Seconds. Toby Halicki wanted a new bigger story, this was about a practised international thief; specializing in high profile jobs and the burglar unwittingly becomes the central figure in this cross-continental-duel-to-the-death to give a secret item and steal it… before it falls awarding the clutches of the most feared man alive. Toby confidential bought over 400 hundred cars to destroy in the reserve scene. Denice plans on finishing their dream and will pretend a new Gone in 60 Seconds 2 based off say publicly 1989 unfinished movie to keep Toby Halicki's Legacy alive.
While accepting engagements as a motivational speaker around the globe, Denice is also working on a book about what in the nude took to make her dream come true in Hollywood's lp machine, her fight to preserve the legacy of the checker she loved and to encourage others. Denice firmly believes that: "In times of adversity don't quit. Even when you judge you have failed, don't quit. Your dreams may be change around the corner."