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Wolfgang Petersen, blockbuster filmmaker of ‘Das Boot,’ dies

FILE - German film director Wolfgang Petersen, left, poses with actors, from second left, Emmy Rossum, Josh Lucas and Kurt Russell during a press conference in Tokyo May 17, 2006 to promote their film "Poseidon," a remake of the 1972 cult disaster classic "The Poseidon Adventure." Petersen, the German filmmaker whose WWII submarine epic “Das Boot” propelled him into a blockbuster Hollywood career, died Friday at his home in the Los Angeles neighborhood of Brentwood after a battle with pancreatic cancer. He was 81. (AP Photo/Katsumi Kasahara, File) FILE - German film director Wolfgang Petersen speaks during a press conference promoting his latest film "Poseidon," a remake of the 1972 film "The Poseidon Adventure," in Tokyo, on April 19, 2006. Petersen, the German filmmaker whose WWII submarine epic “Das Boot” propelled him into a blockbuster Hollywood career, died Friday at his home in the Los Angeles neighborhood of Brentwood after a battle with pancreatic cancer. He was 81. (AP Photo/Katsumi Kasahara, File) FILE - Actors Mark Wahlberg, left, and George Clooney, center, stars of the film "The Perfect Storm,'' pose with director/producer Wolfgang Petersen at the premiere in Danvers, Mass., on June 28, 2000. Petersen, the German filmmaker whose WWII submarine epic "Das Boot" propelled him into a blockbuster Hollywood career, died Friday at his home in the Los Angeles neighborhood of Brentwood after a battle with pancreatic cancer. He was 81. (AP Photo/Lisa Poole, File) FILE - Actor Brad Pitt, left, and German director Wolfgang Petersen appear at the world premiere of the film "Troy" in Berlin, Germany, on May 9, 2004. Petersen, the German filmmaker whose WWII submarine epic "Das Boot" propelled him into a blockbuster Hollywood career, died Friday at his home in the Los Angeles neighborhood of Brentwood after a battle with pancreatic cancer. He was 81. (AP Photo/Jan Bauer, File)