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« on: November 02, 2016, 11:50:27 AM »
"Kind Hearts and Coronets". Eight roles in one performance.
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« Reply #1 on: November 02, 2016, 04:38:33 PM »
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« Reply #2 on: November 02, 2016, 05:52:25 PM »
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The Bridge on the River Kwai. My first viewing was when it came back as a rerun in the mid-60's at the local drive in.
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« Reply #3 on: November 02, 2016, 07:24:08 PM »
A New Hope
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« Reply #4 on: November 02, 2016, 07:36:36 PM »
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« Reply #5 on: November 02, 2016, 08:20:38 PM »
Bridge on the River Kwai
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« Reply #6 on: November 03, 2016, 10:05:14 AM »
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« Reply #7 on: November 04, 2016, 12:49:12 PM »


From the the great man's diary...

'A refurbished Star Wars is on somewhere or everywhere. I have no intention of revisiting any galaxy. I shrivel inside each time it is mentioned.'
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« Reply #8 on: November 05, 2016, 01:17:34 AM »
Quote from: Sibboleth on November 04, 2016, 12:49:12 PM


From the the great man's diary...

'A refurbished Star Wars is on somewhere or everywhere. I have no intention of revisiting any galaxy. I shrivel inside each time it is mentioned.'

He was an elitist prick with no understanding of what was to come, no concept of people idk, actually doing constructive things with inspiration.

I make no apologies when I say Ewan McGregor was the better Kenobi, since he actually gave a damn.

So, no I have no favorite performance was someone so vile, and if those pictures are correct, so dull anyway.

Peter Sellers is a much better contemporary of his.
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« Reply #9 on: November 05, 2016, 02:09:47 AM »
Kind Hearts and Coronets.

Quote from: Ralleytand on November 05, 2016, 01:17:34 AM
Quote from: Sibboleth on November 04, 2016, 12:49:12 PM


From the the great man's diary...

'A refurbished Star Wars is on somewhere or everywhere. I have no intention of revisiting any galaxy. I shrivel inside each time it is mentioned.'

He was an elitist prick with no understanding of what was to come, no concept of people idk, actually doing constructive things with inspiration.

I make no apologies when I say Ewan McGregor was the better Kenobi, since he actually gave a damn.

So, no I have no favorite performance was someone so vile, and if those pictures are correct, so dull anyway.

Peter Sellers is a much better contemporary of his.

Elitist prick, absolutely. Calling him 'vile' for it is, uh, going a bit far.
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« Reply #10 on: November 05, 2016, 02:11:18 AM »
Guinness would probably agree with you on him being a prick.

As of calling his work "dull", it's pure nonsense.
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« Reply #11 on: November 05, 2016, 02:13:27 AM »

Given MormDem's attitude, this should be his favorite pick, if only for Guinness dying eight times.
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« Reply #12 on: November 05, 2016, 01:43:51 PM »
Quote from: Ah! tout est bu, tout est mangé! Plus rien à dire! on November 05, 2016, 02:09:47 AM
Elitist prick, absolutely. Calling him 'vile' for it is, uh, going a bit far.

He was a beautiful soul imo.

"One of the bad things we read about when we got home was the continued sectarian killings in Northern Ireland. Now is the start of the marching season. A clockwork Orangeman explained on TV, 'The marches are part of our culture.' I saw him as a Cultured Man, wound up throughout the summer, beating a drum."
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« Reply #13 on: November 05, 2016, 01:57:29 PM »
Quote from: Ralleytand on November 05, 2016, 01:17:34 AM
He was an elitist prick with no understanding of what was to come, no concept of people idk, actually doing constructive things with inspiration.

I make no apologies when I say Ewan McGregor was the better Kenobi, since he actually gave a damn.

So, no I have no favorite performance was someone so vile, and if those pictures are correct, so dull anyway.

lololololololol

I mean dull? Watch this. That is acting, dude. Or this longer scene!

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Sellers was a funny guy and all, but Guinness was far superior both as an actor and as a human being...
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« Reply #14 on: November 05, 2016, 02:50:07 PM »
He was very good in Cromwell as Charles I. The historical inaccuracy of the film notwithstanding, he really was Charles I.
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« Reply #15 on: November 05, 2016, 06:13:34 PM »
Quote from: Sibboleth on November 05, 2016, 01:43:51 PM
Quote from: Ah! tout est bu, tout est mangé! Plus rien à dire! on November 05, 2016, 02:09:47 AM
Elitist prick, absolutely. Calling him 'vile' for it is, uh, going a bit far.

He was a beautiful soul imo.

"One of the bad things we read about when we got home was the continued sectarian killings in Northern Ireland. Now is the start of the marching season. A clockwork Orangeman explained on TV, 'The marches are part of our culture.' I saw him as a Cultured Man, wound up throughout the summer, beating a drum."

Okay, yeah--that's a gorgeous paragraph.
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« Reply #16 on: November 06, 2016, 04:07:22 AM »
I believe one of Guinness' issues with the Star Wars was the fact George Lucas simply sucks at writing, particularly dialogues. Some of the movie's finest lines were a result of actors (notably Harrison Ford) simply disregarding what George wrote and improvising.
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« Reply #17 on: November 06, 2016, 08:01:07 AM »
Quote from: Bad Hombre on November 06, 2016, 04:07:22 AM
I believe one of Guinness' issues with the Star Wars was the fact George Lucas simply sucks at writing, particularly dialogues. Some of the movie's finest lines were a result of actors (notably Harrison Ford) simply disregarding what George wrote and improvising.
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