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Post by teleadm on Dec 14, 2018 12:25:20 GMT
This post has been updated and revised!
Happy 90th Birthday Christopher Plummer!!!  Born on December 13, 1929 in Toronto, Canada Thanks for everything, so far...still going strong  Winning an Oscar for Beginners 2010, also nominated for The Last Station 2010 and All the Money in the World 2017 Winner of a Golden Globe Award for Beginners 2010 Winner of Emmy Awards for Arthur Hailey's the Moneychangers 1976 and Madeline 1989 Winner of a BAFTA Award for Beginners 2010 Winner of Canadian Screen Lifetime Achievement Award 2017 Winner of Tony Awards for Cyrano 1974, Othello 1982 and Barrymore 1997. Christopher Plummer through the years:  Stage Struck 1958  The Fall of the Roman Empire 1964  The Sound of Music 1965  Inside Daisy Clover 1966  Battle of Britain 1969  Lock Up Your Daughters! 1969  The Return of the Pink Panther 1975  Arthur Hailey's the Moneychangers 1976 TV mini-series  The Silent Partner 1978  Murder by Decree 1979  Dragnet 1987  Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country 1991  Wolf 1994  Dolores Claiborne 1995  Nicholas Nickleby 2002  Inside Man 2006  The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus 2009  The Last Station 2009  Beginners 2010  The Exception 2016  All the Money in the World 2017  The Man Who Invented Christmas 2017  Boundaries 2018  The Last Full Measure 2019  Published in 2008 :format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-9965947-1510495656-3369.jpeg.jpg)
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Post by Lebowskidoo 🦞 on Dec 14, 2018 12:49:40 GMT
An awesome tribute to an incredible screen legend, teleadm!  Happy birthday Christopher Plummer!   |
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Post by petrolino on Dec 14, 2018 14:23:20 GMT
Happy Birthday Mr. Plummer.  |
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Post by hi224 on Dec 14, 2018 15:23:01 GMT
Sublime actor, however not a very acessible screen presence.
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Post by vegalyra on Dec 14, 2018 23:50:23 GMT
Great actor, I thought he was great at Commodus in Fall of the Roman Empire.
A lesser known film of his was "Nobody Runs Forever/The High Commissioner" from 1968. Rod Taylor also stars. Plummer plays the role of the high commissioner involved in some peace talks. Interesting Cold War era spy film that also has a luscious Daliah Lavi. I recommend it.
He also narrated one of the better Bible films, The Gospel of John. It was very well done and was a "word for word" translation of that particular Gospel. Plummer has such a soothing yet commanding voice as the narrator.
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Post by OldAussie on Dec 15, 2018 0:10:54 GMT
Plummer and Robert Ryan are the 2 actors I appreciate more and more with each passing year. Love 'em both.
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Post by Primemovermithrax Pejorative on Dec 15, 2018 0:13:36 GMT
TRIPLE CROSS is another interesting part. THE ROYAL HUNT OF THE SUN (though he's dubbed).
And of course STARCRASH
"Imperial battleship! Halt the flow of time!"
Plummer said of the filming, "Give me Rome any day. I'll do porno in Rome, as long as I can get to Rome. Getting to Rome was the greatest thing that happened in that for me. I think it was only about three days in Rome on that one. It was all shot at once". Discussing his role as the Emperor, he said, "How can you play the Emperor of The Universe? What a wonderful part to play. It puts God in a very dicey moment, doesn't it? He's very insecure, God, when the Emperor’s around".
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Post by OldAussie on Dec 15, 2018 0:14:58 GMT
Great actor, I thought he was great at Commodus in Fall of the Roman Empire. A lesser known film of his was "Nobody Runs Forever/The High Commissioner" from 1968. Rod Taylor also stars. Plummer plays the role of the high commissioner involved in some peace talks. Interesting Cold War era spy film that also has a luscious Daliah Lavi. I recommend it. He also narrated one of the better Bible films, The Gospel of John. It was very well done and was a "word for word" translation of that particular Gospel. Plummer has such a soothing yet commanding voice as the narrator. On the 1964 poll on the old IMDB I had Plummer as that year's best supporting actor for Fall of the Roman Empire. I saw The High Commissioner on the big screen and have barely heard of it since - is that really 50 years ago? |
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Post by rudeboy on Dec 15, 2018 0:22:27 GMT
One of my favourites. Such a commanding voice! His track record with the Academy is quite bizarre and one which I suspect may never be matched. A prolific actor and star for decades, finally receives a long-overdue first Oscar nomination in his eighties - then follows it up with two more in relatively quick succession, including that win for his lovely work in Beginners. I always enjoy Plummer but my personal favourite performances include: - The Man Who Would Be King **simply wonderful as Kipling.
- The Insider **a film-stealing role that really should have been an Oscar bid.
- Nicholas Nickleby
- The Silent Partner
- The New World
At 89 he shows no signs of slowing down!
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Post by politicidal on Dec 15, 2018 0:30:12 GMT
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Post by teleadm on Dec 13, 2019 8:55:09 GMT
Happy 90th Birthday Christopher Plummer!!! A few more reminders:  Nobody Runs Forever aka The High Comissioner 1968  The Man Who Would Be King 1975 as Rudyard Kipling  Dreamscape 1984  Rock-a-Doodle 1991, the voice of The Grand Duke of Owls  The Insider 1999 as Mike Wallace  Knives Out 2019 |
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Post by bravomailer on Dec 13, 2019 16:43:43 GMT
I liked him as the powerbroker in Syriana  |
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Post by koskiewicz on Dec 13, 2019 18:04:16 GMT
Excellent actor! And Dick Van Dyke's birthday as well at 94!
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Post by mikef6 on Dec 13, 2019 19:04:36 GMT
In "Knives Out" Plummer plays younger as a spry youth celebrating his 85th birthday.
That sure sounds like it should be him singing Edelweiss but the voice belongs to a behind the scenes crooner named Bill Lee.
His name in a film's cast always makes me take notice of it.
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Post by RiP, IMDb on Dec 13, 2019 19:36:17 GMT
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Post by fangirl1975 on Dec 13, 2019 19:54:17 GMT
My favorite performances of his are as the villain in Dragnet(1987) and the Shakespeare quoting Klingon in Star Trek 6: The Undiscovered Country
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Post by bravomailer on Dec 13, 2019 20:02:38 GMT
Uncanny resemblance to Kevin Spacey.
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Post by teleadm on Dec 13, 2019 20:09:35 GMT
Excellent actor! And Dick Van Dyke's birthday as well at 94! And by "accident" they both starred with Jullie Andrews in Mary Poppins and The Sound of Music, while most of her co-stars is gone bu now.
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Post by cynthiagreen on Dec 14, 2019 0:12:31 GMT
I'll heartily second THE SILENT PARTNER - an inventive, exciting , well out of the rut thriller. EDIT - and quite festive too...   Agree with comment about his screen presence/accessibility..... although Lords knows TSOM was a heavy cross to bear for him.  |
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