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Post by spiderwort on Feb 18, 2019 19:14:09 GMT
An updated and revised post.
Hal Holbrook was born in Cleveland, Ohio on February 17, 1925. His career in films, television and on Broadway spans 65 years, and he's still working today.
He first received critical acclaim in 1954 for a one-man stage show he developed while studying at Denison University, performing as Mark Twain in Mark Twain Tonight. In 1966 he took the show to Broadway and won the Tony Award for Best Actor. In 1967 he won an Emmy Award for his performance in the television production. Over the years he's recreated that iconic role many times in various venues.
He's won a total of five Emmy Awards (out of 10 nominations), and was nominated for an Oscar as best supporting actor for Into the Wild (2007).
Here's just a brief trip down his long memory lane:
The Brighter Day (1954)
The Group (1966) and The Glass Menagerie (1966 TV)
That Certain Summer (1972 TV), with Martin Sheen in the ground-breaking tv movie about homosexual lovers
as Deep Throat in All the President's Men (1976)
Julia (1977) The Fog (1980)
The Star Chamber (1983)
The Firm (1993)
Into the Wild (2007)
Happy 95th birthday to Hal Holbrook, an extraordinarily gifted talent who's given us many wonderful performances in his long, productive career. 
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Post by OldAussie on Feb 18, 2019 19:26:23 GMT
"Follow the money."
"Man stares into the abyss....."
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Post by biker1 on Feb 18, 2019 20:23:05 GMT
bound to me tied up with some devious conspiracy..magnum force, capricorn one, the star chamber, the firm
I thought there was futureworld as well - but that was Arthur Hill.
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Post by Prime etc. on Feb 18, 2019 20:54:47 GMT
RITUALS 1977 is one movie where he is the star--has alot to do. I like it better than Deliverance.
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Post by divtal on Feb 18, 2019 22:02:13 GMT
Happy Birthday, indeed!
I first remember Mr. Holbrook from 2 made-for-TV movies, from the early 70's, the themes of which have, finally, taken center stage, in the 21st century.
--A Clear and Present Danger (1970), featured Holbrook as a U.S. Senator, who begins to question human impact on the environment.
--That Certain Summer (1972), addressed family/community response to sexual preference.
When he played "Deep Throat," I had a list of highly notable people whom he might have been portraying. It was fun to speculate ... like when you're reading a whodunit. When the real "Deep Throat," revealed himself, it was a crushing blow to my inner Miss Marple.
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Post by Staccato on Feb 19, 2019 1:03:42 GMT
"The Senator" segments of "The Bold Ones" is still my favorite Hal Holbrook performance.
He won his first Emmy as "Best Actor in a Dramatic Series" for the 1970-71 season.
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Post by teleadm on Feb 19, 2019 18:20:40 GMT
Happy Birthday Hal Holbrook!!! :format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-2023836-1259175956.jpeg.jpg) |
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Post by Lebowskidoo 🦞 on Feb 19, 2019 19:58:20 GMT
Such a great actor, love him in The Firm and Into the Wild.  |
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Post by politicidal on Feb 20, 2019 1:50:38 GMT
Lieutenant Neil Briggs in Magnum Force (1973)
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Post by BATouttaheck on Feb 20, 2019 3:11:23 GMT
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Post by teleadm on Feb 17, 2020 18:46:07 GMT
Happy 95th Birthday Hal Holbrook!!!  |
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Post by mattgarth on Feb 17, 2020 19:47:53 GMT
In his honor, Hal will make a significant appearance in tomorrow's Garth Game.
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Post by millar70 on Feb 17, 2020 22:26:28 GMT
I've always liked Hal Holbrook a lot, a very happy birthday indeed!
Is it wrong that my favorite film of his is The Fog?
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Post by Prime etc. on Feb 17, 2020 22:51:31 GMT
Capricorn one monologue:
"Okay, here it is. I have to start by saying that if there was any other way, if there was even a slight chance of another alternative, I would give anything not to be here with you now. Anything. Bru, how long have we known each other? Sixteen years. That's how long. Sixteen years. You should have seen yourself then. You looked like you just walked out of a Wheaties box. And me, all sweaty palm and deadly serious. I told everybody about this dream I had of conquering the new frontier, and they all looked at me like I was nuts. You looked at me and said, "yes." I remember when you told me Kay was pregnant. We went out and got crocked. I remember when Charles was born. We went out and got crocked again. The two of us. Captain Terrific and the Mad Doctor, talking about reaching the stars, and the bartender telling us maybe we'd had enough. Sixteen years. And then Armstrong stepped out on the Moon, and we cried. We were so proud. Willis, you and Walker, you came in about then. Both bright and talented wise-asses, looked at me in my wash-and-wear shirt carrying on this hot love affair with my slide-rule, and even you were caught up in what we'd done. I remember when Glenn made his first orbit in Mercury, they put up television sets in Grand Central Station, and tens of thousands of people missed their trains to watch. You know, when Apollo 17 landed on the Moon, people were calling up the networks and bitching because reruns of I Love Lucy were cancelled. Reruns, for Christ's sake! I could understand if it was the news. What's a walk on the Moon? But reruns! And then suddenly everybody started talking about how much everything cost. Was it really worth twenty billion to go to another planet? What about cancer? What about the slums? How much does it cost? How much does any dream cost? Since when is there an accountant for ideas? You know who was at the launch today? Not the President. The Vice-President, that's who. The Vice-President and his plump wife. The President was busy. He's not busy. He's just a little bit scared. He sat there two months ago and put his feet up on Woodrow Wilson's desk, and he said, "Jim. Make it good. Congress is on my back. They're looking for a reason to cancel the program. We can't afford another screw-up. Make it good. You have my every good wish." His every good wish! I got his sanctimonious Vice President! That's what I got! So, there we are. After all those hopes and ll that dreaming, he sits there, with those flags behind his chair, and tells me we can't afford a screw-up. And guess what! We had a screw-up! A first-class, bona-fide, made-in-America screw-up! The good people from Con-Amalgamate delivered a life-support system cheap enough so they could make a profit on the deal. Works out fine for everybody. Con-Amalgamate makes money. We have our life-support system. Everything's peachy. Except they made a little bit too much profit. We found out two months ago it won't work. You guys would all be dead in three weeks. It's as simple as that. So, all I have to do is report that and scrub the mission. Congress has its excuse, the President still has his desk, and we have no more program. What's sixteen years? Your actual drop in the bucket! All right. That's the end of the speech. Now, we're getting to what they call the moment of truth. Come with me. I want to show you something."
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Post by vegalyra on Feb 18, 2020 0:40:56 GMT
Great actor, thanks for the thread. His performance as Deep Throat still ranks as one of my favorites.
"Get out your notebook, there's more. Your lives are in danger."
Still sends chills up my back with that delivery.
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Post by vegalyra on Feb 18, 2020 0:49:32 GMT
Prime etc. Thanks for that great quote, pj. I don't think I saw the film, but that monologue, with Holbrook doing it, in my mind seems amazing. Likewise, I just added the bluray to my "wish list" on amazon.
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Post by mattgarth on Feb 18, 2020 1:17:22 GMT
Got to see him twice on stage, both decades apart.
As Mark Twain, and as the narrator in OUR TOWN.
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Post by Prime etc. on Feb 18, 2020 3:17:10 GMT
Prime etc. Thanks for that great quote, pj. I don't think I saw the film, but that monologue, with Holbrook doing it, in my mind seems amazing. He has another good line in there: "It's gotten too big! It's in the hands of GROWN UPS!"
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Post by Captain Spencer on Feb 18, 2020 4:27:26 GMT
Great actor. Been in a lot of movies I really liked; Magnum Force, Rituals, The Firm, The Fog, All The Presidents Men, to name but a few.
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Post by mattgarth on Feb 18, 2020 5:34:15 GMT
To quite Maurice Chevalier in GIGI, Spider:
Ah yes -- I remember it well
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