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Post by Lebowskidoo 🦞 on Feb 10, 2019 16:17:52 GMT
I watched The Professionals this past week and realized I really enjoyed Burt Lancaster in this movie. I never gave much thought to him, really, and I haven't seen much of his work, yet. Reading up on him, he sounds like a pretty great guy. He managed to act upside down for an entire scene in The Professionals which impressed me, although his circus background probably prepared him for this. He had liberal views that were not popular in his time, such as civil rights for African Americans and supporting AIDS charities. He was nearly blacklisted for his beliefs at one time. He was notoriously grumpy but is most famous for his huge smile. I feel like I have a lot of his best work still ahead of me to watch. He made seven movies with Kirk Douglas, only two of which I have seen. He seemed like a man who really said what he was thinking, and took pride in his work. He didn't always click with other actors, possibly coming across as too serious, which I interpret as really wanting to do his job properly. I think his legacy is one where he is admired for his talent and his humanity. All the Burt I've managed to see up to this point: From Here To Eternity Run Silent Run Deep Judgment At Nuremberg The List of Adrian Messenger The Professionals Airport The Cassandra Crossing The Island of Dr. Moreau Atlantic City Local Hero The Osterman Weekend Little Treasure Tough Guys Rocket Gibraltar Field of Dreams
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Post by BATouttaheck on Feb 10, 2019 16:36:42 GMT
You are in for many treats to come … be sure not to miss THE RAINMAKER and ELMER GANTRY It's so cool seeing you discover the classics You have already seen some really terrific films … I particularly like the "older" Burt ones on your list.
.. as we say in the business "It's a HOOT!"
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Post by Lebowskidoo 🦞 on Feb 10, 2019 17:08:24 GMT
BATouttaheck Tough Guys was probably my first ever Burt Lancaster experience, viewing it on cable TV several times back in the 80's. As you know, I likes me some Kate Hepburn, so I will want to see The Rainmaker sometime. And Elmer Gantry is just one of those movies I have wanted to see but never was able to. Curious to see it since Burt won the Oscar for it. I do love it when I discover things I'd never known were so good before. That's why I love older movies, I missed out on so much and finding the gems lying out in the open all this time is great fun.
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Post by politicidal on Feb 10, 2019 17:09:02 GMT
One of my favorite actors. Quite versatile and could play a villain just as well as the hero.
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Post by hi224 on Feb 10, 2019 18:58:35 GMT
I watched The Professionals this past week and realized I really enjoyed Burt Lancaster in this movie. I never gave much thought to him, really, and I haven't seen much of his work, yet. Reading up on him, he sounds like a pretty great guy. He managed to act upside down for an entire scene in The Professionals which impressed me, although his circus background probably prepared him for this. He had liberal views that were not popular in his time, such as civil rights for African Americans and supporting AIDS charities. He was nearly blacklisted for his beliefs at one time. He was notoriously grumpy but is most famous for his huge smile. I feel like I have a lot of his best work still ahead of me to watch. He made seven movies with Kirk Douglas, only two of which I have seen. He seemed like a man who really said what he was thinking, and took pride in his work. He didn't always click with other actors, possibly coming across as too serious, which I interpret as really wanting to do his job properly. I think his legacy is one where he is admired for his talent and his humanity. All the Burt I've managed to see up to this point: From Here To Eternity Run Silent Run Deep Judgment At Nuremberg The List of Adrian Messenger The Professionals Airport The Cassandra Crossing The Island of Dr. Moreau Atlantic City Local Hero The Osterman Weekend Little Treasure Tough Guys Rocket Gibraltar Field of Dreams
Somebody needs to watch The Swimmer.
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Post by hi224 on Feb 10, 2019 19:03:12 GMT
I watched The Professionals this past week and realized I really enjoyed Burt Lancaster in this movie. I never gave much thought to him, really, and I haven't seen much of his work, yet. Reading up on him, he sounds like a pretty great guy. He managed to act upside down for an entire scene in The Professionals which impressed me, although his circus background probably prepared him for this. He had liberal views that were not popular in his time, such as civil rights for African Americans and supporting AIDS charities. He was nearly blacklisted for his beliefs at one time. He was notoriously grumpy but is most famous for his huge smile. I feel like I have a lot of his best work still ahead of me to watch. He made seven movies with Kirk Douglas, only two of which I have seen. He seemed like a man who really said what he was thinking, and took pride in his work. He didn't always click with other actors, possibly coming across as too serious, which I interpret as really wanting to do his job properly. I think his legacy is one where he is admired for his talent and his humanity. All the Burt I've managed to see up to this point: From Here To Eternity Run Silent Run Deep Judgment At Nuremberg The List of Adrian Messenger The Professionals Airport The Cassandra Crossing The Island of Dr. Moreau Atlantic City Local Hero The Osterman Weekend Little Treasure Tough Guys Rocket Gibraltar Field of Dreams
Also get on sweet smell of success.
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Post by kijii on Feb 10, 2019 19:22:22 GMT
I am a very big Lancaster fan..but..I often wonder if he couldn't have been cast wrongly twice:
1) Come Back Little Sheba --Somehow, I don't quite see him as Shirley Booth's husband and I think she is perfect for Lola Delaney. 2) The Rose Tatoo --- Don't get me wrong, he was fabulous in clownish role of Alvaro Mangiacavallo, but wouldn't this have been a perfect role for Anthony Quinn? In the Broadway original Eli Wallach played this role. I actually saw this play on stage in Miami Beach with Maureen Stapleton as Rose. I think Tennessee Williams may have been in the audience too. But, I don't remember who played Mangiacavallo in the play that I saw.
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Post by TheGoodMan19 on Feb 10, 2019 19:35:16 GMT
Don't miss Seven Days in May or Birdman of Alcatraz either. Lancaster is one of my three favorites, with Holden and Bogart. Like someone said, he could play the hero (Run Silent, Field of Dreams), a jerk with good intentions (From Here to Eternity) and the real heavy (Elmer Gantry, Seven Days in May). Some gripe about his role in Judgment at Nuremberg but I thought he was magnificent ("Herr Rolfe! Are we going to do THIS again?")
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Post by BATouttaheck on Feb 10, 2019 19:40:59 GMT
one of my TOP go to guys too…. I never saw him as a "jerk" in Eternity tho' ! He's the one level headed guy in that place ! DOC in Field of Dreams … such a terrific moment at the edge of the Field …
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Post by TheGoodMan19 on Feb 10, 2019 19:54:42 GMT
one of my TOP go to guys too…. I never saw him as a "jerk" in Eternity tho' ! He's the one level headed guy in that place ! DOC in Field of Dreams … such a terrific moment at the edge of the Field … For the time, Sgt Warden was a jerk, for the star of the film. He was hard hearted and (gasp) had an extra marital affair. He would be a milk sop now, but for 1953...
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Post by kijii on Feb 10, 2019 19:55:22 GMT
Don't miss Seven Days in May or Birdman of Alcatraz either. Lancaster is one of my three favorites, with Holden and Bogart. Like someone said, he could play the hero (Run Silent, Field of Dreams), a jerk with good intentions (From Here to Eternity) and the real heavy (Elmer Gantry, Seven Days in May). Some gripe about his role in Judgment at Nuremberg but I thought he was magnificent ("Herr Rolfe! Are we going to do THIS again?") I think that all of those movies he made under director, John Frankenheimer are great, and show a great range of emotions. (All are in beautiful black and white, except The Gypsy Moths: The Young Savages (1961) Birdman of Alcatraz (1962) Seven Days in May (1964) The Train (1964) -One of my all-time favorites The Gypsy Moths (1969) where he has an on-scren affair with Deborah Kerr--16 years after their on-screen affair in From Here to Eternity (1953)
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Post by bravomailer on Feb 10, 2019 20:13:09 GMT
The Swimmer is a low-budget film that's highly regarded here, as I recall.
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Post by BATouttaheck on Feb 10, 2019 20:47:40 GMT
I watched The Swimmer to see Lancaster It was a rare one time watch but I did watch it again just to make sure. Final decision ... it's a three time loser. NOT because of the performance tho' !
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Post by hi224 on Feb 10, 2019 23:05:15 GMT
The Swimmer is a low-budget film that's highly regarded here, as I recall. A very sublime movie.
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Post by kijii on Feb 11, 2019 0:44:46 GMT
Sweet Smell of Success (1957) / Alexander Mackendrick This movie is another of his highly regarded movies, a great movie based on a novel by Ernest Lehman with a screen play by Clifford Odets. The dialogue, alone, is rich.
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Post by hi224 on Feb 11, 2019 0:45:24 GMT
Sweet Smell of Success (1957) / Alexander Mackendrick This movie is another of his highly regarded movies, a great movie based on a novel by Ernest Lehman with a screen play by Clifford Odets. The dialogue, alone, is rich. btw Curtis really goes toe to toe with Lancaster.
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Post by Prime etc. on Feb 11, 2019 4:31:44 GMT
I knew him best as Dr Moreau. In fact, I think he leaves a more effective impression than Laughton did. Seems like a lot of big name actors who had pretty much avoided genre work for decades came into it in their later years-like him, Kirk Douglas, Gregory Peck (although I suppose Moby Dick might count if he is taken as resurrecting from the dead towards the end)...
TWILIGHT'S LAST GLEAMING-- Good cast, tense story, but I don't buy for a second that the Vietnam war was fought for the reason given. He and Richard Widmark did make effective adversaries though.
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Post by kijii on Feb 11, 2019 5:58:24 GMT
Lebowskidoo--
I just thought of two more Lancaster movies that I don't think have been mentioned. Both very good in totally different vanes:
The Leopard (1963) / Luchino Visconti is an 3-hour Italian movie, but I think I saw an English-language version (perhaps dubbed). The novel, by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, is considered an Italian classic.
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Jim Thorpe--All-American (1951) / Michael Curtiz is a very good biopic about the native American boy who went from Olympic greatness to poverty. Here, Charles Bickford, plays his coach and long-time supporter, Glenn S. 'Pop' Warner.
Glenn S. 'Pop' Warner (Charles Bickford): Thank you, Governor Turner, Mrs. Turner. Ladies and gentlemen, I am, of course, highly honored to make this presentation. But this event has special significance for me, and I feel a deep sense of personal pride and pleasure. Fifty years is a long time; many exciting people and events have had their moment on the American scene. Tonight we pay recognition to a man who had more than a brief moment - a man who, during the past half-century, has carved a permanent place for himself in all our hearts. And on this memorable occasion, I can't help but think back to a young Indian lad, who grew up on a reservation. As a boy, he roamed the woods with his father, hunting and fishing. Then one day, he was faced with the prospect of school: that frightening institution of the white man's world. But being cooped up indoors was more than young Thorpe could stand. His father had deposited him at the front door, and Jim left immediately by the back door.And then, running with the wild grace of a young deer, the boy headed home.
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Post by jeffersoncody on Feb 11, 2019 7:54:10 GMT
I watched The Professionals this past week and realized I really enjoyed Burt Lancaster in this movie. I never gave much thought to him, really, and I haven't seen much of his work, yet. Reading up on him, he sounds like a pretty great guy. He managed to act upside down for an entire scene in The Professionals which impressed me, although his circus background probably prepared him for this. He had liberal views that were not popular in his time, such as civil rights for African Americans and supporting AIDS charities. He was nearly blacklisted for his beliefs at one time. He was notoriously grumpy but is most famous for his huge smile. I feel like I have a lot of his best work still ahead of me to watch. He made seven movies with Kirk Douglas, only two of which I have seen. He seemed like a man who really said what he was thinking, and took pride in his work. He didn't always click with other actors, possibly coming across as too serious, which I interpret as really wanting to do his job properly. I think his legacy is one where he is admired for his talent and his humanity. All the Burt I've managed to see up to this point: From Here To Eternity Run Silent Run Deep Judgment At Nuremberg The List of Adrian Messenger The Professionals Airport The Cassandra Crossing The Island of Dr. Moreau Atlantic City Local Hero The Osterman Weekend Little Treasure Tough Guys Rocket Gibraltar Field of Dreams
I love Burt Lancaster with a passion deep and true. Have you seen the full frontal nude shot he3 posed for back in the day? Favorite films are too many to mention here, but they include FROM HERE TO ETERNITY, ELMER GANTRY, ATLANTIC CITY, BIRDMAN OF ALCATRAZ, SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS, VERA CRUZ, I WALK ALONE and DESERT FURY. Now let's really heat this thread up.
I reckon Burt was bisexual. Anbody else share this opinion? PS. Don't ask me to link you up to his nude full frontal on the internet - nude links are against the TOS of this site, but it shouldn't be hard for you to find. I will let on, though, that the uncut Burt was packing some serious girth.
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Post by Lebowskidoo 🦞 on Feb 11, 2019 13:02:35 GMT
jeffersoncodyMaybe I'm naive but I didn't think that sort of male modeling was yet a thing back then. I'm assuming this was before he became a famous actor? There is a lot of speculation about Burt's sexuality, we may never know for sure. You couldn't blame anyone for trying to hide it in those days. Either way, it wouldn't change my opinion of him. It's only natural to have curiosity about it, I suppose. Not for lurid reasons, just to further understand him.
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