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Post by london777 on Jun 2, 2017 14:47:47 GMT
By the way, mikef6 , as you're our resident Bogie expert ... Mike, in checking out British directors for my current thread, I came across this title and lead actor, both new to me. Have you seen it? If so, your opinion? The Man with Bogart's Face (1980) directed by Bob Day. It is a Bogart spoof with Robert Sacchi as "Sam Marlow". A crime/comedy. These usually fall between two stools for me. |
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Post by Richard Kimble on Jun 19, 2017 16:19:54 GMT
A young Clint Eastwood reportedly begged for the role of Charles Lindbergh in The Spirit of St. Louis, but apparently the studio felt that he wasn't a big enough name for the starring role. So they went with a more established actor, James Stewart Wilder's original choice for the role was John Kerr ( Tea & Sympathy) -- but Kerr turned the part down b/c he objected to CL's politics, a decision which got quite a bit of publicity at the time. |
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Post by Richard Kimble on Jun 19, 2017 16:35:20 GMT
Most obviously there's Karloff for Arsenic and Old Lace and Peter Sellers for Kiss Me Stupid. These films are almost ruined by their replacements.
The stage performance I most wish I could have seen: an LA little theatre production of One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest, starring Warren Oates as McMurphy (1966). Jack Klugman, who saw this as well as Kirk Douglas on Broadway, said it was the best McMurphy ever. Douglas IMHO was totally wrong for the role -- he's a straightforward schemer. Nicholson doesn't quite seem right either -- he's not bad, but he's always been essentially the cleaned-up, acceptable Warren Oates.
Oates, with his hillbilly thuggery and causeless rebelliousness crossed with childlike petulance and impetuousness, might have been perfect. IMHO he seems to have been born to play the role. But Douglas owned the film rights, and would not release them during Oates' brief period of semi-stardom.
Just about everybody turned down the Sundance Kid, and I certainly would have preferred James Garner or James Coburn, at least, in the role.
Supposedly Elvis was offered Midnight Cowboy.. How might that have changed history?
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