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Post by jeffersoncody on Jul 25, 2020 9:37:25 GMT
I was trying to persuade my missus to watch the Robert Aldrich-directed, Burt Reynolds- starring THE LONGEST YARD (1974) - on Blu ray with me today. I am not going to lie, it's a tough sell. So I asked her, "do you prefer Burt Lancaster or Burt Reynolds?" She didn't even hesitate before saying "Burt Lancaster". Which, considering we have recently watched Burt Lancaster in BIRDMAN OF ALCATRAZ, THE GYPSY MOTHS, ATLANTIC CITY and ELMER GANTRY - while the last Burt Reynolds flick we watched was GATOR (1976), is hardly surprising.
Thus I thought I would inquire of the folk on the classic board who they prefer. I doubt anyone here would have the cojones to say Burt Reynolds, but the vote is anonymous, so who knows?
Thus it's Burt vs Burt. Let the voting begin.
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Post by politicidal on Jul 25, 2020 12:53:47 GMT
Burt Lancaster.
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Post by jeffersoncody on Jul 25, 2020 14:24:12 GMT
Who is the mysterious Burt Reynolds uber fan on this board?
I always though Burt's hilarious performance as the sleazy, perverted congressman in the mediocre screen version of Carl Hiaasen's STRIPTEASE was the best thing in the movie.
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Post by OldAussie on Jul 25, 2020 14:24:20 GMT
Burt Lancaster has one of the greatest filmographies ever. I like Reynolds a lot but boy, there's some crap in that career.
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Post by mikef6 on Jul 25, 2020 14:50:56 GMT
Numbers 1 & 9. Burt did not deserve an Oscar in the year he was nominated for Boogie Nights because Robin Williams won that year and HE deserved the Oscar.
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Post by jeffersoncody on Jul 25, 2020 17:29:17 GMT
Numbers 1 & 9. Burt did not deserve an Oscar in the year he was nominated for Boogie Nights because Robin Williams won that year and HE deserved the Oscar. Funny enough the missus and I re-watched BOOGIE NIGHTS today. Have you seen it mike?
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Post by mikef6 on Jul 25, 2020 21:38:26 GMT
Numbers 1 & 9. Burt did not deserve an Oscar in the year he was nominated for Boogie Nights because Robin Williams won that year and HE deserved the Oscar. Funny enough the missus and I re-watched BOOGIE NIGHTS today. Have you seen it mike? Not since it first was released on home video, which was probably not long after it was out of the theaters. Thought BR was very good. Most of the rest I thought was to an extent exploitative. Never even had the twinge of an urge to see it again. If I wanted to see exploitation, I'd watch an actual porn.
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Post by jeffersoncody on Jul 26, 2020 4:01:43 GMT
Funny enough the missus and I re-watched BOOGIE NIGHTS today. Have you seen it mike? Not since it first was released on home video, which was probably not long after it was out of the theaters. Thought BR was very good. Most of the rest I thought was to an extent exploitative. Never even had the twinge of an urge to see it again. If I wanted to see exploitation, I'd watch an actual porn.Ha, yesterday was the third time I have seen BOOGIE NIGHTS mike - saw it on the big screen the first time, and yesterday's viewing did the trick with the missus. The film didn't exactly rock her world, but she enjoyed it enough, and she was suitably impressed with Burt's career best turn. Thus she was prepared to watch Robert Aldrich's raucous, frequently profane and blackly comical prison football saga THE LONGEST YARD last night, which we had a blast with. And Burt is terrific as Paul "Wrecking" Crew. BTW, I would disagree that BOOGIE NIGHT is even slightly exploitative ((dude, SALON KITTY is exploitative, but not this heartfelt PTA flick). It's about family - a fucked up surrogate family; Jack Horner is the daddy, Amber (a brilliant, heartbreaking Julianne Moore - "yes, this is a giant cock".) is the mommy and Dirk and Rollergirl are the kids, but a family nonetheless. And the Bill Macy, Philip Seymour Hoffman and Don Cheadle characters fit into that family too. Hell, even the tragic The Colonel Jack - who has a thing for young girls, is the rich uncle of the family. Fact is, I feel BOOGIE NIGHTS is a most tasteful, yet tragic, film about the golden days of the porn industry in seventies California. But, like THE OUTLAW JOSEY WALES before it, it's really about family. Of course, some mean-spirited industry folk say the reason Burt is so good in the film is because he is playing himself. Do you remember the Bill Forsyth-directed BREAKING IN (1989) - in which Burt's aging character removes his wig mid-movie? "If I wanted to see exploitation, I'd watch an actual porn."
LOL. I am not even going to go there mike - which is not to say that I don't enjoy a little girl-on-girl porn on occasion.
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Post by jeffersoncody on Jul 26, 2020 4:50:05 GMT
I fear the Classic board has lost it's soul, it's glory days long faded. Damn, you folk don't even give a darn about the legendary Burt Lancaster, let alone Burt Reynolds. Eleven votes (and one of them is mine) indeed. Way I see it, this means there ain't many intact souls here.
My soul is intact, and I dare anyone here to tell me I am out of order.
Now get busy voting, or get busy dying. And yes I am misquoting THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION.
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Post by jeffersoncody on Jul 26, 2020 4:54:52 GMT
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Post by jeffersoncody on Jul 26, 2020 4:56:54 GMT
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Post by jeffersoncody on Jul 26, 2020 4:58:59 GMT
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Post by jeffersoncody on Jul 26, 2020 5:01:24 GMT
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Post by The Herald Erjen on Jul 26, 2020 5:13:03 GMT
I don't prefer one over the other. If I try to imagine Burt Lancaster as Lewis in "Deliverance," or Burt Reynolds as Mr. McIntosh in "Ulzana's Raid," it just doesn't fly.
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Post by jeffersoncody on Jul 26, 2020 5:34:53 GMT
I don't prefer one over the other. If I try to imagine Burt Lancaster as Lewis in "Deliverance," or Burt Reynolds as Mr. McIntosh in "Ulzana's Raid," it just doesn't fly. From the sublime to the ridiculous. I finally got around to watching Sergio Corbucci's (the other Sergio) NAVAJO JOE (1966) during the lock down. And not only did I enjoy this violent Italian oater, but Burt Reynolds - in anti-hero mode - is pretty damn good in the titular role. As to your point Erjen. It's a good one, but I think Burt Lancaster could have aced Reynolds' role in DELIVERANCE, but Reynolds could not have played Don Fabrizio in Visconti's THE LEOPARD. Thanks for your contribution Erjen.
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Post by jeffersoncody on Jul 26, 2020 14:49:21 GMT
14 souls have posted their votes. Anymore souls out there with something to say about Burt and Burt? Vote now.
Anybody want to spread a little love about either of these two stars or favorite films they have been in, feel free to express yourself here.
I say the two Burts are looking down from that great cinema in the sky and reading this thread. I strongly suspect Burt Reynolds is secretly quite chuffed to be sharing a thread with a screen icon like Lancaster.
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Post by phantomparticle on Jul 27, 2020 1:03:34 GMT
Apples and oranges, and I like both.
Lancaster was an actor so serious and intimidating he was like bedrock earth, even while flying high above the audience in Trapeze and leaping from building to building in The Crimson Pirate. His terrifying newspaper columnist in Sweet Smell of Success is one of the great villains of the 1950's.
Reynolds was very amusing, even in his most serious roles. He skimmed along the surface of the earth as though gravity had a difficult time holding him down and he invested his characters with genuine charm, whether creating a football team out of killer convicts in The Longest Yard or portraying a jaded, vengeful detective in Sharkey's Machine.
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Post by OldAussie on Jul 27, 2020 3:41:37 GMT
Am I in trouble for suggesting that maybe, just maybe, Burt R had more natural talent, but Burt L took his career MUCH more seriously.
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Post by rudeboy on Jul 27, 2020 4:13:59 GMT
Numbers 1 & 9. Burt did not deserve an Oscar in the year he was nominated for Boogie Nights because Robin Williams won that year and HE deserved the Oscar. I think Robert Forster deserved it that year, for the warmest and richest performance we shall likely ever see in a Tarantino movie. Shocking to think that three of that year’s Supporting Actor nominees are no longer around... it seems like only yesterday.
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Post by OldAussie on Jul 27, 2020 4:29:49 GMT
Numbers 1 & 9. Burt did not deserve an Oscar in the year he was nominated for Boogie Nights because Robin Williams won that year and HE deserved the Oscar. I think Robert Forster deserved it that year, for the warmest and richest performance we shall likely ever see in a Tarantino movie. Shocking to think that three of that year’s Supporting Actor nominees are no longer around... it seems like only yesterday. nicely put
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