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Post by teleadm on Nov 5, 2021 20:04:20 GMT
Where do one even start on Charles Bronson, where do one even start. He had been around since the early 1950's, appearing in everything in early days being beaten up by Katherine Hepburn and appearing on Red Skelton Shows, and nearly being guillotined in House of Wax when props malfunctioned. Fame came late for him. Charles Bronson (1921–2003)This year it's 100 years since his birth
The following is not complete: Machine Gun Kelly 1958 Master of the World 1961 Kid Galahad 1962, when Elvis stars you know who loses. Sticking out in an all-star cast in The Great Escape 1963 Supporting Liz and Dick in The Sandpiper 1965 As Harmonica in Once Upon a Time in the West 1968 The Mechanic 1972 Mr Majestyk 1974 the melon farmer that had enough. Death Wish 1974 Hard Times 1975 Followed by Breakhart Pass 1975, From Noon till Three 1976 St Ives 1976, Raid on Entebbe TV 1976, The White Buffalo 1977 Telefon 1977, Caboblanco and Borderline 1980. A change of pace in TV movie Yes Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus 1991 The Indian Runner 1991 Screen farewell in Death Wish V: The Face of Death 1994 Acting farewell in TV movie Family of Cops III 1999. Ups and downs and far from complete! Thanks for watching! All kinds of opinions are welcome!
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Post by manfromplanetx on Nov 5, 2021 20:31:43 GMT
Thanks again teleadm ! Here he is as Blue Buffalo in the excellent .... Run of the Arrow (1957) Dir. Samuel Fuller
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Post by petrolino on Nov 5, 2021 20:41:11 GMT
This is an awesome tribute to Charles Bronson, thanks, what with the 100th anniversary of his birth. A Scorpio no doubt, mysterious as they are. I don't have a top 10 actors list, film is so global and has been going for so long I can't possibly stop at 10 and not become restless, but any list I made would always have a place for Charles Bronson.
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Post by Captain Spencer on Nov 6, 2021 4:50:17 GMT
One of my favorite action stars.
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Post by petrolino on Nov 6, 2021 4:55:42 GMT
One of my favorite action stars.
Sergio Leone called him the "best actor in the world" based on his mental and physical abilities; not one of, but as far as I'm aware, the absolute best. He wanted Charles Bronson for the incredibly exacting choreography, stunt work and staged sequencing set to music involved in filming the balletic 'Once Upon A Time In The West'.
I think the equivalents today would be actors like Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, and Sylvester Stallone who still doesn't get the credit he deserves from critics in my opinion.
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Post by Captain Spencer on Nov 6, 2021 5:07:13 GMT
One of my favorite action stars.
Sergio Leone called him the "best actor in the world" based on his mental and physical abilities; not one of, but as far as I'm aware, the absolute best. He wanted Charles Bronson for the incredibly exacting choreography, stunt work and staged sequencing set to music involved in filming the balletic 'Once Upon A Time In The West'.
I think the equivalents today would be actors like Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, and Sylvester Stallone who still doesn't get the credit he deserves from critics in my opinion.
You probably know this, but Leone wanted Bronson for A Fistful Of Dollars. However, for whatever reason, Bronson turned him down.
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Post by petrolino on Nov 6, 2021 5:11:51 GMT
Sergio Leone called him the "best actor in the world" based on his mental and physical abilities; not one of, but as far as I'm aware, the absolute best. He wanted Charles Bronson for the incredibly exacting choreography, stunt work and staged sequencing set to music involved in filming the balletic 'Once Upon A Time In The West'.
I think the equivalents today would be actors like Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, and Sylvester Stallone who still doesn't get the credit he deserves from critics in my opinion.
You probably know this, but Leone wanted Bronson for A Fistful Of Dollars. However, for whatever reason, Bronson turned him down.
I'd heard. Harsh but true. Thankfully, as genre movie fans, we got to see Clint Eastwood as "the Man with No Name", and Charles Bronson as Harmonica, propelling two of the greatest action stars (who did many of their own stunts) to the greater heights they needed (and clearly deserved).
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Post by petrolino on Nov 6, 2021 7:24:05 GMT
Here's some food for thought during the seasonal harvest ... high karate badass Chuck Norris reportedly referred to Charles Bronson as cinema's "ultimater badass".
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Post by Stammerhead on Nov 6, 2021 10:47:21 GMT
I watched Yes Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus simply because there was nothing else on and was surprised to find it extremely moving and Bronson’s performance was a revelation even though I knew he could deliver when necessary. I wish he hadn’t got stuck in action roles but he had bills to pay and at the end a very ill wife to support.
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Post by mikef6 on Nov 8, 2021 15:35:15 GMT
I watched Yes Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus simply because there was nothing else on and was surprised to find it extremely moving and Bronson’s performance was a revelation even though I knew he could deliver when necessary. I wish he hadn’t got stuck in action roles but he had bills to pay and at the end a very ill wife to support. That is a good observation. When director Paul Schrader approached James Coburn (who was in The Magnificent Seven" with Bronson), about appearing in "Affliction" (1997), Schrader was hemming and hawing around asking Coburn if he would do more than sleepwalk. Coburn knew exactly what was happening but didn't mind. He told Schrader, "Oh, you want me to really act. Sure. I can do that." Coburn won Best Supporting Actor for "Affliction." It is too bad that Charles Bronson didn't get a chance like that to show his stuff more often later in life.
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Post by jervistetch on Nov 8, 2021 15:58:50 GMT
So many great films but also his extensive work in television. Here is Charles and Claude Rains in “And So Died Riabouchinska”, a creepy episode of “Alfred Hitchcock Presents”. Plus he had an incredible head of hair.
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Post by politicidal on Nov 8, 2021 17:54:56 GMT
My top ten list would probably include:
Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)
House of Wax (1953)
The Magnificent Seven (1960)
Vera Cruz (1954)
Never So Few (1959)
The Great Escape (1963)
Drum Beat (1954)
Villa Rides (1968)
Death Hunt (1981)
Red Sun (1971)
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