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Post by politicidal on Jul 25, 2022 18:44:45 GMT
Sorvino, the father of Oscar-winning actress Mira Sorvino (Mighty Aphrodite), died Monday of natural causes, his wife, Dee Dee, announced. “Our hearts are broken, there will never be another Paul Sorvino, he was the love of my life and one of the greatest performers to ever grace the screen and stage,” she said.
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Post by marshamae on Jul 25, 2022 19:00:05 GMT
Lovely man, fine actor, RIP
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Post by GiantFan1980 on Jul 25, 2022 19:04:54 GMT
Geez! That's 3 from the Goodfella's cast this year.  |
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Post by averagejoe2021 on Jul 25, 2022 19:08:47 GMT
Darn..RIP Mr Sorvino.
In real life, a very mild mannered guy who had to really find a way to convey Paulie from Goodfellas.
Definitely nailed that role and several others.
RIP Mr. Sorvino.
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Post by Penn Guinn on Jul 25, 2022 19:11:05 GMT
 Thank heavens for re-runs and DVDs ... we never really "lose" these guys who have been a part of our lives ! |
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Post by TheMack on Jul 25, 2022 21:01:25 GMT
Thank heavens for re-runs and DVDs ... we never really "lose" these guys who have been a part of our lives ! Of all the great roles he played, I still remember the first roll I seen him in when I was a kid. It was a TV movie called (I think) “Dummy”. He played a lawyer who had recently lost his hearing, and his speech was deteriorating. As a public defender he was assigned to defend a deaf-mute (Lavar Burton) accused of murder. The movie was very good. Every time I saw Sorvino, I always thought of that movie. Probably a roll he didn’t even remember doing.
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Post by teleadm on Jul 26, 2022 4:34:25 GMT
R.I.P. Paul Sorvino
 One of his early roles in The Panic in Needle Park 1971  The action-packed cases of maverick San Francisco cop Bert D'Angelo. 1976  Slow Dancing in the Big City 1978  That Championship Season 1982, repeating his Broadway role of Phil Romano from 1972. ...and much much more.
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Post by Doghouse6 on Jul 26, 2022 5:55:11 GMT
Among so much excellent work Sorvino did was a (most likely) little-seen but good-natured and charming gem from Canada, 2003's Mambo Italiano, in which he and Ginette Reno play the very old-world-values parents of a young gay man still in the closet to them. In the frame grab below, it's easy to guess they've just gotten the news from son Angelo.  This film is an opportunity for Sorvino to let his comedic abilities loose, running the scale from subtle to unrestrained, and when he Reno are on the screen, they own the picture. |
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