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Post by masterofallgoons on Jun 20, 2024 18:42:57 GMT
NY Times: Donald Sutherland, Star of ‘M*A*S*H’ and Much More, Dies at 88
Donald Sutherland has died at the age of 88. The actor (and father to Keifer) really had a varied career, and really hadn't slowed down right to the end. I guess most people probably think of him in Mash and JFK and Animal House, and more recently younger audiences probably recognize him from The Hunger Games. My immediate thoughts when I saw his name in the headlines were of Klute, the remake of Invasion of the Body Snatchers, and maybe A Time to Kill or (where his son was also in the cast) or Outbreak, or Backdraft or something like on of those that he did in the 90s, where I would have first seen him. I think the most recent film I saw him in was Mr. Harrigan's phone on Netflix, one of the blandest of the Stephen King adaptations, but he elevated it just with his presence and gravitas.
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Post by FrankSobotka1514 on Jun 20, 2024 19:56:22 GMT
NY Times: Donald Sutherland, Star of ‘M*A*S*H’ and Much More, Dies at 88
Donald Sutherland has died at the age of 88. The actor (and father to Keifer) really had a varied career, and really hadn't slowed down right to the end. I guess most people probably think of him in Mash and JFK and Animal House, and more recently younger audiences probably recognize him from The Hunger Games. My immediate thoughts when I saw his name in the headlines were of Klute, the remake of Invasion of the Body Snatchers, and maybe A Time to Kill or (where his son was also in the cast) or Outbreak, or Backdraft or something like on of those that he did in the 90s, where I would have first seen him. I think the most recent film I saw him in was Mr. Harrigan's phone on Netflix, one of the blandest of the Stephen King adaptations, but he elevated it just with his presence and gravitas. He was legendary in JFK in a small part. I have no idea if what he said was true but that’s neither here nor there. A wonderful actor, rest in peace. |
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Post by Horselover Fat on Jun 20, 2024 21:38:59 GMT
 I have the Klute Criterion Blu-ray and Invasion of the Body Snatchers on DVD. And Kelly's Heroes and The Dirty Dozen on DVD.  |
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Post by staggerstag on Jun 20, 2024 23:20:21 GMT
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Post by Jep Gambardella on Jun 20, 2024 23:50:27 GMT
My favourite film of his may very well be Eye of the Needle, in which he plays a German spy in England during WWII.
R.I.P.
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Post by Horselover Fat on Jun 21, 2024 1:29:46 GMT
My favourite film of his may very well be Eye of the Needle, in which he plays a German spy in England during WWII. R.I.P. Also a favorite of mine and a good book. After searching my own site I found several more like Murder by Decree, which I have on DVD, The Great Train Robbery, and the wonderful 70s poster for Lady Ice (1973). An otherwise forgotten movie.  |
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Post by masterofallgoons on Jun 21, 2024 1:40:57 GMT
I didn't know that he did a Kate Bush video, so that's cool, but this little story also reminded me that he worked with Bertolucci and Fellini. So that's cool too. |
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Post by Jep Gambardella on Jun 21, 2024 2:23:42 GMT
My favourite film of his may very well be Eye of the Needle, in which he plays a German spy in England during WWII. R.I.P. Also a favorite of mine and a good book. After searching my own site I found several more like Murder by Decree, which I have on DVD, The Great Train Robbery, and the wonderful 70s poster for Lady Ice (1973). An otherwise forgotten movie. I liked the book too. I had never heard of Lady Ice. Great poster, but based on the reviews I just read on IMDb there’s a good reason why it has been largely forgotten. |
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Post by Horselover Fat on Jun 21, 2024 3:46:04 GMT
I liked the book too. I had never heard of Lady Ice. Great poster, but based on the reviews I just read on IMDb there’s a good reason why it has been largely forgotten. Except for one scene with Jennifer O'Neill in a bikini it is terrible. |
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Post by Pangolin on Jun 21, 2024 9:49:15 GMT
The most memorable scene with him, I think:  |
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Post by masterofallgoons on Jun 21, 2024 12:05:27 GMT
NY Times: Donald Sutherland, Star of ‘M*A*S*H’ and Much More, Dies at 88
Donald Sutherland has died at the age of 88. The actor (and father to Keifer) really had a varied career, and really hadn't slowed down right to the end. I guess most people probably think of him in Mash and JFK and Animal House, and more recently younger audiences probably recognize him from The Hunger Games. My immediate thoughts when I saw his name in the headlines were of Klute, the remake of Invasion of the Body Snatchers, and maybe A Time to Kill or (where his son was also in the cast) or Outbreak, or Backdraft or something like on of those that he did in the 90s, where I would have first seen him. I think the most recent film I saw him in was Mr. Harrigan's phone on Netflix, one of the blandest of the Stephen King adaptations, but he elevated it just with his presence and gravitas. He was legendary in JFK in a small part. I have no idea if what he said was true but that’s neither here nor there. A wonderful actor, rest in peace. I don't have much love for that movie, for Oliver Stone, for Kevin Costner, or for conspiracy theorists, but it is indeed a memorable performance and scene. |
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Post by TheGoodMan19 on Jun 21, 2024 12:50:30 GMT
Am I the only person who thinks "Hawkeye Pierce" when I think of Donald Sutherland?
Most everyone thinks "Alan Alda" but I didn't like the TV show all that much. The movie was great
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Post by FrankSobotka1514 on Jun 21, 2024 13:41:25 GMT
Am I the only person who thinks "Hawkeye Pierce" when I think of Donald Sutherland? Most everyone thinks "Alan Alda" but I didn't like the TV show all that much. The movie was great It’s been a million years since I saw the movie but doesn’t Alan Alda’s Hawkeye have movie Trapper’s personality, and Wayne Rogers’ Trapper have movie Hawkeye’s personality? Whatever the case, no slight to Donald Sutherland but to me Hawkeye is Alan Alda. |
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Post by Horselover Fat on Jun 21, 2024 13:44:43 GMT
Am I the only person who thinks "Hawkeye Pierce" when I think of Donald Sutherland? Most everyone thinks "Alan Alda" but I didn't like the TV show all that much. The movie was great I always think of this scene whenever I see Tangier mentioned: [Caught by the MPs] Trapper: Finally caught up with us, huh? Hawkeye: Where did we fail? Trapper: I don’t know, I think it was the woman. Something tells me I’ve seen her someplace before. Hawkeye: She was the one in Tangiers. |
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Post by TheGoodMan19 on Jun 21, 2024 16:58:30 GMT
Am I the only person who thinks "Hawkeye Pierce" when I think of Donald Sutherland? Most everyone thinks "Alan Alda" but I didn't like the TV show all that much. The movie was great It’s been a million years since I saw the movie but doesn’t Alan Alda’s Hawkeye have movie Trapper’s personality, and Wayne Rogers’ Trapper have movie Hawkeye’s personality? Whatever the case, no slight to Donald Sutherland but to me Hawkeye is Alan Alda. I'm not sure (I haven't seen much of the series). I know that Hawkeye and Trapper were much closer to the book than the TV. Booze guzzling, nurse chasing surgeons, not White Knights tilting at the Korean War windmill. The book has some dark turns in it. There's a Protestant chaplain (can't remember his name) who was constantly writing letter to the families of the wounded, saying they would be fine when they were still critical. When one soldier died after the letter was sent, Hawkeye and Duke Forrest tie the chaplain to a cross and threaten to burn him alive. In the book, Henry Blake isn't a doctor, just administration. Radar isn't naive at all (that was an orderly named Boone) but a very underhanded person. There were two other surgeons, a Major Hobson, who was a fundamental christian and Captain Frank Burns, an incompetent surgeon. combined into one character for the show.
The thing that always bugged me from the TV show was the drinking. All the times the doctors would be guzzling fresh moonshine from a still, 190 proof, then immediately get called to surgery. Please, can I have the alky operate on me? In real MASH units, there were many surgeons and they worked in eight hour shifts expecting times of huge fighting. The film showed the size of a real MASH in Korea. And I get why the TV show streamlined it to save money.
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