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Post by pimpinainteasy on Jul 16, 2017 13:23:49 GMT
a cruelly underrated and ignored actor. its hard to take your eyes off the screen when he is on. he stole the show from JAMES STEWART in ANATOMY OF A MURDER . even though he worked around the same time as the method actors (he was in his early 50s in 1980), he retained some of that old american toughness.
i loved him in OKLAHOMA CRUDE. HARDCORE was another great performance.
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Post by wmcclain on Jul 16, 2017 14:10:25 GMT
He had a terrible alcohol problem, causing days of down time during film production. It is very sad but eventually you become unemployable, or at least don't have access to the better projects.
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Post by Primemovermithrax Pejorative on Jul 16, 2017 14:16:54 GMT
Yep-memorable as the Calvinist Christian father in Hardcore having to watch a porno film starring his own daughter.
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Post by london777 on Jul 16, 2017 15:12:06 GMT
I would have guessed that he made a lot more theatrical releases than he actually did (around 30 and many of those supporting roles). And on checking I am surprised how few films of his I have seen, and not many of them are much good. And yet I remember him as a giant of Hollywood. He had such a distinctive face and style.
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I see he made a TV series as Mussolini (1985). I do not know if it was any good, but he was physically a good fit. He was doing the "jutting out chin" thing long before 1985, though perhaps he got it from Mussolini in the first place?
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Post by wanton87 on Jul 16, 2017 15:26:09 GMT
I might be alone in this, but I enjoyed the rather controversial, The Savage is Loose 1974. I haven’t seen it in years, but Trish Van Devere, who was married to George at the time, was quite a sight. |
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Post by mikef6 on Jul 16, 2017 19:27:39 GMT
I might be alone in this, but I enjoyed the rather controversial, The Savage is Loose 1974. I haven’t seen it in years, but Trish Van Devere, who was married to George at the time, was quite a sight. Scott tried his best to make a star of Trish Van Devere. She wasn’t a bad actress, quite the contrary, she was quite good. Van Devere appeared as the Special Guest Murderer on one of my favorite “Columbo” episodes. She just didn’t have that undefinable Something. When they appeared together in “The Savage Is Loose,” directed by Scott and produced by his own production company, they promoted the film relentlessly, even appearing together on the daytime game show “The Hollywood Squares.” Scott tried to appear light hearted and funny, but when impressionist Rich Little got a question about Gen. Patton and went into a George C. Scott voice, Scott was visibly unhappy. |
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Post by koskiewicz on Jul 16, 2017 21:20:20 GMT
...my fave is "The Flim Flam Man"...
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Post by wanton87 on Jul 16, 2017 22:33:18 GMT
I might be alone in this, but I enjoyed the rather controversial, The Savage is Loose 1974. I haven’t seen it in years, but Trish Van Devere, who was married to George at the time, was quite a sight. Scott tried his best to make a star of Trish Van Devere. She wasn’t a bad actress, quite the contrary, she was quite good. Van Devere appeared as the Special Guest Murderer on one of my favorite “Columbo” episodes. She just didn’t have that undefinable Something. When they appeared together in “The Savage Is Loose,” directed by Scott and produced by his own production company, they promoted the film relentlessly, even appearing together on the daytime game show “The Hollywood Squares.” Scott tried to appear light hearted and funny, but when impressionist Rich Little got a question about Gen. Patton and went into a George C. Scott voice, Scott was visibly unhappy. That episode of Columbo just recently aired mikef6, but I didn’t get a chance to watch it. But it reminded me of this film that I had not seen in so many years. I also remember her in Messenger of Death, with Charles Bronson, but unfortunately, not much else. She was a good actress, and very pretty too. The Savage is Loose might have been too much too soon, for American audiences. |
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Post by claudius on Jul 16, 2017 22:38:44 GMT
Well, since no one is mentioning it, I might as well: Ebenezer Scrooge in A CHRISTMAS CAROL (1984)
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Post by OldAussie on Jul 17, 2017 1:50:49 GMT
His Patton is my number 1 Oscar winning performance of all-time. That movie is unimaginable without him. And he was at least the 6th actor offered the role.
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Post by outrider127 on Jul 17, 2017 2:47:27 GMT
I might be alone in this, but I enjoyed the rather controversial, The Savage is Loose 1974. I haven’t seen it in years, but Trish Van Devere, who was married to George at the time, was quite a sight. Scott tried his best to make a star of Trish Van Devere. She wasn’t a bad actress, quite the contrary, she was quite good. Van Devere appeared as the Special Guest Murderer on one of my favorite “Columbo” episodes. She just didn’t have that undefinable Something. When they appeared together in “The Savage Is Loose,” directed by Scott and produced by his own production company, they promoted the film relentlessly, even appearing together on the daytime game show “The Hollywood Squares.” Scott tried to appear light hearted and funny, but when impressionist Rich Little got a question about Gen. Patton and went into a George C. Scott voice, Scott was visibly unhappy. I forgot all about that movie--3 people on a deserted Island,I remember liking that movie quite a bit |
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Post by koskiewicz on Jul 17, 2017 15:24:09 GMT
Like DeNiro in Raging Bull, Scott actually became the character of Patton in the film...
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Post by twothousandonemark on Jul 18, 2017 23:52:22 GMT
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Post by bravomailer on Jul 19, 2017 0:18:05 GMT
"Depending on the breaks." Never cared much for Patton. Not the film. not the performance. Very hokey stuff. Patton's son was assistant post commander at Ft Knox when I went through armor training in the early 70s. I like Scott in The Hustler, Dr Strangelove, The Hospital. The latter might be taboo now as he rapes Diana Riggg. |
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Post by pimpinainteasy on Jul 19, 2017 5:26:25 GMT
I forgot all about that movie--3 people on a deserted Island,I remember liking that movie quite a bit its about a son falling in love with his mother and competing with his father for her affections. |
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Post by teleadm on Jul 19, 2017 18:01:02 GMT
Has anyone seen the Canadian supernatural chiller thriller The Changeling 1980? I've only seen the trailer and it looks interesting...
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Post by fangirl1975 on Jul 20, 2017 2:30:54 GMT
Well, since no one is mentioning it, I might as well: Ebenezer Scrooge in A CHRISTMAS CAROL (1984) You beat me to the punch Claudius. I was just about to mention his Scrooge in A CHRISTMAS CAROL(1984). |
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Post by TheOriginalPinky on Jul 20, 2017 14:06:18 GMT
Has anyone seen the Canadian supernatural chiller thriller The Changeling 1980? I've only seen the trailer and it looks interesting... |
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Post by Lebowskidoo 🦞 on Jul 20, 2017 14:43:29 GMT
Has anyone seen the Canadian supernatural chiller thriller The Changeling 1980? I've only seen the trailer and it looks interesting... I second what Pinky says. It's a spooky ghost story, but not the usual gorefest, great for people who normally wouldn't watch a horror movie. Not even sure I could call it a "horror movie" it's like a drama with supernatural elements but very well done. It won Best Picture at the 1980 Genie Awards, Canada's Oscars (now called Canadian Screen Awards...ugh). Scott and Van Devere both won as well. As a former Vancouver resident, it's a nostalgic trip back to the Vancouver of the 1970's/1980's, since most of the film was made there. Someone mentioned Scott appearing unhappy on a game show. He always seemed so serious, had he lightened up he may have lived longer. I just read that he and Colleen Dewhurst were married to each other twice! Also just read that he enjoyed receiving praise as an actor, but then would feel self-loathing for enjoying it. This may explain his not wanting to accept the Oscar he won? |
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Post by TheOriginalPinky on Jul 20, 2017 14:48:44 GMT
Yes, I actually own a copy. It's a very understated but frightening and compelling horror story (ghost story, if you will). I highly recommend it. One of the best. I second what Pinky says. It's a spooky ghost story, but not the usual gorefest, great for people who normally wouldn't watch a horror movie. Not even sure I could call it a "horror movie" it's like a drama with supernatural elements but very well done. It won Best Picture at the 1980 Genie Awards, Canada's Oscars (now called Canadian Screen Awards...ugh). Scott and Van Devere both won as well. As a former Vancouver resident, it's a nostalgic trip back to the Vancouver of the 1970's/1980's, since most of the film was made there. Someone mentioned Scott appearing unhappy on a game show. He always seemed so serious, had he lightened up he may have lived longer. I just read that he and Colleen Dewhurst were married to each other twice!
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