Many venerable actors have done things throughout their careers that would seem to have blown up their world.
Olivier. Marathon Man. One of the few movies I've ever walked out of.
Dawn: Any luck? Willow: If you define luck as the absence of success--plenty.
'Touched'
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Fred Pete - Aug 11, 2004 9:07:26 am PDT #2681 of 10001
Ann, that's a ferret.
§ ita § - Aug 11, 2004 9:09:46 am PDT #2682 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I'd probably want to be acting all the time just so as not to have to come up with something to do with myself for months at a time
If not for the paranoia I have about my rent check, I'd much more love the periodic work. Colin's always "...and then I'm going to spend ten days in Belize." I never spend ten days anywhere that's not my apartment.
Jon B. - Aug 11, 2004 9:10:51 am PDT #2683 of 10001
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Ben Kingsley wishes he were Michael Caine.
Or vice versa. Has Caine ever won an Oscar?
§ ita § - Aug 11, 2004 9:12:16 am PDT #2684 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Two.
Nutty - Aug 11, 2004 9:12:28 am PDT #2685 of 10001
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
Yeah -- right? He won a couple of years ago, for The Cider House Rules, and then was nominated again for The Quiet American but I don't think he won that time.
Predictably, I liked the second performance a lot more than the first.
Jon B. - Aug 11, 2004 9:13:01 am PDT #2686 of 10001
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Really? I stand corrected!
DavidS - Aug 11, 2004 9:14:46 am PDT #2687 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I like that about Michael Caine -- it's like he's still a working class guy, so he wants to make sure there's a next paycheck coming.
Film critics refer to the Caine/Hackman rule. Which is that at any time of day, you are guaranteed to find a movie on cable with either Michael Caine or Gene Hackman in it.
§ ita § - Aug 11, 2004 9:15:42 am PDT #2688 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Supporting for Ciderhouse and Hannah And Her Sisters. He has six noms, from 1967 to now. Which really only represents a scant portion of his output. (117 credits). Ben's got 4 noms, 1 win. (76 credits).
Scrappy - Aug 11, 2004 9:15:50 am PDT #2689 of 10001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Hey, Olivier did The Betsy, a film so bad that it never shows anywhere. Plus he has a sex scene in it which is just wrong wrong wrong. I do NOT need to see an elderly and venerated performer humping the maid, thankyewverymuch.
beekaytee - Aug 11, 2004 9:23:53 am PDT #2690 of 10001
Compassionately intolerant
Dammit!
I had successfully eternally sunshined The Betsy right oughta my mind. Now it's back again with all its truly terribleness. Curses.