Ben Kingsley wishes he were Michael Caine.
Or vice versa. Has Caine ever won an Oscar?
Damn it! You know what? I'm sick of this crap. I'm sick of being the guy who eats insects and gets the funny syphilis. As of this moment, it's over. I'm finished being everybody's butt monkey!
Xander ,'Lessons'
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Jon B. - Aug 11, 2004 9:10:51 am PDT #2683 of 10001
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
§ 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.
Frankenbuddha - Aug 11, 2004 9:27:55 am PDT #2691 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
One of the few movies I've ever walked out of.
So it wasn't safe, then?
Olivier ended his career doing pretty much everything that came his way (see also Boys From Brazil, the Langella Dracula, etc.). Occasionally he got one like SLEUTH (with, hey now, Michael Caine), but usually, nsm.
Fred Pete - Aug 11, 2004 9:30:08 am PDT #2692 of 10001
Ann, that's a ferret.
Hey, I limited my Olivier comment to one I'd seen.
Not that The Boys from Brazil has a great rep.