'The Killer In Me'
A place to talk about movies--Old and new, good and bad, high art and high cheese. It's the place to place your kittens on the award winners, gossip about upcoming fims and discuss DVD releases and extras. Spoiler policy: White font all plot-related discussion until a movie's been in wide release two weeks, and keep the major HSQ in white font until two weeks after the video/DVD release.
Angela Bassett as Tina Turner and Lawrence Fishburne as Ike Turner. Neither of them looked too much like the RL person, but they just blew me away by their performances.
For one who looked a lot like the RL person and still gave a great performance, Gary Busey as Buddy Holly was wonderful.
Frederic Forrest as the title character in the movie, Larry. He plays a man who was abandoned by his mother as a baby and grew up in an institution for the mentally disabled. There was nothing wrong with him but because he grew up around retarded people, he emulated their behaviour. It was a social worker, played by Tyne Daly, who finally realised the truth and eventually he was able to leave the institution and live like a non-disabled person. Amazing true story and amazing performances by Forrest and Daly.
Do Gods & Monsters (the guy who directed Frankenstein) and The Whole Wide World (Robert E. Howard) count? Or are they just movies who portray real people at a certain stage in their lives?
Do Gods & Monsters (the guy who directed Frankenstein) and The Whole Wide World (Robert E. Howard) count?
In my head they count. No biopic tells the whole story of anyone's life. I'm mostly wondering about people who not only become other people, but become other people we have a real world knowledge of, disappearing into them.
I think I mentioned this obliquely above, but I still have to go with Ben Kingsley's performance in Ghandi.
I could watch that movie just about any time, Gandalfe.
Also? Ed Harris as John Glenn in The Right Stuff.
And who could forget Gary Oldman in Sid and Nancy?
And who could forget Gary Oldman in Sid and Nancy?
Oh yeah. And Gary Oldman in Prick Up Your Ears. Wait, I've never seen footage of Joe Orton. But I'm sure Oldman's portrayal was very accurate.
Ed Harris as John Glenn in The Right Stuff.
Hell, the whole cast were great.
You also have Cagney as Lon Chaney in The Man of a Thousand Faces. Not great but enjoyable.
Geoffrey Rush as David Helfgott in Shine, was excellent. Did anyone watch the Peter Sellers TV biopic? What was Rush like as Sellers?
ita, why didn't you mention how freaking sad Soldier's Girl is? just finished watching it and gah! i just don't understand some people... and the fact that this is a true story not very far from where i am makes it even worse.