Actually, I think RHPS is a pretty accurate impression of TC's body of work: always willing to go over the top, and usually asked to do so.
You'd never make it. I'd rip your spine out before you got half a step. Those little legs wouldn't be much good without one of those.
Glory ,'The Killer In Me'
Boxed Set, Vol. II: "It's a Cookbook...A Cookbook!!"
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Betsy HP - Nov 28, 2005 1:30:08 pm PST #5447 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
DCJensen - Nov 28, 2005 1:34:06 pm PST #5448 of 10001
All is well that ends in pizza.
My mom was introduced to Malcolm McDowell in Clockwork Orange when it came out in the theaters. Only movie she's ever walked out on.
Fast forward a decade later, she loved him as H.G. Wells in Time After Time. It was another decade until I told her it was the same actor.
She truely boggled.
P.M. Marc - Nov 28, 2005 1:36:38 pm PST #5449 of 10001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Actually, I think RHPS is a pretty accurate impression of TC's body of work: always willing to go over the top, and usually asked to do so.
Sadly, usually with less singing, dancing, and crossdressing.
Betsy HP - Nov 28, 2005 1:41:06 pm PST #5450 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
True. But I'll always have Muppet Treasure Island. Actually, I won't swear to the cross-dressing in that one.
§ ita § - Nov 28, 2005 1:45:10 pm PST #5451 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
He doesn't sing or dance in Blue Money, but if memory serves, Curry does crossdress. As a nun.
Theodosia - Nov 28, 2005 1:51:55 pm PST #5452 of 10001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
I'll second the goodness of Curry's performance in Muppet Treasure Island.
If you want a Malcolm McDowell threefer, check him out as an over-the-top Mick Jaggeresque rock star in Get Crazy, including singing his own songs. It is a wonderfully comic performance.
Katie M - Nov 28, 2005 1:57:09 pm PST #5453 of 10001
I was charmed (albeit somewhat perplexed) by the fannish sensibility of many of the music choices -- it's like the director was trying to vid Canada. --loligo on the Olympic Opening Ceremonies
It's terribly gauche to admit that my favorite Tim Curry movie is Clue, isn't it? Well, I'll just have to be gauche, then. "Communism was just a red herring!"
Matt the Bruins fan - Nov 28, 2005 2:00:22 pm PST #5454 of 10001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Actually, I think RHPS is a pretty accurate impression of TC's body of work: always willing to go over the top, and usually asked to do so.
I thought he was the top in that one?
P.M. Marc - Nov 28, 2005 2:03:08 pm PST #5455 of 10001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
It's terribly gauche to admit that my favorite Tim Curry movie is Clue, isn't it?
Clue's a great choice.
Frankenbuddha - Nov 29, 2005 4:58:19 am PST #5456 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
I managed to avoid Annie for years, so my introduction to Tim Curry was RHPS and my introduction to Albert Finney was Tom Jones.
Mine were RHPS for Curry and TWO FOR THE ROAD for Finney, which was also introduction to Audrey Hepburn. Great movie, which I just got on DVD and worked as my introduction to seriously non-linear movie storytelling.
No, wait, my intro to Finney was the musical SCROOGE, which REALLY doesn't give an accurate impression (but does show an impressive amount of range). Also, it was the second movie I remember seeing in a theater with any degree of clarity (the first being YELLOW SUBMARINE).
And my next encounter with Finney after TftR was MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS. Talk about three VERY different roles.