mrbellamy 6,272 Posted August 29, 2016 Share Posted August 29, 2016 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted August 29, 2016 Share Posted August 29, 2016 RIP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,466 Posted August 29, 2016 Share Posted August 29, 2016 Sad news. SEE NO EVIL, HEAR NO EVIL is one of my alltime favourite comedies. Koray Savas 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted August 29, 2016 Share Posted August 29, 2016 So saddened by this, I loved this guy to bits! One of my very favourites of comedy. I'm going to watch Stir Crazy. RIP to a legendary comedy actor, a real icon of American cinema. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Hilary Bray 235 Posted August 29, 2016 Share Posted August 29, 2016 Very sad. Got to meet him, albeit quite briefly at a book signing when I was at university. The role I enjoyed best was Bloom in the Producers. Another great lost. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,251 Posted August 29, 2016 Share Posted August 29, 2016 1 hour ago, Lonnegan said: So saddened by this, I loved this guy to bits! One of my very favourites of comedy. I'm going to watch Stir Crazy. RIP to a legendary comedy actor, a real icon of American cinema. Can't say much more than this. He was a very special actor and crucial to my childhood. So many classic films. RIP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,287 Posted August 29, 2016 Share Posted August 29, 2016 Turns out I've only seen 3 films he was in - Willy Wonka, Blazing Saddles, and Young Frankenstein. I should change that. Ricard 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,251 Posted August 29, 2016 Share Posted August 29, 2016 Check out his films with Richard Pryor. Haunted Honeymoon, as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted August 29, 2016 Share Posted August 29, 2016 He's in Bonnie and Clyde. Steals it for a little while too, no mean feat. Also, The Woman in Red. The critics didn't like that directorial effort of his, but I must have watched it 5 times. Ricard 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karelm 2,903 Posted August 29, 2016 Share Posted August 29, 2016 He was so funny in the Producers and perfect in Willy Wonka. RIP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red 75 Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 Huge bummer but not unexpected given his condition. Easily one of the greatest comedic actors ever. His Willy Wonka will forever be stamped on my psyche. "So shines a good deed in a weary world." RIP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,251 Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crumbs 14,301 Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 Very sad, wasn't aware he was unwell. Rest in peace. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 4 hours ago, Lonnegan said: He's in Bonnie and Clyde. Steals it for a little while too, no mean feat. I was about to mention that because I only watched it recently. I like the story about Jack Warner telling Warren Beatty that he made a "three-piss picture". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,713 Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 RIP Mr. Wilder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indianagirl 298 Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 This news breaks my heart. I loved Gene Wilder as a young girl. He had the most amazing eyes. They were eccentric, zany, gentle, and warm all at the same time. Much like his persona. He hasn't worked in a long time but I shall still miss him terribly. ? Ricard 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uni 306 Posted September 3, 2016 Share Posted September 3, 2016 Wow. I wasn't able to get in here over the past few days, and expected a couple of pages by now. . . . Most people my age remember him fondly from their childhood as Willy Wonka, but he was always George Caldwell to me. I cut my Wilder teeth on Silver Streak, a movie my dad first showed me when I was about 8 years old. It kicked off the Wilder/Pryor partnership and my lifelong love of Gene's work. He played the naive foil to Pryor's streetwise (if silly) schtick so perfectly, so many times. He was comedy's everyday man, quietly making it look easy for all these years. I wasn't aware he was as ill as he apparently was--he's been giving lucid and intelligent interviews for years now. I'll miss him dearly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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