A24 4,326 Posted February 25, 2022 Share Posted February 25, 2022 28 minutes ago, Naïve Old Fart said: Directed by Ulu Grosbard, who made the woefully underrated STRAIGHT TIME. His best! Naïve Old Fart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,478 Posted February 25, 2022 Share Posted February 25, 2022 Grosbard had a very impressive roster of film composers on his movies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruce marshall 1,315 Posted February 25, 2022 Share Posted February 25, 2022 The film where Dustin Hoffman has a Theresa Russell for a girlfriend? Gimme a.break!😅 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweeping Strings 2,346 Posted February 26, 2022 Share Posted February 26, 2022 On 25/02/2022 at 7:40 AM, AC1 said: That reminds me, I really need to watch this movie again. 'Great script Herb, but would you consider shortening the title?' 'No!' *Sigh* 'OK then ... ' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chen G. 3,944 Posted March 1, 2022 Share Posted March 1, 2022 RIP Priscilla Tolkien. RIP Alan Ladd Jr. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted March 2, 2022 Share Posted March 2, 2022 RIP Alan Ladd, Jr. He'll always be most famous for green-lighting Star Wars of course, but it's quite a career even outside of that. The second thing I always think of with his name is Jerry JW's music for the Ladd Co. logo https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/alan-ladd-jr-dead-star-wars-braveheart-dies-1235102885/ Holko 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chen G. 3,944 Posted March 2, 2022 Share Posted March 2, 2022 He was also the one to chop-up Once Upon a Time in America, but De mortuis nihil nisi bonum and all of that. A great producer who put his eggs in risky baskets and was greatly rewarded. Both Star Wars and Braveheart were risky projects to undertake. A great loss. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,176 Posted March 2, 2022 Share Posted March 2, 2022 29 minutes ago, Disco Stu said: The second thing I always think of with his name is Jerry's music for the Ladd Co. logo Goldsmith did a Ladd theme as well? Or did you mean John? Disco Stu 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted March 2, 2022 Share Posted March 2, 2022 5 minutes ago, Marian Schedenig said: Goldsmith did a Ladd theme as well? Or did you mean John? Oops, my brain making bad connections! I think I was mixing it up with Carolco Marian Schedenig 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,176 Posted March 2, 2022 Share Posted March 2, 2022 Well, Williams' Ladd theme *is* included on a Goldsmith soundtrack release. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,033 Posted March 2, 2022 Share Posted March 2, 2022 Civilian no. 2000 has died. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,319 Posted March 2, 2022 Share Posted March 2, 2022 2 minutes ago, Marian Schedenig said: Well, Williams' Ladd theme *is* included on a Goldsmith soundtrack release. Outland, yes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,176 Posted March 2, 2022 Share Posted March 2, 2022 Just now, Jay said: Outland, yes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,319 Posted March 2, 2022 Share Posted March 2, 2022 I should check out that score again, I remember liking it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,176 Posted March 2, 2022 Share Posted March 2, 2022 It's Alien's little brother. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,326 Posted March 3, 2022 Share Posted March 3, 2022 He dies in the year Blade Runner celebrates it's 40th anniversary. R.I.P. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruce marshall 1,315 Posted March 3, 2022 Share Posted March 3, 2022 11 hours ago, Jay said: I should check out that score again, I remember liking it Listen to the ost. Not the bloated and redundant expansion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filmmusic 1,823 Posted March 13, 2022 Share Posted March 13, 2022 https://variety.com/2022/film/news/william-hurt-dead-kiss-of-the-spider-woman-1235203576 eitam, bruce marshall, A24 and 2 others 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eitam 364 Posted March 13, 2022 Share Posted March 13, 2022 Very sad, he was "relatively" young. He played in one of my absolute favorite movies, Dark City (1998). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JNHFan2000 2,944 Posted March 13, 2022 Share Posted March 13, 2022 Very sad to hear. Great actor. Iconic actor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruce marshall 1,315 Posted March 13, 2022 Share Posted March 13, 2022 My favorite role is in the wonderful but obscure gem EYEWITNESS. Check it out. RIP WH😣 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,176 Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 Oh no. Hurt would always give a reliably gripping performance. Two favourites that come to mind are A History of Violence and Dark City. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 Yes, I’m pretty sure Dark City is the first movie I took notice of him in. Great actor, RIP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,176 Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 Upon further review of his filmography, I've actually seen only a few others of his films beside the two I mentioned. That I feel like I've seen him in much more is a testament to his screen presence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tallguy 3,380 Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 I'm one of ten people who liked the Lost in Space movie. (Maybe nine.) (Jered Harris is amazingly terrible in it.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romão 2,274 Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 He was absolutely pitch perfect as Macon Leary in The Accidental Tourist. One of the most perfect matches between book character and actor cast ever Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,326 Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 He is best known for his '80s movies (Altered States, Body Heat, The Big Chill, Gorky Park, Kiss Of The Spider Woman, Children Of A Lesser God, The Accidental Tourist, ...) which all got a lot of attention and where he was a real movie star. Then he kind of disappeared from my sight until Spielberg's A.I. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruce marshall 1,315 Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 It's very, VERY hard to become a star and even harder to stay a star. Hurt was a big name for several years, no small accomplishment. I was a huge fan. I really enjoyed seeing him in HISTORY OF VIOLENCE playing against type as a gangster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GerateWohl 4,343 Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 As far as I remember he became famous with his role in Children Of A Lesser God, at least in my local logitute. Great actor. But to be honest, I don't remember him playing in Dark City. Probably I should watch that again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,326 Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 33 minutes ago, bruce marshall said: It's very, VERY hard to become a star and even harder to stay a star. Hurt was a big name for several years, no small accomplishment. I was a huge fan. I really enjoyed seeing him in HISTORY OF VIOLENCE playing against type as a gangster. Some actors prolong their career by becoming an action hero (Cruise, Ford, Neeson, ...) and they do it because cash needs to flow in. But being an action hero was probably not in the stars for William Hurt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruce marshall 1,315 Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 I don't remember him in DARK CITY either. I do remember that incredibly hot actress who showed everything in the full- frame version!😄 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,326 Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 13 minutes ago, GerateWohl said: As far as I remember he became famous with his role in Children Of A Lesser God No, then he was almost on his way out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruce marshall 1,315 Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 1 minute ago, AC1 said: Some actors prolongue their career by becoming an action hero (Cruise, Ford, Neeson, ...) and they do it because cash needs to flow in. But being an action hero was probably not in the stars for William Hurt. Eastwood, Nicholson, Cruise managed to stay on top for at least three decades. Hard to do! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,326 Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 Just now, bruce marshall said: I don't remember him in DARK CITY either. He was the film noir police guy. bruce marshall 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruce marshall 1,315 Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 1 minute ago, AC1 said: No, then he was almost on his way out. ALTERED STATES brought him into the mainstream. He was in demand after that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,478 Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 Very sad and surprising news; he's been a favourite ever since I was a kid. Loved his often understated, softspoken acting style. While KISS OF THE SPIDERWOMAN is his towering performance, I've always preferred others more -- like THE BIG CHILL, A.I. (brief as the role was) and THE VILLAGE. Kinda bizarre to read that he died of "natural causes" at 72, though. There is nothing natural about dying at that relatively young age. He must clearly have had some sort of disease that was kept private. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruce marshall 1,315 Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 72 is young? When I was growing up it was ancient! 😗 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,507 Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 R.I.P., Mr. Hurt. He had a small, but important, role, in one of my favourite films of this century: CHANGING LANES. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,478 Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 8 minutes ago, bruce marshall said: 72 is young? When I was growing up it was ancient! 😗 Yes, but different times. My dad turns 72 in a week, I don't consider it old in this day and age. I just read on FSM, however, that the cause of death was prostate cancer that had spread to the bones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruce marshall 1,315 Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 Frank Zappa died of that. Iirc in his fifties! Yes, the concept of age has drastically altered in the last several decades.Probably the biggest change in society! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,478 Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 2 hours ago, bruce marshall said: Frank Zappa died of that. My grandfather too, although be managed to reach a more reasonable 85. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raiders of the SoundtrArk 2,429 Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 Really sad to learn that. I'm not really familiar with his great movies. For me he was the head of Cybertronics in A.I., the president in Vantage Point and more recently Ross in the MCU (not a great performance but a fun one like Redford). I'll miss him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GerateWohl 4,343 Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 I would count prostate cancer as a natural cause of death. And not everyone turns 80 nowadays. I am sad to say, but it seems to me, people growing up to their 90s is, at least in my world a privelige of the generations born before WW2. They probably suffered the most, but that resulted obviously in a good physical condition to grow very old. When I look at the generation of my parents, who were born after the war, there are not so many still around. But maybe in Norway it is different. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverTrumpet 638 Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 I met Hurt once. His kid apparently went to my elementary school. He showed up one day to pick him up and everyone just swarmed him to ask for autographs. He signed them but looked like he'd rather be anywhere else. In all fairness, I did too, but I was also attending school. Just my pointless, dumb William Hurt story. Glóin the Dark and Naïve Old Fart 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,478 Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 Quote I would count prostate cancer as a natural cause of death. And not everyone turns 80 nowadays. I am sad to say, but it seems to me, people growing up to their 90s is, at least in my world a privelige of the generations born before WW2. They probably suffered the most, but that resulted obviously in a good physical condition to grow very old. When I look at the generation of my parents, who were born after the war, there are not so many still around. But maybe in Norway it is different. Life expectancy has obviously risen steadily over the years, due to advances in social welfare and medicine. The average life expectancy for males in Norway is currently 81.2 and for women 84.7. While 72 isn't young, it's very much on the younger side of life expectancy. Most people who pass at that age have some sort of serious illness, like cancer in Hurt's case. While cancer is very much a biological process, when people say someone dies of "natural causes", they tend to speak about organs giving away due to age -- not some external, serious illness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,507 Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 30 minutes ago, GerateWohl said: ...not everyone turns 80 nowadays. Speak for yourself, matey! I plan to live forever. So far...so good 24 minutes ago, SilverTrumpet said: He signed them but looked like he'd rather be anywhere else. To be honest, most famous people do. The ones who don't, don't deserve your attention, anyway. GerateWohl 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverTrumpet 638 Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 Very true. I just find it funny how much that aspect stuck with me over the years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 On 18/08/2021 at 8:22 AM, Disco Stu said: RIP Sean Lock, English comedian Such a funny man, provided me hours and hours of laughs on QI and 8 Out of 10 Cats over the years. So sad. https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2021/aug/18/comedian-sean-lock-dies-aged-58 On 18/08/2021 at 8:47 AM, Marian Schedenig said: It's a stupid thing to say, but it feels wrong for funny people to die. I was only familiar with Lock through QI, but there he was of course a regular, and always a highlight with great chemistry with his co-comedians. On 18/08/2021 at 9:03 AM, Loert said: Oh no He was one of my favourite comedians on TV. His ability to make a joke out of basically anything was second-to-none. R.I.P. On 18/08/2021 at 9:20 AM, Sweeping Strings said: Saddened to hear of Sean Lock's passing ... his TV appearances and live shows were equally funny. R.I.P. By way of a small tribute, my favourite joke of his - 'What's really impressive about football-ground pies is how they've been able to get the meat inside exactly the same colour as a dog's vagina'. Thought y'all might be interested to watch this Marian Schedenig and Smaug The Iron 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,326 Posted April 4, 2022 Share Posted April 4, 2022 Stephen Wilhite, creator of the GIF, has died ... Spoiler ... from COVID. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tallguy 3,380 Posted April 4, 2022 Share Posted April 4, 2022 The inventor of the "jiff". Marian Schedenig 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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