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British Acting Icons and Bad Boys of the 1960s

 
 
Reply Tue 1 Jun, 2010 06:12 pm
They were hard-drinking, hell-raising, generally gorgeous and very talented. Peter O'Toole. Richard Burton. Richard Harris. Michael Caine. Sean Connery.

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Reply Tue 1 Jun, 2010 06:22 pm
I really like the "Ignore" function, POM. Don't you?
dyslexia
 
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Reply Tue 1 Jun, 2010 06:24 pm
@Eva,
Eva wrote:

I really like the "Ignore" function, POM. Don't you?
very handy
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panzade
 
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Reply Tue 1 Jun, 2010 06:33 pm
Laurence Olivier, Dirk Bogarde, Jack Hawkins, Richard Greene...
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Eva
 
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Reply Tue 1 Jun, 2010 09:50 pm
What talent!
plainoldme
 
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Reply Tue 1 Jun, 2010 10:07 pm
@Eva,
I know exactly what you mean. The ignore function can make a thread so pleasant!
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Reply Tue 1 Jun, 2010 10:08 pm
@Eva,
Agreed!
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Reply Tue 1 Jun, 2010 10:13 pm
The first Shakespearean play I ever saw was the film of Richard Burton's Hamlet. I remember being impressed. I want to see it again.

I also remember how impressed I was with Peter O'Toole in Lawrence of Arabia.
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plainoldme
 
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Reply Tue 1 Jun, 2010 10:14 pm
A friend, who is now dead, used to watch The Lion in Winter three or four times a year. He would call me afterwards and say, "Peter O'Toole is Henry!"
firefly
 
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Reply Thu 3 Jun, 2010 08:04 pm
@plainoldme,
Alan Bates, Tom Courtney, Albert Finney, Robert Shaw....John Guilgud, Paul Scofield

I saw Burton's Hamlet when he did it on Broadway. I also was lucky enough to see all of the above named actors on the stage.

Have you ever seen the movie "Becket" with O'Toole and Burton? What a combo.Smile

ossobuco
 
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Reply Thu 3 Jun, 2010 08:12 pm
@firefly,
Yes, but now I'll put it on my netflix list..

(I had been trying to remember Shaw's name..)
firefly
 
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Reply Thu 3 Jun, 2010 09:32 pm
@ossobuco,
Another favorite of mine is "A Man for All Seasons" with Scofield (and Shaw). I think that is just a perfect film--superb acting, visually beautiful, intelligent, literate screenplay.
ossobuco
 
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Reply Thu 3 Jun, 2010 09:34 pm
@firefly,
Ok, ok, that goes on the list too. (I remember it).
ossobuco
 
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Reply Thu 3 Jun, 2010 09:34 pm
@ossobuco,
I had a semi crush on Dirk Bogarde..
ossobuco
 
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Reply Thu 3 Jun, 2010 09:40 pm
@ossobuco,
Did any of you ever see the totally syrup-y movie, Song without End? Dirk Bogarde and Capucine, story of Franz Lizst? I saw it four or five times. I, of course, needed to get a life.
ossobuco
 
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Reply Thu 3 Jun, 2010 09:47 pm
@ossobuco,
Adds, the piano was played by Jorge Bolet..
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Reply Thu 3 Jun, 2010 09:47 pm
@ossobuco,
I loved Dirk Bogarde, and he was adorable in those "Doctor" comedies.

He was in so many good movies. One that has really haunted me was King and Country (with Tom Courtney). What a disturbing and powerful anti-war movie. I haven't seen that one in a long time and I'd like to re-watch it.

I may wind up joining Netflix.

plainoldme
 
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Reply Thu 3 Jun, 2010 10:04 pm
@firefly,
i saw the movie but so long ago that I remember very little of it. I've been rewatching old favs and I think I will put that on my list. The only problem with watching movies these days is that I sleep more than I used to. Embarrassed
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