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I've just heard of the death of Joan Fontaine, one of the greatest actresses of Hollywood's golden age. Her part in rebecca was the stuff of legends.
http://www.jeanmarcmorandini.com/article-314011-l-actrice-oscarisee-joan-fontaine-connue-pour-des-roles-dans-plusieurs-classiques-d-alfred-hitchcock-est-morte.html
Was this a further reference to Peter O'Toole then? Never looked at it that way before!
Re Joan Fontaine. I am saddened to hear of her passing. She was from the old golden era of Hollywood and she was a lovely actress and a good one.
AND now I am just reading that Tom Laughlin has passed away - he was Billy Jack, in the 70's that film really took off. There were a couple of sequels, but I did not see them. I remember my friends talking about the first one. Apparently he was innovative in film marketing as well as other things. And, not least, he was married for 60 years to Delores Taylor (who was also in the Billy Jack films). http://movies.yahoo.com/news/tom-laughlin-star-billy-jack-dead-82-212410321.html
Well, of course "plenty of tool" is what it really referred to, if you get my drift, @4EverBonded! This is a Bond film, after all, but dual meanings are always welcome, too. ;)
Tinged with the politcs of the time. Made back when everyone was fighting the "man." The time of Vietnam, campus protests etc. Bad guys were always middle-aged white guys (the man).
I got to check out the sequels some day. I don't think I ever saw them. But the original towers as one of the great films of the era and genre. Actually Born Losers was the original but its sequel Billy Jack, I think was the film which really resonated. At least with me. I loved it.
Tom Laughlin as Billy Jack. Awesome. Don't mess with this peace-loving warrior.
Yes ! The complete collection does exist!
Nice little write-up here. http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/people/2013/12/15/billy-jack-star-tom-laughlin-dies/4033965/
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'Tom Laughlin, who created the popular 1970s big-screen vigilante Billy Jack, has died, The Los Angeles Times reports. He was 82.
Laughlin's daughter told the Associated Press that he died Thursday at Los Robles Hospital and Medical Center in Thousand Oaks, Calif. Teresa Laughlin says the cause of death was complications from pneumonia.
Laughlin wrote, directed and starred in four films about Billy Jack, a half-Indian Vietnam War veteran who uses his martial-arts expertise to battle small-town bigots and baddies. Three of the movies were big hits -- 1967's The Born Losers, 1971's Billy Jack and 1974's The Trial of Billy Jack. The fourth, 1977's Billy Jack Goes to Washington, was never released in theaters.
Laughlin also pioneered modern movie-promotion techniques for The Trial of Billy Jack. According to The Wrap, the groundbreaking campaign "included TV trailers during national news and an 'opening day' nationwide release that helped shape the future of film distribution."
After leaving Hollywood, Laughlin became interested in politics, and he ran for president three times.
A statement posted on BillyJack.com says Laughlin is survived by his wife of 60 years, Delores (who co-starred in his Billy Jack films), three children and five grandchildren."
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Billy Jack's most famous scene, from Billy Jack. "I'm gonna take this right foot....." Right up there IMO with "are you feeling lucky punk?...."
'Rebecca' is a wonderful film on so many levels. And made even moreso that we never learn Joan Fontaine's character's name. Hitchcock at his best.
Also farewell to Peter O'Toole, who lived a couple of good lives to remember. What piercing blue eyes and what an actor.
Mod Edit - TV series spoiler removed. As a fan of the show, and since it hasn't aired in Australia yet, thanks a lot cretin. Consider yourself on my 'thin ice' list.
http://www.indiewire.com/article/ned-vizzini-author-of-its-kind-of-a-funny-story-and-tv-writer-has-died
Sadly from suicide - a terrible affliction of the modern world. I will seek out his book and film in his memory.
Yes, I think you have to have really been through that to be able to write about it; it's not something that you can really make up as you go along. Very sad to hear of the death of this talented young man. Depression is the black dog that many people sadly have to live it; it even costs lives. Terrible tragedy, but the best way to honour him is to get his work; that I intend to do.
Yes, that's a nice tribute there, though mine may not be quite so energetic.
Sad to say I've never seen any of them, but not my cup of tea, I think.
Yes, I believe that I saw one of the early films on TV at a friend's house and that we weren't mightily impressed with what seem to be all flashy camera angles, showing off and illegal road racing. I've not seen any of the later films, though. Does any of that sound familiar at all?
Yes, I thought as much. So it's not all downhill from there, then?
No. Surprisingly, it gets much, much better. 'Fast Five' on feels a lot different than how the series started, in a way.
Interesting turnaround. Snatching victory from the jaws of defeat, if you will.
You could be generous and bid adieu to that picture of Pennywise since it's December now. For me.
Just for Christmas and do not say I did not get you anything. :!!
James Avery who played Phillip Banks in The Fresh Prince of Bel Air died on New Year's Eve at the age of 65.
One of my favourite shows of the 90's.
http://www.imdb.com/news/ni56609644/