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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: Ripsnort on November 19, 2002, 08:17:59 AM
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James Coburn, RIP. 1928-2002
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All the tough ones are slipping away...
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I'll always remember how he enriched "The Great Escape".
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great actor, hollywood loses another good one
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aw man.. bummage :(
those Flint movies were a kick as a kid
yup, we're losing all the cool ones
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I'll remember him mostly as one of the "Bad guys" in Westerns. Did you know he was a voice in Monsters Inc.? Anyone know which one?
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R.I.P
Wheres the : "PEOPLE DIE EVERYDAY" crowd on this one?
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Originally posted by Ripsnort
I'll remember him mostly as one of the "Bad guys" in Westerns. Did you know he was a voice in Monsters Inc.? Anyone know which one?
was he the boss monster or the monster that would disappear - looked like a weazel?
just say it on PPV SUnday nite - great animation
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I enjoyed his films, and people do die everyday.
Life goes on.
Was he the sergent in The Dirty Dozen?
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Originally posted by Eagler
was he the boss monster or the monster that would disappear
He was the boss, CEO Henry J. Waternoose III.
-- Todd/Leviathn
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Originally posted by Dowding (Work)
I enjoyed his films, and people do die everyday.
Life goes on.
Was he the sergent in The Dirty Dozen?
I believe he was the Major in charge of training the dozen.
Cross of Iron
The Dirty Dozen
The Great Escape
Great movies.
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people die everyday but some people make more of an impact than others.
also, famous people, people that we associate with our lives, albiet remotely, impact our lives indirectly and when they die it affects us more than others whom we've never heard of.
when our favorite actors die we lose out on more performances,
same with musicans and music, etc..
so let the 'people die everday' crowd chill
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Is it just me...or does it seem like modern actors don't have the class or talent that the Old Breed did?
They seem to be chosen for parts based on physical beauty, not talent. Do you remember when actors looked like ordinary people; farmers, share-croppers, ex-cons. Do you remember people like:
Walter Brennan (Will we ever see his like again?)
Jack Elam
Strother Martin
John Wayne (He never really fit the part of the handsome leading man...but nevertheless he was a "man's man."
Barry Fitzgerald
and yes...James Coburn?
*Sigh* Those were the days!
Regards, Shuckins
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R.I.P.
Cross of Iron (Steiner, das eiserne Kreuz)
The Dirty Dozen (das dreckige Dutzend)
The Great Escape (gesprengte Ketten)
i usualy watch minimum twice a year this movies, a great Actor gone.
Gh0stFT
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Steve Mc Queen, Martin Balsam, Warren Oates, Jim Davis, Ben Johnson, Paul Fix, ... the men that made the movies, sigh, but alas this was all before the dreaded FX. Bummer.
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Originally posted by Maniac
R.I.P
Wheres the : "PEOPLE DIE EVERYDAY" crowd on this one?
Right here. Most of those people weren't on my television as a child.
James Coburn will be missed.
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Lee Marvin was the Major in the Dirty Dozen.
He was too cool as Our Man Flint.....almost as hip as Matt Helm!
Cobra
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Originally posted by Cobra
Lee Marvin was the Major in the Dirty Dozen.
He was too cool as Our Man Flint.....almost as hip as Matt Helm!
Cobra
Oops, you're right. I get the two mixed up sometimes. And he was cool.
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Aw man... you know who I miss the most? Lee Marvin and Telly Savalas. :(
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And remember!
He got thrown out of the bar in 'The Muppet Movie'
Any bar that would throw James Coburn gets thrown out of is too tough for me.
And he was the owner of the bar!
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James Coburn, along with Steve McQueen, Fess Parker and Bob Newhart in Hell is for Heroes . That was the one where a small patrol adopts (conscripts) Bob Newhart into their squad after he got lost. They hold off several German infantry divisions until help arrives. James Coburn trips off a mine and dies, and Steve McQueen goes ballistic, finally tossing a satchel charge into the German fortified bunker at the end of the movie.
They don't make actors like James Coburn and Steve McQueen any more.
Les
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Alittle out of character for this list of names above, but one I truly miss is Slim Pickens. A man with a very very big heart off screen, and quite an actor on screen. A pure-bred California boy, he quit school at age 15 to become a full-time equestrian and bull wrangler, eventually becoming the highest-paid rodeo clown in show business. Appeared in pictures beginning in the 1950's...I'll always remember him as pilot "King" Kong in the movie Dr. Strangelove, riding that nuke out of the bomb bay of a B52. Died quite young, age 64.
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Originally posted by H. Godwineson
Is it just me...or does it seem like modern actors don't have the class or talent that the Old Breed did?
Regards, Shuckins
It ain't just you ...
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Originally posted by Ripsnort
Alittle out of character for this list of names above, but one I truly miss is Slim Pickens. A man with a very very big heart off screen, and quite an actor on screen. A pure-bred California boy, he quit school at age 15 to become a full-time equestrian and bull wrangler, eventually becoming the highest-paid rodeo clown in show business. Appeared in pictures beginning in the 1950's...I'll always remember him as pilot "King" Kong in the movie Dr. Strangelove, riding that nuke out of the bomb bay of a B52. Died quite young, age 64.
Try to imaging Ben Affleck or Matt Damon playing that role :-/
The golden age of movies hs passed us by.
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Originally posted by Ripsnort
Alittle out of character for this list of names above, but one I truly miss is Slim Pickens. A man with a very very big heart off screen, and quite an actor on screen. A pure-bred California boy, he quit school at age 15 to become a full-time equestrian and bull wrangler, eventually becoming the highest-paid rodeo clown in show business. Appeared in pictures beginning in the 1950's...I'll always remember him as pilot "King" Kong in the movie Dr. Strangelove, riding that nuke out of the bomb bay of a B52. Died quite young, age 64.
Agreed. Slim was definately one of the most unique and talented character actors of all time. Everytime I think of his lines in "Dr. Strangelove" or "Blazing Saddles" I just crack up. :)
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Originally posted by UserName
Try to imaging Ben Affleck or Matt Damon playing that role :-/
The golden age of movies hs passed us by.
don't forget Alec Baldwin ....
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Coburn was great.
Don't forget that Hollywood and the media were bedpartners back in the golden age, and the media played a big role in developing the stars off screen persona. Rock Hudson is a prime example.
Not saying that some of the old greats were not as advertised, some were. Just saying that our current crop of young actors doesn't have the advantage of a simpering press.
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Originally posted by Eagler
don't forget Alec Baldwin ....
Ah, but weren't the Baldwins moving to France if Bush won? Boy...if so, I pity the French :)
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Originally posted by LePaul
Ah, but weren't the Baldwins moving to France if Bush won? Boy...if so, I pity the French :)
he now claims that people mis-interpreted his response. :rolleyes:
Agreed Tahgut...and the fact that McCarthism ruined a few good careers in the 50's. Not all was rosey back then, but I still think life was better as whole (if you take out the Civil Rights part and McCarthism).
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Originally posted by Ripsnort
Alittle out of character for this list of names above, but one I truly miss is Slim Pickens. A man with a very very big heart off screen, and quite an actor on screen. A pure-bred California boy, he quit school at age 15 to become a full-time equestrian and bull wrangler, eventually becoming the highest-paid rodeo clown in show business. Appeared in pictures beginning in the 1950's...I'll always remember him as pilot "King" Kong in the movie Dr. Strangelove, riding that nuke out of the bomb bay of a B52. Died quite young, age 64.
Slim pickens was priceless. Just recently watched "Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid" with Coburn, Pickens, Elam . . .what a fantatstic film!
I have a soft spot for Sam Elliot as a good tough guy, and Willem Dafoe in "Flight of the Intruder" was, I thought, terrific.
Sakai