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Post by jno on Aug 29, 2016 19:58:50 GMT
Very sad - what a superb actor  I'm gutted to hear this. He is so loveable on screen. So sad to hear it even though we all have to go. |
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Post by felixdeburgh on Aug 29, 2016 20:03:28 GMT
Yes, brilliant in Silver Streak with PMcG and Richard Pryor.
RIP.
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Post by plasticpenguin on Aug 29, 2016 23:06:54 GMT
He's one of a very few US comedy actors who was watchable anytime. Fantastic talent.
RIP
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Post by Arch Stanton on Aug 30, 2016 4:42:28 GMT
He was one of the greats, one of my all time favourites..
By all accounts, even though he married a fourth time, he never quite got over the death of Gilda Radner.
RIP Gene.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 30, 2016 6:02:16 GMT
Yes, he was very good in a lot of movies.
RIP Gene.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 30, 2016 12:18:00 GMT
For me he was always one of the very best. One of the many films I loved him in was Stir Crazy.
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Post by Arch Stanton on Aug 30, 2016 13:03:08 GMT
For me he was always one of the very best. One of the many films I loved him in was Stir Crazy. An excellent film..... Without a doubt one of his best! The 'my leg, my leg I can't feel my leg!' scene has me on my ars*, laughing out loud every time! What a comedy pairing! When Wilder blacks up in Silver Streak with the hat and the radio, and tries to act like he got rhythm, man that is a funny scene! |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 30, 2016 13:39:41 GMT
It sure was, Silver Streak was a great film- I still think that the Bond producers got the idea of Jaws from seeing Richard Kiel as a giant mute killer with silver teeth with the habit of trying to throw people off trains. I remember Richard Kiel getting quite testy about it saying 'that was ridiculous, the two men were nothing alike'. I'm thinking, erm, 'Yes, Richard They are exactly alike!'
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Post by Arch Stanton on Aug 30, 2016 14:28:27 GMT
Lee Majors did all the stunt work for Silver Streak.. It proves this at the beginning of that fly on the wall documentary series he did in the 80s, called 'Fall Guy'...
I'm not too sure even Majors could have doubled Kiel though, he was that giant and mute. So maybe Kiel did all his own stunts and they were actually his real teeth?
And if Kiel did really have metal teeth (like Mecha Shark from 'Mega Shark Versus Mecha Shark' - 2014) then maybe he was playing two completely different henchmen, who knows?
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Post by ace5150 on Aug 30, 2016 18:24:01 GMT
Not a fan of his work with Pryor at all. But Willy Wonka was MADE for him. Johnny Depps portrayal is poor compared to Genes.
RIP Gene.
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Post by mybodyguard on Aug 30, 2016 22:39:40 GMT
A classic actor who will forever be an icon as Willy Wonka. I also liked him a lot in See no Evil, Hear no Evil and the Woman in Red. RIP
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Post by jno on Aug 31, 2016 3:44:05 GMT
Loved Stir Crazy - totally agree with Mr Magnum, superb.
As a kid, I really loved this bit in Silver Streak - always had me in stitches:
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Post by gustav on Aug 31, 2016 5:51:10 GMT
It's a brilliant scene jno.
I think he was always funny but still for me the best thing was his role in The Producers, also I think Mel Brooks' best film.
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Post by jno on Aug 31, 2016 6:39:04 GMT
Simply wonderful:
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Post by daz on Aug 31, 2016 16:28:37 GMT
I thought the guy was superb, he had the gift of being superb at acting, in an understated way and really played his parts well. I thought he was just unique in the roles he played and his films with the late, great Richard Pryor were just comedy gold.
A real shame, RIP.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 1, 2016 8:04:27 GMT
Lee Majors did all the stunt work for Silver Streak.. It proves this at the beginning of that fly on the wall documentary series he did in the 80s, called 'Fall Guy'...   |
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Post by Portland Road on Sept 4, 2016 8:27:20 GMT
I liked him. Indeed I should watch and pay attention to more of his work.
I remember the original Willy Wonka film (1971) from childhood. Like 'Chitty Chitty Bang Bang' and 'Oliver!' it is obviously family-orientated, yet strangely off-key and dark in places, making it a cult film.
I note that Gene often worked with Richard Pryor and Mel Brooks. Curiously, Roy Kinnear and Marty Feldman also appeared in some films with him, making for a wonderfully eclectic cast.
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Post by jno on Sept 12, 2016 2:24:35 GMT
I watched the original Charlie & The Chocolate Factory with my own little 'un yesterday. It was in ITV3 - both loved every minute of it. For a 45 year old film to do that, for me that's a classic story, a classic film and all done through the magical Gene Wilder.
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Post by thewoodster on Oct 15, 2018 9:38:56 GMT
RIP gene.
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