July 23, 2011
— Monty From the movie Cool Hand Luke.
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Posted by: Dick "Cool Hand Hussein" Obama at July 23, 2011 10:31 AM (kUaEF)
Posted by: i Love Amy at July 23, 2011 10:31 AM (4nxhP)
As for Winehouse...as I wrote in the sidebar, it's sad, but not really a surprise. She's been chasing the devil for a long time, and she finally caught him.
Posted by: Monty at July 23, 2011 10:34 AM (FC+dS)
Posted by: toby928™ at July 23, 2011 10:35 AM (GTbGH)
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 23, 2011 10:38 AM (caSTB)
Posted by: laceyunderalls at July 23, 2011 10:39 AM (Qd3mU)
The Left isn't stupid. They understand the high intrinsic value of first impressions.
Just like with Loughner, they immediately paint the portrait of a rightwing boogeyman, facts be damned.
Just run with it, they do. Just put it out there, they do.
Posted by: soothsayer at July 23, 2011 10:40 AM (QxQJ6)
Israel had an uptick in tourism after he did Exodus. Mostly women looking for all of the Israelis who looked like Newman.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJConservative) at July 23, 2011 10:41 AM (LH6ir)
MATT DAMON!!
Posted by: Matt Damon at July 23, 2011 10:42 AM (UOM48)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJConservative) at July 23, 2011 02:41 PM (LH6ir)
In that same vein, do you think these pics would induce more tourism to Israel?
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at July 23, 2011 10:44 AM (c0A3e)
He is in my hall of "best actors of all time". And even though he was a big libtard he didn't seem to advertise it like a lot of them do now.
Posted by: Vic at July 23, 2011 10:46 AM (M9Ie6)
Posted by: Little Miss Spellcheck at July 23, 2011 10:47 AM (a5ljo)
Feh. Not great. Disney's Something Wicked This Way Comes is pretty good, though.
Posted by: Monty at July 23, 2011 10:47 AM (FC+dS)
Posted by: Soona at July 23, 2011 10:47 AM (s+gVi)
The last time I was in Israel I went to a club with a cousin and some of her friends (all of whom were smoking hot). They ended up dancing on the tables.
If one enjoys beautiful women and good food, Israel is a fine place to visit.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJConservative) at July 23, 2011 10:47 AM (LH6ir)
Posted by: CoolCzech at July 23, 2011 10:48 AM (kUaEF)
Posted by: Boss Paul Reid at July 23, 2011 10:48 AM (M9Ie6)
Posted by: Vic at July 23, 2011 02:46 PM (M9Ie6)
Yeah. Despite the fact that he was a lib, he was a class act.
Posted by: Darth Randall at July 23, 2011 10:49 AM (O/onO)
Bradbury is the most overrated writer of his day. Fahrenheit 451 is a mediocrity masquerading as a profundity, from back in the day when Liberals hated, just hated censorship - until they started censoring every last thing they thought disagreed with their worldview.
About the only thing he wrote I would rate as "good" would be the Martian Chronicles.Posted by: CoolCzech at July 23, 2011 10:50 AM (kUaEF)
The only lib-tard activism I've personally heard him engage in was his public support of Ned Lamont during the 2006 Connecticut Democratic Primary (I think he was even rumored to be a potential candidate).
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at July 23, 2011 10:51 AM (c0A3e)
Yes, a quiet liberal. But one who also put his considerable money to very good use, and his celebrity to even better use. He started Newman's Own, and donated all of its profits to charity. He also founded Hole In The Wall Camp, which is a group of camps for seriously ill children.
I'll take that kind of liberal any day. (just not enough to swing elections!)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJConservative) at July 23, 2011 10:51 AM (LH6ir)
Posted by: Monty at July 23, 2011 02:47 PM (FC+dS)
Oh! I haven't seen that since I was a kid! I might have to revisit that one.
The backwards spinning carousel toward the end freaked me right the hell out.
Posted by: ErikW at July 23, 2011 10:51 AM (MewYw)
When I was a teenager, and my little friends had clippings from Teen Beat on their walls, my first and biggest crush ever was on Paul Newman. I had seen Cool Hand Luke and thought he was the coolest guy I'd ever seen.
He only got better with age.
Posted by: As If... at July 23, 2011 10:52 AM (piMMO)
Posted by: HH at July 23, 2011 10:54 AM (6oDXl)
Posted by: CoolCzech at July 23, 2011 10:55 AM (kUaEF)
That movie was *really* out of character for Disney at the time it came out. There was another one -- The Black Hole -- that had some pretty damned dark elements for a Disney flick. The Black Hole was strying to be another Empire Strikes Back, obviously, but it's a pretty decent movie in its own right. (V.I.N.C.E.N.T. for the win! Plus B.O.B. was great -- you can't miss with a robot Slim Pickens.)
Posted by: Monty at July 23, 2011 10:55 AM (FC+dS)
Posted by: Soetoro Zero at July 23, 2011 10:56 AM (MJ2eC)
The Black Hole with Lt. Commander McHale?
That Black Hole?
1/3 of the movie was a dinner scene with Captain Nemo.
Posted by: soothsayer at July 23, 2011 10:58 AM (QxQJ6)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJConservative) at July 23, 2011 02:51 PM (LH6ir)
I'd say 'Liberal' and 'Philanthropist' don't really mean the same thing...
Paul used his own money....Liberals want to distribute your money so they can sleep at night....
Big difference....
Posted by: Portnoy at July 23, 2011 11:00 AM (KROfR)
Posted by: huerfano at July 23, 2011 11:00 AM (ZJ2JH)
Posted by: Boss Paul Reid at July 23, 2011 11:00 AM (M9Ie6)
I guess this is what happens when you have Yes-Men patting you on the head your entire life.
Posted by: laceyunderalls at July 23, 2011 11:01 AM (Qd3mU)
All time favorite Newman movie was Hud.
I agree. And he played one self-centered SOB in that film.
Posted by: HH at July 23, 2011 11:01 AM (6oDXl)
Posted by: 'Nam Grunt at July 23, 2011 11:05 AM (wkjQi)
Posted by: CAC at July 23, 2011 11:07 AM (p2OM6)
Debt talks
Amy winehouse
Norway innocents
Odumbass re-election
Iranian nuke scientist
and it's only Saturday.
Posted by: 'Nam Grunt at July 23, 2011 11:08 AM (wkjQi)
Amy Winehouse should get her own memorial thread.
Another dead junkie. How rare is it that they need posts of their own?
Posted by: Dr. Amy Indaground at July 23, 2011 11:08 AM (08Pe8)
Posted by: robtr at July 23, 2011 11:09 AM (MtwBb)
It's better than bitching about this oppressive heat blanketing much of the US.
Paul Newman was way before my time, but I have seen him in two "recent" movies - Nobody's Fool and Road to Perdition. I liked his performance in both.
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at July 23, 2011 11:09 AM (c0A3e)
Posted by: Mbruce at July 23, 2011 11:09 AM (Fr8N6)
Posted by: huerfano at July 23, 2011 03:00 PM (ZJ2JH)
Posted by: As If... at July 23, 2011 11:10 AM (piMMO)
Posted by: Captain Nemo at July 23, 2011 11:10 AM (kUaEF)
Posted by: PugBoo at July 23, 2011 11:11 AM (20jXV)
Posted by: Mbruce at July 23, 2011 11:11 AM (Fr8N6)
Posted by: blaster at July 23, 2011 11:13 AM (Fw2Gg)
Newman was good. Very good. He was in and made a lot of very good movies, meaning he made them very good.
He was more politcally active in the 70's and 80's , then backed away from it because I think he (rightfully) realized how public political asshattery could ruin your image.
He was also into auto racing, until he got older. He raced a lot in SCCA races, and actually enjoyed that a lot more than acting for a while.
Best movies? IMHO
Exodus, Butch Cassiday and the Sundance Kid, The Hustler, Hud, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Cool Hand Luke
Not bad for a kid from the suburbs of Cleveland.
Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch writes... at July 23, 2011 11:13 AM (sJTmU)
Posted by: CoolCzech at July 23, 2011 11:13 AM (kUaEF)
Posted by: Rosie O'Donnell at July 23, 2011 11:14 AM (kUaEF)
Sorry 'Nam, I haven't seen that.
btw, it's good seeing you around more often, sir!
I remember your delectable fare from as far back as when I saw you around on LGF. Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at July 23, 2011 11:14 AM (c0A3e)
Posted by: Monty at July 23, 2011 02:55 PM (FC+dS)
Yeah, Disney did have a "dark" period of films there for awhile, for some reason. I suppose they were trying to expand their audience.
I rail against Disney all the time for what they have become but what they did, they did well.
Posted by: ErikW at July 23, 2011 11:15 AM (MewYw)
Two different kinds of love. There is room for both.
And, nobody, NOBODY, made Paul Newman look bad by comparison.
Posted by: As If... at July 23, 2011 11:16 AM (piMMO)
Posted by: blaster at July 23, 2011 11:16 AM (Fw2Gg)
Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch writes... at July 23, 2011 03:13 PM (sJTmU)
Don't forget Slapshot!
I only just saw that a couple of months ago. Hilarious...
Posted by: HH at July 23, 2011 11:17 AM (6oDXl)
my, how times have changed.
If Disney today said "we're going to attempt to broaden our audience by making a movie called The Black Hole", everyone would say "what, they're going to make pornos?"
Posted by: chemjeff at July 23, 2011 11:18 AM (s7mIC)
Posted by: somebody else, not me at July 23, 2011 11:18 AM (7EV/g)
Posted by: The Folks at Disney at July 23, 2011 11:18 AM (kUaEF)
lol.
That or the LA branch of the NAA(L)CP (or was it some other group?) would decry the movie as "racist".
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at July 23, 2011 11:19 AM (c0A3e)
Burt Reynolds is another interesting case. He started out as a dramatic actor (Deliverance, Sharky's Machine) but moved into comedy with Smokey and the Bandit and rarely did anything else afterward. But people tend to forget what a good dramatic actor he was.
Posted by: Monty at July 23, 2011 11:20 AM (FC+dS)
Posted by: Vic at July 23, 2011 11:21 AM (M9Ie6)
Posted by: blaster at July 23, 2011 03:16 PM (Fw2Gg)
I'm not sure if it was the first PG rated movie but as an aside, I've always wondered if it was some sort of inspiration for Event Horizon.
Posted by: ErikW at July 23, 2011 11:21 AM (MewYw)
Posted by: CoolCzech at July 23, 2011 11:21 AM (kUaEF)
Posted by: 'Nam Grunt at July 23, 2011 11:23 AM (wkjQi)
Posted by: Monty at July 23, 2011 11:23 AM (FC+dS)
Posted by: CoolCzech at July 23, 2011 11:24 AM (kUaEF)
I've read before that anorexia has the highest morbidity rates of the major mental illnesses. Which surprised me since it's mainly a chick thing and chicks live longer than dudes and dudes tend to whack themselves at a much higher rate. Women attempt to off themselves more, but men actually do it. The difference being taking too many tylenol or ambien and taking too many bullets to the head. There's no real safe # of bullets to the head you can take, any # above zero is pretty grim. There's no stomach pumping an hour later at the ER.
Grim chain of thought. But first thing that popped in my head when I saw she died.
Posted by: Clubber Lang at July 23, 2011 11:24 AM (QcFbt)
Posted by: CoolCzech at July 23, 2011 11:25 AM (kUaEF)
Posted by: The Who at July 23, 2011 11:26 AM (kUaEF)
Lump them all together into a dead celebrities thread:
Winehouse, Belushi, Joplin, Hendrix, Farley, Morrison, Billie Holiday...
The list goes on and on.
The rarity and truly memorable amongst the junkie crowd are those who drag themselves out of the gutter and turn their lives completely around:
Robert Downy, Jr.
Drew Barrymore
Johnny Cash
oh, and don't forget:
Courtney Love
Charlie Sheen
Tommy Lee
(I keed!)
Posted by: As If... at July 23, 2011 11:28 AM (piMMO)
Posted by: Peznit Dickasota Fats at July 23, 2011 11:28 AM (G5BoP)
She was underweight because she was a junkie!
When she was clean she had meat on her bones.
Posted by: As If... at July 23, 2011 11:29 AM (piMMO)
He has several options to use, Dems haven't budged.
Posted by: '80sBaby at July 23, 2011 11:30 AM (o2lIv)
Posted by: Soona at July 23, 2011 11:30 AM (s+gVi)
Great movie and he was great in it.
Posted by: As If... at July 23, 2011 11:30 AM (piMMO)
, Sharky's Machine
(laughs)
I knew the guy who wrote that. In fact, when I bought my first VHS recorder, he and I got a deal because we both purchased one at the same store.
Even with the deal, it was $870. RCA, 2hr-6hr.
Posted by: HH at July 23, 2011 11:31 AM (6oDXl)
Posted by: steevy at July 23, 2011 11:31 AM (hbw/z)
Posted by: cherry π at July 23, 2011 11:32 AM (OhYCU)
Gator was kinda the sequel to White Lightning.
Burt directed it, I think. And he played it less serious.
Posted by: soothsayer at July 23, 2011 11:32 AM (QxQJ6)
I liked Event Horizon but strangely enough, I'm not much of a Sc-Fi fan and I absolutely abhor horror movies.
Maybe it was the suspense factor. For instance, one of my fave scary flicks of all time is the obscure The Changeling starring George C. Scott.
Posted by: ErikW at July 23, 2011 11:32 AM (MewYw)
Posted by: steevy at July 23, 2011 11:33 AM (hbw/z)
My take on this scene:
This is a moment when a man realizes that now that he needs God's comfort and peace, all he has is a half-remembered comic jingle.
This is one of those scenes that can be many things depending on your mood while watching it.
Coo, Hand Luke is a masterpiece.
Especially the car wash scene.
Posted by: sifty at July 23, 2011 11:33 AM (ECjvn)
Posted by: As If... at July 23, 2011 03:30 PM (piMMO)
Agreed!
I'm still scarred by seeing Ralphie's mom topless.
Well no, not really.
Posted by: ErikW at July 23, 2011 11:34 AM (MewYw)
I love this movie. Always scares the hell out of me, and I've seen it multiple times.
Posted by: Hobbitopoly at July 23, 2011 11:34 AM (958TG)
Posted by: cherry π at July 23, 2011 11:37 AM (OhYCU)
Posted by: 'Nam Grunt at July 23, 2011 11:39 AM (wkjQi)
Posted by: CoolCzech at July 23, 2011 11:39 AM (kUaEF)
Posted by: CoolCzech at July 23, 2011 11:40 AM (kUaEF)
Posted by: Monty at July 23, 2011 11:41 AM (FC+dS)
Posted by: As If... at July 23, 2011 03:32 PM (piMMO)
Yes, I have. He did do well in those, but there was still the same no-nonsense, don't-give-a-shit attitude that has been the hallmark of all his movies. And I'm not saying he was a bad actor. Perhaps when I compare him to John Wayne, I mean he basically played the same character, with a few variances, in every movie.
Posted by: Soona at July 23, 2011 11:42 AM (s+gVi)
Dean Martin was hilarious in Cannonball Run.
Posted by: sifty at July 23, 2011 03:44 PM (ECjvn)
The funniest part of those movies were the out-takes at the end of the credits.
Posted by: Soona at July 23, 2011 11:47 AM (s+gVi)
Posted by: Hobbitopoly at July 23, 2011 03:34 PM (958TG)
I haven't seen it in a long time but the wheelchair at the top of the stairs fucks me up!
Posted by: ErikW at July 23, 2011 11:47 AM (MewYw)
I think the line I'll always remember is the "you and the chocolate monk" bit directed at Dean Martin and Sammy Davis, Jr.
Posted by: Monty at July 23, 2011 11:47 AM (FC+dS)
Newman was great in "The Hudsucker Proxy".
"Sure, sure, the kid and his dingus are on top for now..."
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