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All Things RIP
16.2.2006 13:18
Juha Heikkilä (15.2.2006 23:50)
Siis täähän on one-armed man eikä mikään muu.
17.2.2006 19:22
Juha Heikkilä (
Eiku Star Trek...
27.2.2006 22:53
Legendaarisen lännensarjan "Gunsmoke" yksi tähdistä, Dennis Weaver, on kuollut. Lukuisten tv- ja elokuvaroolien mies menehtyi syöpään perjantaina 81-vuotiaana.
Weaver näytteli "Gunsmoke"-sarjassa Chester Goode ‑hahmoa vuodet 1955-64. Tuo rooli ansaitsi hänelle komean "Hall of Great Western Performers of the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum" ‑nimityksen vuonna 1981.
Viiksekäs luonnenäyttelijä Weaver muistetaan mm. rooleistaan "Dragnet"-poliisisarjasta 50-luvulta sekä esiintymisistään "Enkelin kosketus", "Simpsonit" ja "Magnum" ‑tv-sarjoissa ja pari vuotta sitten Disney-leffa "Lehmäjengin" Abnerin äänenä.
Weaver voitti mm. kertaalleen Emmy-palkinnon.
27.2.2006 22:56
Dennis Weaver: 1924-2006
Dennis Weaver, the laconic actor who became a TV star first as the sidekick Chester in Gunsmoke and then as the leading man of 70s series McCloud, died of complications from cancer on Friday at his home in Colorado; he was 81. A struggling actor in the early 50s who appeared onstage in A Streetcar Named Desire and Come Back, Little Sheba, Weaver got his big break in the nascent medium of television by auditioning in 1955 for the small part of Chester in the new CBS series Gunsmoke. Giving his character a unique, humorous accent and a limp (neither of which were specified in the original script), Weaver easily won the part, and fame as well as an Emmy award (in 1959) followed during his nine-year run on the show. After leaving Gunsmoke, a number of TV series appearances followed, including the boy-and-his-bear show Gentle Ben (1967-69) and the cult classic Duel (1971), directed by a then little-known filmmaker named Steven Spielberg. The thriller, about a man terrorized by the unseen driver of a large truck, put the fledgling Spielberg on the map and showcased Weaver in one of his best performances (the movie was theatrically released in 1983). Weaver's most notable role in the 70s, however, was as rural country Sheriff Sam McCloud in the detective series McCloud, which ran from 1970-77. Playing a New Mexico detective clashing with the New York police department, Weaver solved crimes weekly with his laid-back style, and received two Emmy nominations during the show's run.
After McCloud, Weaver worked continuously on television, with notable roles in the 70s miniseries Centennial and Pearl, the acclaimed TV movie Amber Waves (opposite Kurt Russell and a young Mare Winningham), and Lonesome Dove: The Series, where he played Buffalo Bill Cody; Weaver's most recent appearance was in ABC Family series Wildfire. President of the Screen Actors Guild from 1973-75, Weaver was also a committed environmentalist, and spoke on behalf of the cause to both the United Nations and Congress; he and his wife, Gerry, also built their home in Colorado out of recycled materials. In addition to his wife, Weaver is survived by two sons, actor Robby Weaver and actor-producer Rick Weaver. --Prepared by IMDb staff
Dennis Weaver, the laconic actor who became a TV star first as the sidekick Chester in Gunsmoke and then as the leading man of 70s series McCloud, died of complications from cancer on Friday at his home in Colorado; he was 81. A struggling actor in the early 50s who appeared onstage in A Streetcar Named Desire and Come Back, Little Sheba, Weaver got his big break in the nascent medium of television by auditioning in 1955 for the small part of Chester in the new CBS series Gunsmoke. Giving his character a unique, humorous accent and a limp (neither of which were specified in the original script), Weaver easily won the part, and fame as well as an Emmy award (in 1959) followed during his nine-year run on the show. After leaving Gunsmoke, a number of TV series appearances followed, including the boy-and-his-bear show Gentle Ben (1967-69) and the cult classic Duel (1971), directed by a then little-known filmmaker named Steven Spielberg. The thriller, about a man terrorized by the unseen driver of a large truck, put the fledgling Spielberg on the map and showcased Weaver in one of his best performances (the movie was theatrically released in 1983). Weaver's most notable role in the 70s, however, was as rural country Sheriff Sam McCloud in the detective series McCloud, which ran from 1970-77. Playing a New Mexico detective clashing with the New York police department, Weaver solved crimes weekly with his laid-back style, and received two Emmy nominations during the show's run.
After McCloud, Weaver worked continuously on television, with notable roles in the 70s miniseries Centennial and Pearl, the acclaimed TV movie Amber Waves (opposite Kurt Russell and a young Mare Winningham), and Lonesome Dove: The Series, where he played Buffalo Bill Cody; Weaver's most recent appearance was in ABC Family series Wildfire. President of the Screen Actors Guild from 1973-75, Weaver was also a committed environmentalist, and spoke on behalf of the cause to both the United Nations and Congress; he and his wife, Gerry, also built their home in Colorado out of recycled materials. In addition to his wife, Weaver is survived by two sons, actor Robby Weaver and actor-producer Rick Weaver. --Prepared by IMDb staff
28.2.2006 10:30
MTV3 selvästi ennakoi tämän.
28.2.2006 13:27
Oho. Tein näköjään tietämättäni Weaver-tribuutin katsomalla Duelin viikonloppuna.
8.3.2006 09:50
Kuolleita: Ivor Cutler
Ja niille, joille Ivor-sedän tuotanto ei ole tuttua, suosittelen lämpimästi.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4781980.stm
8.3.2006 09:59
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Gordon Parks, the pioneering black photographer and filmmaker who explored the African-American experience in his work, including landmark movies "The Learning Tree" and "Shaft," died on Tuesday in New York, a relative said.
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8.3.2006 10:04
Nyt ovat siis sekä isä että poika maan mullissa. Pitäisiköhän viimeistellä se Superfly artikkeli suvun miesten muistoksi...
Isä Gordonin Shafteista on myös julkaistu lyhyehköt lätinät Elitistissä.
RIP
26.3.2006 16:58
26.3.2006 17:35
R.I.P.
Nostaisin erityisesti esille kuristajaelokuvat 10 Rillington Place ja The Boston Strangler, mainioita molemmat. Etenkin jälkimmäisessä taitaa olla Curtisin paras saavutus näyttelijänä. Lisäksi Fleischerilta mainittakoon pienimuotoinen klassikko Narrow Margin.
Ja Amityville 3-D.
27.3.2006 14:37
Blind Terror on myöskin muistikuvieni mukaan kelpo elokuva, mutta Red Sonjaa ja Conan the Destroyeria on hankala puolustella mitenkään.
27.3.2006 14:42
sud (Uran ehdoton huippukohta näyttäisi olleen mainio Mandingo.
Epäkorrektein Sodankylässä koskaan näytetty elokuva. Anssi Mänttäri & Andy Warhol: two thumbs up
27.3.2006 14:44
Mandingo tuli joskus telkkarista Baghin esittelemänä... Ei niitä maikkarin sunnuntaiklassikoita, vaan YLEn viikkoiltojen jotain sarjaa. Samassa sarjassa viikkoa enne tahi jälkeen tuli mm. Bergmanin Kvinnodrömmar.