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Message 1307 of 1341 (919055)
06-19-2024 4:20 PM
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06-19-2024 4:13 PM


Re: Noam Chomsky
He's with Schrodinger's Cat.

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Message 1308 of 1341 (919069)
06-20-2024 9:11 PM
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06-19-2024 12:11 PM


Re: Noam Chomsky
NOT DEAD. i can't seem to get this correction through!
oh, now it's there.

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Percy
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Message 1309 of 1341 (919075)
06-21-2024 11:07 AM


Donald Sutherland, 88
Donald Sutherland died yesterday at age 88. He was one of my favorite actors and had a long career. Movies I liked that he was in:
  • Hunger Games
  • The Italian Job
  • Eye of the Needle
  • Invasion of the Body Snatchers
  • National Lampoon's Animal House
  • Kelly's Heroes
  • M*A*S*H*
--Percy

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jar
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Message 1310 of 1341 (919077)
06-21-2024 11:53 AM
Reply to: Message 1309 by Percy
06-21-2024 11:07 AM


Re: Donald Sutherland, 88
The Italian Job (and in particular the opening credits) is one of my favorite films but I don't remember Donald Sutherland being in it.

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Message 1311 of 1341 (919078)
06-21-2024 12:08 PM
Reply to: Message 1309 by Percy
06-21-2024 11:07 AM


Re: Donald Sutherland, 88
And before Dirty Dozen (1967), we watched him in British TV shows airing in the USA like The Saint and The Avengers. So when I saw Dirty Dozen I recognized him, but not when he played a corpsman in The Bedford Incident (1965) until I rewatched it decades later.
According to Wikipedia, he was Canadian and he moved to the UK in 1957 to study acting.
FWIW, I still quote (from memory) his line as Oddjob in Kelly's Heroes where he explains why he modified his tanks with more gears in reverse than forward:
quote:
I'd like to think that we can get out of trouble faster than we got into it.

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Message 1312 of 1341 (919081)
06-21-2024 2:58 PM
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06-21-2024 11:53 AM


Re: Donald Sutherland, 88
You might be thinking of the original movie, released in 1969, that he wasn't in. He was in the 2003 remake of the same name.

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jar
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Message 1313 of 1341 (919082)
06-21-2024 4:12 PM
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06-21-2024 2:58 PM


Re: Donald Sutherland, 88
Of course the 1969 one. I didn't even know there was a remake.

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Percy
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Message 1314 of 1341 (919084)
06-22-2024 7:51 AM
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06-21-2024 11:53 AM


Re: Donald Sutherland, 88
jar writes in Message 1310:
The Italian Job (and in particular the opening credits) is one of my favorite films but I don't remember Donald Sutherland being in it.
He was murdered on the bridge within the first five or ten minutes. He was the father of Stella.
--Percy

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jar
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Message 1315 of 1341 (919085)
06-22-2024 8:34 AM
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06-22-2024 7:51 AM


Re: Donald Sutherland, 88
I hadn't realized there was a remake of the movie.
Abe: is Stella Mrs. Cosca? I don't remember a Stella from the first version either.

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Percy
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Message 1316 of 1341 (919086)
06-22-2024 9:03 AM
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06-22-2024 8:34 AM


Re: Donald Sutherland, 88
Stella was the Mini Cooper enthusiast. I didn't know there was a remake and never saw it.
--Percy

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jar
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Message 1317 of 1341 (919087)
06-22-2024 9:29 AM
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06-22-2024 9:03 AM


Re: Donald Sutherland, 88
Sounds like there is very little in common between the two movies. There was no Stella Mini Cooper enthusiast in the original but probably the most amazing Mini Cooper car chase in the original.
Abe: So I looked up the IMDB summary of the 2003 version and found it is actually a totally different story in plot and feel. In the original there is one death and it happens in the opening credits. There are no shots fired, no shoot outs and even the mafia are more civilized.

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Percy
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Message 1318 of 1341 (919088)
06-22-2024 11:50 AM
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06-22-2024 9:29 AM


Re: Donald Sutherland, 88
I looked the movie up. I didn't know there was an original in 1969 starring Michael Caine. I thought the 2003 movie was the original. In that one Donald Sutherland is killed off very early in the movie, and Charlize Theron playing his daughter Stella is the Mini Cooper enthusiast.
--Percy

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Message 1319 of 1341 (919089)
06-22-2024 12:57 PM
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06-22-2024 11:50 AM


Re: Donald Sutherland, 88
Percy writes:
I looked the movie up. I didn't know there was an original in 1969 starring Michael Caine.
Bloody hell! The Michael Caine movie is one of the most famous films of all time over here. Played every Christmas and everytime there's a big European football game on. Caine's last word's in it "Hang on a minute, lads. I've got a great idea," are oft quoted.
Not as often as

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jar
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Message 1320 of 1341 (919090)
06-22-2024 5:29 PM
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06-22-2024 11:50 AM


Re: Donald Sutherland, 88
They are two entirely different plots it seems and about the only thing in common is that some real mini's play a starring roll in the original and some ersatz minis show up in the latter.

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Message 1321 of 1341 (919104)
06-26-2024 4:10 AM
Reply to: Message 1309 by Percy
06-21-2024 11:07 AM


Re: Donald Sutherland, 88
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