spencerl964 Posted August 30, 2010 Share Posted August 30, 2010 Even though hisday is over, praise is not enoughfor this IRISH HEAVYWEIGHT!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spencerl964 Posted August 30, 2010 Author Share Posted August 30, 2010 & whom else loved "THE STUNTMAN?" Another of his 8 *OSCAR losses Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MyFavoriteFilms Posted August 30, 2010 Share Posted August 30, 2010 What I noticed about him, especially in LAWRENCE OF ARABIA, is that he has a wonderfully mesmerizing quality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clearskies Posted August 30, 2010 Share Posted August 30, 2010 I have followed his career with interest through the years & have read his two autobios, "Loitering With Intent" & "The Apprentice." both very good reads. His writing style is quirky, showing his strong personality better than the movies can. I loved him in "How to Steal a Million" & have seen him on Broadway. I do wish TCM would interview him, he's now 77/78, & we can only say thanks to him & TCM for giving him a "day." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoveFilmNoir Posted August 30, 2010 Share Posted August 30, 2010 One of the only films I was able to catch a part of was MY FAVORITE YEAR. He was a hoot in it. I hope to see it again in it's entirety. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kinokima Posted August 30, 2010 Share Posted August 30, 2010 Oh I totally agree an interview on TCM would be marvelous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bklynrose Posted August 30, 2010 Share Posted August 30, 2010 number 3, come on Turner he would be a very interesting interview cat Edited by: bklynrose on Aug 30, 2010 11:22 AM Edited by: bklynrose on Aug 30, 2010 11:23 AM Edited by: bklynrose on Aug 30, 2010 11:23 AM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoveFilmNoir Posted August 30, 2010 Share Posted August 30, 2010 > {quote:title=clearskies wrote:}{quote} > I have followed his career with interest through the years & have read his two autobios, "Loitering With Intent" & "The Apprentice." both very good reads. His writing style is quirky, showing his strong personality better than the movies can. I loved him in "How to Steal a Million" & have seen him on Broadway. I do wish TCM would interview him, he's now 77/78, & we can only say thanks to him & TCM for giving him a "day." I hope that at this time they haven't done a Private Screenings with him because he was reluctant or unavailable rather than never having asked him at all. I was surprised that Ernest Borgnine did his in his 90s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bklynrose Posted August 30, 2010 Share Posted August 30, 2010 And from what I remember of it, he was great a very happy go lucky guy and also a great actor cat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redriver Posted August 30, 2010 Share Posted August 30, 2010 A few years ago, O'Toole was Charlie Rose's guest on PBS. A fascinating and detailed look at a truly remarkable actor. As much as I admire his portrayal of kings and leaders, he is at his most sensitive in quiet, offbeat roles. MY FAVORITE YEAR, THE RULING CLASS and his career topping GOODBYE, MR. CHIPS. The movie's not much. But it's arguably the best acting I've ever seen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ValentineXavier Posted August 31, 2010 Share Posted August 31, 2010 I don't think I've seen him in anything I didn't like. *The Ruling Class* and *Lawrence of Arabia* have to be my favorites. It strikes me that he often plays obsessive characters, sometimes borderline, sometimes WAY past it. I just saw *The Stunt Man* for the first time. I liked it, and it bears watching again, soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spencerl964 Posted August 31, 2010 Author Share Posted August 31, 2010 TCM's gotta' get him for a "Pvt. Screenings" "R. Class" among strangest ever! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clearskies Posted August 31, 2010 Share Posted August 31, 2010 True, I saw the screening with Borgnine & it was wondereful. I have a feeling that O'Toole perhaps has not aged well, he was quite a long time carouser. However, I do hope that TCM tries or tries harder to get him. Who do we contact about this? Anybody know? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoveFilmNoir Posted August 31, 2010 Share Posted August 31, 2010 > {quote:title=clearskies wrote:}{quote} > True, I saw the screening with Borgnine & it was wondereful. I have a feeling that O'Toole perhaps has not aged well, he was quite a long time carouser. However, I do hope that TCM tries or tries harder to get him. Who do we contact about this? Anybody know? Don't know how to contact Mr. O'Toole but as far as not aging well, according to the Getty Images search I just did, he was looking okay back in January 2010....out and about on the read carpet and on the street with no assistant, no cane, etc....I really wish he'd do an interview with Rob O. for TCM! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redriver Posted August 31, 2010 Share Posted August 31, 2010 He did a wonderful job in VENUS a few years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clearskies Posted September 2, 2010 Share Posted September 2, 2010 I didn't mean to ask how to contact O'Toole but whom do we contact at TCM to see if there has been any action to get a Private Screening on him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hibi Posted September 2, 2010 Share Posted September 2, 2010 NO KIDDING! Who says his day is over? He was up for an Oscar just a few years ago for that film! He'd be a great interview. Perhaps it's because he doesnt live in the U.S. I wish they could nab him............ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenkneehighs Posted September 7, 2010 Share Posted September 7, 2010 Feeling the need to spam the forum with O'Toole photography: My favorite picture. I love it! Done with spamming...for now... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoveFilmNoir Posted September 7, 2010 Share Posted September 7, 2010 Thanks for the spam! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misswonderly3 Posted September 7, 2010 Share Posted September 7, 2010 wow, greenknees, you really like this guy. I'm wondering if you ever saw the Saturday Night Live sketch about him, two or three years ago when he was up for an honourary Oscar. They really played up his haminess and his drunken ways, but in an affectionate way. Anyone who knows anything about O'Toole would have thought it was funny, no offensive. Can't remember who played O'Toole, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoveFilmNoir Posted September 7, 2010 Share Posted September 7, 2010 > {quote:title=misswonderly wrote:}{quote} > wow, greenknees, you really like this guy. I'm wondering if you ever saw the Saturday Night Live sketch about him, two or three years ago when he was up for an honourary Oscar. They really played up his haminess and his drunken ways, but in an affectionate way. Anyone who knows anything about O'Toole would have thought it was funny, no offensive. Can't remember who played O'Toole, though. I probably would have enjoyed this! Were they doing a younger or older O'Toole impersonation. I am going to search for it on youtube! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarryLong Posted September 7, 2010 Share Posted September 7, 2010 *he was quite a long time carouser* Was? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenkneehighs Posted September 7, 2010 Share Posted September 7, 2010 > {quote:title=misswonderly wrote:} > wow, greenknees, you really like this guy. I'm wondering if you ever saw the Saturday Night Live sketch about him, two or three years ago when he was up for an honourary Oscar. They really played up his haminess and his drunken ways, but in an affectionate way. Anyone who knows anything about O'Toole would have thought it was funny, no offensive. Can't remember who played O'Toole, though.{quote} Lol, I actually wanted to post these pics earlier, but I was busy moving into my dorm and going to classes. He is my favorite leading man and watching Lawrence of Arabia convinced me that maybe old movies weren't as boring as all my friends said they were and began my love of classic cinema that continue to this day. Also, reading his books (which are awesome) got me to check out Ulysses, Yeats poetry, Irish history, the history of the theatre, T.E. Lawrence, and Shakespeare's sonnets and plays, so I owe him that. And actually I LOVE that sketch (acted by the amazing Bill Hader, who is so wasted on that show) and it inspired me to check out more on Peter O'Toole (it was actually like "Lol, who is this guy? He's crazy! I LOVE IT!"). Then, a while later, I was sitting at home watching the Academy Awards the year he was nominated for Venus, a bit sulky because my high school had lost this big state wide drama competition. There was this film at the beginning where they were talking to all the nominees and he was up first. I remember they asked him "Why didn't you win the Oscar for Lawrence of Arabia ?" and he just stared at the camera and said "Because someone else won it" as if it was nothing at all. And that really stuck with me: here's a guy whose been nominated eight times without a win and while he has every right to sit there and obsess about it, he doesn't. He just lets it roll off his shoulders and works harder next time; in practically everything he's in he's the best thing in it, until its become a point that there is something extremely wrong with the Academy Awards that they failed to give him an Oscar for at least ONE of his legendary performances. So the next day I went back to school and while everyone else in my drama club was all like "Waahh, we lost!", I just shut up and went to work on the musical. I try to make that a point in everything I do. The point isn't if you won the award, it's if you know that you worked the hardest and gave the best performance you possibly could. Lol, sorry if that sounded a bit preachy and if I didn't exactly get what I wanted to say across especially well, my that's my feelings. Plus, while I've searched high and low for that SNL sketch, I've never been able to find the video. However, I do have the link to the transcript: http://snltranscripts.jt.org/06/06bupdate.phtml . And for kicks, here's another Peter O'Toole pic: "'Sup, camel?" Edited by: greenkneehighs on Sep 7, 2010 7:08 PM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spencerl964 Posted September 8, 2010 Author Share Posted September 8, 2010 AFI also snubbed him! He only wears "Green Socks" & had 1/2 his stomach removed yrs ago! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spencerl964 Posted September 8, 2010 Author Share Posted September 8, 2010 GREAT SHOTS! "Lion in Winter" the most glaring OSCAR loss Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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