DownGoesFrazier Posted July 10, 2015 Share Posted July 10, 2015 I just saw the news. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sewhite2000 Posted July 10, 2015 Share Posted July 10, 2015 Wow, me too. Certainly a barrier-breaker in Hollywood for non-Caucasians seeking roles beyond just native savage/Arab bandit stereotypes. There was like a 10-page thread recently where dozens of people vented on why they hate DR. ZHIVAGO, but I always thought he was really good in it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnm001 Posted July 10, 2015 Share Posted July 10, 2015 In the summer of '73, I spent a rather fun and interesting evening with Omar Sharif in the Half Moon Club, in Salzburg, Austria. He cousin was the head waiter at the Cafe Winkler, and he and I had become friends. He was very nice and very funny. My he rest in peace. My favorite performance of his is as Feodor Sverdlov in THE TAMARIND SEED (which TCM really should show). 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sepiatone Posted July 10, 2015 Share Posted July 10, 2015 Awww.... My best friend's mom is gonna be beside herself. SHE really had the "hots" for Omar! I thought he was a fair enough actor, and my paper STILL carries his bridge column. RIP, Mr. Sharif. You did well. Sepiatone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hibi Posted July 10, 2015 Share Posted July 10, 2015 I just heard the news too. So sorry to hear this. He was sooo handsome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
film lover 293 Posted July 10, 2015 Share Posted July 10, 2015 R.I.P., Mr. Sharif--I remember you best in "Funny Girl" (1968) & "MacKenna's Gold (1969) & "Mayerling" (1969). You broke barriers & left a fine legacy. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElCid Posted July 10, 2015 Share Posted July 10, 2015 He was very good in many roles. I think Night of the Generals was one of his best. I hope TCM does not show Dr. Zhivago or Lawrence of Arabia when they do the memorial pre-emptions. They are already showed a lot. Be a good time to show some of his less shown works. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hibi Posted July 10, 2015 Share Posted July 10, 2015 He was very good in many roles. I think Night of the Generals was one of his best. I hope TCM does not show Dr. Zhivago or Lawrence of Arabia when they do the memorial pre-emptions. They are already showed a lot. Be a good time to show some of his less shown works. LOL. I hadnt thought of that. ;D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownGoesFrazier Posted July 10, 2015 Author Share Posted July 10, 2015 He was very good in many roles. I think Night of the Generals was one of his best. I hope TCM does not show Dr. Zhivago or Lawrence of Arabia when they do the memorial pre-emptions. They are already showed a lot. Be a good time to show some of his less shown works. .but I'm already bracing myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tikisoo Posted July 10, 2015 Share Posted July 10, 2015 Sad news. I admired him for being an accepted & successful foreign actor in US films. Every role I've seen him in, he's played a not so nice guy (Zhivago, Funny Girl) but I still liked him. Guess it was his gorgeous-ness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hibi Posted July 10, 2015 Share Posted July 10, 2015 .but I'm already bracing myself. Yes, me too. I'm sure they'll go for the easy choices. And those 2 films will fill up 7 hrs of the schedule......... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MovieMadness Posted July 10, 2015 Share Posted July 10, 2015 Somewhere my love da du da du duh duh ... It's warming up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamradio Posted July 10, 2015 Share Posted July 10, 2015 Wonder will they play the theme of "Dr Zhivago" over and over and over at his funeral. (like in the film) Great actor. RIP 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LornaHansonForbes Posted July 10, 2015 Share Posted July 10, 2015 There was like a 10-page thread recently where dozens of people vented on why they hate DR. ZHIVAGO, but I always thought he was really good in it. Well...I think part of the ZHIVAGO hate stems largely from the fact that, for a time at least, it was THE go-to film for TCM when they had three hours to kill on a weekend...why it also showed up in prime time (seemingly) a dozen times a year is anyone's guess. I actually think it's not bad at all- flawed, but (for me) pretty compelling in spite of the glacial pacing and lack of storyline) but little nits and picks sometimes turn into ripped holes when something gets trotted out during prime viewing hours 147 times in 10 years. But I am reminded of the interstitial wherein Omar discusses working with David Lean on ZHIVAGO and how he instructed him to play the role (more or less) as a blank slate...which is actually a pretty big challenge for a good actor (and Sharif was a very, very good actor)...and that's what he does in ZHIVAGO, so I think therein lies some sort of testemant to the fact that there was tremendous talent there (the same issue was discussed with regard to Hurd Hatfield in THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY) ps- I hope they show JUGGERNAUT (1974) where Sharif plays the captain of a cruise ship being terrorized by a mad bomber. That is a TERRIFIC movie. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HelenBaby2 Posted July 10, 2015 Share Posted July 10, 2015 Aw man. I loved that guy. I always melt like Streisand does when he knocks on her dressing room door for the first time in Funny Girl. He was so very handsome. RIP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hibi Posted July 10, 2015 Share Posted July 10, 2015 I suspect the line up will be Lawrence, Zhivago and Funny Girl. Nothing else.......We'll see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hibi Posted July 10, 2015 Share Posted July 10, 2015 Well...I think part of the ZHIVAGO hate stems largely from the fact that, for a time at least, it was THE go-to film for TCM when they had three hours to kill on a weekend...why it also showed up in prime time (seemingly) a dozen times a year is anyone's guess. I actually think it's not bad at all- flawed, but (for me) pretty compelling in spite of the glacial pacing and lack of storyline) but little nits and picks sometimes turn into ripped holes when something gets trotted out during prime viewing hours 147 times in 10 years. But I am reminded of the interstitial wherein Omar discusses working with David Lean on ZHIVAGO and how he instructed him to play the role (more or less) as a blank slate...which is actually a pretty big challenge for a good actor (and Sharif was a very, very good actor)...and that's what he does in ZHIVAGO, so I think therein lies some sort of testemant to the fact that there was tremendous talent there (the same issue was discussed with regard to Hurd Hatfield in THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY) ps- I hope they show JUGGERNAUT (1974) where Sharif plays the captain of a cruise ship being terrorized by a mad bomber. That is a TERRIFIC movie. And I think that's one of the weaknesses of the film. A bad decision on Lean's part (the blankness)........... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LornaHansonForbes Posted July 10, 2015 Share Posted July 10, 2015 And I think that's one of the weaknesses of the film. A bad decision on Lean's part (the blankness)........... Oh yeah, absolutely. But still, Sharif pulls it off, which could not have been easy (both because it was not right for the film and so much less than he was capable of as an actor.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnm001 Posted July 10, 2015 Share Posted July 10, 2015 I suspect the line up will be Lawrence, Zhivago and Funny Girl. Nothing else.......We'll see. that would be sad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LornaHansonForbes Posted July 10, 2015 Share Posted July 10, 2015 I suspect the line up will be Lawrence, Zhivago and Funny Girl. Nothing else.......We'll see. Yup. Even odds on that. Although they have shown JUGGERNAUT before, and (again) it is REALLY, REALLY GOOD (only it'll likely air after those three colossal films have run and thusly start at about four in the morning.) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogie56 Posted July 10, 2015 Share Posted July 10, 2015 I would put his Sherif Ali Ibn El Kharish in Lawrence of Arabia (1962) up there in the ten best supporting actor film performances of all time. He really should have won the Oscar for that part. He's number two in my book just behind Walter Huston for Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948). 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LornaHansonForbes Posted July 10, 2015 Share Posted July 10, 2015 I would put his Sherif Ali Ibn El Kharish in Lawrence of Arabia (1962) up there in the ten best supporting actor film performances of all time. He really should have won the Oscar for that part. It really is subtle work, and he adds such nuance to a character it would be so easy to hate at the beginning and we really see how he changes through the film- which is what great acting is all about. I think Ed Begley won for SWEET BIRD OF YOUTH largely because he had been working in TV, film and radio since God was a boy (or so it seemed)- and he's fine, but no: not as good as Sharif. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hibi Posted July 10, 2015 Share Posted July 10, 2015 I would put his Sherif Ali Ibn El Kharish in Lawrence of Arabia (1962) up there in the ten best supporting actor film performances of all time. He really should have won the Oscar for that part. He's number two in my book just behind Walter Huston for Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948). Who won that year? I cant remember. Oh, I see it was Ed Begley. He had a showier role, and older actors usually win in the supporting category, (especially actor for some reason) over new younger nominees..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Gorman Posted July 10, 2015 Share Posted July 10, 2015 It would be nice if TCM could air "THE BALTIMORE BULLET" (1980). A decent enough movie starring James Coburn + Omar along with Bruce Boxleitner, Ronee Blakley and Jack O'Halloran. At least it's a change of pace from those lengthy historical epics. One thing, though, is that I don't know if there's a digital copy of "Baltimore Bulet" floating around. I've read on here that TCM needs digital copies of movies to air them and I'm not sure of any DVD release . . . ? The first time I saw 'JUGGERNAUT' it was better than I expected it to be. Hopefully Turner Classic will give it another showing if they do an Omar tribute. I like 'DOCTOR ZHIVAGO' well enough to give it another watch when TCM inevitably airs it again. ALSO: Just wanted to mention Omar starred in a 1980 Tv movie called "PLEASURE PALACE" with Victoria Principal and Hope Lange. It was directed by Walter Grauman, who died in March of this year. Not sure about a digital copy of this one, either, but I could send TCM my old 'U.S.A. Home Video' tape so they could make themselves one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NipkowDisc Posted July 10, 2015 Share Posted July 10, 2015 It would be nice if TCM could air "THE BALTIMORE BULLET" (1980). A decent enough movie starring James Coburn + Omar along with Bruce Boxleitner, Ronee Blakley and Jack O'Halloran. At least it's a change of pace from those lengthy historical epics. One thing, though, is that I don't know if there's a digital copy of "Baltimore Bulet" floating around. I've read on here that TCM needs digital copies of movies to air them and I'm not sure of any DVD release . . . ? The first time I saw 'JUGGERNAUT' it was better than I expected it to be. Hopefully Turner Classic will give it another showing if they do an Omar tribute. I like 'DOCTOR ZHIVAGO' well enough to give it another watch when TCM inevitably airs it again. ALSO: Just wanted to mention Omar starred in a 1980 Tv movie called "PLEASURE PALACE" with Victoria Principal and Hope Lange. It was directed by Walter Grauman, who died in March of this year. Not sure about a digital copy of this one, either, but I could send TCM my old 'U.S.A. Home Video' tape so they could make themselves one. my idea to honor Omar would be a Genghis khan double header... let tcm show Genghis Khan starring Sharif from 1965 followed by Duke in The Conqueror. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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