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PostPosted: Thu Jul 07, 2022 9:21 am    Post subject: James Caan has died

He was 82.

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PostPosted: Thu Jul 07, 2022 9:36 am    Post subject:

Farewell to another Hollywood legend.
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PostPosted: Thu Jul 07, 2022 9:41 am    Post subject:

RIP Sonny

I know most everyone's seen The Godfather, but my favorite Caan performance is a toss-up between The Gambler and Thief
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PostPosted: Thu Jul 07, 2022 9:44 am    Post subject:

Thief was the one for me, also liked him in For the Boys, and he was hilarious in Elf.
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PostPosted: Thu Jul 07, 2022 9:54 am    Post subject:

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Thief was the one for me, also liked him in For the Boys, and he was hilarious in Elf.


Loved him in Elf. And Mickey Blue Eyes - best part of that film.

And I knew you'd choose Thief - Michael Mann, baby.
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PostPosted: Thu Jul 07, 2022 9:59 am    Post subject:

https://youtu.be/ZxyFWg6F7B4?t=291
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PostPosted: Thu Jul 07, 2022 9:59 am    Post subject:

Also, liked him and Kathy Bates in Misery. I get sucked into that film all the time.
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PostPosted: Thu Jul 07, 2022 10:08 am    Post subject:

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Also, liked him and Kathy Bates in Misery. I get sucked into that film all the time.


I couldn’t look at a sledgehammer without wincing after that movie.
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PostPosted: Thu Jul 07, 2022 10:10 am    Post subject:

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Also, liked him and Kathy Bates in Misery. I get sucked into that film all the time.


I couldn’t look at a sledgehammer without wincing after that movie.


Reading this makes my ankles tingle...
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PostPosted: Thu Jul 07, 2022 10:45 am    Post subject:

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Thief was the one for me, also liked him in For the Boys, and he was hilarious in Elf.


I liked Thief too. Still watch it from time to time.
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PostPosted: Thu Jul 07, 2022 11:25 am    Post subject:

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PostPosted: Thu Jul 07, 2022 12:34 pm    Post subject:

Omar Little wrote:
Thief was the one for me, also liked him in For the Boys, and he was hilarious in Elf.


Yep. I also have soft spot from my youth for him in Brian’s Song.
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PostPosted: Thu Jul 07, 2022 6:57 pm    Post subject:

First film that came to me was Bulletproof. Adam Sandler, Damon Wayans, and Kristen Wilson. Kristen has hauntingly beautiful light brown eyes.
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PostPosted: Thu Jul 07, 2022 7:24 pm    Post subject:

Cutheon wrote:
RIP Sonny

I know most everyone's seen The Godfather, but my favorite Caan performance is a toss-up between The Gambler and Thief

Both incredible performances from him. Also underrated in El Dorado , Rain People , Freebie & The Bean, Another Man, Another Chance, and Gardens of Stone.

Caan was a master of vulnerable machismo.
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Cutheon wrote:
RIP Sonny

I know most everyone's seen The Godfather, but my favorite Caan performance is a toss-up between The Gambler and Thief

Both incredible performances from him. Also underrated in El Dorado , Rain People , Freebie & The Bean, Another Man, Another Chance, and Gardens of Stone.

Caan was a master of vulnerable machismo.

I watched El Dorado a couple of nights ago. LINK
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PostPosted: Thu Jul 07, 2022 7:36 pm    Post subject:

He was great on and off screen, I was a fan.

He had a great confident air about him.

I just loved him in the Godfather, the scene when he beats up Carlo for beating his sister is just brilliant.

Rest in peace James.
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PostPosted: Thu Jul 07, 2022 7:46 pm    Post subject:

Baron Von Humongous wrote:
Cutheon wrote:
RIP Sonny

I know most everyone's seen The Godfather, but my favorite Caan performance is a toss-up between The Gambler and Thief

Both incredible performances from him. Also underrated in El Dorado , Rain People , Freebie & The Bean, Another Man, Another Chance, and Gardens of Stone.

Caan was a master of vulnerable machismo.


Misery was an epitome of that even if an obvious one. Jimmy was the main reason I liked Bottle Rocket (1996) at all as opposed to the more commercial Rushmore (98).
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PostPosted: Thu Jul 07, 2022 7:51 pm    Post subject:

Omar Little wrote:
DancingBarry wrote:
Also, liked him and Kathy Bates in Misery. I get sucked into that film all the time.


I couldn’t look at a sledgehammer without wincing after that movie.


Got a sis who calls me MISTER MAAAN! in Kathy affect every so often, supposedly....when I am being too sarcastic or smart alecky. Supposedly. I never do that, so she's basically trippin.
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PostPosted: Thu Jul 07, 2022 11:19 pm    Post subject:

A fine actor. Pure class. RIP

Call Bonasera. We need him now...
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PostPosted: Fri Jul 08, 2022 2:07 pm    Post subject:

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Baron Von Humongous wrote:
Cutheon wrote:
RIP Sonny

I know most everyone's seen The Godfather, but my favorite Caan performance is a toss-up between The Gambler and Thief

Both incredible performances from him. Also underrated in El Dorado , Rain People , Freebie & The Bean, Another Man, Another Chance, and Gardens of Stone.

Caan was a master of vulnerable machismo.


Misery was an epitome of that even if an obvious one. Jimmy was the main reason I liked Bottle Rocket (1996) at all as opposed to the more commercial Rushmore (98).


He’s so good in Bottle Rocket
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PostPosted: Fri Jul 08, 2022 4:24 pm    Post subject:

Cutheon wrote:
RIP Sonny

I know most everyone's seen The Godfather, but my favorite Caan performance is a toss-up between The Gambler and Thief

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Cutheon wrote:
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Cutheon wrote:
RIP Sonny

I know most everyone's seen The Godfather, but my favorite Caan performance is a toss-up between The Gambler and Thief

Both incredible performances from him. Also underrated in El Dorado , Rain People , Freebie & The Bean, Another Man, Another Chance, and Gardens of Stone.

Caan was a master of vulnerable machismo.


Misery was an epitome of that even if an obvious one. Jimmy was the main reason I liked Bottle Rocket (1996) at all as opposed to the more commercial Rushmore (98).


He’s so good in Bottle Rocket


Was a cute Wilson movie. Remember watching that in 96 on cable in the wee hours simply out of boredom and it being on at the beginning. The Wilson cuteness kinda faded. You already saw the entire bag of tricks in those by the time Rushmore came around. I knew Rushmore was done by the same people as Bottle Rocket before I verified it sometime later (I was still comp-less when Rushmore first hit telly, no Dogpile, no AltaVista, no Lycos, no AskJeeves abilities).
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PostPosted: Sun Jul 10, 2022 7:52 pm    Post subject:

I finally watched Misery. Buster was relentless.
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PostPosted: Mon Jul 11, 2022 9:01 am    Post subject:

jodeke wrote:
I finally watched Misery. Buster was relentless.


I gotta try Spam infused meatloaf one day.
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I finally watched Misery. Buster was relentless.


I gotta try Spam infused meatloaf one day.

Coincidence? I'm making a meatloaf today. I'm mentally tasting spam and ground beef. I'll let you know how it tastes.
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