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Any insider insights into Sheen's heart attack or stories about why...

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mpathus

In Reply to: RE: Like so many people you deify Brando and that puts the blinkers over your eyes. posted by Tony D. on April 06, 2011 at 19:13:33

... Harvey Keitel was fired (so I heard) prior to Sheen's taking the role?

(Back stories are so interesting, though I still revere Brando for his work regardless of what onlookers may relate.)

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Not Sheen's fan, but for that role he was a better choice than Keitel - Victor Khomenko 07:02:40 04/07/11 (13)
Speaking as Keitel's fan... :) His bombastic personality would be out of place, I think... the Sheen's quiet demeanor made the tension stronger.
- RE: Not Sheen's fan, but for that role he was a better choice than Keitel - mpathus 14:52:48 04/07/11 (0)
  I agree, Sheen's wide eyed frailty gave the film greater character contrast - he was easily manipulated like a cork in a tempest so the mission/journey itself became the film's drive.
- I bet you loved Harvey in Rising Sun,yes? - ArdRi 12:15:39 04/07/11 (11)
  I saw that at a Drive-In in Apotos ,CA in 1993 when it was in its first run.. Maybe why I have a liking of it now..
  - I had to look up the plot to make sure I saw it - Victor Khomenko 13:51:05 04/07/11 (10)
    Apparently it has not left a lasting impression. Was he good there?
    - If looking for a great Keitel film see "Smoke"... - mpathus 15:13:52 04/07/11 (8)
      ... one of my favorite films, and one even appropriate for the Holidays that doesn't smack of tinsel. Ashley Judd does a fantastic white trash cameo in "Smoke".
      http://www.imdb.com/video/screenplay/vi2536243225/ (Open in New Window)
      - Agreed, Smoke is one of Keitel's best, but I don't like Ashley Judd or Hurt for that matter - Jazz Inmate 10:00:12 04/11/11 (0)
        
        In Reply to: RE: If looking for a great Keitel film see "Smoke"... posted by mpathus on April 07, 2011 at 15:13:52
        
        Others in Smoke were far better. This was one of the 4 Keitel films in the early 90s that helped reeastablish his career, along with The Piano, Reservoir Dogs and Bad Lieutenant.
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        We must be the change we wish to see in the world. -Gandhi
      - RE: If looking for a great Keitel film see "Smoke"... - grinagog 20:21:46 04/07/11 (3)
        
        In Reply to: RE: If looking for a great Keitel film see "Smoke"... posted by mpathus on April 07, 2011 at 15:13:52
        
        the "Augie Wren Christmas story" that is the basis for Keitels characters story about finding a shoplifters wallet, was 1st published in the New Yorker
        
        It's a great story + a great movie
        
        GW
        
        RE:Keitel + Hurt + Whitaker Wow, some of my favorite - Thanks! (nt - Eldragon@gmx.com 04:44:18 04/08/11 (0)
        
        In Reply to: RE: If looking for a great Keitel film see "Smoke"... posted by grinagog on April 07, 2011 at 20:21:46
        
        nt
        
        I didn't know the story was really published! Makes it even the better. ~t - mpathus 22:05:24 04/07/11 (1)
        
        In Reply to: RE: If looking for a great Keitel film see "Smoke"... posted by grinagog on April 07, 2011 at 20:21:46
        
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        My Bad: it was New York Times - grinagog 19:59:04 04/10/11 (0)
        
        In Reply to: RE: I didn't know the story was really published! Makes it even the better. ~t posted by mpathus on April 07, 2011 at 22:05:24
        
        not the New Yorker
        
        From the Net: "Paul Auster's Auggie Wren's Christmas Story was first published on Christmas Day 1990 in The New York Times"
        
        GW
      - His cameo in "Pulp Fiction" was classic. nt - tinear 19:04:41 04/07/11 (2)
        
        In Reply to: RE: If looking for a great Keitel film see "Smoke"... posted by mpathus on April 07, 2011 at 15:13:52
        
        dfs
        
        The Wolf!! - mpathus 22:22:00 04/09/11 (1)
        
        In Reply to: RE: His cameo in "Pulp Fiction" was classic. nt posted by tinear on April 07, 2011 at 19:04:41
        
        A master at his work. Film's no slouch either...
        Introducing Winston Wolfe (Open in New Window)
        
        Mr. Wolf, to you! nt - tinear 15:57:32 04/12/11 (0)
        
        In Reply to: RE: The Wolf!! posted by mpathus on April 09, 2011 at 22:22:00
        
        dfs
    - It was entertaining enoiugh at the time - ArdRi 14:44:59 04/07/11 (0)
      I think one of Connery's last decent appearances. He's a Nipophile anyway so he was in his element. Ray Wise plays his typical creep.. Like I said maybe the impression of the Big Screen at the drive-in has some influence in my recollection but Harvey has some funny lines as the as the ethically/socially compromised Cop. Good Tyco Drums sequence.
      
      Edits: 04/07/11

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