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"The Ruling Class:" Peter O'Toole as a religious zealot who inherits a massive estate. Please, DON'T

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tinear

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try and watch this, it hasn't aged well.
In fact, it sucked when it was first released, but I thought maybe it was me at that time.
It wasn't.
Satire can be so over the top as to be unwatchable.
Peter looks like he died before shooting began; his alcohol-toxicity colored his flesh to a deathly gray/brown. He indeed appeared highly intoxicated (not script-driven) during the performance. We bailed after 20 painful minutes.
The "Lawrence of Arabia" genius died long before this was made, obviously...

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RE: "The Ruling Class:" Peter O'Toole as a religious zealot who inherits a massive estate. Please, DON'T - patrickU 09:10:11 02/07/13 (0)
Dean Spanley was quite nice. The last I saw from him..
Yeah, it's awful. And I'm a big Peter O'Toole fan. - mbnx01 15:21:54 02/03/13 (1)
To say he peaked early is the understatement of all time.

Him and Orson Welles.

"Lock up when you're done and don't touch the piano."
-Dr. Greg House
- Orson did, "A Touch of Evil" when he was older. His problem was funding because of the - tinear 09:50:58 02/04/13 (0)
  Hollywood blacklist, kind of self-imposed, because he would brook no interference in his films.
  The wunderkind also helmed the very interesting, "The Lady from Shanghai," and, really late in his career, "The Chimes at Midnight," an interesting Shakespearean collection of Falstaff roles. At that point, his life had become Falstaffian.
  
  Edits: 02/04/13
I agree- but he was OK in The Stunt Man. nt - Des 15:10:47 02/03/13 (1)
nt

Des
- Also pretty good in My Favorite Year (but playing himself maybe?) and Creator - Road Warrior 10:23:23 02/04/13 (0)
  Creator was actually quite touching.
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  "I'd like to own a squadron of tanks"

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