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• Yea, Easy Rider released the next year only rates an 86 - Craiger56 12:33:13 05/18/09 (0)
  In Reply to: RE: Wow! 100 on the 'mater meter posted by manerac on May 15, 2009 at 16:03:15

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• Director Frank Perry made one other notable film - grinagog 18:33:44 05/15/09 (4)
  In Reply to: RE: Wow! 100 on the 'mater meter posted by manerac on May 15, 2009 at 16:03:15

  "Last Summer" a year later, which stars a young ( + beautiful ) Barbara Hershey

  While I found "The Swimmer" on VHS easilly enough, "Last Summer" I've never been able to find on any format until I did a websearch today + see it's downloadable off the Net + only since last month ( ! )

  Interesting that Ebert considers "The Swimmer" to be Lancasters finest role; it's a tough call as he never made a bad film, but I'm inclined to agree, no-one else could have played Ned Merrill with such a mixture of wide-eyed optimism, sincerity + tragedy
  Lancasters performance transforms what could have been a average + forgettable film into a masterpiece

  GW
  

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  • It is a tough call. - Larry I 10:23:15 05/18/09 (0)
    In Reply to: RE: Director Frank Perry made one other notable film posted by grinagog on May 15, 2009 at 18:33:44

    I liked him a lot in "Sweet Smell of Success," "Come Back Little Sheba," "Atlantic City" . . .
    
    

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  • I think "The Killers" was Burt's finest role. He was in many good films, of course, and - tinear 15:50:22 05/16/09 (2)
    In Reply to: RE: Director Frank Perry made one other notable film posted by grinagog on May 15, 2009 at 18:33:44

    he always was good but, for me, a bit too earnest; you could see the acting.
    I liked him ever since when a kid I saw him in "Jim Thorpe."
    
    

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    • He was eerily miscast in The Leopard but-- - Des 14:18:19 05/18/09 (1)
      In Reply to: RE: I think "The Killers" was Burt's finest role. He was in many good films, of course, and posted by tinear on May 16, 2009 at 15:50:22

      --made a fair fist of it
      
      I always remember the scene with all the Chamber pots in the room as far as the eye could see-Ha!
      
      Des
      
      
      
      

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      • I agree! So many say he was brilliant in "Leopard" but he never convinced me. Casting against - tinear 09:31:06 05/25/09 (0)
        In Reply to: RE: He was eerily miscast in The Leopard but-- posted by Des on May 18, 2009 at 14:18:19

        type works in smaller roles. I kept picturing him in tights.
        
        

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