Mark Vader Posted June 20 Share Posted June 20 Actor Donald Sutherland has passed away at age 88. https://deadline.com/2024/06/donald-sutherland-dead-1235978933/ 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Augie Posted June 20 Share Posted June 20 Wow, what a loss. He played some great roles, and made the most of them. RIP 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon in Pasadena Posted June 20 Share Posted June 20 Just saw that. His films were a big part of my early adult-hood. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dpberr Posted June 20 Share Posted June 20 Great actor. I always found his bit part in JFK some of his best acting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Vader Posted June 20 Author Share Posted June 20 2 minutes ago, Augie said: Wow, what a loss. He played some great roles, and made the most of them. RIP 1 minute ago, Jon in Pasadena said: Just saw that. His films were a big part of my early adult-hood. What a career. Did not matter if times had changed or whatever, he was always finding roles to play. From "M*A*S*H, to "Klute", to "Invasion of the Body Snatchers", to "Ordinary People" to "Disclosure", to "The Hunger Games". 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Augie Posted June 20 Share Posted June 20 12 minutes ago, Mark Vader said: What a career. Did not matter if times had changed or whatever, he was always finding roles to play. From "M*A*S*H, to "Klute", to "Invasion of the Body Snatchers", to "Ordinary People" to "Disclosure", to "The Hunger Games". Still remember seeing Kelly’s Heroes at the drive-in in Hamburg with our next door neighbors. That’s the first role I thought of, but there are so many. Positive vibes!!! 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Posted June 20 Share Posted June 20 Those are some negative waves... 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve O Posted June 20 Share Posted June 20 53 minutes ago, Mark Vader said: What a career. Did not matter if times had changed or whatever, he was always finding roles to play. From "M*A*S*H, to "Klute", to "Invasion of the Body Snatchers", to "Ordinary People" to "Disclosure", to "The Hunger Games". Don't forget Animal House. One of his biggest mistakes. Not by taking the roll, but by taking a $40,000 fee rather than a percentage of gross, which would have ended up in the 30-40 million range! RIP, thanks for your contributions to entertainment. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rico Posted June 20 Share Posted June 20 He was Hawkeye Pierce to me, not the Alan Alda scrub. RIP. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irv Posted June 20 Share Posted June 20 Was great in the Dirty Dozen. Played a great wierdo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muppy Posted June 20 Share Posted June 20 the true barometer of how great an actor he was is to read the movies listed in this thread. Many different. and no one mentioned Backdraft yet He was Primo evil brilliant character in it. Watch it if you haven't seen it. It is superb RIP 😔 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillsVet Posted June 20 Share Posted June 20 2 hours ago, Simon said: Those are some negative waves... "When we go into battle we play music very loud. It kinda...calms us down." RIP. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Augie Posted June 20 Share Posted June 20 29 minutes ago, muppy said: the true barometer of how great an actor he was is to read the movies listed in this thread. Many different. and no one mentioned Backdraft yet He was Primo evil brilliant character in it. Watch it if you haven't seen it. It is superb RIP 😔 I remember watching the Italian Job with our boys at home. Good movie, good memory. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Vader Posted June 20 Author Share Posted June 20 59 minutes ago, muppy said: the true barometer of how great an actor he was is to read the movies listed in this thread. Many different. and no one mentioned Backdraft yet He was Primo evil brilliant character in it. Watch it if you haven't seen it. It is superb RIP 😔 I'm in the minority when it comes to Backdraft, unimpressed. Ron Howard as a director is more miss than hit. I do get what you mean about Sutherland's small part in that movie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muppy Posted June 20 Share Posted June 20 16 minutes ago, Mark Vader said: I do get what you mean about Sutherland's small part in that movie. it was his eyes that really drew me into his character. I just loved his performance. It's like picking from a box of really good chocolates. So many options to choose 🙂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Augie Posted June 20 Share Posted June 20 (edited) It would have been fun to see him play Bill Walton. 😂 EDIT: as a character, or as a Rich Eisen style sporting challenge. . Edited June 20 by Augie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wacka Posted June 20 Share Posted June 20 He was supposed to have been in a movie that is currently filming in Buffalo but I think he hurt his foot and had to bow out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
\GoBillsInDallas/ Posted June 21 Share Posted June 21 For Animal House he had a choice of getting paid a lump sum fee or a percentage of the movie. He chose the lump sum fee since he thought the movie was never going to be a hit. He said that he lost out on about $21,000,000 over the years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davefan66 Posted June 21 Share Posted June 21 (edited) RIP Donald. Animal house, JFK, Italian Job, Space Cowboys, Invasion of the body snatchers were all good. Loved his character in Kelly’s Heroes the best! Edited June 21 by davefan66 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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