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Post by maddogfagin on Dec 16, 2013 9:06:58 GMT
He will be greatly missed. His portrayal of T.E. Lawrence in David Lean's film "Lawrence of Arabia" made it one of the finest films of its type ever made. Peter O'Toole : 2 August 1932 – 14 December 2013
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Post by tullist on Dec 16, 2013 22:59:20 GMT
He will be greatly missed. His portrayal of T.E. Lawrence in David Lean's film "Lawrence of Arabia" made it one of the finest films of its type ever made. Peter O'Toole : 2 August 1932 – 14 December 2013 Why am I not surprised this man was a Leo. Though I neither embrace nor discount astrology, I have noticed things about people born under that sign. Saw what I took as a wonderful eulogy to him yesterday, cannot quite remember it word for word or who said it, but its essence was he left no part of life unlived. Although it was hardly surprising, do not mind saying I wept at the news, this was my guy, such a great life force extinguished. I loved him. I know he got the first 2 parts of his biography done and out, and was working on the third. I read the wonderful "Loitering With Intent", a title I could almost have guessed was him without knowing it. Jeez that man had style. I normally cannot stand drunks, (though I do like drinking well enough) but when you can ride it like that I make exceptions. Lawrence of Arabia, like Dr Zhivago which he turned down the lead role for, then taken by his best buddy Omar Sharif, is one that loses much if not seen on the big screen. The three of his I would recommend for living room viewing are Becket, Lion in Winter and My Favorite Year. An indisputable master, though actually outdone at his own game in Lion in Winter by an equally masterful performance by Katherine Hepburn his beloved friend, who he named his own daughter Kate after, actually years before that film or Lawrence. I enjoyed this clip, as I did any of his appearances on talk show, that occured in 95 when Dave Letterman's show visited London...http://youtu.be/K561m7Nq7kk
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Post by jackinthegreen on Dec 16, 2013 23:00:11 GMT
Yeah, another one of a kind gone...... Considering the lifestyle he had, he still got to be 81, does that mean he should've got to 101........ I mean no disrespect.....RIP Peter O'Toole.
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Post by maddogfagin on Dec 17, 2013 18:43:47 GMT
Yes you've really got to watch "Lawrence of Arabia" on the big screen to appreciate the grandeur of it.
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Post by futureshock on Dec 19, 2013 1:07:23 GMT
Yes you've really got to watch "Lawrence of Arabia" on the big screen to appreciate the grandeur of it. I was lucky enough to see it in the theatre as a kid, and wow, those desert panorama scenes are knockouts. Visiting the great African north is on my bucket list, for lots of reasons, including the pyramids and ancient history, if not also the bellydancing, music and even more sand.
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