NearTheSea
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posted on July 2, 2004 01:37:22 PM new
...at age 80
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/artsentertainment/2001970717_webobit-brando02.html#surveylines
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replaymedia
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posted on July 2, 2004 01:47:27 PM new
Any death is sad, but I have to admit, I never really 'got' Brando. Some people seem to think he was the greatest actor to ever waddle the Earth.
I think the Godfather was one of the best movies ever made, but other than that, I didn't much care for anything I saw him in. Granted, I really wasn't around for his heyday.
And now for 50 posts telling me that I'm wrong...
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NearTheSea
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posted on July 2, 2004 01:55:37 PM new
Naaa you won't get that from me replay
Like you, every death IS sad.
As for the actor, I don't know. I saw the Godfather, I saw On The Waterfront and Apocaypse Now, but what really sticks out? it the Island of Dr Moreau.. woaw man he was a very large man. The article said the cause of death was undisclosed, but I could only imagine it was a heart attack, though of course I could be wrong, and he was 80 years old.
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crowfarm
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posted on July 2, 2004 02:00:01 PM new
I agree, Replay. He just mumbled a lot. I don't get the adulation....so many better actors!
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logansdad
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posted on July 2, 2004 02:02:29 PM new
I wonder if the mob got to him.....
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kraftdinner
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posted on July 2, 2004 02:08:59 PM new
That's pretty sad. There aren't many of the big Hollywood stars left. I can only think of Lauren Bacall and Elizabeth Taylor. RIP Marlon.
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ebayauctionguy
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posted on July 2, 2004 02:15:47 PM new
What was so great about Marlon Brando? Even in the Godfather, he wasn't that good. Fake voice with cotton in his mouth. "Brilliant!!" "A genius!!"
Absolutely miscast in Apocalypse Now. There's no way he could pass for a colonel, even a crazy colonel. It kind of makes you wonder if there was some kind of conspiracy with critics trying to convince us he was some kind of genius.
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replaymedia
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posted on July 2, 2004 03:04:12 PM new
"I wonder if the mob got to him..... "
Haven't you seen the Sopranos? Those guys LOVE the Godfather!
"There aren't many of the big Hollywood stars left"
BIG Hollywood stars! Heh Heh. HUGAMUNGOUS would be more appropriate.
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stopwhining
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posted on July 2, 2004 03:55:09 PM new
i finally saw 'a street car named desire' and he was a rookie ?? and up against the pro-vivien leigh,and he was very good playing the pollack brother in law.
another good movie where he played against the italian female star anna ?? as a farmhand in the south.
how about mutiny on the bounty!!
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davebraun
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posted on July 2, 2004 06:29:43 PM new
Or one of my favorite westerns "One Eyed Jacks" with Karl Malden.
As Jorel in the opening scene of Superman.
With Lee Marvin in the Wild Ones
As Julius Ceasar
And as Stanley in Streetcar
He will be missed
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bigpeepa
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posted on July 3, 2004 03:37:12 AM new
We watched the Young Lions a few weeks ago and really enjoyed Brando. Brando always stuck up for the little guy he was a very good man.
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cblev65252
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posted on July 3, 2004 06:06:18 AM new
A Street Car Named Desire is a great classic film. The Wild Ones was also a great movie. He got a bit eccentric in his old age, but hey, we're entitled to that.
Thankfully, we'll still have his films to remember him by.
Cheryl
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neroter12
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posted on July 3, 2004 09:52:12 AM new
realplay, i dont think you have to 'get it'.
Not everybody gets everybody! I myself, thought he was a riveting actor that could really draw an audience in.
But that was back then when actors were more stilted by the studios and many lame scripts were floating around.
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neroter12
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posted on July 3, 2004 10:00:26 AM new
The last movie he did with DeNiro, "The score" - that was an odd scene with him in the whirlpool/sauna. It didnt even seem like him.
One of the reports said he owed about 28mil?-could that be right-to the IRS??
I hope they give the public some glimpse of the service though I am sure it will be very private.
Heres are interesting tidbits I found on NPR:
...Received more money for his short appearance as Jor-El in "Superman" (1978) than Christopher Reeve did in the title role.
...Used cue cards in many of his movies because he refuses to memorize his lines. His lines were written on the diaper of baby Kal-El in Superman (1978)
....Is of Dutch descent.
....He is of Irish ancestory.
....Kicked out of high school for riding a motorcycle through the halls.
....His signature was considered so valuable to collectors, that many personal checks he wrote were never cashed because his signature was usually worth more than the amount on the check.
edited because I got the name of the movie! 
[ edited by neroter12 on Jul 3, 2004 10:33 AM ]
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