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Postby DeUgli » Sun Dec 07, 2008 10:50 pm

Eli Wallach is 93 today! Besides his role in Good Bad and Ugly, he was the bandit chief in The Magnificent Seven, which like the spaghetti westerns was a remake of a Kurosawa film.
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Postby ReD NeCKersoN » Sun Dec 07, 2008 10:58 pm

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Postby EvilFutsin » Mon Dec 08, 2008 3:53 am

Although I despise many other parts of the movie, one of the most heart-warming things I've seen in cinema this decade was Eli Wallach in Nora Ephron's "The Holiday." He doesn't play a large part, but he's the character that befriends Kate Winslet during her stay in Los Angeles in the movie. As her friend, he helps grow her a life of her own after being a secretary/assistant for so many years in busy-busy London. He's not just the older wise man archetype, he's a human being. And it's his acting craftsmanship that brought that to the role and further cemented the fact Ephron needs to stop being a hack and write better scripts.

Not only that, Eli plays as an old screenwriter! :)

Happy Birthday, Tuco!

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Postby ReD NeCKersoN » Mon Dec 08, 2008 4:04 am

LOL at that clip! Classic Eli. :lol:
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Postby Pardner » Mon Dec 08, 2008 6:18 am

Happy Birthday Tuco!!!
(almost missed it!)

Eli Wallach created an attitude for an outlaw that other actors have had a hard time competing with. He was the outlaw you wanted to win!

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Postby ChainLightnin' » Tue Dec 09, 2008 4:09 am

Some of the best line deliveries ever! "..roll it up, I'll show you where you can put it.." etc. :lol:
Well...Mr. Chain Blue Lightnin' hisself..heh, heh!
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