RIP thread for people involved in film

Wow, genuinely thought he had the potential to go on to great things, he definitely had the talent and confidence to do so.

He was also easily the best thing about Terminator Salvation for me, he nailed the Michael Biehn Kyle Reese and was the only one in that movie who didn't get unintentional laughs. He would've done a fine job had he been given the chance to carry the role on.

Have been looking forward to seeing him in The Green Room for ages and it felt like he was only a particular role away from becoming an enormous name.

Bernie Worrell has died at 72: he was a keyboardist best known for his work in Parliament/Funkadelic, whose songs appeared on many soundtracks including How Stella Got Her Groove Back, Romeo Must Die, and more recently The Heat and Straight Outta Compton. He did a little acting in last year's Ricki and the Flash, but my abiding memory of him will be on stage with the Talking Heads in Stop Making Sense:

Aw, man. Bud Spencer has left us at 86. He was the perennial heavyset sidekick Bambino to Terence Hill in the Trinity movies, you might say he was the Obelix to Trinity's Asterix. Just to confuse matters, Hill & Spencer worked together with different character names on several other Spaghetti Westerns - not the ones starring Clint Eastwood but low budget films that tried to capitalise on their success - and on non-Westerns too.

Before turning to acting, Bud (real name Carlo Pedersoli, from Naples) was a professional swimmer, reaching the semi-final in the 1952 and 1956 Olympics, and a champion water polo player. When not acting he was a commercial pilot (jets and helicopters), and later tried to enter politics too. Quote: "In my life, I've done everything. There are only three things I haven't been – a ballet dancer, a jockey and a politician. Given that the first two jobs are out of the question, I'll throw myself into politics."



(Don't let the dubbed dialogue bother you - you don't need no stinking dialogue!)

nomdeboardie wrote: »

Classic music, classic performances
RIP Mr Worrell

Agreed - and just in case anyone who hasn't seen it is wondering why we would discuss a concert movie in the Films forum, it's more than just a concert film. The production values are incredibly high, starting with the staging of the concert itself: a totally empty stage, one guy with a guitar and a boombox. The whole stage show is built up piece by piece, musician by musician, over the course of the evening. The director, Jonathan Demme, would go on to direct The Silence of the Lambs and Philadelphia.

Damn good film, he did Heaven's Gate too.

Wonder will a few play Russian Roulette tonight in tribute.

Director Héctor Babenco has died (Kiss of the Spider Woman)

Marni Nixon has died at 86: she didn't have many big roles as an actress - Sister Sophia in The Sound of Music was probably the biggest - but her singing voice was used in many films, often replacing the lead actress' own voice. That's her voice replacing Deborah Kerr in The King & I, Natalie Wood in West Side Story, and Audrey Hepburn in My Fair Lady.

David Huddleston, Was the Big Lebowski and I never copped on that he was Santa in Santa Claus the Movie. Loved that movie as a kid. I never knew his name until today but he played a major part in two of my favourite movies.