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RIP Christopher Lee, actor and absolute legend

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  • #52
    mikemac1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,395 ✭✭✭✭mikemac1


    I think I read somewhere he was one of just a handful of people who saw the last execution by gullitone in France

    He was in Paris in the 1930's


  • #53
    branie2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,305 ✭✭✭✭branie2


    The Wicker Man is his best film, in my opinion


  • #54
    Hans Bricks
    Registered Users Posts: 850 ✭✭✭Hans Bricks


    A member of the "Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare" during his time served in WW2. Even created heavy metal covers of christmas carols during his 80's. Such an example to men the world over. :(


  • #55
    LadyFenghuang
    Closed Accounts Posts: 853 ✭✭✭LadyFenghuang


    branie2 wrote: »
    The Wicker Man is his best film, in my opinion

    He felt so too. I adore that film. The legends surrounding it are apart of it's charm. I went to see the special screening in the Lighthouse when it was on with a band of mates. It was really special seeing it on the big screen. It still opens the mind even today in our age where everyone thinks they have seen everything. And in a very charming way. The plots twists ...the characters...the fact that you dislike the police man and he becomes a symbol of repression and the pagans a symbol of liberation. When they burn him ..it's not him they are burning...it's the shackles he lives by. The bedroom scene with Britt Eckland is really cool....eer except for that bit where they could to a totally different naked lady as a double.


  • #56
    Sir Oxman
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,492 ✭✭✭Sir Oxman


    Yup, true movie legend.
    R.I.P.


  • #57
    fryup
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,067 ✭✭✭✭fryup


    was he the guy who put the voice to Thriller ??


  • #58
    Professey Chin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 51,054 ✭✭✭✭Professey Chin


    fryup wrote: »
    was he the guy who put the voice to Thriller ??

    Thats Vincent Price, another horror icon


  • #59
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 92,471 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    Professey Chin wrote: »
    Thats Vincent Price, another horror icon
    Add Peter Cushing and you have one of the big trio's of horror. And lots of spooky coincidences between them.

    The other trio would be Lon Chaney Jr, Bela Lugosi and Boris Karloff from another age.

    He was Tokien's choice to be Gandalf.

    His Bacon number beats Kevin Bacon's, yip he's worked with everyone that's anyone.



    RIP Dr. Fu Manchu


  • #60
    Tin Foil Hat
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,664 ✭✭✭Tin Foil Hat


    Dirty Dingus McGee wrote: »
    He said in an interview on Channel 4 (when the were doing one of those 100 greatest film shows) that the Wicker Man was the best film he was ever in.

    It was a class film and he was excellent in it.

    I haven't seen it in 20 years. I have seen the americanised remake with Nicholas Cage. Chris, it was desperate.


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  • #61
    Cold War Kid
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    LadyFenghuang wrote: »
    The bedroom scene with Britt Eckland is really cool....eer except for that bit where they could to a totally different naked lady as a double.
    Apparently her fella at the time, Rod Stewart, wasn't keen on his lady's naked arse gyrating to the world. Possibly bullsh-t. But she did have a double for the naked dancing bit all right.

    Anyways, voluptuous naked lady's peachy bum aside, The Wickerman is the best Christopher Lee movie I've seen too (one of the best movies I've seen full stop) and he's the bomb as Lord Summerisle. Bonus points for campy Hammer Draculas and Scaramanga too. Very commanding presence - a distinguished gentleman.

    RIP.


  • #62
    Tin Foil Hat
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,664 ✭✭✭Tin Foil Hat


    Cold War Kid wrote: »
    Apparently her fella at the time, Rod Stewart, wasn't keen on his lady's naked arse gyrating to the world. Possibly bullsh-t. But she did have a double for the naked dancing bit all right.

    'Twas a fine arse, whoever owned it.


  • #63
    Cold War Kid
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,353 ✭✭✭Cold War Kid


    Tin Foil Hat wrote: »
    'Twas a fine arse, whoever owned it.
    Agreed. I know a nice woman's bottom when I see one.


  • #64
    Nodin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 46,938 ✭✭✭✭Nodin


    Tin Foil Hat wrote: »
    I haven't seen it in 20 years. I have seen the americanised remake with Nicholas Cage. Chris, it was desperate.


    Notoriously bad. The "bee scene" is apparently a comedy classic.

    There's a restored version of The Wicker Man with some deleted scenes added back in available, afaik.

    Only 3 of the 4 stories here are available on a DVD - excellent stuff - essentially Christopher Lee reads MR James (he plays MR James telling his stories) with some minimal graphics added.
    http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0270769/

    The (not cheap) DVD - they aren't available separately afaik. Used to be on youtube but have all been taken down.
    http://www.bbcshop.com/drama/ghost-stories-for-christmas-expanded-6-disc-collection-dvd/invt/bfivd965


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