duminică, 11 septembrie 2011

RIP Cliff Robertson

Cliff Robertson, presedintele lumii !!!! din Escape from L.A. :), a murit pe 10 septembrie, la o zi dupa ce implinise 88 de ani.
A jucat rolul principal in filmul lui BDP din 1976, Obsession !!!!!!!!!!!!!

Oscar in 1969 pentru Charly (regia Ralph Nelson, dupa cartea seminala SF "Flori pentru Algernon" de Daniel Keyes),
si recent unchiul lui Spider-man, Ben Parker, in trilogia lui Sam Raimi !
Cliff Robertson a demascat un scandal imens si o escrocherie financiara in Hollywood in 1977 si asta i-a daunat carierei sale, om de curaj si veteran de razboi, e unul din marii eroi din Tinseltown care au avut poate o viata mai brava si mai integra in afara ecranului !
Alte filme: Masquerade (Basil Dearden, 1965), The Devil's Brigade (Andrew V. McLaglen, 1968), Too Late The Hero al lui Robert Aldrich (1970), Three Days of the Condor (Sidney Pollack, 1975), si trei filme chul si infame din 1983, Class (in care Jacqueline Bisset devine Mrs Robinson), Brainstorm (ultimul film al Nathaliei Wood), si Star 80 (despre moartea playmatei Dorothy Stratten, as Hugh Hefner).
-Nu l-am vazut in The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid (1972, Philip Kaufamn), western cult in care e Cole Younger din banda lui Jesse james (Robert Duvall), in rolul unui tinar pilot JFK in PT 109 (1963), si in debutul sau regizoral din 1971, J.W. Coop !
-In schimb a fost la cinema cind eram eu copil, in Pilotul (The Pilot, 1980), un film regizat de el, in care joaca un pilot alcoolic !

-cred ca ultima oara l-am vazut in filmul lui Sam Fuller, Underworld U.S.A. (1961), un gritty revenge film, in ciuda codului cenzurii !

dupa wikipedia:
One of Robertson's main hobbies was flying (...)
(nu degeaba a jucat atitia piloti! he was one in WW 2)
Robertson was airborne and piloting a private Beechcraft Baron directly over New York City on the morning of September 11, 2001. He was directly over the World Trade Center, climbing through 7,500 feet, when the first Boeing 767 struck. He was ordered by air traffic control to land immediately at the nearest airport following a nationwide order to ground all civilian and commercial aircraft following the attacks.

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