who is your favourite character?
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mufreighter — 19 years ago(October 13, 2006 02:54 AM)
Without question, my favorite character is Kruger's Dorfmann.
Not for his acting, which, though good, isn't up to the caliber of a Stwerart or an Attenborough; no, the question is who's my FAVORITE, and it's Dorfmann, hands down.
I'm a model aircraft junkie, and if we aeromodellers have a patron saint, it'd be Dorfmann's characternot only does he include a bit of modelling history into the story (Stringfellow, Henson, etc.) but his demeanor captures the fierce defensiveness of those of us who've taken crap most of our lives for 'playing with toy airplanes.'
His crowning moment comes when he's confronted by Stewart and Attenborough about his lack of experience with the 'real stuff;' his sneering reply to their doubt is my favorite point in the whole movie:
"Mr. Towns a toy plane is something you wind up and it rolls along the floor. A model airplane is something totally different"
O HELL yes! -
Thusnelda — 19 years ago(January 17, 2007 04:26 AM)
Without question, my favorite character is Kruger's Dorfmann.
Not for his acting, which, though good, isn't up to the caliber of a Stwerart or an Attenborough; no, the question is who's my FAVORITE, and it's Dorfmann, hands down.
I'm a model aircraft junkie, and if we aeromodellers have a patron saint, it'd be Dorfmann's characternot only does he include a bit of modelling history into the story (Stringfellow, Henson, etc.) but his demeanor captures the fierce defensiveness of those of us who've taken crap most of our lives for 'playing with toy airplanes.'
Although not being a model aircraft junkieI
wholeheartedly
agree! :-)))
His crowning moment comes when he's confronted by Stewart and Attenborough about his lack of experience with the 'real stuff;' his sneering reply to their doubt is my favorite point in the whole movie:
"Mr. Towns a toy plane is something you wind up and it rolls along the floor. A model airplane is something totally different"
O HELL yes!
My most favourite scene in movie history!
Yours, Thusnelda -
DBloodnok — 19 years ago(January 20, 2007 11:52 AM)
My favourite is Peter Finch's Captain Harris. Yes, he's stupidly British, yes he observes rank - but he is an officer in the British Army, so what would one expect? He offers himself in sacrifice for the others not once - but twice.
Aberstein - you belong in the glasshouse, mate - that sort of bolshy talk!
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Viv-1 — 19 years ago(October 18, 2006 02:35 PM)
This question's a toughie ! My favourite actor,of all time, is James Stewart.
However, I don't think I could say any actor in this film does less than a brilliant job. Having just viewed the re-make starring Dennis Quaid I realise just how great the James Stewart version is. Every character's 3D. The re-make's terrible, made for kids with loads of computer graphics, just a waste of money.
Now if you were to ask me who is my favourite character in the film, then I'd have to say Heinrich Dorfmann as played by Hardy Kruger. He is brilliant in the role. Frank Towns is the regular tortured hero but Heinrich Dorfmann now he's something different. Just compare Hardy Kruger's performance with Giovanni Ribissi's in the re-make. No contest. -
Adam60z — 19 years ago(December 15, 2006 09:53 PM)
Being one of my favorite films I wouldn't pick a single one as my favorite. I can tell you my least favorite: Captain Harris (Peter Finch)how'd you like to be Watson being ordered around by that bastard?
But it's really an ensemble film and the best parts are the interplay between Jimmy Stewart, Richard Attenborough, and Hardy Kruger (nominated for Golden Globe but refused it). The point is that all characters are essential to the success of the plane. The doctor represents humanitarianism. I do think Ernest Borgnine was too over the top though.
Attenborough mastered stuttering speach here. It's a film of it's time when creativity was in the air. Please don't waste your time and money on the remakeor any remakes for that matter.
Play the game existence 'til the endof the beginning -
tohu — 17 years ago(July 09, 2008 06:51 AM)
One oif the reasons I love this film so much is that it is like an onion. I've seen it several times, since the early 1980s when it was on TV (in the UK). And every time I see it I notice another actor giving a great performance.
I mean I always knew that it was a great set of performances. But that first time I saw it I noticed
in particular
Jimmy Stewart as being fantastic. Then the second time I remember thinking Attenborough was terrific. Then the third time I noticed Ian Bannen. Another time Borgnine was my favourite. I am watching it again now and I am loving Peter Finch
There's not many films you could respond to like this.
"Maybe I should go alone"
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