Marlon Brando
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I love hutch — 3 years ago(June 01, 2022 06:24 AM)
Of the three you listed, I chose Brando.
But before I looked at the choices and pictured the movie in my head, the first face I saw was Sonny's. So, James Caan would have been my most honest response.
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ToastedCheese — 3 years ago(June 01, 2022 08:18 AM)
If you haven't seen Francis F. Coppola's
The Rain People
with Caan, Shirley Knight and Robert Duvall, I recommend it. Caan is just beautiful in this, both in presence and performance.
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ToastedCheese — 3 years ago(June 01, 2022 08:44 AM)
He did, though I have no issue with the wonderful Maggie Smith's award for
The Prime Of Miss Jean Brodie.
Caan plays a mentally slow ex-football player due to an injury. He is exceptional.
It is on here to watch. You need to see
A Dream Of Passion
as well. I am going to watch Bertolucci's
La Luna
as my next one.
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I love hutch — 3 years ago(June 01, 2022 08:57 AM)
I like Maggie Smith. But not in TPOMJB. She is soooo mannered in that movie and her character is, to me, so unlikable. That one girl who went off in the fighting spirit and got herself killed. Actually, that whole subplot seemed off to me. I have no idea if we are supposed to find Jean Brodie sympathetic or not. I thought she was a menace. I enjoy it when Pamela Franklin tells her off in the final scene. She needed it! I do think Franklin gave a really good performance in the movie.
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ToastedCheese — 3 years ago(June 01, 2022 09:05 AM)
Franklin was terrific. Brodie was a bit of a pretentious snob, but that is why I like her characterization. I love the setting and within her own means she meant well and she just challenged the conventions of the time. She wanted "her girls" to be free-thinkers. She just became dangerous in the sense that she was too politically ideologized.
I find the mannered aspect of Miss Brodie just perfect and I still found she had depth. The other great performance is from Celia Johnson as the headmistress, who is determined to get rid of Brodie.
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MortSahlFan — 3 years ago(June 06, 2022 06:29 PM)
I liked Sonny's character a lot. James Caan did a hell of a job.
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MortSahlFan — 3 years ago(August 28, 2022 08:51 PM)
Yeah, he's in all of them, but the minute someone says "The Godfather" (or even 'godfather'), the image in my head is Marlon Brando in that tuxedo "on the day of his daughter's wedding".
I remember there were talks 20 years ago about Godfather IV, lol. I think Coppola probably had a change of heart after seeing so many ****ty "franchises"
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