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Whats your favorite John Hurt role?

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    rascal67 — 9 years ago(January 27, 2017 10:37 PM)

    Nobody suffered more exquisitely on screen than John Hurt. Damn!


    Wow Mr. H! Only you could see it and express it like this, in a few simple words.
    I love The Naked Civil Servant. It is a little gem of a movie, yet for me, it also has an overwhelming current of sadness running through it. Crisp had a life, yet at the same time, he had no life, and his tenacity, intelligence and humor gave him the tools in which to survive.
    Don't eat the whole ones!Those are for the guests.

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      jamiepickering — 9 years ago(January 27, 2017 08:23 PM)

      Either The War Doctor or Chancellor Sutler in V for Vendetta

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        tigheman — 9 years ago(January 27, 2017 08:36 PM)

        Whenever he appeared in a movie or TV show it immediately improved. For me, he'll always be The Storyteller. He had a very distinct acting voice. I will miss him.
        . . . The Bones tell me nothing.

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          Laserseightoclockdayone — 9 years ago(January 27, 2017 08:41 PM)

          Caligula in I, Claudius.
          Winston Smith in Nineteen Eighty-four.
          Kane in Alien.
          Chancellor Adam Sutler in V for Vendetta.
          Joseph Merrick in The Elephant Man.
          What has he ever done that isn't to love? Every production he was ever in was elevated by his presence.

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            shulma2002 — 9 years ago(January 28, 2017 01:08 AM)

            Caligula in I Claudius & Midnight Express prisoner & Kane in Alien were my favourites.

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              Sook-Yongsheng — 9 years ago(January 27, 2017 08:45 PM)

              OMG, this is so hard to answer. He was so good in so many things.
              But the one that's uppermost in my mind right now is
              Control
              , in 'Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy.'

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                Nexus71 — 9 years ago(January 27, 2017 09:51 PM)

                Caligula in I Claudius
                Kane in Alien
                Quentin Crisp in the The Naked Civil Servant
                Joseph Merrick in The Elephant Man
                Control Tinker,Tailor,Soldier,Spy
                Trevor "Broom" Brutten in the Hellboy movies
                Winston in 1984 (it's no small feat not to get upstaged by Richard Burton)

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                  davidlovemathematician — 9 years ago(January 27, 2017 10:14 PM)

                  Peter Strelzyk in Disney's 'Night Crossing', based on the true story of two families escaping from East Germany in a hot-air balloon.

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                    spiritascent — 9 years ago(January 27, 2017 10:19 PM)

                    The Marquis of Montrose in "Rob Roy".

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                      crobbins1 — 9 years ago(January 27, 2017 11:08 PM)

                      Loved him as the voice of the Great Dragon in Merlin even now I can hear him saying MERRRRRRRRRRRRRLIN!!!

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                        Don_Falone1985 — 9 years ago(January 27, 2017 11:35 PM)

                        Max from midnight express and Kane in Alien

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                          tinagchristensen — 9 years ago(January 28, 2017 01:26 AM)

                          Let me just say that he improved every movie he was in - rare Star quality and a great human being
                          "I am not an animal " - heartbreaking

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                            NotMoreMovies — 9 years ago(January 28, 2017 01:54 AM)

                            I'm a major "parody lover" so my favorite role of his is when he parodied himself in Spaceballs. When the alien cracked out of his chest he said "Oh no, not again!"
                            He will be missed.

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                              mojo2004 — 9 years ago(January 28, 2017 05:28 AM)

                              The Elephant Man (1980) . John Merrick
                              All the Little Animals (1998).Mr. Summers
                              Hellboy (2004) . Trevor "Broom" Bruttenholm
                              Way too many great roles to choose from. I picked 3 that probably won't get a lot of mention from others but gave me great joy.
                              The truth of life has been revealed.

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                                noah-mcclintock — 9 years ago(January 28, 2017 07:20 PM)

                                For me he'll always be Winston Smith from 1984, but I also love him as Max in Midnight Express, John Merrick in The Elephant Man, Kane in Alien and James Graham in Rob Roy.

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                                  Filmbuff29 — 3 years ago(March 13, 2023 12:57 AM)

                                  1984
                                  Alien
                                  V for Vendetta
                                  Midnight Express
                                  The Elephant Man

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                                    NZer — 3 years ago(March 13, 2023 03:58 AM)

                                    Too many to mention. He's been superb in all his movies and never disappoints.

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                                      AnthonyRocks — 3 years ago(March 15, 2023 04:39 AM)

                                      Alien
                                      Spaceballs
                                      Indiana Jones and The Kingdom of The Crystal Skull
                                      Recount

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