Meryl…
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jtdeclercq — 19 years ago(April 28, 2006 05:54 AM)
From what I understood, she demanded from Cimino that Cazale got the part in The Deer Hunter, otherwise she'd refuse her part. Actually, I just saw the film last week again and once again I was amazed how powerfull a film that was
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Bart_hoogeboom — 18 years ago(October 27, 2007 12:00 PM)
Actually according to Cimino it was a dying wish of Cazale that he wanted to play in a movie with Robert. The Producers did not want a dying man in the film cause they were scared that the he would die during the shooting of the Deer Hunter. Cimino refused to remove him from the cast and threatened to resign as director. Finaly he convinced the producers by writing an alternative script in which the dead of Cazale was explained in the movie.
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suckerdwsp316 — 18 years ago(September 01, 2007 10:30 PM)
Yeah but everybody is called a great guy after you're dead. Same as you always call a movie great when its over. Because its over, its finished, you can say whatever you want, it won't change anything, and anyway if someone is dead, you're not gonna bad mouth him or her when they are already dead.
When I pass away, and I'm dead and gone, I want people to speak the truth about me. I was an irritating loud-mouth who achieved nothing with his life and helped nobody. Just once I'd like to hear or see something like that said about someone dead. Just once -
disturbedtool68 — 18 years ago(September 06, 2007 05:38 PM)
"When I pass away, and I'm dead and gone, I want people to speak the truth about me. I was an irritating loud-mouth who achieved nothing with his life and helped nobody. Just once I'd like to hear or see something like that said about someone dead. Just once "
Done and done. Make sure someone who knows that you have passed notifies imdb. -
mihajlo321 — 18 years ago(February 16, 2008 08:24 AM)
Nikola Tesla about Thomas Edison:
He had no hobby, cared for no sort of amusement of any kind and lived in utter disregard of the most elementary rules of hygiene His method was inefficient in the extreme, for an immense ground had to be covered to get anything at all unless blind chance intervened and, at first, I was almost a sorry witness of his doings, knowing that just a little theory and calculation would have saved him 90 per cent of the labor. But he had a veritable contempt for book learning and mathematical knowledge, trusting himself entirely to his inventor's instinct and practical American sense. "
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mikefedyo — 13 years ago(April 20, 2012 09:37 PM)
Yeah but thats all beep when your talking about John Cazale..
If you watch the HBO documentary about him.. Its coming from literally some of the absolute gods of acting..
He was truly respected even when he was a live.
John Cazale wasent just some character actor.. Or a random supporting b68act.
He was one of the greatest actors of that generation.. If he had not died.. And or was still alive today, he would be getting the same praise no doubt.
Just watch the movies for yourself.. I have never ever seen someone put so much dedication and great acting into a supporting role like that.
Just watch the scene where Fredo and Michael are talking at the Tahoe compound.. Where fredo is on the chair arguing with Michael about being stepped over.. Its an absolutely amazing performance..
And his entire role in Dog Day Afternoon. He played it perfectly.. I cant see anyone else doing what he did in that role. You really felt for him. And even without saying much in that movie.. You could always see the EXTREME emotion pouring from his character without even opening his mouth.
John Cazale is not getting praise just because he died.. He is getting praised because he was one of the greatest actors of that generation and ever. -
woloff — 15 years ago(October 26, 2010 09:54 PM)
I saw a documentary about John yesterday, and Meryl gave all the credit to deNiro, he wanted John in the movie. She actually used the line "deNiro paid for him".
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moonchildiva — 19 years ago(February 28, 2007 05:50 AM)
This story about Meryl threatening to quit the film if Cazale didn't keep his role in Deer Hunter seems untrue. She was what Hollywood would call "a nobody" at the time, why would they care if she quit? I think she's the worst part of Deer Hunter. They should have let her quit.
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moonchildiva — 19 years ago(March 09, 2007 11:07 AM)
nobody TO ME, and especially not that great at ACTING. It's beyond me, the things people say about her. She nearly ruined The Deer Hunter, anyone would have been better, AND she was AWFUL in Sophie's Choice. So whatever, the world loves mediocrity, they get it in her work. They should have let her quit, he was GREAT, what is she? Hollywood's a big joke nowadays, it's HARD to find ONE good actor. And Meryl is terrible at accents, btw. She might sound good to anyone who never heard any accents.
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moonchildiva — 19 years ago(March 27, 2007 06:18 AM)
I honestly and sincerely think they ARE off the wall. Even Clark Gable refused to do an accent in Gone with the Wind I'm just absolutely stunned by the fact that many actors say she is their favorite, even in the soap mag when they have the interview at the end. We've gotten to the point where we just say "GUESS who their favorite actor is?" and we all shake our heads. We don't see it. Sorry to all the Meryl fans. But anyway, this is Cazale's forum. Saw Dog Day Afternoon last week on TV - those two guys are such a blast in that movie, Pacino & Cazale. A great team, I wonder what else they could have done. It would have been a treat for us.
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moviegirl1972 — 18 years ago(June 22, 2007 07:32 PM)
moonchildiva-
you are an idiot. Meryl Streep is one of, if not, the best actress of her generation and her accents are flawless. Granted she was just starting out when she made The Deer Hunter, but she was great in that movie. And Sophie's Ch5b4oice is considered one of the greatest performances by an actress of any generation. You sound like a bitter old hag -
moonchildiva — 18 years ago(June 25, 2007 10:40 AM)
Yeah, whatever, as I've said before, take your butt over to the streep forum and kiss HER butt there. This is the Cazale board. Are you afraid to have your own opinion of great acting, but prefer to follow the crowd? Go for it. That chick cannot act her way out of a paper bag.
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simplystreeptacular — 17 years ago(January 31, 2009 09:32 PM)
And what, pray tell, do you know about acting? Have you ever had any formal training whatsoever? Or are you just jealous because she's prettier at fifty-nine than I presume you ever will be with a thousand times the talent? You must be compensating for
something
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Here are the facts as I know them.- Meryl was engaged to him right up until the day he died. They never broke it off.
- She did threaten to quit. Even at that age she'd already won a Tony award and was Yale Drama School's brightest young star, and the filmmakers knew it.
- She met Don Gummer just weeks after John died. They were married that September. I do believe she has always loved John it seems to be a very painful subject for her to talk about but she needed someone, and along the way, she and Don fell in love, and after thirty years they're still married.
"The Academy Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role goes to Meryl Streep!" ~Oscars '09