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PantyFanatic 07-02-2004 12:12 PM

“I Could Have Been Somebody”
 
… but I met Steph. :eek:


NO NO!

That’s not quite what he said. :rolleyes:



LOS ANGELES (AP) - Marlon Brando, who revolutionized American acting with his Method performances in ``Streetcar Named Desire'' and ``On the Waterfront'' and went on to create the iconic characterization of Don Vito Corleone in ``The Godfather,'' has died. He was 80.
Brando died at an undisclosed Los Angeles hospital Thursday, attorney David J. Seeley said Friday. The cause of death was being withheld, Seeley said, noting the actor ``was a very private man.''
Brando, whose unpredictable behavior made him equally fascinating off the screen, was acclaimed the greatest actor of his generation, a two-time winner of the Academy Award who influenced some of the best actors of the generation that followed, among them Al Pacino, Robert De Niro and Jack Nicholson.
He was the unforgettable embodiment of the brutish Stanley Kowalski of ``A Streetcar Named Desire,'' the mixed up Terry Malloy of ``On the Waterfront'' (which won him his first Oscar) and the wily Corleone of ``The Godfather.''

Irish 07-02-2004 12:18 PM

P.F.---You forgot"The Wild One"That'll teach him to stay with old
Triumphs! Irish

lakritze 07-02-2004 12:19 PM

Sad news....He will be missed.Did you catch Brando in the latest remake of The Island of Dr.Moreau? I think this is where the idea of Mini Me in the Austin Powers series was gotten.

Aqua 07-02-2004 12:21 PM

I haven't heard it yet but I predict someone will make the comment, "God gave him an offer he couldn't refuse."
Maybe Leno, Jon Stewart, some nightly news anchor... :rolleyes:

Nevertheless... we have lost one of the greats... :(

Oldfart 07-02-2004 12:25 PM

Another icon fallen off the shelf.

He'd been very ill for a while and it was probably a blessing.

And it got him away from his family. . .

Irish 07-02-2004 12:30 PM

I just watched,one of his closest friends,interviewed.They asked
him,who he thought was the closest up & coming actor,to him.
He said truthfully---There was only one Marlon Brando.When asked,why he had the reputation,of being so difficult,he said that it was because he was a perfectionist.Things were never quite good enough. Irish

PantyFanatic 07-02-2004 12:34 PM

LOL :) You posted that -----^, while I was composing this.

He also made One-Eyed Jacks and Last Tango In Paris a permanent memory for me.

Perhaps a prospective of time, but this is another media image from a period with characters that created unique individual personalities that have stood the time test.

thedog 07-02-2004 01:30 PM

You got that straight, PF, and there aren't many left, it seems. Not at least, with the enduring qualities.

Teddy Bear 07-02-2004 01:57 PM

No one could have played the parts like he did.

Truely one of a kind!

Steph 07-02-2004 11:47 PM

Heaven just got sexier. RIP, Mr. Brando.

scotzoidman 07-03-2004 12:12 AM

"Stelllllllllllllllllllllllaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!!!!!!"

"What are you rebelling against?" "What've you got?"

dicksbro 07-03-2004 04:14 AM

He will be missed. Darn, so many of the good ones are going. And there are so many more that when you see them in movies or on TV, you know their time is coming, too. Dennis Weaver, James Garner, and others.

:(

LixyChick 07-03-2004 07:40 AM

Well...they say it comes in threes. This'll be a year to remember eh? Ronald Reagan, Ray Charles and Marlon Brando!

R.I.P Mr Brando!


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