Sure tcm will do a tribute will certainly be watching On Thu, Jun 20, 2024 at 4:54 PM Greg Douglass < 000002bc9f772b29-dmarc-requ...@listserv.american.edu> wrote:
> Sad but not unexpected. 88 is a good run. > Interesting; I just watched "Die, Die my Darling!", a Hammer horror hag > quickie that was part of the post-Baby Jane deluge of this short-lived > genre. Sutherland played a mentally challenged young man. I was astonished > to see the same actor playing a wisecraking doctor in "M*A*S*H*". After > looking at his IMDB history it appears that he spent much time in the UK > during his early career. > As a musician who has played on a lot of crappy tunes I agree that artists > go where the money is. "Pay the rent or be untrue to my artistic ideals?" ( > I'm best known for my guitar playing on a pretty stupid hit song. That dumb > tune has bought me a crapload of movie posters.) > Sutherland was a first class actor who did indeed play in a lot of > drek...but ya have to have a lot of time in the batter's box to hit some > home runs. "Klute" and "Invasion of the Body Snatchers" are enough evidence > of greatness for this armchair critic. > Greg Douglass > Coos Bay, OR > > *Sent:* Thursday, June 20, 2024 at 1:37 PM > *From:* "Scott Burns" <sbu...@columbus.rr.com> > *To:* MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU > *Subject:* Re: [MOPO] RIP Donald Sutherland > > Someone else mentioned one of Sutherland’s best, the 1978 remake of > “Invasion of the Body Snatchers,” but what about “Klute?” Every time I > encounter it on TCM I can’t not watch. > > > > But curious, Bruce, do you really think his main criteria for taking a > role was just the cash? I’d call him a working actor—in it for the long > haul. Sometimes you make a classic, sometimes you make a dud. But staying > employed in the acting business long term can be difficult. Seems like an > unnecessary dig that money was his driving force. Just my 2 cents. > > > > Scott > > MoPo List Owner > > > > *From:* MoPo List <mopo-l@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU> *On Behalf Of *Bruce > Hershenson > *Sent:* Thursday, June 20, 2024 2:17 PM > *To:* MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU > *Subject:* [MOPO] RIP Donald Sutherland > > > > > > > > > > > > *RIP Donald Sutherland :( He was a superb Canadian actor from the 1960s to > the present. While he gave wonderful performances in a number of movies, > his main criteria for deciding to take a role seemed to be how much he was > paid, because he appeared in lots of movies not worthy of his talents. Some > of his movies include: JFK, MASH (as Hawkeye Pierce), Ordinary People, > Dirty Dozen, Animal House, Don't Look Now, 1900, Cold Mountain, Kelly's > Heroes, and The Hunger Games series (as President Snow). In 2015's > "Forsaken", he played the father of his real life son, Kiefer Sutherland, > who is also a wonderful actor, and in many ways has followed in his > father's footsteps. See > https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/20/movies/donald-sutherland-dead.html > <https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/20/movies/donald-sutherland-dead.html>* > > > > > <http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail> > > Virus-free.www.avg.com > <http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail> > > > ------------------------------ > > To unsubscribe from the MoPo-L list, click the following link: > https://listserv.american.edu/scripts/wa-american.exe?SUBED1=MoPo-L&A=1 > > ------------------------------ > > To unsubscribe from the MoPo-L list, click the following link: > https://listserv.american.edu/scripts/wa-american.exe?SUBED1=MoPo-L&A=1 > > ------------------------------ > > To unsubscribe from the MoPo-L list, click the following link: > https://listserv.american.edu/scripts/wa-american.exe?SUBED1=MoPo-L&A=1 > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
