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Peter O'toole dies
Topic Started: Dec 16 2013, 09:01 AM (199 Views)
Alli
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PETER O'TOOLE DIES

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FuzzyO
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I really liked him.
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friendshipgal
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Guess everyone wants their own Trudashians
Sorry to hear that, I did like him. I remember seeing him in Uncle Vanya years ago in Toronto.
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angora
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Oh no, the most beautiful man who ever lived. I will miss his beauty.
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Darcie
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I liked him as well, how old was he?
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O'Toole, who died Saturday at age 81 after a long bout of illness, was fearsomely handsome, with burning blue eyes and a penchant for hard living which long outlived his decision to give up alcohol. Broadcaster Michael Parkinson told Sky News television it was hard to be too sad about his passing.

"Peter didn't leave much of life unlived, did he?" he said, chuckling.

A reformed — but unrepentant — hell-raiser, O'Toole long suffered from ill health. Always thin, he had grown wraithlike in later years, his famously handsome face eroded by years of outrageous drinking. (Source - Alli's post)
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Darcie
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I never remember to clink on the name etc., think it is just typing.
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campy
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O.K. He was made famous with his role in Lawrence of Arabia.

Which scene comes to mind that you think was the key one?

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Alli
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When he came galloping out of the dessert carrying the young fellow who fell off his camel exhausted, When he woke up he was wearing the Arabic clothing provided by Omar Sharif on he was stunningly handsome.....

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Trotsky
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Best scene? The rape scene.

For me his best role was as HENRY II opposite Katherine Hepburn in THE LION IN WINTER.
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Bitsy
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I loved this interview made with him in July of this year.

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I've always thought of O'Toole as a complex, tripartite character invented by JM Barrie. He's capable of seducing with the irresistible, innocent charm of Peter Pan. He can produce a nonchalant, urbane sophistication worthy of Mr Darling, before intentionally self-sabotaging with Captain Hook-like flashes of dangerous, deranged derring-do. You never quite know which personality to expect.

As a boy, O'Toole scribbled a promise in his notebook: "I will not be a common man. I will stir the smooth sands of monotony." He doesn't disappoint. He has a wonderful, eccentric way of using language when he talks. Although he rolls certain words out with the theatricality of a carpet salesman in New Delhi, he is the antithesis of a "luvvie". When he is being interviewed, O'Toole's conversation is more likely to be peppered with quotes from Dylan Thomas and James Joyce than anecdotes about other actors. He spits his syllables out like Morse code and gives them a unique sound. He loves words. Loves the writers. "The text", as he calls it.

http://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/comment/articles/2013-06/11/peter-otoole-the-final-interview-film
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FuzzyO
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Wonderful article, thanks Bitsy.
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angora
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My personal favourite of his later movies was The Stuntman. I don't know how it went over outside my family but in our house it got played until it wore out and then the kids bought me another one. It had a great cast beside O'Toole and a fabulous theme. Loads of fun.
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campy
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The classic scene from that movie is supposed to be this one.

http://www.businessinsider.com/lawrence-of-arabia-lemonade-scene-2013-12
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