RIP Albert Finney

scrumhalf

Passed away today.

One of those actors of whom your opinion changes when you read the list of films he appeared in and you go, "you know, that's a pretty impressive list".

He was superb as Churchill in "The Gathering Storm".

JezWynd

Brilliant actor with a voice full of gravitas. Tom Jones and Shoot The Moon are movies that come immediately to mind while The Green Man a made for TV adaptation was excellent.

pintspiller

And Annie

axisus

He's in one of my favourite films, the musical Scrooge. I HAVE to watch it every Xmas. The film I have seen most in my life!

RIP Albert

jdgm

There's a film called "Wolfen" with him in......not well known but very memorable.

He was part of the great creative surge in 60s England - no-one else quite like him.

R.I.P.

zepp76

R.I.P Albert, he was great in one of my favourite films "A good year". A fantastic film.

failed_astronaut

Big Fish, gets me every time.

west

One of my fave actors  ;( ... had a little tribute watch of ep 1/2 of kingsly amis's the greenman , and the absolute classic  saturday night sunday morning.. might have a look at two for the road after the rugby and a few eps of my uncle silas and the last ep of the green man  ,must track down night  must fall as i havnt seen it for ages ....   what a great legacy he leaves behind ...  “Don't let the bastards grind you down. What I want is a good time. All the rest is propaganda.”   ...

DaveJames

The dresser, one of my favourite films.

strumjoughlamps

A great career throughout but the 80s bought us Shoot the Moon, Loophole and Wolfen.. marvellous 

boogieman

Brilliant actor. RIP

Jonathangus

Y'all know this thread is nearly four years old, right?

usedtobe

How many back from the grave tribute threads..?

hollywoodrox

Omg I thought he was long gone

DannyP

Miller's Crossing for me. Sublime.

Philly_Q

hollywoodrox said:

Omg I thought he was long gone

He was.

Offset

Well as the thread has been reopened, I'll just chuck my ha'penny's worth in - The Green Man on BBC1.  Brilliant - one of my favourite dramas.

darthed1981

Philly_Q said:

hollywoodrox said:

Omg I thought he was long gone

He was.

This thread ironically has shown the same plot as two of Finney's starring roles in the dramas "Karaoke" and "Cold Lazarus".

Though I don't want to spoil those for anyone who hasn't seen them by saying why.

Also, has nobody mentioned Murder on the Orient Express yet?

Philly_Q

darthed1981 said:

Also, has nobody mentioned Murder on the Orient Express yet?

No, but I saw it not long ago (last Christmas, probably) and it has not aged well.

darthed1981

Philly_Q said:

darthed1981 said:

Also, has nobody mentioned Murder on the Orient Express yet?

No, but I saw it not long ago (last Christmas, probably) and it has not aged well.

Wow, I couldn't disagree more, pretty much perfect Christie adaptation I've always thought, fantastic soundtrack, amazing cast, superb film.

I mean the social attitudes have aged badly, but that's when it's set, not the film.

The recent remake showed how updating the morality element of the story can be a disaster.

Philly_Q

darthed1981 said:

Philly_Q said:

darthed1981 said:

Also, has nobody mentioned Murder on the Orient Express yet?

No, but I saw it not long ago (last Christmas, probably) and it has not aged well.

Wow, I couldn't disagree more, pretty much perfect Christie adaptation I've always thought, fantastic soundtrack, amazing cast, superb film.

I mean the social attitudes have aged badly, but that's when it's set, not the film.

The recent remake showed how updating the morality element of the story can be a disaster.

Of all the Christie stories (that I know) I think it's the least interesting because once you know the "twist" you can never forget it - whereas in most of her other stories the identity of the murderer's almost irrelevant, it's more about the characters and the investigation, I never remember "whodunnit".

To me the 1974 Murder on the Orient Express has always just seemed like a vehicle for all the big star names of the day (including some survivors from the golden age of Hollywood), but as a film it's a big flabby mess, and Finney is terrible.  The 2017 version is more of the same but slightly worse...

We'll have to agree to disagree!