View Full Version : If you are a Peter O'Toole fan...
frau kaleun
08-28-10, 12:41 PM
...and have Turner Classic Movies, turn it on today!
Sadly, you've already missed My Favorite Year. But, now showing: Becket.
Still to come:
The Last Emperor
Lord Jim
Lawrence Of Arabia
The Ruling Class
The Stunt Man
The Ruling Class is not among my favorites (although TBH I've only seen it once and that was ages ago). Never seen The Stunt Man but I've heard very good things about it. Not sure if I'm willing to stay up all night for it, though.
Nevertheless, my day is pretty much accounted for, lol. Also: LAWRENCE OF FREAKING ARABIA! I really need to get that on DVD. Absolutely made of win.
time to bring him up :up:
Konovalov
08-28-10, 12:49 PM
Now why haven't TCM UK done this? :damn:
Absolutely love Peter O'Toole films. Got my Dad to thank for that. :DL
frau kaleun
08-28-10, 01:30 PM
Don't know about the UK, but over here in August every day on TCM is devoted to one person. So today it's all films featuring Peter O'Toole.
Why they're not showing The Lion In Winter, I can't imagine. Maybe they used it for someone else's "day" and I've missed it. I need to get that one on DVD as well.
Honestly, I think I would watch Peter O'Toole sit in a chair and read the phone book out loud. Possibly because you know at some point he'd look at a name and then say, "I knew a fellow named 'X' once..." and then he'd tell some awesome and hilarious story about it.
sharkbit
08-28-10, 02:50 PM
Have you seen him in "Murphy's War"?
Its got a U-boat in it! :up:
:)
Konovalov
08-28-10, 02:57 PM
Yeah. I first saw that on tv as a kid. Strangely I have only seen it once since but I remember it for the Mcgyver style repairs he did on the sea-plane.
Sailor Steve
08-28-10, 03:32 PM
The Stunt Man: one of my all-time favorites. Steve Railsbeck is a wanted fugitive who takes refuge with a crazy director (O'Toole) who he's sure is trying to kill him. Both of them (and Barbara Hershey as well) are at the top of their game.
When it gets to the part where we finally find out what Railsbeck's heinous crime was, you'll wet yourself.
Well, somebody will, anyway.
frau kaleun
08-28-10, 04:39 PM
Sounds like I need to add another flick to my Netflix queue. Provided I don't end up sitting up all night to watch it.
Tchocky
08-28-10, 05:17 PM
Becket is spinning up on my hard drive, guess I'm not going to bed after all :DL
Good story about Peter O'Toole getting drunk with a friend in a pub in London, and he said, "Let's go and see a play." At one point O'Toole nudged his friend and said, "This is brilliant. This is the bit - where I come on. Oh, bollocks!"
frau kaleun
08-28-10, 05:25 PM
Becket is spinning up on my hard drive, guess I'm not going to bed after all :DL
Good story about Peter O'Toole getting drunk with a friend in a pub in London, and he said, "Let's go and see a play." At one point O'Toole nudged his friend and said, "This is brilliant. This is the bit - where I come on. Oh, bollocks!"
:har:
Classic.
There's a little "mini-film" they run sometimes as filler on TCM that is bits of an interview with him and clips of some of his films. At the end he says that once he had sent a bedraggled leather jacket to a cleaners, one that (O'Toole being O'Toole) had suffered all manner of indignities in the way of blood, booze, and heaven knows what else getting splashed or spilled on it. The cleaners did the best they could but returned the jacket with a note pinned to it that read, "It distresses us to return work that is not perfect."
He said he figured that would "just about do" for him as well, and they could put it on his tombstone.
What about Caligula? Not one of his best but still worth a look for other reasons,:)
Buddahaid
08-28-10, 06:27 PM
...and have Turner Classic Movies, turn it on today!
Sadly, you've already missed My Favorite Year. But, now showing: Becket.
Still to come:
The Last Emperor
Lord Jim
Lawrence Of Arabia
The Ruling Class
The Stunt Man
The Ruling Class is not among my favorites (although TBH I've only seen it once and that was ages ago). Never seen The Stunt Man but I've heard very good things about it. Not sure if I'm willing to stay up all night for it, though.
Nevertheless, my day is pretty much accounted for, lol. Also: LAWRENCE OF FREAKING ARABIA! I really need to get that on DVD. Absolutely made of win.
Better than up all night for a Planet of the Apes marathon. You need Pepto-bismol after that one.
Stealth Hunter
08-28-10, 06:59 PM
Why they're not showing The Lion In Winter, I can't imagine.
I thought the exact same thing. Been watching TCM all day.
frau kaleun
08-28-10, 07:23 PM
I am sitting here right now waiting for my favorite jumpcut in movie history: the burning match that gives way to the sun rising over the desert.
Aaaaaand there it is. Cue theme music!
Sailor Steve
08-28-10, 07:43 PM
Ooh! Ooh! Forgot another 'small' favorite (there are so many):
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084370/
Based loosely on Mel Brooks's early days as a TV writer. Mark Linn-Baker is not Mel Brooks, Peter O'Toole is not Errol Flynn, and Joseph Bologna is not Sid Caesar. Wonderful.
frau kaleun
08-28-10, 07:45 PM
Ooh! Ooh! Forgot another 'small' favorite (there are so many):
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084370/
Based loosely on Mel Brooks's early days as a TV writer. Mark Linn-Baker is not Mel Brooks, Peter O'Toole is not Errol Flynn, and Joseph Bologna is not Sid Caesar. Wonderful.
It was on first thing this morning. :D
"I'm not an actor, I'm a movie star!"
Sailor Steve
08-28-10, 07:47 PM
It was on first thing this morning. :D
"I'm not an actor, I'm a movie star!"
"I'm Athos!"
"I'm Porthos!"
"I'm Swann!"
:rotfl2:
frau kaleun
08-28-10, 07:56 PM
You know every time I watch Lawrence of Arabia - well, one tends to associate it with O'Toole for obvious reasons - but I'm always struck by how pitch perfect everyone is in this film. So so SO many great performances.
And for some reason I used to always forget that Claude Rains was in this until he actually came onscreen but my goodness, isn't he just delightful? He's always delightful. A few years back I finally noticed how he completely steals every scene of Casablanca that he's in. To be fair he got a lot of the really great lines, but still.
Sailor Steve
08-28-10, 08:05 PM
And for some reason I used to always forget that Claude Rains was in this until he actually came onscreen...
That's because he was the invisible man. :D
frau kaleun
08-28-10, 08:09 PM
That's because he was the invisible man. :D
Har. :O:
Sailor Steve
08-28-10, 08:10 PM
Har. :O:
The trick is not minding that it hurts.
frau kaleun
08-28-10, 08:12 PM
The trick is not minding that it hurts.
Thy mother mated with a scorpion. :D
Bilge_Rat
08-29-10, 07:39 AM
Lawrence of Arabia is one of my favorite movies, not least of which because it was filmed on location. I have the DVD, but also saw it on the big screen in the late 80s when the restored print was released. On the big screen, the desert scenes, especially the one where Lawrence meets sherif Ali at the water well are amazing.
I love jack hawkins in that one. He was perfect as general Allenby who always finds a way to re-motivate Lawrence and send him back out.
mako88sb
08-29-10, 09:49 AM
Darn! We'll be out most of the day so I'm going to miss a lot of it unfortunately. I got to agree with you Frau Kaleun. Peter O'Toole is one of my favorites. I don't know if you have seen the mini-series "Masada" but thats probably my favorite. Just brilliant performances from him and Peter Strauss.
The Third Man
08-29-10, 10:02 AM
I caught a bit of Lord Jim, and stayed for the entire Lawrence. Good stuff. And yes, 'Lion in Winter' was part of the Kate Hepburn movie day.
frau kaleun
08-29-10, 10:04 AM
I love jack hawkins in that one. He was perfect as general Allenby who always finds a way to re-motivate Lawrence and send him back out.
He's so good I have to keep reminding myself that he's Jack Hawkins even though I know that's who it is. If that makes any sense. And it really is a marvelous character.
sharkbit
08-29-10, 12:03 PM
I remember seeing this Letterman show in 1995(?) when he was doing his show in London for a week.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K561m7Nq7kk&feature=related
Peter O'Toole was on one night. His story about the camel charge near the end of Lawrence of Arabia is hilarious. It starts at about 3:30 in the video but the whole clip is pretty funny, starting out with O'Toole riding in on a camel. :haha:
:)
Schöneboom
08-29-10, 12:20 PM
Ah, the epic of all time. I have watched my "Lawrence of Arabia" DVD at least annually -- and attended theatrical screenings whenever they occur here. The best way to see it is in a grand old cinema with one gigantic screen.
The film has inspired generations of scholars to learn more about the real T.E. Lawrence, a fascinating & "complicated" man. I've written a screenplay about his later life in the RAF -- that's what I'm trying to sell in the UK now (instead of writing U-boat stories).
The tricky part: who nowadays could play Lawrence (at age 40) even half as well as O'Toole did in 1960? Hugh Laurie, perhaps?
Ralph Fiennes played him in 1992 for a TV-film called "A Dangerous Man: Lawrence After Arabia" -- with TEL & Feisal in Paris for the Versailles Conference. Well worth seeing on DVD.
frau kaleun
08-29-10, 12:28 PM
I remember seeing this Letterman show in 1995(?) when he was doing his show in London for a week.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K561m7Nq7kk&feature=related
Peter O'Toole was on one night. His story about the camel charge near the end of Lawrence of Arabia is hilarious. It starts at about 3:30 in the video but the whole clip is pretty funny, starting out with O'Toole riding in on a camel. :haha:
:)
Just when you think you can't love him more.... :rotfl2:
The Third Man
08-29-10, 12:33 PM
Just when you think you can't love him more.... :rotfl2:
he turns gay. :har: Which he is.
Sailor Steve
08-29-10, 12:48 PM
The Letterman link led me to this, which is right up there with Frau K's 'phonebook' comment.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FaxjpQARxWo&feature=related
By the way, I once saw Charlton Heston actually read the phone book on a comedy show. It was pretty impressive.
Schöneboom
08-29-10, 12:55 PM
Actually, re T.E. Lawrence's sexuality, the old "gay theory" that was bandied about in the 1950s (and which surely influenced O'Toole's portrayal) has been discredited since then. The truth, to the extent it can be determined, is considerably more complicated than I can go into here.
Suffice it to say that a certain type of individual, due to a variety of experiences, will eventually give up on the whole idea of mating with anyone. Lawrence couldn't even bear to shake hands, and was thought by his own brother to be a virgin his entire life. I have known people like that, and they can be extraordinary (and messed-up at the same time).
The Third Man
08-29-10, 01:00 PM
[QUOTE=Schöneboom;1480335]The truth, to the extent it can be determined, is considerably more complicated than I can go into here.
Suffice it to say that a certain type of individual, due to a variety of experiences, will eventually give up on the whole idea of mating with anyone. QUOTE]
Celebacy is not wrong for some people.
My reference was to O'toole, who is gay, although too old to practice, and has a modicome of self control, which keeps him out of the gay pride BS.
frau kaleun
08-29-10, 01:11 PM
The Letterman link led me to this, which is right up there with Frau K's 'phonebook' comment.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FaxjpQARxWo&feature=related
I know, I totally watched that one. I wish it was a series.
Schöneboom
08-29-10, 01:26 PM
@ The Third Man, Thanks for the clarification. I've not read or heard anything substantive regarding O'Toole, either. Still, nothing would surprise me.
frau kaleun
08-29-10, 07:39 PM
By the way, I once saw Charlton Heston actually read the phone book on a comedy show. It was pretty impressive.
Come to think of it, today may have been "Charlton Heston Day" because they ran Midway this afternoon. Earlier they ran In Harm's Way - is he in that? I didn't watch any of their programming today because I was occupied *cough* Project Runway marathon *cough* with other things.
Sailor Steve
08-29-10, 10:20 PM
Come to think of it, today may have been "Charlton Heston Day" because they ran Midway this afternoon. Earlier they ran In Harm's Way - is he in that? I didn't watch any of their programming today because I was occupied *cough* Project Runway marathon *cough* with other things.
No, he wasn't in In Harm's Way, and you're better off not seeing Midway.
frau kaleun
08-29-10, 10:24 PM
No, he wasn't in In Harm's Way, and you're better off not seeing Midway.
I wonder who both movies have in common. It's surely not John Wayne... Henry Fonda? Could've been one of the "lesser" players I guess.
Anyway - I tried to watch Midway once but I couldn't get through it. And as I've said before, if they want to make a movie about the PTO and have me root for our side, they really shouldn't put Toshiro Mifune in charge of the Japanese navy. :O:
Takeda Shingen
08-29-10, 10:26 PM
Toshiro Mifune in charge of the Japanese navy. :O:
Toshiro Mifune should be in charge of everything!
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/17/19971426_a3b9f9380f.jpg
frau kaleun
08-29-10, 10:34 PM
Toshiro Mifune should be in charge of everything!
I agree. :salute:
And oh BTW someone should tell Sean Connery that this:
http://cinephile.files.wordpress.com/2008/02/01-08-the-hidden-fortress.jpg?w=700
is how you rock the hotpants. :O:
My favorite Peter O'Toole movie:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/16/Murphy%27s_War_DVD.jpg
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