Gene Wilder has died - Page 2

AVGWarhawk · 08-30-16, 10:31 AM

This guy was golden. Sad to hear of his passing. Young Frankenstein...CLASSIC!

vienna · 08-30-16, 07:52 PM

Heard on the TV news Gene Wilder became a recluse in his final few years. The reason? He didn't want the possibility of children seeing him in his deteriorating condition because he didn't want them to lose the smiles they had when they watched Willy Wonka...

Gene Wilder originally wanted to be a serious dramatic actor and got into comedy inadvertently. He invested his comedy roles with a humanity and pathos only seen in the work of some one like a Chaplin and his humanness is what set him apart from so many other actors in comedy...

The one film not mentioned very often, but I feel is one of his best, is Start The Revolution Without Me, a send up of Dumas novels and the French Revolution. He played a dual role as twins and was absolutely hilarious. If you ever get the chance to see it, it is well worth the go...

Thanks, Gene Wilder, for being a great actor and a great human being...

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Eichhörnchen · 08-31-16, 02:40 AM

Yes indeed; I picture Gene Wilder with a straight face. None of the gurning of, say, Jerry Lewis or (dare I say) Dick Van Dyke. He always took his comedy seriously.

Onkel Neal · 09-04-16, 11:51 PM

Man, .... RIP Gene.

08-30-16, 10:31 AM	#16
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,275 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	This guy was golden. Sad to hear of his passing. Young Frankenstein...CLASSIC! __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

08-30-16, 07:52 PM	#17
vienna Navy Seal Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Anywhere but the here & now... Posts: 7,718 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	Heard on the TV news Gene Wilder became a recluse in his final few years. The reason? He didn't want the possibility of children seeing him in his deteriorating condition because he didn't want them to lose the smiles they had when they watched Willy Wonka... Gene Wilder originally wanted to be a serious dramatic actor and got into comedy inadvertently. He invested his comedy roles with a humanity and pathos only seen in the work of some one like a Chaplin and his humanness is what set him apart from so many other actors in comedy... The one film not mentioned very often, but I feel is one of his best, is Start The Revolution Without Me, a send up of Dumas novels and the French Revolution. He played a dual role as twins and was absolutely hilarious. If you ever get the chance to see it, it is well worth the go... Thanks, Gene Wilder, for being a great actor and a great human being... <O> __________________ __________________________________________________ __

08-31-16, 02:40 AM	#18
Eichhörnchen Starte das Auto Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: The Fens Posts: 17,405 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Yes indeed; I picture Gene Wilder with a straight face. None of the gurning of, say, Jerry Lewis or (dare I say) Dick Van Dyke. He always took his comedy seriously. __________________

09-04-16, 11:51 PM	#19
Onkel Neal Born to Run Silent Join Date: Jan 1997 Location: Cougar Trap, Texas Posts: 21,385 Downloads: 541 Uploads: 224	Man, .... RIP Gene. __________________ SUBSIM - 26 Years on the Web