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RIP Kirk Douglas
« on: February 05, 2020, 09:09:57 PM »


Kirk Douglas, actor and Hollywood legend, dead at 103, family says
https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/kirk-douglas-dead-103-family
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Re: RIP Kirk Douglas
« Reply #1 on: February 05, 2020, 09:19:15 PM »
A great actor from the golden years in Hollywood.  There are none like him anymore.  He will be missed.
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Re: RIP Kirk Douglas
« Reply #2 on: February 05, 2020, 09:30:22 PM »
103?

Yikes! I had no idea he was that old (although I should have, considering when he was active, and how old his son is). He was certainly one of the greats.

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Re: RIP Kirk Douglas
« Reply #3 on: February 05, 2020, 10:19:44 PM »
RIP to a great actor.

103 is a fine long run,  may he rest easy, all politics aside.
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Re: RIP Kirk Douglas
« Reply #4 on: February 05, 2020, 10:26:26 PM »
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Re: RIP Kirk Douglas
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Re: RIP Kirk Douglas
« Reply #6 on: February 05, 2020, 10:41:42 PM »
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Re: RIP Kirk Douglas
« Reply #7 on: February 06, 2020, 07:36:45 AM »
Far as I'm concerned his best performance was in Paths of Glory.

And I had NO idea that he was a voice in the Simpsons.
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Re: RIP Kirk Douglas
« Reply #8 on: February 06, 2020, 09:05:08 AM »
Lots of great roles and a helluva career. One of my personal favs is Tough Guys with Burt Lancaster.

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Re: RIP Kirk Douglas
« Reply #9 on: February 06, 2020, 09:15:57 AM »
RIP. One of the greats from when actors were actors, and not political activists and life nags. If he did any political activism, it was such that I'm not aware of it, which means he was a regular guy.

Hell of a run in age as well, and it appears he was relatively healthy for that age, versus spending the last years bedridden.
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Re: RIP Kirk Douglas
« Reply #10 on: February 06, 2020, 09:20:52 AM »
Reaching that age - 103 - is even more impressive when you consider that he survived and largely recovered from a severe stroke in 1996 when he was around 80.

One of the last links to Hollywood before it became Hollyweird, well, they don't make 'em like that any more.

RIP, Kirk.
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Re: RIP Kirk Douglas
« Reply #11 on: February 06, 2020, 10:32:27 AM »
Rest in peace, sir.

I have always enjoyed Kirk Douglas's movies. I just discovered a new one I'll have to watch soon. "Cast a Giant Shadow".
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Re: RIP Kirk Douglas
« Reply #12 on: February 06, 2020, 12:37:19 PM »
Quote from: Brad Johnson on February 06, 2020, 09:05:08 AM
Lots of great roles and a helluva career. One of my personal favs is Tough Guys with Burt Lancaster.

RIP


Kirk Douglas was one of the old-timers who could play any role well, from a hero to a scoundrel -- to outright comedy. Tough Guys is a good example. Another good example (albeit not such a good movie) was his role as Cactus Jack in The Villain. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Villain_(1979_film)
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Re: RIP Kirk Douglas
« Reply #13 on: February 06, 2020, 12:41:25 PM »
Quote from: Ben on February 06, 2020, 09:15:57 AM
RIP. One of the greats from when actors were actors, and not political activists and life nags. If he did any political activism, it was such that I'm not aware of it, which means he was a regular guy.

Hell of a run in age as well, and it appears he was relatively healthy for that age, versus spending the last years bedridden.

He started to Bryna Productions in 1952 to create films with the blacklisted "communist" Hollywood folks. We didn't have facebook/twitter/twitchy/myspace/instragram/Armed Polite Society in the 1950s, so that is how they did it. Or be in the film at 11 on the news.
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Re: RIP Kirk Douglas
« Reply #14 on: February 06, 2020, 12:55:57 PM »
Quote from: charby on February 06, 2020, 12:41:25 PM
He started to Bryna Productions in 1952 to create films with the blacklisted "communist" Hollywood folks. We didn't have facebook/twitter/twitchy/myspace/instragram/Armed Polite Society in the 1950s, so that is how they did it. Or be in the film at 11 on the news.

He's said plenty of dem/commie stuff in the last ten years, but I had to look it up, because he wasn't tweeting it into my face like Bette Midler. Which was my point - he seemed decent enough not to shove his opinions down people's throats, so if he had politics diametrically opposed to mine, it's all good.
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Re: RIP Kirk Douglas
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Re: RIP Kirk Douglas
« Reply #16 on: February 06, 2020, 01:40:04 PM »
I forgot that he, Burt Lancaster, and Laurence Olivier starred in a rather.... odd... Revolutionary War set piece comedy called The Devil's Disciples.

I've not seen it in years, but I enjoyed it quite a bit even if I found it to be... odd.
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Re: RIP Kirk Douglas
« Reply #17 on: February 06, 2020, 01:41:12 PM »
Quote from: Ben on February 06, 2020, 12:55:57 PM
He's said plenty of dem/commie stuff in the last ten years, but I had to look it up, because he wasn't tweeting it into my face like Bette Midler. Which was my point - he seemed decent enough not to shove his opinions down people's throats, so if he had politics diametrically opposed to mine, it's all good.

Like I said, they didn't have the same social media or 24/7 news like we do now. If they did you'd be complaining about the golden age of Hollywood liberals.
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Re: RIP Kirk Douglas
« Reply #18 on: February 06, 2020, 02:05:52 PM »
If you want to discuss this in another thread, I'll happily do so, but I'm not going to continue political discussions in the RIP thread. I'll leave my last post in this thread with my original thought - he seemed like a regular guy and a good Joe.
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Re: RIP Kirk Douglas
« Reply #19 on: February 06, 2020, 02:09:28 PM »
Silly Ben! He didn't pass someone's personal conservative purity test! That means he's evil... EVIL!
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Re: RIP Kirk Douglas
« Reply #20 on: February 06, 2020, 09:57:03 PM »
Loved him in "In Harms way" and "The war wagon".

So what if his politics were left of *insert random ahole*,  you didn't hear about them often.
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Re: RIP Kirk Douglas
« Reply #21 on: February 06, 2020, 10:08:07 PM »


Rest in peace, Kirk Douglas.  I enjoyed your movies.
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Re: RIP Kirk Douglas
« Reply #23 on: February 10, 2020, 09:06:39 AM »
Quote from: Hawkmoon on February 06, 2020, 12:37:19 PM
Kirk Douglas was one of the old-timers who could play any role well, from a hero to a scoundrel -- to outright comedy. Tough Guys is a good example. Another good example (albeit not such a good movie) was his role as Cactus Jack in The Villain. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Villain_(1979_film)
Tough Guys was one of the first movies I thought of.
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