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ltmurnauPatrick McGoohan has died at age 80.
I of course remember him best in The Prisoner, one of the the most imaginative things that have ever been broadcast on TV (not eagerly awaiting the much-rumoured remake that will probably feature Keanu Reeves: "whoa... dude... I am not a number, um, I am a free man...").
I also remember him from Scanners, and Ice Station Zebra, and Kings and Desperate Men, a remarkable borefest remarkable only because it featured Margaret Trudeau's one and only screen appearance - her autobiography waxes long and tedious about the "chemistry" she says they shared.
But first of all was Dr. Christopher Syn/The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh, made in 1962 for Disney! I thought this was great when I was a kid.
"SCAAARECROOOOW!!!"
{EDIT: Oh, and Ricardo Montalban died too. He was OK; I liked him in Battleground, one of the better movies made about the Battle of the Bulge.]
I of course remember him best in The Prisoner, one of the the most imaginative things that have ever been broadcast on TV (not eagerly awaiting the much-rumoured remake that will probably feature Keanu Reeves: "whoa... dude... I am not a number, um, I am a free man...").
I also remember him from Scanners, and Ice Station Zebra, and Kings and Desperate Men, a remarkable borefest remarkable only because it featured Margaret Trudeau's one and only screen appearance - her autobiography waxes long and tedious about the "chemistry" she says they shared.
But first of all was Dr. Christopher Syn/The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh, made in 1962 for Disney! I thought this was great when I was a kid.
"SCAAARECROOOOW!!!"
{EDIT: Oh, and Ricardo Montalban died too. He was OK; I liked him in Battleground, one of the better movies made about the Battle of the Bulge.]
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Date: 2009-01-15 05:38 am (UTC)