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Post by Good God on Dec 2, 2019 7:55:23 GMT
De-age him for an Al Pacino biopic. Nobody else could play that role better.
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Post by TerryMontana on Dec 2, 2019 8:29:10 GMT
He also did Lowell Bergman, Roy Cohn and Lefty Ruggiero.
I'd definitely watch him playing Napoleon and Salvador Dali. Two roles he was attached to, in projects that never came to fruition.
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Post by pacinoyes on Dec 2, 2019 11:06:08 GMT
He has never played a real life person without it being great - Serpico, DDA, Donnie Brasco, The Insider, Angels in America, YDK Jack, Phil Spector, Paterno, The Irishman  He was supposed to play Aristotle Onassis which I would love but he's getting too old now......... I'd like to see him take a crack at playing the Denzel Washington story since I think this board would enjoy that. |
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Post by pupdurcs on Dec 2, 2019 18:00:36 GMT
Pacino was energetically watchable in The Irishman, but he played a variation of Al Pacino, not Jimmy Hoffa. I guess the saving grace for him is that a lot of people watching this film are too young to have much familiarity with Hoffa. Watch the movie Hoffa, for a somewhat accurate portrayal of the man. The movie is kind of a mixed bag, but Jack Nicholson is far better cast, and actually seems like a chameleon next to Pacino's version. Something I never thought I'd say about Nicholson.
I do think Pacino would have been an interesting Napolean Bonaparte though. Too old now of course.
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Post by stephen on Dec 2, 2019 18:08:48 GMT
Rasputin.
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Post by pacinoyes on Dec 2, 2019 20:06:14 GMT
Pacino was energetically watchable in The Irishman, but he played a variation of Al Pacino, not Jimmy Hoffa. I guess the saving grace for him is that a lot of people watching this film are too young to have much familiarity with Hoffa. Watch the movie Hoffa, for a somewhat accurate portrayal of the man. The movie is kind of a mixed bag, but Jack Nicholson is far better cast
Pacino>>>>>>>>>>>>Blake>>>>>>>>>>>>>Nicholson. If anyone would like to see a closer and more effective version of Hoffa than Nicholson AND the one that approximates Pacino's performance too - Mike Newell's TV movie is the one to really watch - Blood Feud (1983). That film is all about Hoffa/Kennedy but is let down by the Kennedy actor and story angle but Blake is tremendous in it and in Pacino's general sphere........except no ice cream and since it was on broadcast TV, no use of the word c*cksucker.  |
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Post by Viced on Dec 2, 2019 20:09:04 GMT
Robert Durst... of course.
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Post by stephen on Dec 2, 2019 20:25:45 GMT
Pacino was energetically watchable in The Irishman, but he played a variation of Al Pacino, not Jimmy Hoffa. I guess the saving grace for him is that a lot of people watching this film are too young to have much familiarity with Hoffa. Watch the movie Hoffa, for a somewhat accurate portrayal of the man. The movie is kind of a mixed bag, but Jack Nicholson is far better cast
Pacino>>>>>>>>>>>>Blake>>>>>>>>>>>>>Nicholson. If anyone would like to see a closer and more effective version of Hoffa than Nicholson AND the one that approximates Pacino's performance too - Mike Newell's TV movie is the one to really watch - Blood Feud (1983). That film is all about Hoffa/Kennedy but is let down by the Kennedy actor and story angle but Blake is tremendous in it and in Pacino's general sphere........except no ice cream and since it was on broadcast TV, no use of the word c*cksucker. Blake is fucking dynamite in that. I know Viced has it somewhat on his radar, but I recommend anyone who likes The Irishman to check out James Ellroy's Underworld U.S.A. trilogy, the first novel of which deals extensively with Hoffa and Kennedy. Now if Scorsese had tackled that! |
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Post by pupdurcs on Dec 2, 2019 20:28:51 GMT
Pacino was energetically watchable in The Irishman, but he played a variation of Al Pacino, not Jimmy Hoffa. I guess the saving grace for him is that a lot of people watching this film are too young to have much familiarity with Hoffa. Watch the movie Hoffa, for a somewhat accurate portrayal of the man. The movie is kind of a mixed bag, but Jack Nicholson is far better cast
Pacino>>>>>>>>>>>>Blake>>>>>>>>>>>>>Nicholson. If anyone would like to see a closer and more effective version of Hoffa than Nicholson AND the one that approximates Pacino's performance too - Mike Newell's TV movie is the one to really watch - Blood Feud (1983). That film is all about Hoffa/Kennedy but is let down by the Kennedy actor and story angle but Blake is tremendous in it and in Pacino's general sphere........except no ice cream and since it was on broadcast TV, no use of the word c*cksucker. in Hoffa was trying as hard as he could to immerse himself completely in another person's skin, which isn't neccesarily his forte. It was as close to a transformative performance as he's ever managed, and he was a 100 times more like the actual Hoffa than Pacino. Pacino is a decent entry level for anyone interested in the Hoffa story, but Nicholson gives a character performance, while Pacino gives a movie star turn. It's one of Nicholson's most underrated and underseen perfomances, and maybe The Irishman will encourage some people to check it out. |
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Post by pacinoyes on Dec 2, 2019 20:44:45 GMT
Nicholson in Hoffa was trying as hard as he could to immerse himself completely in another person's skin I think it's ok - I find it like in The Departed a performance that peaks early on and then stalls to me - and I love Nicholson like all kind hearted people do. I agree he looks and sounds more like him so as a mimic maybe ...........but after that, not so much as a performance - there's real life and there's movie real life........it's the PSH/Toby Jones Capote thing etc. Ymmv |
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