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Post by morton on Mar 16, 2021 4:03:50 GMT
Damn this one hurts.
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Post by mhynson27 on Mar 16, 2021 4:07:15 GMT
Fuck. RIP man
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Post by pupdurcs on Mar 16, 2021 4:19:57 GMT
RIP to an outstanding character actor.
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Post by The_Cake_of_Roth on Mar 16, 2021 4:22:47 GMT
RIP Holds the honor of most hilarious Bond villain death...
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Post by DeepArcher on Mar 16, 2021 4:24:33 GMT
Damn. First Kane, then Brett, then Ash, now Parker. RIP.
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Post by sirchuck23 on Mar 16, 2021 5:35:09 GMT
RIP Mr. Kotto. Did some underrated great work in Homicide: Life on the Street
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Post by therealcomicman117 on Mar 16, 2021 5:40:44 GMT
Damn, he was great on Homicide, and as Alonzo in Midnight Run. RIP to a great character.
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Post by TerryMontana on Mar 16, 2021 6:26:17 GMT
Oh boy...
RIP Mr.Kotto.
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Post by pacinoyes on Mar 16, 2021 6:47:40 GMT
As Paul Schrader's wise, stone cold penetrating Blue Collar (1978) showed - America is never really about race because it's about money - always - not who's white or black ..........but where it's green. One of his most memorable roles - Smokey JamesRIP
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Post by wallsofjericho on Mar 16, 2021 6:53:04 GMT
RIP. Loved him in Midnight Run.
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Post by fiosnasiob on Mar 16, 2021 8:02:40 GMT
When I think of Kotto I always think about the good old time on IMDB where I had some "stormy" conversations with a big and very young Kotto's fanboy (yeah it exists, thankfully) and all the "disagreements" we used to have, thinking about it years later always put a smile on my face, hope this not so young anymore guy is doing well, he was a fascinating young dude. RIP Mr Kotto, an often under-appreciated but very talented and eye-catching actor.
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Post by ibbi on Mar 16, 2021 9:58:55 GMT
Absolute legend So sad how little he worked the last 20 years. The guy was such a presence.
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Post by stephen on Mar 16, 2021 12:45:48 GMT
For me, he was the definitive Idi Amin in Raid on Entebbe (yes, even over Whitaker's Oscar-winning barnstormer), and obviously he fucking rules in Alien. He brought some brilliant gravitas to supporting roles like in The Running Man, Blue Collar and Midnight Run, and that presence served him well in his phenomenal portrayal of Lieutenant Al Giardello in Homicide: Life on the Street. The final scene of the spinoff movie hits just a little harder now.
Go easy, and may you and Harry Dean Stanton have full shares in the hereafter.
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Post by jimmalone on Mar 16, 2021 18:12:21 GMT
Pretty sad. He was a marvelous Bond villain and also pretty good in Midnight Run or 5 Card Studs.
Always thought he would deserve a better career as a supporting actor in good films.
RIP
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Post by Mattsby on Mar 16, 2021 19:20:46 GMT
"Can I finish my coffee? It's the only good thing on this ship."
RIP. His greatness seemed to always be there, never having to show off, even his early leading roles have class and dare to them. Between '70-75..... he was James Earl Jones' replacement in The Great White Hope on stage for a year (he had been an understudy of JEJ before in the mid 60s). He gives a very good and imposing perf in William Wyler's last movie The Liberation of LB Jones, gets a Night Gallery episode as an angel, and then several lead roles in a row, including the great Bone (as Bone !) that many wouldn't dare do. Across 110th Street etc. And then a Bond villain and another vivid villain in one of the best blaxploitation movies Truck Turner.
He's great in Blue Collar, as a man whose record doesn't remotely capture how very smart and aware he is. And there's Alien a masterpiece - so many actors never get to be in a masterpiece. Actually his first movie appearance was in a masterpiece too - Nothing But a Man (1964). And there's Midnight Run an absolute comedy classic.
I really wish a few of his projects become more readily available - his one time as director, The Limit, where he stars too, and his Othello (filmed over years in the 60s but never properly released, though there's a 16mm archival print that's used for screenings now and then, so it's out there. And.... Homicide, dammit. I've only watched some of the major guest spots but I hate to say I've waited years thinking it'd have to be on a streamer or something eventually.
Love this......from a 2003 interview with Austin Chronicle :
"Three women helped my career. Judy Holliday produced a play I did in Cape Cod, Othello, when I was 19 years old. Barbara Stanwyck was my guru. I did Big Valley with her, and she took over my life. Brother, every move I made, she was following me. And I had Mary Astor calling me from the old-age home, ragging my ass all the time.
Stanwyck would tell me, "Don't get a publicist. The work will speak for itself." And I used to wonder. I used to sit at home and watch people going on TV and being awarded and saluted and walking down carpets and going on late-night television shows. And I'd say, "Why don't I just get a press agent?" And then I'd hear that voice say, "Let the work speak for itself." But now, as I'm older, and I look back, they're right. Everything has caught up with me, and the work is speaking for itself."
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Post by HELENA MARIA on Mar 16, 2021 19:22:49 GMT
No fucking way! Damn 💔 RIP🙏 http://instagr.am/p/CMfRP5sBJ33 FYI the 5th member of the Aliens franchise to leave this world John Hurt ➕2017 Bill Paxton ➕2017 Harry Dean Stanton ➕2017 Ian Holm ➕2020 Yaphet Kotto ➕2021
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Post by HELENA MARIA on Mar 16, 2021 19:31:42 GMT
Damn. First Kane, then Brett, then Ash, now Parker. RIP. Can't believe you didn't mention Hudson !
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Post by stephen on Mar 16, 2021 19:47:39 GMT
Damn. First Kane, then Brett, then Ash, now Parker. RIP. Can't believe you didn't mention Hudson ! Wrong film. The main Alien ensemble (minus Helen Horton, Bolaji Badejo and, of course, Jonesy the cat) had been pretty long-lived and untouchable until Hurt died, and then it's been one a year since.
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Post by HELENA MARIA on Mar 16, 2021 19:54:56 GMT
Can't believe you didn't mention Hudson ! Wrong film. The main Alien ensemble (minus Helen Horton, Bolaji Badejo and, of course, Jonesy the cat) had been pretty long-lived and untouchable until Hurt died, and then it's been one a year since. I was talking about the franchise in general not just the 1st movie . I know damn well that Hudson was in the 2nd film and not the 1st , thank you very much
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Post by stephen on Mar 16, 2021 22:55:20 GMT
Wrong film. The main Alien ensemble (minus Helen Horton, Bolaji Badejo and, of course, Jonesy the cat) had been pretty long-lived and untouchable until Hurt died, and then it's been one a year since. I was talking about the franchise in general not just the 1st movie . I know damn well that Hudson was in the 2nd film and not the 1st , thank you very much I wasn't trying to diminish your Alien franchise knowledge, but people have died in the other films with normal regularity, but the murderer's row of seven that was the Alien main cast had seemed untouchable for so long, and now they're dying out almost in kill order from the film (skipping Skerritt). Unless the Grim Reaper is following the director's cut rules, which would leave Skerritt second-to-last.
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Post by DeepArcher on Mar 16, 2021 23:40:50 GMT
Damn. First Kane, then Brett, then Ash, now Parker. RIP. Can't believe you didn't mention Hudson ! Yeah, I was just going by the first film. Obviously losing Paxton fuckin’ hurt, too.
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Post by Tommen_Saperstein on Mar 16, 2021 23:48:20 GMT
not familiar with much of his work but he was phenomenal and nom-worthy in the prison drama Brubaker opposite Redford. RIP sir
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Post by HELENA MARIA on Mar 17, 2021 1:09:41 GMT
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Post by AKenjiB on Mar 17, 2021 8:13:16 GMT
I just started watching Homicide: Life on the Street for the first time. Finished the “Three Men and Adena” episode. Even though I’ve barely started, I already love Yaphet Kotto’s performance. He’s got excellent presence and his character works both when he’s intimidating and more of a supportive father figure. Wonderful actor. R.I.P.
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Post by stephen on Mar 17, 2021 12:17:35 GMT
I just started watching Homicide: Life on the Street for the first time. Finished the “Three Men and Adena” episode. Even though I’ve barely started, I already love Yaphet Kotto’s performance. He’s got excellent prescience and his character works both when he’s intimidating and more of a supportive father figure. Wonderful actor. R.I.P. Oh, you're in for an absolute treat. Kotto's got some great material coming (they all do).
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