RIP Fred Ward

[HenryJames 66,279]

 

[tx 3 putt 77,927]

 

[HenryJames 66,279]

[smuggs 9,354]

6 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:

 

 

Fucking great movie. RIP.

[GreenspointTexas 9,867]

 

[atomheartbevo 90,054]

21 minutes ago, HenryJames said:

Southern Comfort is such an underrated movie. 

[Texzilla58 4,745]

Sad news. 79. One of the great character actors. Loved him in Miami Blues which no one probably saw. Gus Grissom…fuckin A. Tremors. Short Cuts. A ton More.

[tx 3 putt 77,927]

37 minutes ago, smuggs said:

 

Fucking great movie. RIP.

agree 10000%, they should have kept making them

[BonzoMontreaux 1,114]

RIP, Rocco.  

 

[Prepuce of Doom 21,115]

1 hour ago, tx 3 putt said:

 

This movie gave me a very inaccurate understanding of physics as a youngster. 

[T’Boo Ted Marshall 2,741]

49 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:

agree 10000%, they should have kept making them

Still waiting on the sequel teased at the end of the credits.  

[F250 28,944]

27 minutes ago, Prepuce of Doom said:

This movie gave me a very inaccurate understanding of physics as a youngster. 

 

[tx 3 putt 77,927]

8 minutes ago, T’Boo Ted Marshall said:

Still waiting on the sequel teased at the end of the credits.  

I’d love to see a reboot 

[MissingInAction 25,303]

His sensai looked weird. Like a white dude with Asian makeup on.

[Herpa Derpa 6,160]

19 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:

I’d love to see a reboot 

It's been a tried a few times. Shane Black has supposedly been "working" on something since 2014.. Also got a TV show to the pilot stage but it fizzled.

I think a more faithful telling of The Destroyer series would work well in the post-Marvel world. Tragic creation of the hero, every conceivable form of martial arts, an ancient league of assassins, spiritual legend underpinnings, a smorgasbord of enemies (vampires, shapeshifters, cyborgs, Gods, androids). Remo was the Avatar of Shiva the Destroyer ffs. Tell it right, spend for the effects, and you've got a franchise.

Oh, and not to go all SJW, but after Joel Grey and Roddy McDowall as Master Chiun, maybe get a little more close to the actual character description/background. 

 

RIP Earl. Also great in The Right Stuff, Swing Shift and The Player.

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[henrygandorf 29,199]

loved him in the player...

 

[Braff Zacklin 13,672]

2 hours ago, tx 3 putt said:

 

Little known fact: Wilford Brimley was 19 years old when this movie was made.

[Vito Andolini 9,141]

I liked it when he tried to kill Phil Donahue at the Oscars. 

RIP

[ConferenceRoom 6,149]

Fuckin’ A, bubba.

[WhatTheBuck 28,830]

4 hours ago, smuggs said:

 

Fucking great movie. RIP.

I’ll never understand why they didn’t make a sequel. RIP.

[Biff Tannen 45,764]

Damn. Great actor. 

[Carl Spackler 3,527]

6 hours ago, Texzilla58 said:

Loved him in Miami Blues which no one probably saw.

Saw it in the theater when it came out.  Terrific and underappreciated film.  Ward was good in it, and a very young Alec Baldwin was outstanding, plus Jennifer Jason Leigh gets nekkid.

 

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[Carl Spackler 3,527]

He was also in Escape from Alcatraz, another great movie.  Played one of the Anglin brothers.

[The Original Greaser Bob 2,853]

Dude stressed me the out in The Right Stuff.  Forgot he was in the great Escape from Alcatraz.

[The Original Greaser Bob 2,853]

I hope those two ate their peas.

[Carl Spackler 3,527]

7 minutes ago, Carl Spackler said:

Saw it in the theater when it came out.  Terrific and underappreciated film.  Ward was good in it, and a very young Alec Baldwin was outstanding, plus Jennifer Jason Leigh gets nekkid.

 

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[Underdog 28,870]

Always enjoyed his work, recently saw him in Sweet Home Alabama, used to get him and Robert Forster(RIP) mixed up sometimes.  Loved him in Tremors and Naked Gun.  RIP, Fred. 

[Steamboat1874 4,153]

He was great in everything he was in.

Just watched Tremors a couple of nights ago.

Sad.

RIP man.

[RPM 26,429]

6 hours ago, Steamboat1874 said:

He was great in everything he was in.

This. The dude was solid in everything he played. RIP Star Voyager.

[C-Man 27,350]

"Ol' Gus, he did alright."

RIP, Fred. (Had no idea he was 79.)

[Nivek 17,036]

Florida Straits....  with Raul Julia, I like that one as a kid.   

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On 5/13/2022 at 9:38 AM, HenryJames said:

And by the way, when people from out of state ask me about East Texas, I tell them to watch this movie.

[WhatTheBuck 28,830]

On 5/13/2022 at 5:54 PM, Carl Spackler said:

plus Jennifer Jason Leigh gets nekkid.

What else is new? Bless her heart. 

[Johnny Sack 8,397]

Always liked him.  He was great in Uncommon Valor.