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Excalibur star Nicol Williamson dies aged 73
Daily Telegraph ^ | 25th January 2012 | Tim Walker

Posted on 01/25/2012 6:28:37 AM PST by the scotsman

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To: icwhatudo

IIRC, that was Terence Stamp, who resembles Williamson, especially with the similar facial hair.


21 posted on 01/25/2012 7:12:36 AM PST by Erasmus (Singing: "Zhivago, Zhivago, you come when I'm sick...")
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To: the scotsman

Best. Merlin. Ever.


22 posted on 01/25/2012 7:13:45 AM PST by al_c (http://www.blowoutcongress.com)
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To: the scotsman

Well, I kinda hate to say it, but every dark cloud etc....

I saw a great movie many years ago and since then I’ve been trying for years to remember what it was, but I couldn’t remember the title or the cast and there was very little plot to speak of.

I’m 99% sure it was “The Bofors Gun.” Now if I can just find a copy.....


23 posted on 01/25/2012 7:16:44 AM PST by JoeDetweiler
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Looking at the cake is like looking at the future, until you’ve tasted it what do you really know? And then, of course, it’s too late.

Great movie...

24 posted on 01/25/2012 7:17:57 AM PST by GOPJ (GAS WAS $1.85 per gallon on the day Obama was Inaugurated! - - freeper Gaffer)
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To: Cincinatus

Robert Duvall: in his eighties now and still doing movies. What happened to Nicol Williamson?


25 posted on 01/25/2012 7:19:31 AM PST by Rummyfan (Iraq: it's not about Iraq anymore, it's about the USA!)
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To: Cincinatus

Another vote for his Holmes. Always one of my favorite portrayals.

He wasn’t bad as MacBeth either.

I have a vinyl record of him reading “The Hobbit” It is magical.

Did you ever see “The Cheap Detective”? “Qvicker Qvicker Schnell Schnell!!!”


26 posted on 01/25/2012 7:25:57 AM PST by Conan the Librarian (The Best in Life is to crush my enemies, see them driven before me, and the Dewey Decimal System)
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To: the scotsman
,,, was described by English playwright John Osborne as "the greatest actor since Marlon Brando". On 25 January 2012, it was reported by The Daily Telegraph that he had died in relative poverty in Amsterdam aged 73.[2]

wikipedia...

27 posted on 01/25/2012 7:31:54 AM PST by GOPJ (GAS WAS $1.85 per gallon on the day Obama was Inaugurated! - - freeper Gaffer)
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To: Cincinatus

Thanks for jogging my memory! Great movie.


28 posted on 01/25/2012 7:31:54 AM PST by MotorCityBuck ( Keep the change, you filthy animal!)
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“You can’t expect to wield supreme executive power because some moistened bink lobbed a scimitar at you”.


29 posted on 01/25/2012 7:59:20 AM PST by massgopguy (I owe everything to George Bailey)
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To: Rummyfan

I loved that Merlin. And although it was cheesy in many ways, I have always liked that version of the King Arthur myth the best. Boorman has a certain style..


30 posted on 01/25/2012 8:22:02 AM PST by Paradox (I want Obama defeated. Period.)
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To: Borges; DollyCali; Perdogg

ping


31 posted on 01/25/2012 9:04:04 AM PST by EveningStar
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To: kabar

And one of the most erotic scene I have ever watched in a movie, the Arthur-Morgana scene. A great movie.


32 posted on 01/25/2012 9:06:36 AM PST by redangus
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To: massgopguy

Bloody peasant!


33 posted on 01/25/2012 9:31:26 AM PST by MotorCityBuck ( Keep the change, you filthy animal!)
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To: the scotsman

Excalibur was my favorite. Wore the VHS out.


34 posted on 01/25/2012 9:49:45 AM PST by chemicalman (The more support I see,the harder I want to work,and the more determined I am not to let folks down.)
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To: the scotsman

Excalibur - best movie telling the complete story of King Arthur ever. Excellent story and dialog, character portrayals, cinematography, battle scenes, costumes, and musical score.


35 posted on 01/25/2012 10:02:36 AM PST by SDShack (0zer0care = "The Final Solution" - Socialized Euthanasia Healthcare)
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To: the scotsman

RIP.


36 posted on 01/25/2012 2:52:12 PM PST by fieldmarshaldj
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Best Merlin ever...
37 posted on 01/25/2012 3:50:33 PM PST by KevinDavis (Ron Paul called Ronald Reagan a miserable failure.....)
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To: Rummyfan

I must have watched that film 10,000 times as a child because it was one of three movies that we owned on VHS. Great movie, and great performance by a fine actor.


38 posted on 01/26/2012 11:02:01 AM PST by Boogieman
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