Posted on 09/15/2017 4:28:22 PM PDT by Flick Lives
Harry Dean Stanton, the actor with a gaunt, bedraggled look who labored in virtual obscurity for decades until a series of roles increased his visibility, including his breakthrough in Wim Wenders’ “Paris, Texas,” died of natural causes Friday in Los Angeles. He was 91.
The actor was also known for his roles in “Twin Peaks,” “Big Love,” “Pretty in Pink,” and “Repo Man.”
He had a high-profile role as manipulative cult leader Roman Grant on HBO polygamy drama “Big Love,” which ran from 2006-11, and recently appeared as Carl Rodd in the “Twin Peaks” revival on Showtime.
His most recent film, “Lucky,” about an atheist who comes to terms with his own mortality, is set to be released by Magnolia on Sept. 29.
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Thank you for that. Had not heard of Monte Hellman.
Low-budget early 70s cinema is always interesting even if not great.
Cheers,
Kind of weird how many actors of the recent “Twin Peaks” died soon after filming their parts. Harry Dean Stanton is the latest.
In 2-Lane Blacktop HDS plays a gay hitchhiker.
Oates gives him a ride and HDS puts his hand on Oates' thigh.
Oates then snaps: "I ain't into that!"
IDK why I always thought that was such a funny scene.
Probably because I couldn't picture HDS as gay.
The guy who wrote the screenplays for Tom Horn and Missouri Breaks lives just up the road. Smart dude.
Read a piece by him once about the horrors of working on Breaks with Brando, who basically lay in bed all day and sent over demands for changes in the script.
The next day he’d change it all again.
If you’ve never seen Rancho Deluxe you have to give it a try. A farce, but a good one.
I remember him from “Alien”. He was great.
Brando was certifiable - no, never seen Rancho Deluxe. On the list, now
It was filmed hereabouts.
Let me know what you think.
Might be too off the wall for some. But man, the world looks innocent back then.
The boys are driving past a trailer park, and Bridges asks Waterston if he has seen the movie “Cheyenne Autumn”. Says, “100 years from now they’ll make a movie called “Aluminum Autumn”.
In fact what we have here now is Billionaire Autumn. I prefer the trailer parks (we still have those too) myself.
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