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Posted on 11/30/2013 9:23:44 AM PST by ReformationFan
Awesome story. “The Sand Pebbles” was and remains one of my favorite movies of all time. If you never got a chance to see it, try to find it. Long but well worth it. “Stim goes here.”
“Live stim, dead stim”. It’s on Netflix, now. You are right, it’s a classic.
Great movie.
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Steve McQueen is to cool what Albert Einstein is to physics.
Oh....That’s nice....and I’m 70....sorry Steve....
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The Sand Pebbles is one of my all-time favorites. Just a great film.
Papillon is another favorite of mine. Kind of a different role for McQueen, but still great.
My favorite McQueen movie was The Great Escape.
As I recall, he died od mesothelioma, an awful cancer of the lining around the lungs. I think it’s often, if not always, associated with exposure to asbestos. Never understood, from what I know about his career, how he contracted it.
Thanks. Passed it on.
I had heard he contracted it from a device specifically manufactured to protect his lungs while he was racing motorcycles: the asbestos liner of his face mask.
“My favorite McQueen movie was The Great Escape.”
Mine too. That was just a fabulous movie in many respects, with lots of prime actors. McQueen’s scenes in “the cooler” and escaping on the motorcycle were classic.
a few episodes of “Wanted Dead or Alive “ are free here..
http://www.westernsontheweb.com/?page_id=382
A great movie no doubt, but for my money Bullitt overshadows it.
Mr. McQueen is in almost every scene. The stunt driving sequence is better than the motorcycle action in TGE. His romance with Jackie Bisset is touching.
Oh, and no matter how great a movie TGE is, it doesn't have anything like Jacqueline Bisset.
Bullit is a GREAT movie. Always fun to drive some some of the hilly parts of the chase scene when in San Francisco.
McQueen was just a cool guy.
Great to hear he gave his life to Christ.
I grew up in San Diego. I had an aunt and uncle who lived on Mulholland Drive, just down the road from the 20th Century Fox ranch. McQueen used to relax by tending bar now and again at a watering hole in the area. My uncle struck up a conversation about cross country motorcycling, etc., and riding down to San Diego a couple of times a month to visit family (us). McQueen expressed an interest in joining them for a ride. So, for a short time we faced the prospect of Steve McQueen spending a couple of days with us. Of course, my aunt and uncle told us that Mr. McQueen requested we not say anything. We could not tell anyone he was there. Alas, the visit never happened. I was crushed. I still watch The Great Escape every chance I get. My favorite McQueen role. He was just too cool. Would have been cool to have met him.
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