Posted on 08/14/2014 9:04:35 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
He was good in “Awakenings”....an excellent film based on a true story.
Personally I liked The Fisher King. Not everyone’s cup of tea but a brilliant performance by Williams
RE: Personally I liked The Fisher King. Not everyone’s cup of tea but a brilliant performance by Williams
He was nominated for an Oscar for that role. He didn’t win.
However, He won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy for that role.
I took a date to see Deconstructing Harry and was treated to Woody Allen’s use of the c-word. The movie was awful and insulting. Afterward, I apologized to my date for my poor choice. Frankly, I don’t remember Williams in it at all.
Moscow on the Hudson is still an amazing movie and it was incredible to see “Mork from Ork” play such a serious role at the time.
Williams needed cocaine to get him thru many of.these roles.
Doubtfire was funny but much of his standup was crass...especially with whoopie and billy crystal.
The first time Robin was on the Tonight Show he did an improvisational dance of Fred Astaire stepping in dog poo. All the dance moves that were to scrape the poo off his shoe was hilarious; imagine his antics.
Carson was belly laughing. It was a great TV / Tonight moment!
RE: Williams needed cocaine to get him thru many of.these roles.
“Cocaine is God’s way of saying that you’re making too much money.” (Robin Williams)
Moscow on the Hudson was a great performance. I wasn’t really a Mork fan. His frenetic comedy act was something I never really got into. I always wished he would slow down just a bit. Steve Martin had that semi-frentic quality that allowed me time to appreciate everything. Robin may not have been Robin otherwise though. Who knows. But, in Moscow I came to see him as a really good dramatic actor.
His funniest stand-up act, which has some foul language, and can be found on YouTube is of a drunken Scotsman inventing golf.
I thought “What Dreams may come” was a brilliant movie.
Oddly enough, in the movie he went to hell seeking his wife who had committed suicide after his death.
Two more funny/silly movies with Robin were “Death to Smoochy” (with Edward Norton) and “Cadillac Man” (with Tim Robbins).
Agreed. Garp didn’t make the list either.
They call it freebasing. It’s not free, it costs you your house! It should be called homebasing!
Three signs you’re addicted to cocaine:
First of all, if you come home to your house and you have no furniture and your cat’s going “I’m outta here, prick!,” Warning!
Number two: If you have this dream where you’re doing cocaine in your sleep and you can’t fall asleep, and you wake up and you’re doing cocaine, BINGO!
Number three: if on your tax form it says, “$50,000 for snacks,” MAYDAY!
Although, for whatever reason, it was a box office bomb, Popeye is surprisingly good.
The irony.
” One Hour Photo “ was brilliant. Pretty darned scary, too!
In full agreement.
“9. RV (2006)
... The movie is far funnier than critics gave it credit for.”
Ugh, no it isn’t. I don’t think even Robin Williams himself would try to say this movie was good. It’s a rancid boil on the hind parts of comedy.
And any list of under-appreciated Williams films that doesn’t include “The Fisher King” near the top of the list is worthless.
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