Posted on 01/27/2017 6:08:30 PM PST by BBell
John Hurt, who starred in a slew of hit movies, reportedly has died. Hurt, who appeared in "Alien," "V for Vendetta," "The Elephant Man," 'Harry Potter,' "Dr. Who" and "1984," died Friday of pancreatic cancer, according to The Mirror. The actor was nominated twice for Academy Awards ... for "The Elephant Man" and "Midnight Express." One of his last movies has been getting lots of buzz ... he played the head of the israeli Mossad alongside Jonathan Rhys Meyers in the Dan Berk film, "Damascus Cover." Hurt, a UK citizen, was knighted in 2015, the same year he learned he had cancer. RIP
RIP.
The scene you posted where everybody is horrified—is real, the actors did not know they were going to be inundated with ‘blood’ so they kind of freaked out. Gotcha moment, big time!
And Hurt reprised it later, with the line: “Oh no, not again!” Hee!
“I AM NOT A MONSTER!”
That was a tear jerker for me, back in the day.
He was pretty much exactly as I imagined the character in my mind. He was brilliant.....RIP.
Did not know that.
thanx
I am not an animal!
Midnight Express was the movie that kept me out of prison.
I read the book before I saw the movie. The book is twice as bad.
He got Thomas Moore executed in A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS. ...”Or words to that effect.”
I’m not a big movie fan...but saw Midnight Express in my youth and still recall my heart beating just as loud as the sound effect.
I love Hellboy.
Thanks, is that from Spaceballs?
So nice to hear that. He always struck me as humble & unpretentious.
He would even tell us stories that he would come to the US after a role and just drive from L.A. to the desert, like Vegas. ANY American desert in the Southwest. Just loved the wide open spaces we have here. I’ll miss those conversations..
The very best movie he ever made was “Until the end of the World”.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Until_the_End_of_the_World
Of course!
Thank you. I will try to find it so that I can watch it.
BTW, I looked up “Spaceballs” earlier and its actor’s list has John Hurt as John Hurt. Probably one of those “Uncredited Roles”.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FcsEpzOXpHM
Trailer.
It received poor reviews, but I don’t think the critics realized the psychological impact of watching people become addicted to watching recorded videos of their own dreams.
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