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Rutger Hauer Dies at 75
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| July 24 2019
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Posted on 07/24/2019 10:25:01 AM PDT by Kriggerel
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To: Kriggerel
Noooooooo! Awesome actor - unlike 99.999999% of his peers.
Saw him last in True Blood. He looked about 90. I'm always moved by the scene in Bladerunner when he is crushing the head of his maker and you don't see the gore, but only Roy's face as it transitions from rage, to horror, to despair as he realizes it doesn't make a difference, he's still going to die.
Like tears in the rain...RIP Rutger. You were one Dutch hottie!
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posted on
07/24/2019 1:31:56 PM PDT
by
FalloutShelterGirl
(Cool! I found my original screen name!)
To: GOPsterinMA; fieldmarshaldj; Impy; BillyBoy; LS; DarthVader
Other than Blade Runner, I think I first remember seeing him in something called “The Hitcher” or “The Hitchhiker”, back in the early 80s.
One of the kids from “Red Dawn” was in it with him.
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posted on
07/24/2019 2:30:13 PM PDT
by
NFHale
(The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
To: NFHale
Also in the early ‘80s he did “Nighthawks”, which just came up a smidge short in being an outright classic (also with Sylvester Stallone & Billy Dee Williams) and “The Osterman Weekend”, which was Sam Peckinpah’s final film as director.
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posted on
07/24/2019 2:56:23 PM PDT
by
fieldmarshaldj
(Who will think of the gerbils ? Just say no to Buttgiggity !)
To: NFHale
“The Hitcher”, with C. Thomas Howell. FUN, FUN FLICK!!!
“The Hitchhiker” was an 80s HBO show, also excellent!
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posted on
07/24/2019 3:39:18 PM PDT
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GOPsterinMA
(I'm with Steve McQueen: I live my life for myself and answer to nobody.)
To: GOPsterinMA
Classic dialogue from The Hitcher. Loved Hauer’s character in this. So creepy.
John Ryder (Hauer) : That guy back there, the one we just passed. The guy who picked me up before you did.
Jim Halsey : That was him in there?
John Ryder : Sure it was. He couldn’t have walked very far.
Jim Halsey : Why’s that?
John Ryder : Because I cut off his legs... and his arms... and his head... and I’m going to do the same to you.
Jim Halsey : What do you want?
John Ryder : I want you to stop me.
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posted on
07/24/2019 4:16:59 PM PDT
by
LeoTDB69
To: Boogieman
Yes. Jennifer Jason Leigh, Tom Burlinson. Enjoyed it.
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posted on
07/24/2019 4:54:59 PM PDT
by
YogicCowboy
("I am not entirely on anyone's side, because no one is entirely on mine." - J. R. R. Tolkien)
To: FalloutShelterGirl
I once read he ad-libbed that timeless line.
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posted on
07/24/2019 4:57:08 PM PDT
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YogicCowboy
("I am not entirely on anyone's side, because no one is entirely on mine." - J. R. R. Tolkien)
To: Kriggerel
The only role of his that disappointed me was as star of Wanted: Dead or Alive.
It was a cheap ploy to play off Steve McQueen, and Hauer seemed miscast to me.
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posted on
07/24/2019 5:00:12 PM PDT
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YogicCowboy
("I am not entirely on anyone's side, because no one is entirely on mine." - J. R. R. Tolkien)
To: Kriggerel
Aw, man...
In his best roles he was great. In every role he tried to find a way to make it stand out.
RIP.
To: LeoTDB69; NFHale
“Loved Hauer’s character in this. So creepy.”
SO CREEPY!!!
I’m going to have to rewatch that. Classic movie!
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posted on
07/24/2019 6:21:42 PM PDT
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GOPsterinMA
(I'm with Steve McQueen: I live my life for myself and answer to nobody.)
To: NFHale; fieldmarshaldj; Impy; BillyBoy; LS; DarthVader
There was an HBO movie he starred in called “Fatherland”. Very interesting.
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posted on
07/24/2019 9:28:18 PM PDT
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GOPsterinMA
(I'm with Steve McQueen: I live my life for myself and answer to nobody.)
To: GOPsterinMA; NFHale; fieldmarshaldj; Impy; BillyBoy; LS
Wanted Dead or Alive with Gene Simmons was another classic!
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posted on
07/24/2019 10:06:19 PM PDT
by
DarthVader
(Not by speeches & majority decisions will the great issues of the day be decided but by Blood & Iron)
To: DarthVader
This is the one I was thinking of, not Nighthawks
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posted on
07/25/2019 6:25:29 AM PDT
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LS
("Castles made of sand, fall in the sea . . . eventually" (Hendrix))
To: GOPsterinMA
Really good premise in that.
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posted on
07/25/2019 6:25:43 AM PDT
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LS
("Castles made of sand, fall in the sea . . . eventually" (Hendrix))
To: LS
Still a very good movie too.
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posted on
07/25/2019 7:14:34 AM PDT
by
DarthVader
(Not by speeches & majority decisions will the great issues of the day be decided but by Blood & Iron)
To: LS
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posted on
07/25/2019 7:33:32 AM PDT
by
GOPsterinMA
(I'm with Steve McQueen: I live my life for myself and answer to nobody.)
To: GOPsterinMA
“...“The Hitcher”, with C. Thomas Howell. ...”
yes, that’s the one. Howell was one of the kids from the original “Red Dawn”.
Wow, come to think of it, Charlie Sheen was in Red Dawn too.
Seems like forever ago.
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posted on
07/25/2019 9:06:54 AM PDT
by
NFHale
(The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
To: Kriggerel
He died in 2019 in Blade Runner.
And he died in 2019 in real life!
To: NFHale
35 years ago, bud. Better times all around back then...
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posted on
07/25/2019 9:48:03 AM PDT
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GOPsterinMA
(I'm with Steve McQueen: I live my life for myself and answer to nobody.)
To: Kazan
He also starred in The Hitcher.
“Daisy, Daisy,
Give me your answer, do!
I’m half crazy.......
That was a scary movie.
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posted on
07/25/2019 9:57:26 AM PDT
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READINABLUESTATE
(Sharia law, which in itself is antithetical to the United States Constitution - Judge Jeanie Pirro)
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