Broken Brando faces £11m debt apocalypse

The Sunday Times ^ | June 27, 2004 | John Harlow

[sgtbono2002]

Shatner sucked too .

[rabidralph]

I love him on South Park.

[Tijeras_Slim]

He taught William Shatner everything he knew.

Snerk... coffee everywhere.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

Lets take up a collection for the poor bastard.

[Lib-Lickers 2]

other than Godfather, Brando's best movies were for women,, I'll take Clint, Charles and Steve anyday,,,,,,,,,,,,Brando has been a first class prick his whole life , he's reaping what he has sowed,,,,,,,,,

[Ditter]

Bravo! Well said!

[baltodog]

Guys and Dolls was his best. He played a "character" -- no someone who the actor had to find "from within".

The Godfather(s) belong to Pacino, no one else.

[BillyCrockett]

"Brando has been a first class prick his whole life , he's reaping what he has sowed,,,,,,,,,"

Yup. Kharma baby. What goes around, comes around!

[yankeedame]

One accountant to the stars said he was only one of a number of household names from the 1950s and 1960s facing an uncertain old age.

"Those were the days my friend
We thought they'd never end
We'd sing and dance forever and a day
We'd live the life we choose
We'd fight and never lose
For we were young and sure to have our way.
La la la la...
Those were the days, oh yes those were the days..."

--Mary Hopkins, "Those Were The Days.

[skinkinthegrass]

I love him on South Park.

Oh!..That was Him??

HA!HA! LOL! :))...Makes sense "The Island of Dr. Moreau"...the Elephant and the Pig.

[wtc911]

Apocalypse Now was a troubled prodcution for YEARS, again thanks to Marlon Brando.)

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Let's be fair, the typhoon that wrecked the sets and Martin Sheen's heart attack had a bit more to do with Apocolypse Later's scheduling problems.

[vetvetdoug]

Brando needs to make a call to Dave Ramsay to get his finances in order. Dave would say, sell the house and move to a cheaper location, you're retired.... I don't wish bad things on anybody (except murderers and child molesters) but Brando made a good many of his choices that blew up. He could with little effort and an image change go back into making a lot of money.

[Doctor Stochastic]

I agree; I never liked his acting. It's not the Stanislavki method though; Montgomery Clift and others seemed to do ok with this technique. I always got the impression that Brando was working hard to be Brando in his pictures.

[TexasCajun]

I hear Mike Tyson is looking for a room mate.

[FreedomPoster]

lmao! you owe me a keyboard!

[FreedomPoster]

Sir:

You clearly have a severely out-of-calibration sarcasm detector. Please take it for servicing immediately, if not sooner.

Also, go get that coffee, if that's the problem.

[razorback-bert]

Let us not overlook "Last Tango in Paris", which brought anal sex out of the closet.

[KellyAdmirer]

The Apocalypse Now experience was weird, blaming that on Brando I always thought was harsh. In the document film of that project by Coppola's wife, the clear insinuation is made that Brando was responsible for not only acting, but also for coming up with an ending! I always found that absurd. How his role possibly could have been much bigger without it becoming a five-hour film (it was long enough already) is beyond me.

I think Brando was a fine actor in his day, he may have become self-indulgent, but so do many, many Hollywood stars of much, much lesser talent (paging Sharon Stone, Sharon Stone to the white courtesy phone).

[FITZ]

He wasted his money, his health, his looks and his talents.

I don't know why but I think riches to rags stories are almost more interesting than rags to riches.

[sgtbono2002]

I kinda like it the way it is, Sarcasm is not always understood by those who are the target of it, mine isnt and neither is yours. Thats what makes it fun.