Hopkins lashes out at Hollywood ("insanity," "self-importance," "condescending")

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[sgtbono2002]

Finally a movie I want to see.

By the way when you become an American citizen are you still a British Lord? The Title Sir comes with you to America?/

I am not against it , but does it?

[decal]

He's got dual citizenship, so Over There he's a Sir,; here he's a Mr.

[doug from upland]

I'm no expert on the sir stuff. :)

[doug from upland]

The World's Fastest Indian

[AZRepublican]

Obiviously he was not required to recite this:


"I hereby declare, on oath, that I absolutely and entirely renounce and abjure all allegiance and fidelity to any foreign prince, potentate, state or sovereignty, of whom or which I have heretofore been a subject or citizen..."

[Cecily]

Great tagline!

Anthony Hopkins is great. One of Hollyweird's problems is that they don't have more fabulous, interesting actors with real star power like him.

[facedown]

You might enjoy this.

[JamesWilson]

I saw The World's Fastest Indian last week. Very wholesome and uplifting movie.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

No kiddin !

[drhogan]

he is a truly talented actor.
i think, because he worked a long time before becoming a "star", he has a bit more wisdom (and humility) than some of the morons who rise to the top in their twenties and think they are gods.

[BossLady]

What (Sir) Anthony is shooting or just finished shooting from imbd.com:

Papa (2006) (in production) .... Ernest Hemingway

Slipstream (2007) (announced) .... Bonhoffer

Harry and the Butler (2006) (announced)

Fracture (2006) (filming) .... Ted Crawford

Bobby (2006) (filming) .... John Casey

Beowulf (2007) (post-production) .... King Hrothgar

All the King's Men (2006) (completed) .... Judge Montague Irwin

[doug from upland]

It sounds great!

Plot Summary for
The World's Fastest Indian (2005)
In `60s New Zealand, at the bottom of the world, Burt Munro takes a 1920 Indian motorcycle and, delightfully without resources other than his own obsession and a Kiwi #8 wire mentality, spends his retirement rebuilding the bike and following his dream to go to Speed Week at Salt Lake in Utah. Under funded, without the support of a team and against all the odds he not only makes it to Bonneville, he sets a national land speed record, not once, but again and again.

[decal]

(Shrugs) Take it up with the INS; it can't be taken away from him now.

"...a 5-4 decision by the U.S. Supreme Court in 1967 made it all but impossible for someone to lose U.S. citizenship unless he or she wants to give it up.

"The case involved a naturalized American citizen originally from Poland, who moved to Israel in 1950. Beys Afroyim tried to get his U.S. passport renewed in 1960, but the State Department turned him down. Afroyim had voted in Israeli elections, which meant he had automatically lost his U.S. citizenship, the department said.

"The Supreme Court said the 14th Amendment effectively elevated citizenship to a constitutional right and ruled that it can be lost only if renounced."

http://www.post-gazette.com/nation/20020515dual0515p4.asp

[LS]

He is absolutely right on the camera crap. This is especially so on TV in dance sequences: you can't even watch performers or dancers anymore, because the camera jiggles around so much.

[Billthedrill]

Good grief - I should be that busy at 78!

[cmsgop]

The film reunites him with director Roger Donaldson, with whom he had a stormy relationship while filming The Bounty in 1983.

F-ing Great Movie ! FReepers don't miss this

[AZRepublican]

"The Supreme Court said the 14th Amendment effectively elevated citizenship to a constitutional right and ruled that it can be lost only if renounced."

Strange, the author of the citizenship clause said just the reverse and it doesn't sound like a right either because it was actually declaration of national law. I cannot see how any strict constructionist will let such a baseless ruling stand when challened in the future.

[Mr. Blonde]

A lot of my friends didn't like Batman Begins because of how it was shot. All of the fight scenes were very jumpy. The director, Christopher Nolan, said it was to give a sense of how bad guys would feel fighting Batman since they wouldn't really know what was going on. The car chase was down very well I thought in it though. The problem is how many music video directors are becoming feature film directors. All of those quick cuts do not translate very well in my opinion.

[SouthernFreebird]

I love AH. He's the sexiest old man in the world!