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Dustin Hoffman blasts 'reprehensible' war (additional info)
The Guardian UK ^
| Thursday February 6, 2003
| Guardian Staff and agencies
Posted on 02/06/2003 1:29:51 PM PST by weegee
Dustin Hoffman used his appearance at this year's Empire film awards to launch an angry attack on President Bush's pending war with Iraq. "I don't think, like many of us, that the reasons we have been given for going to war are the honest reasons," the veteran actor told reporters. "I believe... that this war is about what most wars are about: hegemony, money, power and oil." Hoffman went on to claim that he felt that the Bush administration was "manipulating the grief of the country" in the wake of September 11. "I think that's reprehensible," he added. Hoffman was in London to accept a lifetime achievement award at the magazine's annual film awards, held at the Dorchester Hotel on Tuesday night. But the actor admitted to being rather confused when he was first told of the honour. "I thought when they said it was the Empire awards, that they meant the British Empire giving them. So I wrote a speech, I worked on it, and then I realised it was a magazine." Hoffman, 65, has won two best actor Oscars, for 1988's Rain Man and 1979's Kramer vs Kramer. Other classic roles include The Graduate, Midnight Cowboy, Little Big Man and All the President's Men.
Other winners at the populist awards were Tom Cruise and Samantha Morton, who won best actor and best actress for Minority Report. Steven Spielberg was named best director for the same film. The gong for best picture went to The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers.
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To: joesnuffy
OK folks, caption the dork:
To: weegee
And don't miss the following
Dustin Hoffman : "Death of an Acting Career"
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posted on
02/06/2003 2:40:03 PM PST
by
Centurion2000
(Chance favors the prepared mind.)
To: Lizavetta
"This is what I get for letting Barbra Streisand run the teleprompter..."
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posted on
02/06/2003 2:42:20 PM PST
by
weegee
To: weegee
Maybe this explains a little. No doubt he respects and admires this woman:
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posted on
02/06/2003 2:45:03 PM PST
by
lainie
To: weegee
So "I am Sam" and "Rainman" are against the war. I'm personally waiting for "Nell", "The Other Sister" and "Benny and Joon" to weigh in before I can make an informed decision on whether we should invade Iraq.
To: weegee
'...about oil."
Bet he doesn't stop driving his gas-guzzling Caddy SUV or riding in those fuel hogging limos? Two faceism (is that a word?) is a real mantra with so many of these hollyweird types.
Hey Dustin, Confucius said "A liar must have a good memory." Better work on yours... YOU PUTZ!
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posted on
02/06/2003 2:53:46 PM PST
by
cavtrooper21
(Shoot 'em if they stand, cut 'em if they run!)
To: irish_lad
Looks like Dustin is now on my list of actors whose movies I won't see or purchase.Hey, I've got a list like that goin', also! Lately, it's getting longer and longer. :)
To: cavtrooper21
Don't forget heating oil...
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posted on
02/06/2003 2:57:57 PM PST
by
weegee
To: valleygal
It's actually nice of them to come right out and let us all know unequivocally who they are, isn't it?
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posted on
02/06/2003 3:02:38 PM PST
by
lainie
To: lainie
Yes!. It's making life much easier for me LOL! Not too mention, I'm spending less time watching movies. They are doing us a great service.
To: lainie
Is that "Bug-Eye" Susan?
To: weegee
Heating oil? Dustin just flies south for the winter, in his private jet!
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posted on
02/06/2003 3:36:20 PM PST
by
cavtrooper21
(Shoot 'em if they stand, cut 'em if they run!)
To: muleskinner
Yeap. Sure is.
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posted on
02/06/2003 3:37:25 PM PST
by
lainie
To: lainie
I've got two captions,
"Tootsie's on a Roll" or how about
"Papillion 2, The Return"(as in please go back, Dustin).
Aren't you named after one of his most memorable lines? (That plaintive wail while pounding on the glass window in the church), "Elaine, Elaine, Elaine...!!! :)
To: weegee
I like Mad Magazine's spoof of his name:
DUSTBIN HOFFMAN
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posted on
02/06/2003 3:41:21 PM PST
by
SerpentDove
(Saddam done pissed us all the way off)
To: Search4Truth
It amazes me how someone can be so talentedHe was working on a movie (I forget the title) where he had to appear like he'd been through hell. He went for days without bathing or eating or changing clothes in order to get into the part. His co-star - Sir Lawrence Olivier - observing all this shook his head and said, "Why doesn't he just act?"
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posted on
02/06/2003 3:42:46 PM PST
by
irv
To: weegee
Why should I pay any attention to a totally believable endive salad?
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posted on
02/06/2003 3:43:37 PM PST
by
aruanan
To: weegee
"I believe... that this war is about what most wars are about: hegemony, money, power and oil."
Hey, Dustin! What was Ishtar about?
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posted on
02/06/2003 3:45:39 PM PST
by
aruanan
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To: aruanan
Dustin made more sense when he was Rainman.
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