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To: KC_Lion

What’s great is that Robert Shaw wrote that whole speech. He didn’t like what they had in the script so he wrote his own. Brilliant!


29 posted on 07/30/2013 7:12:20 PM PDT by cotton1706
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To: cotton1706

Yes he did write it. It is what made the movie and made his death more poignant.


32 posted on 07/30/2013 7:15:37 PM PDT by Cold Case Posse Supporter
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According to Dreyfuss, Shaw blew the first shooting of that scene because he'd been on an all night bender & was crocked.

He came back the next day, apologizing profusely, and asked for another chance, nailing the entire scene in one take.

The guy had more charisma than Pitt, Affleck, and Damon and a half dozen other of today's biggest box office stars combined.

42 posted on 07/30/2013 7:26:50 PM PDT by skeeter
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To: cotton1706
What’s great is that Robert Shaw wrote that whole speech. He didn’t like what they had in the script so he wrote his own. Brilliant!

And did it drunk, which I've heard he was for a good bit of the filming. It just gives his character more authenticity.

52 posted on 07/30/2013 7:42:08 PM PDT by Vince Ferrer
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