He has passed away aged 91.
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[Film] RIP Christopher Plummer
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Weststander
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RIP, a great actor. I always loved his work, the elegant diction and his screen presence.
But taken to see Waterloo at The Regent when I was 5 was a bit too early .... I recall being bored senseless.
But taken to see Waterloo at The Regent when I was 5 was a bit too early .... I recall being bored senseless.
Muzzman
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"taH pagh taHbe'"
portlock seagull
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- Jul 28, 2003
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I thought he soon would, such a shame. I was only looking at his wiki last year. A great actor, in so many of my fav war films. From his portrayal as Peter, where he magnificently captured the intolerable daily stress and danger faced by pilots during the Battle of Britain, his character tragically shot up in his Spitfire and hideously burnt for life, to the aloof Wellington at Waterloo commanding his ‘scum of the earth’ during the epic 1970 adaptation of history's most famous battle, he played so many memorable roles. The one he’s most famous for is of course the Sound of Music, which I’ve never watched or intend to (not a musicals fan!). Another of the greats has passed on, RIP Sir Chris and thanks for your brilliant performances.
Very fond of Julie Andrews, apparently. Not.
Robinjakarta
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I was maybe 20 years old and still too early. Can't recall a more boring film.
RIP Christopher Plummer.
Is it PotG?
Thrifty non-licker
Murder by Decree.
A stupendous film in the Holmes compendium.
Goes a little dark, but a wonderful performance amidst an impressive cast.
RIP Chris.
A stupendous film in the Holmes compendium.
Goes a little dark, but a wonderful performance amidst an impressive cast.
RIP Chris.
Weststander
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I thought that for decades but came across it on TV a few years ago and enjoyed it. Perhaps having an interest in history helped?
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portlock seagull
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I LOVE this film. I have seen it perhaps 50-60 times, I’m not exaggerating. Know the script inside out, the Score even lots about how they made it! I’m semi fanatical about Napoleonic wars and have read probably 20 different books on Waterloo Campaign alone. Must have 10 or more in my collection including one that cost over £100. Walked the field with my brother but could spend weeks in those few square miles alone. Read German accounts, French accounts, Belgium accounts and of course British ones. I find it endlessly fascinating, as a historical event it’s EPIC. So many permutations, stories, might have beens and of course lasting legacies. Waterloo is the most written about and studied battle in all history because of. Just when you think nothing more can ever be told suddenly something else comes to light. And I love the charity that’s taking modern day veterans with PTSD to do archeological digs out there as part of therapy, with brilliant results. Who’d thought a centuries old battlefield would be helping today’s war veterans.
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Only just watched an excellent movie starring him a few days back - "Remember". Very underrated and excellent performance from Plummer. Brilliant actor who worked right until the end.
Weststander
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Hi,
I only know a little compared to you, but I watched interesting documentaries about the fight for the farm complexes La Haye Sainte and Hougoumont. The Imperial Army diverting huge resources.
War Walks with Richard Holmes was fascinating. He finished his Waterloo programme with the poignant finale that just 99 years later a few miles away the first clashes in a new industrial scale war occured.
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One of my best memories as a young kid, was being taken to the movies by my Mum and Dad to see the Battle of Britain. I can't clearly remember which cinema it was, but I think it was on the site of what is now Boots on Queen's Road. Big Spitfire hanging on the front of the building outside.
I've seen it countless times since, and Christopher Plummer epitomised our view of a B o B pilot. Favourite quote, "Home for tea, for once you deserve it".
R.I.P.
portlock seagull
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Morning Westy, aaah, the great Richard Holmes. I really miss him. Loved his style, his passion, his encyclopaedic knowledge. Yes, I remember that particular programme and the poignant ending alluding to the Retreat from Mons 99 years later. It’s no wonder that Belgium is infamously known as Europe’s battlefield. Centuries of clashes between great powers. The folly of war newly discovered by each generation failing to learn from ancestors same mistakes. Makes you wondered if we will get to 2045 without another major war engulfing the continent.
portlock seagull
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Yes, so many. I have a soft spot for the dazed (or drunk) Blitz victim old man who walks into the emergency centre repeatedly stating “they’ve got the rose & crown” and the two women giggling about the thought “he’ll have to drink in the Kings arms instead” as if it was no big deal. It brilliantly captures how the war meant different things to different people. How it must have been impossible to compute the sudden and immediate destruction of everyday life caused by the aerial conflict going on above their heads day and night. It’s an incredible film, a historic picture about a historic event in our national story and identity. Never in the field of human conflict, eh?!
Cowfold Seagull
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a good ten years early l would have thought, l hadn't even started playing with soldiers when l was 5!
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There's a pic of me on Xmas Day 1969 playing with my main pressie .... a castle with knights.
Thank you Santa (Gamley's).