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RIP, Peter Boyle ...

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by Claws for Concern, Dec 13, 2006.

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  1. Killick

    Killick Well-Known Member

    Re: RIP Peter Boyle

    Damn.
    For old times' sake:
     
    Killick, Dec 13, 2006
    #13
  2. boots

    boots New Member

    Re: RIP Peter Boyle

    You young whipper snapers may not have seen him in the movie JOE, but it was a sleeper hit and he kicked ass. He also used to be a Christian Brothers Monk. RIP
     
    boots, Dec 13, 2006
    #14
  3. JR

    JR Well-Known Member

    Re: RIP Peter Boyle

    I brought that up on the other Peter Boyle thread--on the Sports & News side of things.

    Saw that flick when it came out in 1970.
     
    JR, Dec 13, 2006
    #15
  4. Freelance Hack

    Freelance Hack Active Member

    Re: RIP Peter Boyle

    Boots,

    I've never seen Joe, but I have always thought Peter Boyle's best performance was in "The Friends of Eddie Coyle," opposite Robert Mitchum. A tremendous "slepper" movie.

    A damn, damn shame. RIP to a great actor.
     
    Freelance Hack, Dec 13, 2006
    #16
  5. boots

    boots New Member

    Re: RIP Peter Boyle

    I guess we are showing our age JR.
     
    boots, Dec 13, 2006
    #17
  6. shockey

    shockey Active Member

    Re: RIP Peter Boyle

    count me in among the geezers who loved "joe." susan sarandon played his daughter, i believe. boyle was also tremendous in "the candidate," playing redford's campaign manager.

    rip, peter.
     
    shockey, Dec 13, 2006
    #18
  7. Freelance Hack

    Freelance Hack Active Member

    Is this IMDB factoid right? If so, it's an outrage.

     
    Freelance Hack, Dec 13, 2006
    #19
  8. JR

    JR Well-Known Member

    Re: RIP Peter Boyle

    Yeah, particularly when you find out that certain SportsJournalists.comers' mothers are younger than you.
     
    JR, Dec 13, 2006
    #20
  9. JR

    JR Well-Known Member

    Re: RIP Peter Boyle

    I think it's worthwhile to post this interview with Peter Boyle just after "Joe" came out:

    http://movies2.nytimes.com/mem/movies/review.html?_r=2&title1=&title2=Joe%20%28Movie%29&reviewer=JUDY%20KLEMESRUD&pdate=19700802&oref=slogin&oref=login

    "At the tryouts, I improvised instead of reading the script they gave me," he says, "because I had been hearing that character all my life. In Philly, where I grew up, people all around me were spouting off about 'those damn niggers, and people on welfare, and wops, and kikes.' I did the same type of character at Second City, and I knew the character so well that when it came to the actual shooting of the movie, I was worried that I would do a caricature."
     
    JR, Dec 13, 2006
    #21
  10. Full of Shit

    Full of Shit Member

    Yes on both counts. It's correct, and an outrage. He and Doris Roberts were the best things about that show.
     
    Full of Shit, Dec 13, 2006
    #22
  11. BYH

    BYH Active Member

    Re: RIP Peter Boyle

    It's OK JR. My mom's 59. :D
     
    BYH, Dec 13, 2006
    #23
  12. Lamar Mundane

    Lamar Mundane Member

    Re: RIP Peter Boyle

    He was great as the father in Monster's Ball.

    Shut up Marie!
     
    Lamar Mundane, Dec 13, 2006
    #24
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