MikeHammer 3:07 Sat Jan 28
John Hurt - RIP
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A great actor and deserving of his own thread. RIP ... the impresario I sat behind in my only pop video !
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Blunders
6:40 Mon Jan 30
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Didn't get chance to post the other day when the news was announced.
This hit me hard. My favourite British actor of all time.
Saw him outside a cinema in London a few years ago and really wanted to say hello and how much of a fan I was. But chose to respect his privacy instead. In a selfish way, I've regretted it ever since. And even more now.
The guy was a fucking master. You'll struggle to find anyone with as rich and diverse filmography as (just off top of my head) The Elephant Man, Alien, Naked Civil Servant, 10 Rillington Place, The Hit, Midnight Express, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Scandal, 1984, V for Vendetta, Watership Down, Hellboy, Shooting Dogs, Dogville, and lastly Jackie.
Alot of the films amongst these I sought out just because he was in them.
Another legend gone.
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Northern Sold
6:34 Sun Jan 29
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fred.... Ag Ag Ag!!! Harsh....
http://www.contactmusic.com/pics/ln/20160528/bearded_theory_day_3_280516_main/bearded-theory-festival-2016-_5272827.jpg
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fred flinstone
1:39 Sun Jan 29
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some photo's of him post op looking like he'd been hung drawn and quartered
Sold, he had looked like that for at least 10 years before tbf
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MikeHammer
11:23 Sun Jan 29
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I also forgot his excellent narration on the CD (and concert) of The Hunting of the Snark - worth checking out.
Ps. The pop video where he played the impressario was 'Take it Away"
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british is best
4:11 Sun Jan 29
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Great actor and always seemed like a nice man as well rip john .
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Northern Sold
11:41 Sat Jan 28
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stomper.... yeah saw that Wilko film... and very good it was to... Got ya regarding the rest... and yeah I know a few of the local bitchy musicians who were questioning why he had not popped his clogs.... some photo's of him post op looking like he'd been hung drawn and quartered so hardly fake...
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stomper
11:06 Sat Jan 28
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Northern Sold
His movie: The Ecstasy of Wilko Johnson
Wilko talks about dying (they were making a movie about the Feelgoods at the time of his diagnosis). He refuses treatment as being tough to deal with while crippling the body. Isntead he doesnt die. He gets back to England and his doctor wants to know why he's not dead.
As far as I can understand it, his cancer was growing on, not in, his pancreas. They could therefore cut it out, along with most of his stomach.
Some on here have said he faked the entire thing, but that lack of a stomach is difficult to fake.
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only1billybonds
10:36 Sat Jan 28
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Great actor,he brought absolute quality to every role he played. Watched Rob Roy the other night and the bird and me were marvelling at his performance.
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mattyolmes
10:33 Sat Jan 28
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crikey another one bites the dust - 1st celeb of 2017?
rip JH
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riosleftsock
10:30 Sat Jan 28
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shammer 1:28 Sat Jan 28
Good to see you posting again mate.
Hurt was one of our greatest actors. Didn't he also run/part own a pub in the east end? I'm sure I drank in it once or thrice?
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jakehammer
10:12 Sat Jan 28
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john Hurt, top quality actor, unlike some of the so-called "stars" of today.
R.I.P chap.
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MikeHammer
10:04 Sat Jan 28
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As a rarity ... check out his 1974 film Little Malcolm ... and his struggle against the eunichs ! - first film produced by George Harrison and on Apple Films
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Northern Sold
10:00 Sat Jan 28
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stomper... I'm confused... so the wrong diagnosis was pancreatic cancer then... that's what saved him?? So what does RARE cancer cover then??
Miike.... yeah for about Champions.... great film
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icwhs
9:13 Sat Jan 28
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R.I.P
A great actor.
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Mad Dog
9:12 Sat Jan 28
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I was basically assured by the "fuck off 2016" crowd on social media that this wouldn't happen in 2017.
Hurt was a Great actor
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Takashi Miike
8:58 Sat Jan 28
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him playing the jockey Bob Champion in Champions was another great performance
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stomper
8:52 Sat Jan 28
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Northern Sold 4:02 Sat Jan 28
Wilko? Wrong initial diagnosis. Rare cancer
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Northern Sold
8:24 Sat Jan 28
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Iron Duke... 2 greats in their own field of expertise...
Not seen the Elephant Man for yonks.... might have to stick it on over the weekend in tribute to the great man.... will also shove the 2015 National on as a tribute to the great horse
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stomper
8:20 Sat Jan 28
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It was always a joy to see him in anything. I always thought he had the work/life balance thing worked out to perfection
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Iron Duke
6:46 Sat Jan 28
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Great actor. Will be missed.
And RIP to Many Clouds.
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british is best
6:29 Sat Jan 28
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Shame great actor rip .
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