James Bramble

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James Bramble

James Bramble

@BrambleJim

Father. Husband, Attorney. Human rights. Cyclist. Runner. Triathlon. Cancer survivor. Film Buff. Utes. Jazz. Do what is right let the consequence follow.

Salt Lake City, UT Beigetreten Mart 2013
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James Bramble
James Bramble@BrambleJim·
“Rise up and become the person you were meant to be.” Dieter Uchtdorf
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James Bramble@BrambleJim·
@mikemoviez I knew of course that he is a kick A actor. I did not know his back story and I now like him even more
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Mike David
Mike David@mikemoviez·
BRIAN DENNEHY [1938–2020] was one of the most respected American actors of his generation. He came to acting late, after a Columbia University education on a football scholarship, five years in the Marines, and a stretch of working-class jobs including cab driving and bartending. He educated himself on theater by catching matinee performances on his days off, and it showed. His screen breakthrough came playing the bullying small-town sheriff opposite Stallone in First Blood (1982), which immediately established him as the go-to guy for authority figures, lawmen, and heavies. He was versatile enough to play corrupt sheriffs, alien leaders, serial killers, and a beloved comedy dad, but while Hollywood loved him as a character actor, the theater world recognized something deeper. He won two Tony Awards — one for Death of a Salesman (1999) and another for Long Day's Journey into Night (2003) — and a Golden Globe for the TV adaptation of Salesman in 2000. Variety once called him "perhaps the foremost living interpreter" of Eugene O'Neill's work on stage and screen. He appeared in well over 180 productions across film, TV, and stage, working consistently right up until his death at 81. Looking for Mr. Goodbar (1977) Semi-Tough (1977) Foul Play (1978) 10 (1979) First Blood (1982) Split Image (1982) Gorky Park (1983) Never Cry Wolf (1983) Silverado (1985) Cocoon (1985) F/X (1986) Legal Eagles (1986) The Belly of an Architect (1987) Best Seller (1987) The Man from Snowy River II (1988) Cocoon: The Return (1988) Miles from Home (1988) Presumed Innocent (1990) F/X2 (1991) Gladiator (1992) Prophet of Evil (1993) Tommy Boy (1995) Romeo + Juliet (1996) Stolen Summer (2002) She Hate Me (2004) Assault on Precinct 13 (2005) 10th & Wolf (2006) Ratatouille (2007) — voice Righteous Kill (2008) The Next Three Days (2010) Alleged (2010) Knight of Cups (2015) The Seagull (2018) Tag (2018) Driveways (2019) It's worth noting that The Belly of an Architect (1987) is the one Dennehy himself considered his finest film work. He won Best Actor at the Chicago International Film Festival for it and said it was the first time he felt he'd actually made a film rather than just appeared in one. And Tommy Boy is the one most people remember, even though he dies in the first act. His rapport with Farley was genuinely warm, and by all accounts he looked out for the troubled comic during production.
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Michael W. Freeman
Michael W. Freeman@Freelineorlando·
A fun exercise: Count the Pre-Code scenes in King Kong (out today, 1933) later considered too kinky for censors, including a horny Kong peeling off Faye’s shirt 🤭 and those hints of bestiality 😳. How about the Spider Pit Sequence with the mutant insects? Pre-code rules
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Michael W. Freeman@Freelineorlando·
While I think the Oscars mostly get it wrong, that’s not always the case: the 1970 ceremony #OTD scored a bullseye, giving BP to Midnight Cowboy, a Queer Cinema trailblazer & great love story. John Schlesinger’s classic gets better with age; among the nominees, only Z came close
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