John Hurt made more than a hundred and twenty films and was twice nominated, for Midnight Express and The Elephant Man, both of which required him to convey interior life under extreme physical constraint.
The Elephant Man buried him under eight hours of prosthetics daily, and the performance is entirely in the voice and one visible eye.
The chestburster scene in Alien is the single most reproduced moment in horror, and the other cast members were not told what would happen, which is why their reactions read as they do.
The voice made him a permanent presence in narration and animation, and he worked steadily until his death in 2017.
Cate BlanchettIndiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008) rates 4 out of 10 on the rewatch scale. A hundred and eighty-five million dollars, seven hundred and ninety million back, and it is still the film that damaged the…
Brad DourifHeaven's Gate (1980) rates 6 out of 10 on the rewatch scale. Cimino shot two hundred and twenty hours of film for forty-four million dollars, took three and a half million at the box office, and ended the era that…
Anton YelchinNot the thrill of immortality, not the hunt, not the gothic romance. What it offers instead is two ancient lovers, the crumbling cities they haunt, and the slow pleasure of their company.
Bo HopkinsAlan Parker's 1978 Turkish prison drama. Brad Davis as American imprisoned for hashish.
John HurtFred Zinnemann's 1966 Thomas More biopic. Paul Scofield won Best Actor.
Chris EvansBong directed and co-wrote with Kelly Masterson. The film made approximately eighty-six million dollars worldwide on a forty million dollar budget.
Brian BlessedThe production budget was approximately three hundred thousand pounds, which was modest even by 1976 BBC standards. Herbert Wise directed all twelve episodes.
Harry Dean StantonExperiencing it blind, in a dark theater, with an audience that had no idea what was coming, that was specific and unrepeatable. The 8 reflects both what the film achieved and what watching it now is like, which are different…
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