Harris Tribute Dinner
Kirk Douglas, Ed Harris at last night's Santa Barbara Film Festival tribute dinner (formally called the "third annual Kirk Douglas Award for Excellence in Film") honoring Appaloosa director Ed Harris. Three tribute reels were shown; the first was the most moving and impressive. Harris has made 54 films since his breakout part in The Right Stuff 25 years ago, and for whatever reason -- laziness? -- I hadn't really taken the full measure of all the distinctive muscular performances he's given. Quite a resume, quite a man. The Pollock clips drew the strongest applause. My favorite Harris characters -- Moss in Glengarry Glen Ross, E.Howard Hunt in Nixon.
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Posted by Jeffrey Wells on October 3, 2008 at 2:58 AM
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Dr. Smith
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Jeff, did you get permission to take that top photo? Those are some glares, yo.
Posted by Dr. Smith
at October 3, 2008 4:43 AM
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hcat
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This is a guy who,like Jeff Bridges, doesn't really get the credit he deserves. He is a great actor and should get more lead roles but instead he's stuck improving movies in supporting roles. Glad he got a shot at making Appaloosa, can't wait to see it and anything else he does.
And you would have to be one hell of a toughguy to be married to Amy Madigan.
Posted by hcat
at October 3, 2008 6:27 AM
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erniesouchak
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Did the clips includes the Oscars where he refused to clap for Elia Kazan?
Posted by erniesouchak
at October 3, 2008 6:50 AM
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Rich S.
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It was criminal that the Academy didn't even at least nominate him for The Right Stuff. If John Glenn had really been as cool as Ed Harris was in the movie, he would have pulled that Mercury capsule out of orbit and gone to the moon right then.
Posted by Rich S.
at October 3, 2008 7:02 AM
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Joshua Mooney
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What the heck happend to Ed's lips?
I've loved the dude since George Romero's "Knightriders," circa '80. If you haven't seen it? Oh, baby, it is a WONDER!
Posted by Joshua Mooney
at October 3, 2008 8:13 AM
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NotImpressedYet
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Guy's had a phenomenal career. What a resume. Just incredible. Pollack in particular but so many, many other great movies too.
So it saddens me to have to ask, what the fuck has he done to his face? He's got duck lips like Meg Ryan and is starting to look like a little like an alien.
Posted by NotImpressedYet
at October 3, 2008 9:31 AM
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Edward
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Ditto for "Knightriders." It might be Romero's masterpiece.
Posted by Edward
at October 3, 2008 9:36 AM
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Rich S.
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And check out Ed's moves in Romero's Creepshow.
Posted by Rich S.
at October 3, 2008 10:42 AM
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lionsfan
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I think Ed Harris's first real notice came from his stint as a psycho villain in a Charles Bronson action flick, "Borderline." It was a good showy part, and I recall his performance as worthy of special mention even in the New York Times.
Posted by lionsfan
at October 3, 2008 11:58 AM
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Joshua Mooney
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I quite agree, Richard. Romero fans need to see this film.
Posted by Joshua Mooney
at October 3, 2008 2:07 PM
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Markj74
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Again i'll point out Ed Harris's performance in The Abyss, one of the best ever in a studio summer movie.
Posted by Markj74
at October 3, 2008 3:54 PM
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lipranzer
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One Harris movie - and performance - that gets deserves a second look is in BUFFALO SOLDIERS. There's not a lot of comedies on his resume, and two of them, the allegedly romantic comedy MILK MONEY and the tragicomedy STEPMOM are stinkers, IMHO, but this is a fairly funny black comedy. And while Harris wouldn't be my first choice to play an ineffectual, Henry Blake-type leader, he does surprisingly well, and never acts like he's above the character.
And I certainly agree re his performance in THE ABYSS; whatever problems I have with the movie, it definitely works in the crucial performances of him and Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio. I wonder if he still won't talk about it, though - my memory is he hated working for Cameron so much he refuses to talk about the film.
Posted by lipranzer
at October 3, 2008 9:39 PM
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Joshua Mooney
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My apologies, Edward. I called you "Richard" by mistake. Any man who relishes "Knightriders" deserves to be adressed by his right-and-proper name. May I henceforth call you "Sir Edward"?
Posted by Joshua Mooney
at October 7, 2008 11:55 AM
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