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Pete Postlethwaite
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Mon Jan 03, 2011 1:53 pmby Govangirl
How sad to begin the year with the news of his passing. He had many memorable parts but to me his role as Danny in the fim Brassed Off (a film all MPs should be made to watch) was the best. RIP, a great British actor.
Re: Pete Postlethwaite
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Mon Jan 03, 2011 2:10 pmby katya
That's the first I have heard. Sad news indeed, a great actor that will be sadly missed
Re: Pete Postlethwaite
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Mon Jan 03, 2011 2:22 pmby Isa
One of his greatest parts was in "The Name Of The Father" about the wrongful convictions of the Guildford Four
http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2011/jan ... waite-dies
Re: Pete Postlethwaite
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Mon Jan 03, 2011 4:55 pmby numberplease
A sad loss of a great actor. Although I loved Brassed Off, the performance I always think of him in was as Thora Hird`s son in the TV drama Lost for Words, about, I think, 10 years ago?
Re: Pete Postlethwaite
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Tue Jan 04, 2011 3:10 amby Crowth
My favourite Postlethwaite role was as Sergeant Obediah Hakeswill in Sharpe. Still one of the scariest TV characters I can think of:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGjuP91Xzlo
Re: Pete Postlethwaite
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Tue Jan 04, 2011 3:48 pmby Machrihanish
My favourite portrayal by Mr Postlethwaite too, amazing !!
Re: Pete Postlethwaite
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Tue Jan 04, 2011 11:57 pmby bill
"Truth is I thought it mattered, I thought that music mattered. But does it bollocks! Not compared to how people matter."
Hard to pick just one,as any part he played he made his own.
Apart from his work as an actor I believe he was a noble man.I believe if he was your friend,you would have a friend for life.
Even when Holywood beckoned he did not succumb to it's false facade.When work was done,film finished,he would return to his quiet English village where he could be seen going about his normal daily routine,never thinking he was any better than his neighbour.
Re: Pete Postlethwaite
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Wed Jan 05, 2011 12:25 amby DOUBLE A
My name is Kobayashi. I work for Keyser Soze.
Cracking line from my favourite film, he will be sadly missed
Re: Pete Postlethwaite
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Thu Jan 06, 2011 12:10 amby Govangirl
bill wrote:"Truth is I thought it mattered, I thought that music mattered. But does it bollocks! Not compared to how people matter."
Just reading/hearing that line makes me greet!
Re: Pete Postlethwaite
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Tue Jan 11, 2011 2:08 pmby petewick
I think one of his last parts was in the remake of The Omen in 2006.
Re: Pete Postlethwaite
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Tue Jan 11, 2011 3:17 pmby bill
petewick wrote:I think one of his last parts was in the remake of The Omen in 2006.
He was in Ben Affleck's latest "The Town",released last September.
There is also a film still to be released, "Killing Bono",which he has a part.
Re: Pete Postlethwaite
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Tue Jan 11, 2011 4:38 pmby petewick
bill wrote:petewick wrote:I think one of his last parts was in the remake of The Omen in 2006.
He was in Ben Affleck's latest "The Town",released last September.
There is also a film still to be released, "Killing Bono",which he has a part.
Not got round to seeing them yet Bill, but I have to agree one of the best he did was Guiseppe Conlon with Daniel Day-Lewis in the movie In The Name Of The Father.
Re: Pete Postlethwaite
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Tue Jan 11, 2011 7:55 pmby bill
petewick wrote:Not got round to seeing them yet Bill, but I have to agree one of the best he did was Guiseppe Conlon with Daniel Day-Lewis in the movie In The Name Of The Father.
Yes great performances from both actors.
I only remembered after I had posted that Postlethwaite was also in a movie I watched a few weeks ago."Inception" starring Brad Pitt.
Re: Pete Postlethwaite
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Sun Jan 16, 2011 6:30 pmby bill
Enjoyed the documentary on BBC2 last night charting his career .
Re: Pete Postlethwaite
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Mon Jan 17, 2011 9:07 pmby petewick
bill wrote:Enjoyed the documentary on BBC2 last night charting his career .
Great programme Bill