All I know about this guy is that he led a very vocal campaign against "Brokeback Mountain" winning best picture Oscar because he took offense at the "grand Hollywood tradition of the cowboy movie being turned gay"' or something like that. I assume he had some sort of career before.
Curtis has 130 entries at IMDB. And he reached retirement age twenty years ago, yet continued to work. How old were you when you retired?
Also, stardom is about quality, not quantity. Some Like It Hot, Sweet Smell of Success, The Defiant Ones -- that's a star's career right there. And Tony was always a superstar, even more than he ever was an actor.
Tony Curtis was also one of Hollywood's great raconteurs, along with his cousin the great Shelley Winters. Did he say some stupid things late in life? Sure. But for every one of those, he told a thousand hilarious stories. A whole world dies with him.
"I am Spartacus" - a gay battle cry? a very 'gay' movie - even the cast - Olivier, Laughton. The scene between Sir Laurence and Tony (master/slave relationship) is gayer than anything portrayed in "Brokeback Mountain". There must be YouTube of it. The woman here at first glance makes you think Janet Leigh - but it is Jean Simmons. For more:
to my thinking he was in three of the gayest movies made before stonewall. spartacus , defiant ones, and sweet smell. he would have been perfect in the quaid role in brokeback..so fuck him.
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"As for myself, I enjoy both snails and oysters." As was always the talk about Tony himself. I guess he got a little defensive about it as he got older.
Curtis has 130 entries at IMDB. And he reached retirement age twenty years ago, yet continued to work. How old were you when you retired?
Also, stardom is about quality, not quantity. Some Like It Hot, Sweet Smell of Success, The Defiant Ones -- that's a star's career right there. And Tony was always a superstar, even more than he ever was an actor.
Tony Curtis was also one of Hollywood's great raconteurs, along with his cousin the great Shelley Winters. Did he say some stupid things late in life? Sure. But for every one of those, he told a thousand hilarious stories. A whole world dies with him.
Plus, hot. Hot is eternal.
how sad that this is the film coverage we get from an alternative arts weekly paper.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spartacus_%…
( riz is uber cranky today )
.... does this mean that poitier is next ?
..........and will i have to change my avatar ?