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Main Discussion Area => In Memoriam, Happy Birthday => Topic started by: Wayback on January 03, 2011, 07:21:11 AM

Title: RIP Pete Postlethwaite, actor, 64
Post by: Wayback on January 03, 2011, 07:21:11 AM

You'll recognize Pete Postlethwaite from his roles in last year's "Inception" and "The Town" and also "The Usual Suspects," "In The Name of The Father," "Lost World: Jurassic Park," "Amistad," many more. Age 64.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2011/01/03/entertainment/e020631S67.DTL&tsp=1
and
http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/filmblog/2011/jan/03/pete-postlethwaite-career-clips

Title: Re: RIP Pete Postlethwaite, actor, 64
Post by: RGMike on January 03, 2011, 07:49:27 AM

Quote from: Wayback on January 03, 2011, 07:21:11 AM

You'll recognize Pete Postlethwaite from his roles in last year's "Inception" and "The Town" and also "The Usual Suspects," "In The Name of The Father," "Lost World: Jurassic Park," "Amistad," many more. Age 64.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2011/01/03/entertainment/e020631S67.DTL&tsp=1
and
http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/filmblog/2011/jan/03/pete-postlethwaite-career-clips

Not to mention he;s the guy who does the spoken bit at the beginning of Chumbawumba's "Tubthumping"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lKx3MUqzCcQ

"The truth is, I thought it mattered - I thought that music mattered. But does it? Bollocks! Not compared to how people matter..."

Title: Re: RIP Pete Postlethwaite, actor, 64
Post by: Tinka Cat on January 03, 2011, 09:25:27 AM

Quote from: RGMike on January 03, 2011, 07:49:27 AM

Quote from: Wayback on January 03, 2011, 07:21:11 AM

You'll recognize Pete Postlethwaite from his roles in last year's "Inception" and "The Town" and also "The Usual Suspects," "In The Name of The Father," "Lost World: Jurassic Park," "Amistad," many more. Age 64.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2011/01/03/entertainment/e020631S67.DTL&tsp=1
and
http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/filmblog/2011/jan/03/pete-postlethwaite-career-clips

Not to mention he;s the guy who does the spoken bit at the beginning of Chumbawumba's "Tubthumping"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lKx3MUqzCcQ

"The truth is, I thought it mattered - I thought that music mattered. But does it? Bollocks! Not compared to how people matter..."

that's interesting. Chumbawamba is more of an art-rock political group than a one-hit pop wonder, and Pete was very political himself.

I like this description of him:  One critic said his cheekbones came "boiling out of his head like swollen knuckles."