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Title: RIP Pete Postlethwaite
Post by: Brad Johnson on January 03, 2011, 10:35:25 AM
Pete Postlethwaite passed after a long battle with cancer.  You may not remember his name but it's hard to forget his face.  Like the late Robert Preston he's one of those actors you instantly recognized and, no matter what the character, abosolutely dominated the scene every time he appeared.

http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2011/01/03/oscar-nominated-star-pete-postlethwaite-dead/?test=faces

Brad
Title: Re: RIP Pete Postlethwaite
Post by: SADShooter on January 03, 2011, 10:44:47 AM
A true talent. RIP.
Title: Re: RIP Pete Postlethwaite
Post by: Laurent du Var on January 03, 2011, 01:31:57 PM
Ten years ago I worked as a Limo driver for the
Monte Carlo TV Festival and drove him from his hotel to the palace.

He read a book about gardening and was the nicest guy.
I remember him from Usual suspects and just saw him in Jurassic Parc. RIP
Title: Re: RIP Pete Postlethwaite
Post by: Dannyboy on January 03, 2011, 07:03:41 PM
I remember him most from In the Name of the Father.  He was great in a great movie.
Title: Re: RIP Pete Postlethwaite
Post by: SADShooter on January 03, 2011, 07:47:24 PM
Brassed Off, The Shipping News, The Usual Suspects, Sharpe's Company/Enemy, and so many others. Memorable performances even in forgettable films.
Title: Re: RIP Pete Postlethwaite
Post by: Grandpa Shooter on January 03, 2011, 08:25:34 PM
Never heard of him or seen his face before.  But then again I haven't watched a recent movie in 20 years.  I'll take the Classics for $200 please.
Title: Re: RIP Pete Postlethwaite
Post by: Perd Hapley on January 03, 2011, 10:07:30 PM
Quote from: Grandpa Shooter on January 03, 2011, 08:25:34 PM
Never heard of him or seen his face before.  But then again I haven't watched a recent movie in 20 years.  I'll take the Classics for $200 please.

This guy was a classic. You must see The Usual Suspects.

I also really liked him as Romeo's priest.
Title: Re: RIP Pete Postlethwaite
Post by: Iain on January 04, 2011, 11:13:48 AM
Look down through the list of films he was in, he may never have been a Hollywood leading man, but he was in some notable films.

There are many worse places on this earth to spend your final days than Shropshire, probably my third favourite county after Devon and Cornwall and they pip it because of the coast.