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Well...Bye. Powers Boothe Passes Away
2017-05-15
Posted by:charger

#8  For those who may not "get" the headline:


Posted by: Blossom Unains5562   2017-05-15 19:49  

#7  Also great in "The Emerald Forest".
Posted by: charger   2017-05-15 15:31  

#6  Don't forget he was Curly Bill Brocius in Tombstone and played Philip Marlowe. Outstanding actor.
Posted by: AlmostAnonymous5839   2017-05-15 08:56  

#5  ...and the Ugly was played by Janet Reno.
Posted by: Raj   2017-05-15 08:17  

#4  He seldom got to play the hero. But in every film or series he had a role in, as far as I was concerned, the hero and villain roles were inverted. Similarly, I've always considered Angel Eyes (Lee Van Cleef) the Good in the Good, the Bad and the Ugly.
Posted by: Zhang Fei   2017-05-15 00:27  

#3  RD. Just wonderful lines, courtesy of John Milius, a fully-paid up member of the tribe.

Erica: You American?

Col. Andy Tanner: Red-blooded.

Erica: What's the capital of Texas?

Col. Andy Tanner: Austin.

Erica: Wrong, commie! It's Houston.
Posted by: Zhang Fei   2017-05-15 00:22  

#2  Best in Red Dawn, or Deadwood?
Posted by: Skidmark   2017-05-15 00:15  

#1  Jed Eckert: ...Well, who *is* on our side?

Col. Andy Tanner: Six hundred million screaming Chinamen.

Darryl Bates: Last I heard, there were a billion screaming Chinamen.

Col. Andy Tanner: There *were*.
Posted by: Zhang Fei   2017-05-15 00:07  

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