Lord Richard Attenbourgh has died

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• Cissy Fairfax Posts: 11,800

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  25/08/14 - 22:52 #52

  Down to only two of the Great Escape cast left with us now, lost two sadly in the last fortnight.

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• valkay Posts: 15,726

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  26/08/14 - 10:15 #53

  Labour luvvie, multi millionaire socialist. I liked his Spitting Image puppet with the water always squirting from his eyes.

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• Keyser_Soze1 Posts: 25,182

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  26/08/14 - 19:55 #54

  valkay wrote: »

  Labour luvvie, multi millionaire socialist. I liked his Spitting Image puppet with the water always squirting from his eyes.

  
  And?
  
  The man is dead and he did a hell of a lot of good in this world as well as being a superb actor.

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• Fairyprincess0 Posts: 30,061

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  26/08/14 - 19:57 #55

  'be kind, be generous. Everyone is fighting a great, great battle.'
  
  Richard attenbough.
  
  My new favorite quote......

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• alan29 Posts: 34,632

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  26/08/14 - 20:00 #56

  There aren't too many directors that I would be happy to watch their entire output.

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• Keyser_Soze1 Posts: 25,182

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  26/08/14 - 20:18 #57

  Fairyprincess0 wrote: »

  'be kind, be generous. Everyone is fighting a great, great battle.'
  
  Richard attenbough.
  
  My new favorite quote......

  
  He was a really lovely bloke. ^_^
  
  And you forget just how many classic films he was in - it was a hell of a career.

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• spiney2 Posts: 27,058

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  27/08/14 - 12:07 #58

  Yes rip. long and productive and happy life. personal tragedy and sadness towards the end.
  
  in hollywood he was a "gentleman" (like david niven, terry thomas). a rare achievement when you think how pushy a film maker has to be to get anything done.
  
  i am not a fan of his biopics which are overlong and turgid and non cinematic despite all those oscars .......

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