GG: If you could work with anyone, alive or dead, who would that be?
MJ: If I could work with anybody it would be Charlie Chaplin, who I love so much. Also, Laurence Oliver was a genius, really. Those two guys, I think. And also the king, Brando.
Thanks for posting that article... I hate to go off topic in a thread, but this stood out..
We all pretty much can guess the reasons Michael loved CC and MB..
So let's look at
Laurence OlivierHamlet - Shakespeare, and think of what was said about Light Man in TII..
Othello - Shakespeare again, and in which Olivier played Othello in You are not allowed to view links.
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Here's one that caught my attention...
Sleuth (1972) - You are not allowed to view links.
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Starring Laurence Olivier and Sir Michael Caine, CBE.
It's about reality games, involving disguises, theft of valuable jewelry, and murder... 8-)
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Andrew Wyke is a wealthy, unhappily married country squire and writer of detective novels who delights in
playing elaborate games. Aware that Milo Tindle is having an affair with his wife,
Marguerite, You are not allowed to view links.
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Wyke suggests that Tindle steal some valuable jewellery.
Wyke offers him a disguise in case of unexpected visitors and, dressed up as a clown and under Wyke's supervision, Tindle breaks into Wyke's manor house.
Wyke then reveals that he has lured Tindle into a trap whereupon he can legally shoot him as an intruder. He fires, but they are blanks.
Tindle then sets up a game of his own in revenge.
Warning: Spoiler..
Wyke shoots Tindle. Within a few moments, a police car, with lights flashing, reaches Wyke's front door, and someone begins to knock. Wyke tries to retreat away from the window to avoid being seen, while Tindle, bleeding profusely and barely able to crawl, grabs the switch wired to the entirety of
Wyke's large collection of mechanical toys, which come violently to life and attract the attention of the police. As the screen fades out, Wyke realizes that he is ruined, and the dying Tindle laughs and says mockingly,
"Andrew... be sure and tell them... it was only a bloody game."This was Joseph Mankiewicz's final film. The likeness of actress Joanne Woodward (You are not allowed to view links.
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Marguerite Wyke.
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