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Shaft and French Connection 1971 - Charles Drago - 01-07-2013
A nod to Rod Taylor, who produced and starred in the flawed but compelling western Chuka.
It's one of my favorites of the cowboy-as-existential-hero genre -- Paul Newman's convention-bombing Hombre, directed by the honorable Martin Ritt from the novel by Elmore Leonard, is far and away the best to date.
The "white flag" and "money for hostage swap" scenes are literally unforgettable.
Taylor as Popeye Doyle? I think not.
Shaft and French Connection 1971 - Magda Hassan - 02-07-2013
Charles Drago Wrote:Taylor as Popeye Doyle? I think not.Oooh, no I can't see that either...Taylor is too much a gentleman. Lacks the grit of Hackman. Would have been a completely different beast with him cast as Popeye.
Shaft and French Connection 1971 - Charles Drago - 02-07-2013
Magda Hassan Wrote:Charles Drago Wrote:Taylor as Popeye Doyle? I think not.Oooh, no I can't see that either...Taylor is too much a gentleman. Lacks the grit of Hackman. Would have been a completely different beast with him cast as Popeye.
Exactly. Taylor's chivalry -- or rather, his ability to express a chivalric core within the gruffest of exteriors -- is on full display in the aforementioned Chuka.
So too is the exquisite Luciana Paluzzi -- although she's no Senta Berger.
But I digress.