I'd also say 'WTF? Peter Falk?' and 'Really? Burt?'. Nick Nolte seems the most plausible on the list. As for Pacino, I can't help thinking of John Sessions' portrayal in the British sit-com Stella Street.
@wadcorpGood point about #17. A friend's mother and/or stepfather had #18. I spent a lot of time #20 and many of these others. Some I know nothing about.
An actual ad announcing the pre-production of the movie “Dirty Harry”.
Can you imagine it with Frank Sinatra? Well, before principle filming, he backed out.
Producers then went after Robert Mitchum, but he turned it down because he thought the role was a “piece of junk.” Burt Lancaster was then offered the role, but he turned it down because he didn’t agree with the movie’s violence. Finally Clint Eastwood was offered the script and the rest was movie history.
I remember sending this to a pal of mine who I'd always assumed was left of mainstream left and who was convinced of the greatness of Trump and the criminality of Hillary Clinton.
I tried to dissuade him from voting for Trump and this was among the items I sent him.
He wrote back, "Alec, how could you be so gullible? This was a fake."
Well this “professional analysis” hasn’t aged well.
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I have a big article in today's national Daily Record newspaper about the 78 that I discovered a few days ago!
Best live acts of 1976, as per Melody Maker.
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December 2000
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I'm surprised that a thread with this title hasn't yet had a picture like this posted:
Life, October 28, 1946
NME, 28 Feb, 2018
Predictions of upcoming global warming… from 1912.
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I am so fucked…
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Hmm… think I’ll order the French Fires…
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WTF? Dustin Hoffman?
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Is it a safe bet that everyone here has #17?
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Yearbook photos.
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Heavenly.
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Frequent John Peel quotes, circa 1985.
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UK Albums – Top 30
MELODY MAKER – March 1976
“Sunburst Finsh” tied with “Ommadawn”.
Slim Whitman is number 1? WTF?
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Sound Magazine readers’ poll – 1984
Bassist
Mick Karn at #12?
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Sound Magazine readers’ poll – 1984
The voting for Best Guitarist brings Jimi Hendrix in at #19. WTF?
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An actual ad announcing the pre-production of the movie “Dirty Harry”.
Can you imagine it with Frank Sinatra? Well, before principle filming, he backed out.
Producers then went after Robert Mitchum, but he turned it down because he thought the role was a “piece of junk.” Burt Lancaster was then offered the role, but he turned it down because he didn’t agree with the movie’s violence. Finally Clint Eastwood was offered the script and the rest was movie history.
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This synopsis of “The Hidden” on Amazon Prime leaves so much out regarding what this movie is about.
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The Fort Wayne Sentinel, Indiana, October 30, 1918
Your friendly reminder that “The 1918 Influenza Epidemic” began in February 1918, and ended in April 1920. It lasted over two years.
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November 1918
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actor Michael Shannon
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Dan Rather, from his new book “What Unites Us”.
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The Economist magazine went to a construction site in Ohio…
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The last page of “The Great Influenza” by John Barry.
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from Jimmy Stewart’s daughter
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Pay attention to a line in the article on George Melly.
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Harry Truman, on how expensive it is to live in poverty.
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Carl Sagan, “The Demon-Haunted World”
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