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Pat Hingle will no longer answer the Bat Phone...
Hey folks, Harry here... I'm tired of writing obituaries. It seems that we just continuously write about the passing of another cool figure of our collective pop culture existence passing. This time it is Pat Hingle, a lovable rotund character actor that's been showing up in film ever since he played Jocko in ON THE WATERFRONT, without credit we may note. You may remember him in SPLENDOR IN THE GRASS with Beatty or in THE UGLY AMERICAN with Brando or with Yul Brynner in INVITATION TO A GUNFIGHTER. Perhaps you recollect his stint as the judge in HANG 'EM HIGH or even better, the fucking fantastic work in Roger Corman's BLOODY MAMA! Or - if you're exceptionally cool, you'll remember him as Colonel Tom Parker opposite Kurt Russell's Elvis Presley in John Carpenter's ELVIS. Or perhaps it is RUNNING SCARED or BREWSTER'S MILLIONS or THE GRIFTERS or Raimi's QUICK AND THE DEAD or the remake of SHAFT. Perhaps you remember him from his endless characters on just about every TV show you can think of... But the first thing that probably pops into your noggin is PAT HINGLE was COMMISSIONER GORDON before Gary Oldman stole the role forever.
I love Pat Hingle because everytime I see him in ANY of the films above that I mention I think... "Cool, Commissioner Gordon!" When I think Pat Hingle, I think of his waddling Gordon in the Acme Chemical Plant barking orders at Gotham's Keystone Cops. Pat was 84 years old and had made a significant mark in character actor history. He's just about as likable an actor as you can name. His presence on film and television made me smile and that he's no longer around to give us that feeling of warmth. Our thoughts are with his family and friends as we bid our dear Commissioner farewell.
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Rest In Peace Commish.
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I really enjoyed to watch this guy in everything. R.I.P.
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Thank the Lord it wasn't on Harry's Birthday because that's what it's all about kids.
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I loved him in everything.
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He was a very likeable fella. He had a good long innings at 84 though.
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Wasn't he Col. Potter's buddy in M*A*S*H that rode everyone's ass so hard that they pulled a prank and he faked a heart attack? Yeah, if that's him I liked that guy he was in a lot of good shit. Love those character actors man, M. Emmet Walsh, Strother Martin...
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MAXIMUM OVERDRIVE.
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Yeah, because nobody will ever play Gordon again and it's inconceivable that anyone'll be better because it's Dark Knight and Dark Knight is as holy as the Bible, right? Elvis is the best non-Elvis starring Elvis movie, though.
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Rest in peace.
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He was a fantastic Ben Franklin in the Broadway revival of 1776. Loved him in The Grifters too. He will be missed.
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He was great in the '89 Batman. Shame Schumacher ruined the original series.
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Truly a great loss, and this week has been a horrible way to start the new year.
I'll always remember him for Hang Em' High, it was the first western I ever watched. And then discovering On the Waterfront, and of Course, Batman. So sad, RIP. -
Check him out in"I want to Live" an excellent movie. Hingle was a strong character actor who could do anything well. We don't have talent like that anymore.
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RIP Pat!
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I don't remember that. P.S. yodalovesyou, "Fuck off, Nolan, you will not take the fun out of cinema." What the fuck was that?
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What's his new job then?
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For some weird as hell, my brain crossed SPLENDOR IN THE GRASS with LILIES OF THE FIELD - and I can't for the death of me figure out why? Sometimes the neurons cross like that.
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We got your back.
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He's part of that "Dark Knight was too dark" crowd I guess. But man, may this guy rest in peace, Batman defined my childhood.
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that he was in Sudden Impact.
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This isn't the time or place to start all that anti-Nolan crap. RIP Pat Hingle. :-( Another reminder of how short a time we have.
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The big overweight Gordon who has trouble getting around, who physically couldn't really do it without help from Batman. This, as opposed to the action man Commish portrayed by Gary Oldman. Yeah, give me the old Churchillesqe stodgy figurehead Commissioner Gordon played by Pat Hingle anyday. RIP, dude.
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Seems like we're getting a million obituaries and ZIP photos. C'mon, man, post a photo of Pat Hingle.
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http://tinyurl.com/5ucfcl
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..irregardless of what a great actor Pat was, Gary Oldman IS Jim Gordon as he is meant to be. 'Nuff Said...wait....wrong company.
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Ceasar Romero, Heath Ledger, Eartha Kitt, now Pat Hingle. Still he had a good run, we should all be so lucky to go at 84.
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Remember that quote from the old movie. Much more quotable movie than new rehashed one.
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Ceasar Romero, Heath Ledger, Eartha Kitt and Pat Hingle. Mmmmm.
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Jan 05, 2009 6:42:38 AM CST
Pat Hingle will no longer answer the Bat Phone...
by unionjackass.webs.com
... I think that was pretty obvious after BATMAN & ROBIN.
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No. Gary Oldman stole the role forever not because it's the Dark Knight and is beyond all criticism, but because he's GARY FUCKING OLDMAN and he's above all criticism! For the record, he stoloe it years ago in Batman Begins.
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I'll always remember his Gordon.
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... when me, Vincent Schiavelli and Peter Boyle were watching BATMAN on VHS at my house way back in 1990. I remember them saying how jealous they were about Pat getting that great role. Those were the days.
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Jan 05, 2009 6:56:25 AM CST
Forget the bat phone, look at all his work with
by grammaton cleric binks
Eastwood; the already mentioned Hange 'Em High, The Gauntlet, Sudden Impact. There's the hat trick right there. He was great as the sleazy truck stop owner in Maximum Overdrive. This is a character actor who was just superb in every role, and was just of the cusp of being a star. Like most character actor who always have work though, I'm sure he enjoyed being where he was. RIP Pat. Okay Lordofhell, let's hear it.
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Jan 05, 2009 6:58:31 AM CST
malificus, props for pointing out one of the best
by grammaton cleric binks
M*A*S*H episodes of all time. Demerits for mangling the English languarge. Irregardless is not a word. Regardless is. Now you know, and knowing is half the battle.
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I know a few people who had met Pat and they only had good things to say about him. He was very approachable whether he was shopping or at the beach. RIP Pat.
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I know there was a bat signal, but I can't recall a bat phone.
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With all respects, R.I.P - But the goofy Batman from Adam West days and the version played by Hingle in those costume spoofs by Tim Burton never did the character any justice the way he was in the comics. Nolan and Oldman hit the nail on the head with the recent film versions, finally! For all those who simply never read the comics and haven't got a clue, their illusion of Commissioner Gordon and the Keystone cops version of Gotham's Finest dies today! When you consider the excellent Daniel Craig Bond and Bales Batman, we finally reached an era when cinema is getting the characters from these genres presented like their original literal presentations and all everyone seems to want is to go back to when they were getting it wrong simply for nostalgia's sake. Die-hards really do DIE HARD, but thank god they die in the end!
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I remember him also from his work with Clint Eastwood in The Gauntlet and Sudden Impact. Wonderful character actor and by all accounts a great guy. He'll be very sorely missed
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class even if he's a day late and a dollar short.
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Actually he would never have answered the Bat phone. He would have used it to call Batman.
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Yep, I hear the name Pat Hingle and I think of the scene at Axis Chemical too. Sad to see him go.
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Hingle did an excellent job with the Gordon that was written. And the BB/TDK version of Gordon only came into popular continuity with Batman: Year One.
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Let's face it, 2008 was a bleak year (especially so for Republicans, but that's another discussion). It was the year we lost Heath Ledger, Tim Russert, George Carlin, Eartha Kitt, Bernie Mac, Bettie Page...and I'm sure I'm forgetting a few.
I especially have to include my mom's brother, my grandmother (six days later), and my mother (less than a month later). That was the bleakest month or so of my life.
At least Pat Hingle led a good, long life. Hell, after an acting resumé like his, his would've been a rich life if he died almost 20 years ago. Which would be around when the first Batman was made. Not that I'm implying anything... -
I believe Roy Scheider was last year too.
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That's the first thing I thought of on hearing his name. He was a great Comissoner Gordon and did a splendid cameo in MASH. RIP.
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He was also great on a Season 7 episode of "Homicide: Life on the Street" as a deranged man poisoning communion wine around the city. Probably the last thing I remember seeing him in was "Talladega Nights." But, man, if ya ever saw him on stage, THAT was an actor!
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And that bag of oranges! You'll never shit right again. Whoah! He was one impressive bad guy, and he saw right through Lilly. Great scene from 'The Grifters'.
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And what a rich and diverse movie career he lived. His presence in a movie was as comforting as an old pair of slippers. You knew whatever role he would play, it would be effortless like the consumate pro.
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is that we'll be reading the same news soon about Charles Durning...
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Jan 05, 2009 8:32:58 AM CST
He was also the guy who kicked Bruce Campbell's ass in "The Quic
by innominatus
Bruce talks all about it in "If Chins Could Kill" -- how Hingle was giving Sam Raimi grief because his character doesn't seek any sort of revenge for the rape of his daughter; so Raimi has Campbell (who was visiting the set) dressed up as a Shemp so Hingle could beat up on him in an impromptu scene...
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I was watching the TZ marathon on Sci-Fi this New Years and there was always one episode (the one where a 40-something toy designer keeps finding himself back in the alley where he got his ass handed to him by his friends on his birthday as a ten year old boy) that I could never pinpoint who the actor was! The voice and mannerisms seemed SO familiar! After a search on Wikipedia, I found that it was, indeed, Pat Hingle! And now, a few days later, he's dead. Weird.
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Paul Newman and Issac Hayes. Christ, when I think about it, 2008 was just a horrid year for deaths. May they all, and Mr. Hingle, rest in peace.
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A very sad clip. The Oscars this year will need a good 5 minute sloth for the IN MEMORIAN thing. And I'll cry like a bitch, I know.
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"two guards are dead, he's holding the third hostage.." we used to quote that from Batman Forever constantly! RIP.
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"two guards are dead, he's holding the third hostage.." we used to quote that from Batman Forever constantly! RIP.
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"two guards are dead, he's holding the third hostage.." we used to quote that from Batman Forever constantly! RIP.
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"two guards are dead, he's holding the third hostage.." we used to quote that from Batman Forever constantly! RIP.
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"two guards are dead, he's holding the third hostage.." we used to quote that from Batman Forever constantly! RIP.
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"two guards are dead, he's holding the third hostage.." we used to quote that from Batman Forever constantly! RIP.
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"two guards are dead, he's holding the third hostage.." we used to quote that from Batman Forever constantly! RIP.
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Wow, something went wrong there!
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Jan 05, 2009 8:52:57 AM CST
I always felt like he was cheated of really being Gordon...
by thecomedian
Burton didn't really know what to do with him and Schumaker just completely fucked Gordon up. This guy seemed like he had the chops as an actor to do the rooftop Gordon meets Batman scenes but instead they opted for this waddling dumbass bullshit. I'd say the TV Gordon from the 60s show probably got a fairer shake than Pat Hingle. Oh well.
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Just watched the "I Am Iron Man" doc on BluRay, and felt such loss seeing Stan Winston, looking a little frailer than I recall. There's one shot with him standing in the back visiting a casting, probably on a day off, and mentioning "I'm sick, gotta go..", and my heart sunk.Roy Scheider, Charleton Heston, Sydney Pollack, to name just a few. God, 2008 lost a LOT of legends.
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True. But I say that of Keaton, Kilmer and Clooney too. Each of them is a really good actor, but they never got the writing that Bale got. Clooney in particular had the charm and, as From Dusk Til Dawn showed, the anger to pull the character off.
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but yeah, we'll miss ya Patty H
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...a good Batman. Dusk till Dawn, Out of Sight, Three Kings and to a lesser extent, Ocean's 11 showed that he can play a bad ass. He just got shitty directing from Shumacker and some Godawful lines to read. He got shafted herder than Schumacker at the wrap party. He blames himself for B&R sucking in interviews but he probably knows the truth.Val Kilmer was okay I guess but that goofy ass smile in that one scene ruined it. Again, Schumacker.Keaton is still the best Bruce Wayne, even if he didn't have the physique for Batman. But that was the character Burton created, someone who had the will and the money but was out of his league physically. I'm guessing Burton was beaten up a lot as a child.
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See, I think Bale's a much better Bruce Wayne than Batman. I don't know if I'd rank him better than Keaton (haven't properly watched the Burton flicks in years), but for me as soon as Bale puts on the Bat-suit it falls apart slightly. I blame it on the voice.
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Yeah, he did a great cameo in Mash as Colonel Tucker, a friend of Colonel Potters who helps put one over on Pearce and BJ. Great episode... He was also a good tough guy in Hang Em High. He will be missed.
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Sorry to hear about his passing.RIP
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what, bad taste?
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search your feelings...
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R.I.P.
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Brewster's Millions, I knew exactly who it was. Damn it. Why I remembered that one first out of the many wonderful performances, I will never know.
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Great western and once again a great performance by Pat Hingle...who I THINK is my cousin BTW.
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There is one scene (I think in Returns) that shows him sitting in a completely dark large room in Wayne Manor at night, with the moonlight (batsignal light?) shining in. The isolation contained in that scene spoke volumes.
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And he was a class act.
He lived in Carolina Beach, NC. Despite his bad health conditions, he stayed involved with the University of NC at Wilmington's Film and Theatre departments. My girlfriend is a theatre graduate and I'm a film major, so we had the pleasure of meeting Hingle twice. Most notably was a session in which we watched his film Splendor In The Grass, and he gave a question and answer session afterward. He was nice enough to talk to me afterward about why the Batman films went downhill, besides the obvious reason, including WB breathing down Burton's neck on Batman Returns. He was a great asset to our local performing scene, and will be greatly missed. RIP Mr. Hingle.
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There's nothing mentally unstable about him. He's pragmatic, focused, almost professional. Aside from the few scenes of his younger days, he's not necessarily driven by revenge and he's no longer fucked up by the death of his parents. Keaton's Wayne was clearly unstable. That's what made his performance better. Again, it's the direction. I think it's pretty clear that Bale can play "psycho". He just wasn't allowed to.
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... he hasn't answered the Bat Phone in quite a while! Geed geed good JOOOOO!!!!!!!!!! (Dice Gottfried)
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Was Hingle's, in Maximum Overdrive. This kid is asking where his dad is, and Hingle replies: "Aw dun' got scrubbed by one of them big boys out there!" which is possibly the most insensitive response one could imagine. Bless him and RIP.
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That Axis Chemical Factory scene is by far my favourite moment in the 1989 movie.
I love the way he marches in with all the cops as the door opens.
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well, there's also the fact it's George "Smug Mug" Clooney playing Batman. Why not get Tom Cruise or John Travolta or another star who keeps playing themselves in their roles while you're at it?
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A great loss indeed. Harry, it is only going to get worse the older we get. Sad fact of life.
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Loved that movie as a kid and it's been on Encore a lot lately. Really a fun movie that makes you think - how would you pull off what Brewster is trying do, spending all that money with no assets to show for it. In today's economy, that could be pretty easy - you could be real estate, take an instant loss and sell it REAL cheap.
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Perhaps because we're talking about Clooney back then, before he got really famous. And regardless, Syriana proved he has serious acting chops.
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Aye - great film, and excellently cast.
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A pretty tragic role, actually.
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he was the gordon I grew up with and Ill forever rember his face when thwe part is mentioned....although in all fairness Oldmans Gordon comes off better not cos hes the better actor, but because the scripts actually give his Gordon more of a part, and a bit of character depth.But is disrespectful to mention stuff like that in the mans obit, so Ill keep it to a simple rest in peace....
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Pat Hingle, the true Commissioner Gordon. Oldman only just got his "promotion" (which he can thank Joker for, "Thank you for the career boost, Mr. Joker") halfway through the last film...
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why people keep saying TDK isnt all that quotable-there are plenty of killer quotes in the damn thing! "then you shouldnt have let the clown out of the box" "MY DOGS ARE HUUUNGGRRRY" "From one professional to another, at this height the fall wouldnt kill me"("Im counting on it"), "you thought we could be decent men, in an indecent time!" "we got you, ya son of a bitch"(followed by the audience cheering both times I went to see it at the cinema to boot)"lets not uuh, BLOW this out of proportion" and my personal fav: "depending on the time he could be in one spot or several". and thats just the tip of the iceberg!
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I liked Hingle's commissioner...and while Gary Oldman owns it, to me Gotham's top cop will always be Neil Hamilton!
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One can appreciate both Hingle's and Oldman's performances. I liked Hingle's performance because he was far less goofy than the Gordon as portrayed in the TV series - a decent cop rendered ineffective by age and by the corrupt organization over which he presided. Oldman's character is far younger and was still working his way up the food chain at the beginning of the first movie; given another 10-15 years, Gordon as portrayed by Oldman might not be that much different.
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Jan 05, 2009 12:17:48 PM CST
RockLobster800 You forgot the most horrifying line of all...
by thecomedian
"If you're this rattled maybe we should take the rest of the afternoon off." ECHHH, When Maggie Gylenhaal says that to Harvey I get this grossed out chill down my spine and my skin starts to crawl. She's so nasty.
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The whole concept of the Batsuit was of coat of armor (remember the armor room in Wayne Manor?). Keaton's Wayne was a recluse millionaire whose secret identity is only known to Alfred. He had no extensive fighting training. He was reliant on devices and inventions. Yes, it is more realistic to have a heavily funded military hardware complex make the suits/vehicles/devices for you, with a man on the inside. But Bale's Wayne is the somewhat outgoing (tho no less mysterious) playboy, while Keaton brooded in his mansion.
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HINGLE BEST ROLE EVER
Harry Callahan: [picks up print and then heads towards chief's office, where the chief cordially awaits for him]
Chief Lester Jannings: Come in.
Harry Callahan: [enters]
Chief Lester Jannings: Lock the door.
Harry Callahan: [just closes the door]
Chief Lester Jannings: Sit down.
Harry Callahan: [does]
[a few seconds later, the phone on the chief's desk buzzes and one of the buttons lights up]
Chief Lester Jannings: [picks the phone up, presses the button that lit up, and gives the reciever to Harry] It's for you.
Harry's Boss: [on phone]
Harry's Boss: [on phone] Harry, what in Sam Hill is going on over there? You've really caused a lot of anger to the chief.
Harry Callahan: [stunned looks back at chief]
Chief Lester Jannings: [shows no sympathy]
Harry's Boss: [now soothing] Now, look. Go easy on him. He's an old man. Now do you understand?
Harry Callahan: No. I don't understand. Any of it.
Chief Lester Jannings: [watches Harry go with a flustered look]
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was a remake of a Paul Muni film, THE LAST ANGRY MAN, about a Brooklyn doctor; hard to find on VHS, but pretty good.
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Anything The Joker says. And: WHERE IS HEEEEEEEEEEEEE?
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Burton's Batman is on Blu Ray? It is according to the very first poster, but I can find no evidence of it otherwise. Can someone confirm or deny?
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RIP Pat Hingle. I really did enjoy the Burton Batman films but in a different way which I will explain further below.
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First off I think the whole atmosphere of Gotham City is better. It is almost a character in itself. The buildings and architecture are Gothic in nature, something that is missing in the Nolan films. The City looks exactly like Chicago because is was filmed in Chicago and it doesn't have that same atmosphere as Burton's Gotham. Secondly, Keaton's performance was dead on as Batman. I didn't get the same feeling with Bale, even though I enjoy his take but Keaton's Wayne as someone else posted above was unstable, like he went over the edge after his parents death. Bale's Wayne doesn't seem to have that same pain inside of him and he doesn't seem to brood as much, like someone who went through a serious trauma like that would. Also I like the old Batsuit better as well. The new one is too techie with too much going on. It doesn't lookk really cool to me plus the mask and head look weird. The old batsuit was awesome even though Keaton couldn't move his head much but it had a more streamlined effect about it, plus he could still move. I guess they were going for a more realiztic take but I think the old batsuit wins out.
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Nearly the whole of Batman 1989 was one quotable one-liner after another. Sam Hamm must have written the screenplay with films like "Casablanca" or Carol Reed's "The Third Man" in mind.
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Pissed Off And Bitter is right.
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That one just came to me. RIP Commissioner Hingle
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Remember, after the movie, the comics had a villain blowing up buildings in Gotham so that, eventually, the city looked like it did in the movie? Those crazy comics.
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I'm gonna rewatch Burton's Batmans. I want to see Hingle's performances under a closer gaze.
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Pat Hingle did a TV pilot in 1965 called "Who goes there?". It was to have been a "Supernatural sitcom", a'la THE GHOST AND MRS. MUIR. Believe it or not,the role he played was the ghost of General George Armstrong Custer, who just happened to be haunting an old mansion being renovated by a newlywed couple. Likeable, versatile character actors like Mr. Hingle are a dying breed. God bless you, sir.
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BTW, Hingle is in a great episode of Alfred Hitchcock Presents where he plays a lawyer who wins a very important case and finds out later he sent the wrong man to jail. Or did he?
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Amazing. He must be 1,000 years old.
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Greatly under used, and in the case of Batman and Robin, made to look like a total goof.
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In Batman Forever where Batman flying in the newly designed Batplane soars through the Riddler infused Bat Signal, sees a cheering Commissionor Gordon, and gives him a thumbs up from thousands of feet in the air.
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That is the movie he will be remembered for by movie buffs. His performance was transcendent.
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Francis Bacon. (His popes are even better.)
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series. Everything else changed, they were constants that held it together.
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I remember him most as the newspaper man who promised to help prove Dr. Kimble's innocence. Despite being the same old premise like every other episode, I believed in his character because I believed in him. Heaven's cast of guest stars just got a hell of a lot better. Rest In Peace, Pat.
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Hang em' High was the shit
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Jan 05, 2009 4:24:34 PM CST
Funny...I dont really remember Batman ever calling Pat Hingle
by somashine
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My tardiness is due to a busy work schedule, for which I'm not just a dollar short, but several thousand. And I'll miss Pat Hingle all the more for it.
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WHV is planning to release the DVD on blu-ray around march to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the film's release.As for why and how I have seen the BD version in 1080P glory; 'Yarrghh"! let's just say, if i tell ya i have ta kill ya "me hardes". (Riddle me that Batman.) ;)
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Just the day before I found out he was dead I watched Sudden Impact, the fourth Dirty Harry where he was a police chief trying to protect his brain-damaged son from a vigilante. I was thinking then how old he must have been today. RIP Gordon
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Are you SURE? I've been using irregardless for YEARS. Oh well, mangling is my bizness, jeebus you should read my comic, you'd pull all your hair out.
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A balding flabby faced comedian was not too convincing as Bruce Wayne and his face was a bit too flabby during the scene in which he tries to hoist napier up from the pool of chemicals.But had a better batvoice than Bale's contipated growls and grunts.
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where Batman had rock hard nipples and an obvious giant package and kept a twink.
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Jan 05, 2009 6:56:22 PM CST
"You'll be as memorable as that guy who played the commisioner i
by anna valerious
"...What was his NAME?!"
God, I wish "Nick Freno: Substitute Teacher" was on DVD.
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"You'll be as memorable as that guy who played the commissioner in the 'Batman' movies...what was his NAME?!"
Let's not forget "Muppets from Space", which the US can catch here-
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Not Acme. Otherwise, a great obituary.
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Sam Raimi would have made Liam Neeson his Batman. Neeson would have been the perfect Batman. He would have been physically convincing. He's tall and athletic. Like a Neal Adams Batman come to life.
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Not only did we get seriously quizzed on grammar in college, but we had our own writer's handbook called the AP Stylebook. I left the business years ago. Journalism used to be about truth, and reporting facts, but now those days are long gone, and the days of Network are here.
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You asked about the painting in the museum scene. I told you its title, who painted it and recommended a series of painting he did that I prefer.
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...when I think of Hingle.
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At one point I was looking into Bacon's paintings. Excellent stuff. Upon a later viewing of Batman I recognized it.
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Happy Holidays!!!
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Jan 05, 2009 9:59:12 PM CST
I think his biggest action scene in all the Bat movies was in B&
by tallboy66
I think he pulled a switch or something, he just kind of stood around in the Burton flicks. Great voice, anyway.
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We reallllly need to fix the subject header box
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Takes the lead for ironic comment of the New Year. "Wall-e was the best film of 2008" is a close second.
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Funny, Bacon's paintings were also an influence on the new Joker...
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he seemed like a real cop dealing with corruption within his own department, with only a few officers he could really trust (example: the party scene at Wayne Manor where a cop tells him about Napier cleaning out Axis Chemicals, and the subsequent scene at Axis), but they turned him into a Keystone Kop-type character in all the sequels. Agree that he didn't get a fair shake. Loved him in Hang 'Em High, too.
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I took a journalism class in college, I loved the section about critical thinking.What ever happened to that in this country anyway? Sorry to hear your journistic career went the way of my art design one. A few years ago I was designing software packages that were on Best Buy store shelves, now I'm a maintenance tech at a medical molding plant. Death, where is thy sting?
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That's probably not a word either.
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Great character actor. R.I.P "Bubba"
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Then after being a reporter I tried another career field. I was there for 8 years,then fired for doing my job while the suck ups who passed the buck, and braided the bosses hair while I did their work stayed. I was under the illusion that hard work and integrity pay off.
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He'll always be my favourite Commissioner Gordon, but his TV work was remarkable. The Twilight Zone episode mentioned earlier ("The Incredible World of Horace Ford") featured a great, emotional performance about a yearning for childhood. He did a couple of Fugitives: in "Search In A Windy City" he was a journalist on the trail of the One-Armed Man, but pressed to turn in a story he is forced to betray Kimble; in "Nicest Fella You'd Ever Want To Meet" he was a sadistic sheriff (he kills a young Tom Skeritt in that one). He could do really good guys and really bad guys, and you ALWAYS believed in him. Nothing was beyond him, and I'm sorry to see he's gone. RIP.
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...but I honest to God thought I had read he was already dead ages ago. It is a shame that they didn't give him more to do in Batman, but as all have pointed out, he did have an impressive career.
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According to the Random House Webster's dictionary while it is a non-standard adverb, ...and "regardless" is preferred...it is a word and can be utilized.
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But that was because of the material he was given to work with. I loved what he did with the role in the first Batman - it was the closest to the comics, and I was hoping the relationship between him and Batman would develop in later films. With better writing and direction, I have no doubt that Hingle could have done with the role what Gary Oldman has done. But as the sequels got campier, Hingle's Gordon got pushed to the margins and turned into a stooge. It's a shame. But Hingle had a great career overall. RIP.
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Leaves no bruises when you beat someone with it!
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...for his unforgettable turn in an episode of Amazing Stories, called Santa '85. I still get choked up when the cynical old sherrif finally gets his toy laser gun. So long Pat. We hardly new ye...
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