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Dracula has been knighted. It is now Sir Christopher Lee!
Ahoy, squirts! Quint here. Has the Queen of England lost her mind? Does she not watch movies? She just knighted a vampiric cultist Bond villain Sith Master evil wizard!
Okay, maybe she knows exactly what she's doing. That's fucking awesome. And about damn time.
I just wanted to take a moment to congratulate Sir Christopher Lee on his knighthood and give you folks an opportunity to talk about how awesome Christopher Lee is. What's better, his turn in Man With The Golden Gun or The Return of Captain Invincible? My vote goes with Captain Invincible... any super-villain who uses booze to try to tempt his adversary is a winner in my book. Count Dracula or Lord Summerisle? Saruman or King Haggard? The closeted gay biker in SERIAL or the goofy German captain in 1941? Fu Manchu or Rochefort?
Go!
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I'm just saying
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Congrats!
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And Horror of Dracula was the best. It's arguably the best Dracula ever filmed.
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but there's also the awesome mad scientist of Gremlins 2!
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Though I find him quite a charming fellow. Congrats on your knighthood Count Dooku
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I thought I covered Saruman in the long list of reasons why the Queen shouldn't have knighted him. heh. But I went ahead and put in Saruman into the discussion block, pairing him with a very creepy vocal performance by Sir Christopher.
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is my favorite role I've seen him in.
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Horrible, horrible movie but his one scene where he acts against Donald Pleasance is a shining beacon in an otherwise dreadful movie. Him making it worthwhile to watch is reason alone to be dubbed.
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Release the Drive Bee!
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..definitely his best work.
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Christopher Lee in a blonde wing and a dress should've come across as silly.......... It was fucking terrifying!!!!!
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That is all.
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Jun 13, 2009 1:09:58 AM CDT
*BONK* Duke of Earl *BONK* King of Spades *BONK* Count of Dracul
by missing dink
Remember the Bugs Bunny cartoon?
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...this is the award Peter Cushing should have picked up. He was just as recognised, was happy to help out on student projects of for the cost of his train fare and being one of the nicest people that century. But how about that for Hammer? First the Queens' Award for Industry now Lee gets the Knighthood....
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There's still time I suppose.
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And Lee is in more movies I like than any other actor. So he deserves this. Grats.
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The Last Unicorn is so underrated, and Lee's vocal work is magical and haunting (just like the movie). Congratulations to Mr. Lee.
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Anyone that can make a character named Dooku somewhat coo' is awright in my spacebook.
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but think they've knighted Phil Collins. Woot woot!
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Absolutely terrifying! Christopher Lee is the mofuckin' COOLEST!
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Jun 13, 2009 1:51:53 AM CDT
I have little regard for the whole monarchy thing...
by broosethescharuk
...but any opportunity to express my love and respect for Mr. Lee is welcome. You're in a class by yourself, Chris! Especially in this day and age, with most of your contemporaries dead and gone.
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I always dug him, but what was really great is finding out he reads Lord of the Rings every year.
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Jun 13, 2009 1:56:16 AM CDT
Christopher Lee created the single most scary character in the h
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...Lord Summerisle.
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Amazing. Just Amazing.
They guy Fought Yoda when he was eighty, and kicked ass. Likely the best thing about that film.
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with him reading, I honestly feel like I know the man. My favourite performance is the song he did on the Wicker Man OST, however. I believe it's a genuine medieval little ditty about a man whose wife slept around so much that he could no longer pleasure her in the sack... Christopher Lee's operatic delivery only makes it more odd.
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I'm just sayin... he has had a good run.
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I read about this earlier. I love it when people get knighted. Wish I could. :)
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Having once worked at the company that produced the LOTR DVDs, I had a unique and rare opportunity to view an extensive interview conducted by Robert Meyer Burnett, to be used in the bonus material for all LOTR DVDs. While only a fraction was used for the final product, there remains hours of footage where Sir Christopher talks about his entire life, his old friends that he misses dearly, acting, the war, et al. It was all together facinating and I hope that one fay it will be released for the public. He is a remarkable individual, and the honor is much deserved. Congratulations once again! God Save The Queen
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u forgot - loin of beef *bonk*
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I assumed he'd already been knighted- long overdue!
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Any Man With A Golden Gun has it coming to them. Nicolas Cage is gonna get Knighted, just you see.
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All worship the King of the Undead.
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When I saw a succint headline with the name Christopher Lee in it, my initial reaction was that he must have died and I got very sad.
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he should have get an Oscar for those
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...didn't receive a Knighthood. He was a far better actor and (by most accounts) a kinder and warmer human being than Lee. Sadly, Mr C had to make do with an OBE - a pity really, as Sir Peter Cushing has a nice ring to it...
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...at Brussels International Film Festival. The first time I ever saw TWO standing ovations at that festival: when he arrived and when he left. He gave a very long speech about his favourite movies and the roles that motivated him. all of this in French! Few people know it, but he's a perfectly fluent french speaker (well, with a classy british accent). Truly a great man. More than that, actually: an Icon!
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Jun 13, 2009 2:41:57 AM CDT
Whoops, make that the Brussels International FANTASTIC Film Fest
by bradmajors
Whoops, make that the Brussels International FANTASTIC Film Festival. I doubt Sir Christopher Lee would have a standing ovation (let alone two) in a "normal" film festival in Brussels. Not that he doesn't deserve it. Just that people around here don't know shit about films.
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Jun 13, 2009 2:42:31 AM CDT
Man with the golden gun is the most threatening Bond villain
by the grug
Lee's Man with the golden gun is one of the only Bond Villains I ever felt had a serious chance to beat Bond, a large part of what made that film so awesome.
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who's one of my favourite people ever, but anyone else kind of getting the impression that the Queen- or her advisers- are knighting as many people as possible before she dies and the value of the monarchy falls below water level? After giving two BNP members seats, this country is hanging together on a thread of nostalgia.
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the scariest moment in my 40+ year movie going career was watching "Dracula Has Risen From His Grave" with my brother and sister. I was so deeply scared I jumped up and ran out of the theater. Chris Drac was MEAN!
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Finally this site actually posts something cool. bout fucking time.
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Seriously, this is long overdue. How did it possibly take this long to knight one of the UK's finest actors?
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in the creeping flesh. Actually not creeping. Abut 10 yrs ago, I was walking from Covent Garden and I couldn't understand why people were stopping and staring.Now this tends not to happen much in London, if someone famous rolls by then people remark about them and move on. But not this time.I realised they were staring at this very, VERY, tall gent, dressed immaculatley in a cream cotton suit. It was The Lee. And man at about 77 yrs old, he was ramrod straight, moving at a helluva clip, but not loping or running, just gliding, no extranious movement at all. The two people with him were having real probs keeping up. I just stood there gaping. Never been starstruck before but sure was then.
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The "Dracula" poster - looks great! Congratulations Sir Christopher - that's some week your having.
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Is that Sir Christopher also sereved in the 2nd world war with the Long Ranger Desert group (The forrunner of the SAS) and then in SOE.So next time you see Brad Pitt and Tarantino or Spielberg and Hanks running around doing a WW2 film remember this Guy was THE REAL DEAL.
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He should have been knighted a long time ago.
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So I have no idea how they're going to get him into the flick cause he doesn't want to fly for health reasons. And Del Toro was talking about Gandalf and the White Council being a part of the movie, so you'd assume Sauramon would be in it. Somebody figure out this schedule, or transport, or just shoot all his stuff against a green screen in his living room in Europe. Sauramon must live once more!!!
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Sir Christopher Lee. I like the sound of that. *cough* Dracula *cough* Wants *cough* The Amulet *cough* Thrill Me...
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Have you guys heard about Robin Hardy shooting a sorta-kinda sequel to "The Wicker Man" called "Cowboys for Christ"? Apparently he's about to begin shooting and Lee is in the cast again. Who knows more?
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opposite Hillary Swank and Jeffrey Dean Morgan. www.hammerfil ms.com/productions/film/the-resident
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A true legend and a real English gent.
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Just imagine her sitting at an old-school bodoni blue iMac typing FUCK YOU MICHAEL BAY into the talkback form
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Jun 13, 2009 7:22:59 AM CDT
If the Queen of England reads AICN, then I have a question...
by gus van rant
Ever hear of a "Chilli Dog"? Want one?
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What is that character not listed in the story?
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About damn time.
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a small, but pivotal role. Lee is like Clint, he just ages like a fine wine.
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He's the guy who has to take a handsome, hedonist, sadistic Hyde on a party tour of Victorian London. Great Hammer film.
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nuff sed
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A better actor, more regal than Lugosi. Sorry.
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My favorite Lee role remains the first I ever saw:
Duc di Richleau. Loved Chris as the good guy,
his turn as Rasputin is my second favorite.
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I don't have a lot of time for the honours system, but if anyone in the acting profession deserves a knighthood it's Christopher Lee. I was lucky enough to spend an afternoon in his company a few years ago, him, myself and another guy. He was a consummate professional, polite, generous and patient and has a voice that could shake the walls of hell.
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Like a few others here I thought he'd been knighted years ago. I'm surprised it's taken this long.I happened to catch Gremlins 2 again last week and I'd forgotten how funny Lee was in that."Rabies? I've got rabies"
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In his 80s, he's still in Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, and singing in european heavy metal bands! Will any of us mortals, or any other so called "Hollyood Star" be doing that in their 80s??
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Christopher Lee as Dracula kicking all off those fake vampires from the Twilight Movie's asses. I watch it.
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kick those metrosexual vampire asses from here til next Tuesday.
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Arise, Sir Loin of Beef.....His majesty is too kind. Damn, they don't make 'em like that anymore.
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You deserve this alcolade, a long time coming. Please now can you rip Prince Charles neck and bite Prince William or Harry and make either of them immortal, cause after those two, I have the feeling no other will be deserving
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It's this kind of appearance that made a really good movie nearly great.
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wakka wakka wakka!
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They've been talking about remaking it for ages with many of the voice actors returning to do it live action.
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According to IMDB: Christopher Lee (who supplied the voice of King Haggard) showed up for the recording sessions armed with his own copy of the book, with several places marked to indicate things that must not, in his opinion, be omitted.
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of the Star Wars prequels, but Dooku still sounds like a name a baby would make up
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Like his ego wasn't big enough as it was! But really, congrats to the great Christoper Lee: a terrific Saruman, giver of the only decent performance in the SW prequels, Dracula, Sherlock Holmes, Fu Manchu, World War II operative, and whatever else he's done...Keep on scaring the shit out of everyone, Sir Christopher!
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Is my favourite Lee performance. That said, where do you start with the man? Bond villain, the definitive screen Dracula, Saruman, Rochefort, Lord Summerisle in the greatest horror film ever - THE WICKER MAN - , Sir Henry Baskerville, Dr Catheter in GREMLINS 2: THE NEW BATCH (I love that film), Rochefort in the great Richard Lester MUSKETEER films, Mycroft Holmes in Billy Wilder's fantastic THE PRIVATE LIFE OF SHERLOCK HOLMES, Fu Man Chu in the 60s cycle of movies, and so on. He's a screen legend, an icon, and a cultural touchstone - partly because of the way he associates himself with iconic characters and stories, partly because he's magnetic on screen. Though a Brit, I don't agree with the handing out of these honours. However, Lee deserves every accolade. He's the man.
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in the otherwise Godawful early-90's mini-series "Sherlock Holmes: The Golden Years"...
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The baby's called George. George has several chins, an odd beard and a checked shirt.
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How can you amnesiacs stomach this "Royal Family" crap? "Sir", "Lord"... *retch*.
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in the White Council storyline in the up-coming Hobbit duology since Saruman is sort-of...the HEAD of the White Council! And palimpsest, I'm pretty sure one of George's fat, creepy-looking kids came up with "Count Dooku"...I guess it's better than "Duke Countu".
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Related story, if a little old http://tinyurl.com/kmvgxp
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YOU = AWESOME
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Just a small bit role, but I think brought Sir Christopher Lee back from obscurity... congrats to continued success.
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When you think of some of the assholes that get Knighthoods over here, it's about time someone who's actually done something got rewarded. Apart from his services in WW2, going to Finland to fight (though he saw no action) during the Winter War, the guy learnt Greek just so he could better understand The Ilyad.
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Lee is in so many of my fave flicks so kudos for the recognition! But I also agree withsomeone who stated Cushing shoulf get this honour, too. That man is a class act all the way!
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mows his lawn way too early in the morning and "borrows" sugar and never brings it back...
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My typing sucks.
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...MAN-FLESH!"
I'm on a Hammer binge right now so this is extra pleasing to hear. The stuff he and The Cush did was just awesome. Pure class all the way. -
you've certainly earned it
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Didn't to post in this thread without acknowledging that Darth Christopher Lee does of course rule
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Kudos too to Lucas, Jackson, and Burton for putting him in the spotlight in the last ten years and keeping him from fading into obscurity.
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Or should I say, congratulations "Sir Darth Christopher Count Lee the White". Now that's a title worthy of such a truly great man.
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Christopher Lee was not in Edward Scissorhands. That would be Vincent Price.
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surprised that no one has mentioned this movie...lee, cushing, salavas, rasputin (maybe), and a prehistoric zombie monkey paw! FTW!
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Holy shit, that sounds awesome! Does the zombie monkey go up to Telly Salavas and go "My name is Bobo, and I'm going to POO on you!"?!?!?! Gonna go check it out now...
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seriously. One of the best ever.
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Couldn't find a viable torrent, but stumbled upon this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=daTUaAwpjMY Yay! Thanks for the name-drop, man.
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http://www.archive.org/details/Horror_Express
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you can find it on hulu (all bow down to our alien overlords!!!!!)
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Can't believe it took the queen so long to do this, but I'm glad she did. Sir Christopher is a legend! Congrats to him! Looking forward to his new projects!
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Congratulations.
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One of the bigger fuck-ups of the prequels. Such an potentially interesting character wasted on a dildo-shaped lightsaber, though I guess Sir Christopher is used to appearing in campy crap.
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.. the whole Knighthood / honours system is an absolute load of PR bollocks. Seriously, be in the news for longer than a month in the public eye, be flavour of the month, or be over the age of 70 and/or about to cark it..... you're in. I'm fucking surprised Amy Winehouse isn't on a shortlist yet... So, that's why it's good to see Christopher Lee getting it. Always makes a flick better for his presence, seems to do what he wants, and recognisable to - what? - two or three generations now? Well done, Sir! (And it IS a shame Cushing never got one. I remember seeing him on an interview just before he passed, and he seemed the most lovely, humble, likeable, grandad-you-never-had.
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.. couldn't agree more. In the infinite litany of fuck-ups that plagued the prequels, Dooku was scuppered by (a) under-use and (b) that stupid name. And yes apologists, I know keeping on Maul, or Dooku, as uber-evil bad guys would have detracted from Vader as the scourge of the galaxy... but fucking hell... (Sorry all, just been out for copious beers with a friend, and we had a converstation inspired by Terminator Salvation, about how prequels can be such a fucking mess.)
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"an Eye for an Eye",.. Nut??
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and always has been. I grew up watching his old Hammer films with Peter Cushing, and he's always been one of my favorite actors of all time. It's too bad Cushing never really got the praise and respect he deserved like Lee did, but he left us years ago. That doesn't mean we should forget him. Hail Cushing! Hail Lee!
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Enough said.
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Because he doesnt forgive those who edit his screen time. He had a major falling out with Micheal Deeley over The wicker Man. it had something to do with lord summerisle expounding at great length about an apple crop, amongst other scenes Lee reacted with fury. but the movie had to be cut. Lee takes umbrage at this type of thing.
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the bafta fellowship. no really. and an honourary oscar. these are long over due!
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Glad to see it.
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"...and we kicked the living SHIT out of you! Over there, over there. Send the word, send the word, over there. That the Yanks are coming, the Huns are running..."So says the great Slim Pickens to Mr. Lee in my favorite moment from 1941.
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from THE DEVIL RIDES OUT is my favorite Lee role...He saves the world from the evil Satanic Criminologist from ROCKY HORROR. :)
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Yeah, you'll see that in the British tabloids!
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to introduce this kind of thing in ireland. We have the freedom of the cities and honorary doctrates. but a list system is nonsense. Sir Chirs Hoys mum got one for her services to nursing.
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It is a bad movie with a lot of potential, but I love Christopher Lee in it, who plays a good guy for once. He is kind of a Dr. Strange/John Constantine kind of guy during the Edwardian era.
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as an actor is a very difficult man to work with. He held up the production on dracula after refusing to do the role unless they did the script properly. He doesnt tolerate any nonsense. people admire that but it can be a pain. especially in the editing process.
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When making The Two Towers, in the scene where Saruman is stabbed by Grima, Peter Jackson started telling Lee how he should act. Lee was in British special forces in WWII and told Jackson he was quite familiar with how a man acted on being stabbed from behind.
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Don't get me wrong, I love Lee. But when are we as humans going to get over this archaic notion that the Monarchy has any relevance. Next to organized religion it's one of the biggest scams going.
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funniest film ever. lee is awesome.
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See? Sith. I even loved hearing his voice again in The Clone Wars. Hell, that movie had more Lee as Dooku than the entire two movies combined.
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everyone has their favorite roles of his, mine is Rochefort...he was great!
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His lips never moved yet I could understand his every thought.
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Lee must be one of THE greatest icons of movie history. He has so many roles, playing characters in Douglas Fairbanks Jnr Presents, and then his roles as Frankenstein's monster and Dracula. It's amazing to see that he's still working in film. He's always been active and in good health. Considering he was already quite old in The Man With The Golden Gun, and how he went on to play Dooku and Saruman is testamnt to the durability of this guy. He's currently filming in Mexico on a new project. I'm just gutted for him that his work on LOTR The Return Of The King was cut out by Jackson. He did him a great dishonour, and normally I'm a Jacskon fan but he fucked up on that one. I am glad that it was included on the extended edition. All hail king Chris!
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The man got some of his most high profile roles well into his 80's gaining a whole new generation of fans. You have to love that!
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My favorite Bone film is The Man with the Golden Gun. Maybe it is because when I saw it I was young and it hit me the right way, but I loved it and the fact that the baddie had three nipples is pretty awesome when you are 6, but regardless Christopher Lee is a treasure and the recognition is long over due IMHO.
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Sir Christopher just never stops working, does he? Didn't he turn 87 last month? Amazing. BTW, where's Michael Gough at? He's still alive at 90+.
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FUCK ALL ROYALS,ABOUT TIME THEY GOT RID OF ALL ROYAL FAMILYS,WHAT A LOAD OF POMPAS SHITE.
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...was one of the highlights in Serial. Wish he had done more comedies, but the movie industry doesn't have the imagination to see past the typecasting. If he hadn't played Dracula, Frankenstein's monster, and all those other horror fims in the past, you know he wuld've won at least an honorary oscar. I mean with his career and longevity, any other actor would've been honored years ago. I mean c'mon hollywood, the guys still vital. They've been doing btter lately with honoring Blake Edwards and Ennio Morricone, so maybe they could finally give the horror field its due.
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Big fan of his ever since I was a child. He will always be the best Dracula. And Dracula has Risen From the Grave was the best Hammer Drac film.
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a lot mention his Dracula but my favorite villain he played ,Fu Manchu in a few movies, still the best iteration of the yellow peril of all actors to play him. always trying to conquer the world with devious means, who DOESNT want to do that?
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Pretty sure that was the name of his autobiography. Great read - the man has done everything. Also; I have written a first draft of my own book and every time I read it the narrator takes on Sir Christopher Lee's voice.
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Congrats to 'Sir' Christopher. I hope and pray he has the health and life left in him to reprise his role as Saurman in the THE HOBBIT. It would be a heartbreak to see someone else have to step into his shoes for that part.
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might have something to do with the cutting of his screen presence. all actors are in thier own way vain. Nobody has mentioned that he worked with bette davis. In escape to witch mountain for disney.
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Jun 14, 2009 7:27:13 AM CDT
Fuck that- I still say Frank Langella kicks "Sir" Lee's ass
by yackbacker
USA! USA! USA! USA!
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Jun 14, 2009 7:29:31 AM CDT
So, to any English folk out there, is The Queen like your mom?
by yackbacker
Do you get upset when we make fun of her? Or when I tell you your Queen is so fat, when she wears a Malcom X t-shirt, helicopters be landin' on her ass? I am very curious re: the protocol here. See, if you come to our country and rip Sally Field, we'll fuck you up pretty good.
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track down sue townsends the queen and I. very funny. A new labour govt has taken power under the youngest pm ever and the royals have been dumped into a council house. What was extraordinary was that new labour wanted to modernise the royals. knock down buckingham palace and replace it with a modern building. Charles made sure that never happened as we all know Charles has a distaste for modern Architecture. Channel 4 made two of the best documentaries under dispatches strand about the royal family and Charles. really great stuff. One was called the meddling prince and the other was about the royales and how they are open and transparent. They are nothing of the kind. One story is about william and his air corp training. it takes years to pass the test that william did for ordinary pilots in the RAF. William passed it in Seven weeks. We all remember eddie winsdors tv company and how it was supposedly dissolved and wound up. well that is not strictly true it was moved off shore. then there is the royals attitude to property. Andrew bought a house which he planned to develop. The house was bought at the height of the property bubble at much cheaper price. This is called playing the market.Do the windsors wnat the public to know about all this carry on. absolutley not. They are it seems at great pains to point out how open they are. it took channel4 and its reporter Alex Thmpson months to find all this stuff out. re the meddling prince. That film stated quite clearly that when Charles ascends the throne he may well destroy the house of windsor and bring down the royal family. Charles cannot help but meddle in the affairs of state and has been doing it since at least the 1950s. He wrote to harald wilson about Northern Ireland and the wilson govt rebuffed him and told him to mind his own business.
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Yackbacker, actually PJ and Del Toro should get Frank Langella on standby.
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Most British people treat the Royal Family as a bit of a joke, to be honest. They're the butt of an awful lot of derision. We're always quite amused with the jaw-dropping gushingness with which awe-struck American tourists talk about the Queen. If you have to pay for her lavish lifestyle, you tend to be rather more cynical towards her. Does that cyncism translate into revolutionary fervour? No, for most people, as we know they help make us 'special', attracting a lot of tourism bucks into the country, and as they wield no real power whatsoever, we can just ignore some of Charles' more madder pronouncements on plants and architecture, and laugh at Philip's squirming casual racism!
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It'd be well worth reading.
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A maiden did this tinker meet and to him boldly say
Oh sure my kettle hath much need, if you will pass my way.
She took the tinker by the hand and led him to her door.
Says she, my kettle I will show and you can clout it sure.
For patching and plugging is his delight
He hammers away both by day and by night.
Fair maid says he, your kettle's cracked,
The cause is plainly told.
There hath so many nails been drove,
That mine own could not take hold.
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And you thought they had died a long time ago. I never would have guessed he wasn't already knighted.
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The Wicker Man, or Saruman. The former because he's awesomely creepy, the latter because he fits so perfectly - my image of Saruman before the films was Lee anyway. Plus he's a much of a Tolkien geek as me.
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that Sir Christopher Lee never had the chance to get to do Dracula full on like Copolla's. Instead he had to settle for that Piece of Shit Count Dracula by Jess Franco. A great Actor and deserving of as many honors that can be given. long Live Sir Christopher Lee
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John Carpenter originally approached him to play Dr. Loomis in Halloween, but Lee turned it down and Donald Pleasence was cast instead. years later, Lee and Carpenter met again and Lee admitted that it was the one role he wished he had never turned down.
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If you don't like the royals, fine. But, you know, this is about Christopher Lee being honoured by his own head of state, it's nothing to do with you foreigners. You are so amusingly self-righteous and self-centered, you obese, waddling cretins. Your own heads of state have been, with a handful of exceptions, a parade of idiots, bastards, warmongers and slave-owning aristocratic hypocrites. And you wouldn't even exist as a nation without the French, Dutch and Spanish stopping us from chasing your army round the countryside kicking you up your ungrateful colonial arses.
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Maybe they can just shoot his scenes on a soundstage in England somewhere? "the magic of filmmaking"
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I think it is more your own countryman that resent the Royal Family then us "Colonials" I have an abiding respect for the history and magnificence that was once the Britixh Empire. It is a shame that like a lot of Americans who can not appreciate the rich history of our own country and it's colonial beginnings, a great many of our British cousins seem to be a bit forgetful regarding how we helped pulled your butts out of fire on one or two occasions. And as far as the FRENCH they only helped the American cause because they hated the British so much and they thought they could screw with them by helping the American cause. The freakin Spanish never enter into the equation except when we kicked their ass in the SPANISH AMERICAN WAR. Idiots on this site are not just American they cross the entire World.
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I know they dont get irony but still. The windsors are german! thats right the royal family are german. prince phillip is of greek extraction. Prince Harry was snapped by the paps in nazi gear at a party.
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It does not matter to Americans as most of us have multiple heritages. I myself have Morwiegian,Croation and English and Welsh Blood. Big Fucking deal. George the Third was German and did not speak English in his "own' country. The real problem is the lack of respect for anything nowdays.
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Jess Franco's Dracula is even better than his Hammer movies wtf are you talking about?
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Which may in fact be an even higher honor.
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you have a friend?
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IT'S CLEAR TO ME AFTER READING EVERY ONE OF YOU FUCKING HOPELESS POSTS THAT NONE OF YOU...NOT A FUCKING ONE....UNDERSTAND THE GREATNESS THAT IS SIR CHRISTOPHER
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Jun 14, 2009 9:05:56 PM CDT
Congratulations Chris but, please, turn it down. You don't need
by workshed
And, besides, they should have made him a Count. Glad that 99.9% of AICN talkbackers feel the same. I've probably seen more films with Chris Lee in than any other actor I can think of. Nice to see him working for Hammer again too. My favourite film of his..? Hmm, that's a toughie. Who am I kidding - 'The Wicker Man' (Middle Version). First saw it when I was seven back in 1975 on Tyne Tees television's 'Appointment With Fear'. I also love 'Dr.Terror's House of Horrors', 'I Monster' and, the one that shit me up the most when I was a nipper, 'The Creeping Flesh'. I can't imagine a world without Christopher Lee. He seems almost indestructible.
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Sez Sir Christopher Lee AS FU MANCHU.......
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Damn, it's been too long since I saw Last Unicorn. Someone remind me, why exactly did that old man want to horde a bunch of UNICORNS??? Anyone know the name of that drunken skeleton?
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He was fucking class along side Michael York, Oliver Reed, And Charlton Heston in those Musketeer flicks.
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look http://tinyurl.com/kktw3a
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Jun 15, 2009 2:24:43 AM CDT
Paul Blart Mall Cop had the best selling DVD two weeks in a row
by trannyformers_apologist
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Dam strait i love it. i wish i had an army of ninjas to do stuff for me.
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I love Morway! Morway is the coolest country in the world! They make great sausages in Morway. And roasted onions. All of you, book your vacation in Morway *NOW*!
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Why not a cruise? Stick the lad on a boat.
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Jun 15, 2009 7:25:50 AM CDT
Fitzcarraldo2... idiot..? Time for the UK to be a republic too.!
by workshed
I don't want to be RULED by some 85-year old douchebag that takes from the poor to live in grandeur, under the misguided conception that GOD (I'm a devout atheist so i don't need to go any further with that one) gave her the right to ascend to the 'throne of England'. Come out of the dark ages for fucks sake. We're 200 years behind the French and Americans when it comes to declaring our liberty. No matter what you may think of the calibre of their leaders at least they were elected by the people, for the people, with liberty and justice for all. Btw - I'm from South Yorkshire and if I had my way they'd be lined up against a wall and shot. Fuck all royalty. With them where they are we will never, NEVER, be truly equal. Your moniker attests that you watch Herzog's films but, clearly, you do not understand their messages. Fool. Mr.Lee should tell them to stick it up their arses. Still, if it makes him happy then so be it.
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When musicians get knighted before one of the greatest "creepy" actors in the realm, it is a travesty. Congrats Sir Christopher Lee.
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...you know he'd be knighted any day now.
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That after an acrimonious BBC Christmas production of MR James' ghost stories of which Sir C was the star, the entire production team had lined up outside a country house to say goodbye to him. They waited in the cold for half an hour before Lee emerged, unzipped his trousers, unleashed Mrs Lee's best friend, took a long steaming piss into the flowerbed, got into his limo and fucked off without a word.
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but I know that Lee would never use a word like 'faggot', even to his worst enemy.
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Congrats to Sir Christopher Lee! Man, there are so many great movies I've seen with him in it, and so many I haven't seen yet.
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One of the few brightspots of the Prequels was Count Dooku. He was able to weed through Lucas's shitty dialogue, and came off as a cool villain in Episode II & III, as his best line, "Join me Obiwan, and together we can destroy the Sith!"
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..THE WORD FAGGOT ON EVERY POSSIBLE OCCASION WHEN TALKING ABOUT THAT HACK PETER CUSHING.
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Jun 15, 2009 7:09:12 PM CDT
arthurrex007 by Prossor Jun 14th, 2009 05:58:13 PM Jess Franco's
by arthurrex007
You can not be serious.
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At the special event for Sith in Leicester square in London. He gave a 30 min interview with some guy on stage and came across as a real nice guy...this is well deserved, oh and this is my first ever posting here, someone give me a cupcake.
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Here in Brazil they changed the name to Count Dookan.. lol
By the way.. in portuguese, Captain Panaka = Captain Dumb, Zifo Diaz = Fuckhim Self
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We are lucky to have him still with us. Congrats Sir Lee!
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If you knew anything about Mr Lee or Mr Cushing, you would know that they loved each other as dearly as two heterosexual men ever did. True friends. Lee has often said that there is an unfillable hole in his life where Cushing used to be. But you wouldn't know about that, since you're not a gentleman.
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well the other Hammer movies were largely pedestrian, and frankly boring SHEET that we usually convince ourselves it's awesome because hey, it's HAMMER!. Franco's atmospheric insanity was a lot more interesting.
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i liked Scars of Dracula, and another one i forget the name
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...brilliant as Count de Rochefort (how many Counts has this guy played?!), him and Michael York's d'Artagnan having an amazing fight towards the end, after he discovers Raquel Welch has been strangled to death by Faye Dunaway's Milady. I just remember Lee having so much presence and sword fight so brutal. Sir Lee, a legend, I salute you.
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...the sword fight was in the sequel The Four Musketeers- although they shot it at one film, but it was over three hours, so they edited it into two and released the other one a year later, all the actors pissed off as they should have been paid for two films not one, you all know the story probably so I will shut up!