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From Popeye to Aladdin to his last movies in Night at the Museum franchise, Robin Williams is remembered through his loveable movie characters and in life.
10 Best Robin Williams Performances Of All Time
Good Will Hunting, Good Morning Vietnam, Insomnia - Robin Williams was always amazing.
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When Robin Williams passed away in 2014, the world lost one of its greatest entertainers. A one-of-a-kind comedian who performed stand-up with unrivalled ferocity, his journey from lovable funny-man to one of Hollywood s greatest dramatic actors is truly a tale for the ages.
Simply put, Williams could make you cry whether he was covering his face in pie or telling a devastating story of personal loss, and he moved between genres with formidable ease.
Of course, he had his missteps (Jack, Old Dogs), but all told Robin Williams had a career unlike any other, beloved by young and old alike and relentlessly hardworking to boot.
Mrs. Doubtfire or his success in
Dead Poets Society, or all the Oscars, Golden Globes, and other awards he has won. However, it was a role in a Disney picture based on a true story that would make him a break-out star.
Williams was a box office legend and noted as one of the best actors, especially when starring in comedy-drama films. When he passed away in 2014, the country was heartbroken. Imagine if this
Good Morning Vietnam sequel was actually released, we’d have one more wonderful film to remember him by!
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Good Morning Vietnam
Good Morning Vietnam was released in 1987 after being turned down in its original form, a sitcom pitched by the real-life Adrian Cronauer. Cronauer was a radio DJ who wanted to share his experience working for a radio station during the Vietnam war. Most networks found this to be too soon after the controversial war for the general public to enjoy a television show about it. It wasn’t until Robin Williams heard of the story and d
Peter O Toole in Richard Rush s The Stunt Man
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The passing of Richard Rush, the writer-director who died last week aged 91, strikes me as the epitaph to something – a certain era of risk-taking in American cinema. His career is one of Hollywood’s great might-have-beens. According to Variety, he gave away the rights to One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, and turned down Jaws. In the last 40 years, he was only responsible for one film, and that was his worst – the dilapidated Bruce Willis erotic thriller Color of Night (1994), about which the less said the better.