For Who'm The Bells Tolls

Ianto.W. · 08-03-2007, 21:53

This afternoon on TV the above mentioned film was on, starring oscar nominated artist Gary Cooper and Ingrid Bergman. This film was set in the Spanish civil war, a bitter sweet love affair, the way Gary Cooper died was a classic. Based on the Hemingway novel the way the hero died in my opinion has never been equaled, what are the members favourite TV/Screen deaths?

jamesicus · 08-03-2007, 22:16

First thoughts:

Burt Lancaster in Ulzana's Raid

Joel McCrae in Ride the High Country

Robert Duvall in Lonesome Dove

Tom Hanks in Saving Private Ryan

garinda · 08-03-2007, 22:21

Great movie, even if Sam Woods took some liberties when casting a blond, but fabulous, Ingrid Bergman as a Spanish peasant guerrilla.

Favourite film death scene?
Dirk Bogarde as Aschenbach pegging out in his beach chair, to the sounds of Mahler in the background, in Visconti's Death in Venice. Sublime.

garinda · 08-03-2007, 22:26

The saddest screen death of all time surely has to be little Margaret O'Brien, as Beth, fading away in the 1949 version of Little Women.

steeljack · 08-03-2007, 22:38

Saddest death , Bambi's Mum/Aunt in the fire .

LancYorkYankee · 09-03-2007, 01:27

Jim Brown at the end of "the Dirty Dozen"

The good bloke at the end of "The Bridge On The River Kwai" (not the officer who got him killed)

LancYorkYankee · 09-03-2007, 01:29

Matthew Cuthbert in "Anne of Green Gables" (from what I hear

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harwood red · 09-03-2007, 09:22

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Originally Posted by garinda

The saddest screen death of all time surely has to be little Margaret O'Brien, as Beth, fading away in the 1949 version of Little Women.

That gets me every time

Ianto.W. · 09-03-2007, 22:42

The best 'dier' was James Cagney as in 'heat' and also when the catholic priest persuaded the gangster, worshiped by the boys in 'Hells Kitchen' to go screaming to the 'chair', to pretend he was not the tough guy they thought he was.

cashman · 09-03-2007, 22:53

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Originally Posted by Ianto.W.

The best 'dier' was James Cagney as in 'heat' and also when the catholic priest persuaded the gangster, worshiped by the boys in 'Hells Kitchen' to go screaming to the 'chair', to pretend he was not the tough guy they thought he was.

remember that one a classic.

LancYorkYankee · 09-03-2007, 23:17

How 'bout John Coffie in "The Green Mile"

Oh and Frank Sinatra? at the end of "Von Ryan's Express"

garinda · 09-03-2007, 23:27

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Originally Posted by LancYorkYankee

Matthew Cuthbert in "Anne of Green Gables" (from what I hear

)

You old softy!

I bet you cried when Anne dyed her hair and it turned green.

Ianto.W. · 09-03-2007, 23:27

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Originally Posted by LancYorkYankee

How 'bout John Coffie in "The Green Mile"

Oh and Frank Sinatra? at the end of "Von Ryan's Express"

Good film that Brian they don't make 'em' like that anymore, Did you see John Grishams novel made into a film version of The Chamber. There was one mentioned earlier in the thread Burt Lancaster in Ulzanas Raid. very similar to Gary Coopers 'Bells' death. Keep them coming jamesecus your in the lead so far, regards to you both Ian.

jamesicus · 10-03-2007, 01:37

Roy Scheider in All that Jazz ("bye, bye, life")

katex · 10-03-2007, 09:36

Watched Cold Mountain last week with the delectable Jude Law .. must admit to a tear at the end when after all the adventures/sufferings he encountered making his way back as a deserter from the civil war in America to his 'beau', the story polished him off after what I thought was going to be a happy ending.

I like happy endings and think may have been more tears of anger than anything.