Sadly, Gregory Hines succumbed to cancer on Saturday night. He was 57 years old. He was an elegant, graceful dancer, singer, and comedian. I loved him paired up with Billy Crystal in Running Scare, as well as seeing him dance in Harlem Nights. Fifty-seven is, obviously, unbelievably young.
On a lighter note, Foxnews has an interesting article on how Hollywood can be, more or less, fairly forgiving to good actors who make bad choices. It talks about Kevin Costner and how, ever since Dances with Wolves, he has made one bad movie after another. He's managed to star in some fairly collosal flops - Waterworld and The Postman come immediately to mind. But, he's got a new movie out - a western, if I'm not mistaken - and some are thinking that maybe this could break his string of bad luck. We'll see. Dances with Wolves was one of my favorite movies when I was much littler; I wouldn't mind seeing him bounce back, if only for that reason.
Posted by scott at August 10, 2003 11:49 PM | TrackBackOf course that would be fitting if Open Range "brought Costner back" since he was so good in Silverado years ago. That was one of the films that introduced me to him. I would love to see another Silverado, and I would enjoy seeing Costner pull out of his tailspin.
Posted by: Chris at August 11, 2003 02:17 AMI liked Hines. White Nights was a favorite movie of mine. May have to see it again.
Posted by: Paul Baxter at August 11, 2003 11:04 AMHines was also unspeakably charming and witty in his recurring role on "Will and Grace." And he could tap like nobody's business.
Posted by: mesh at August 11, 2003 11:43 AMThe first time I saw the commercial for Costner's new movie, I was surprised that he was able to get another "big" movie made. It also occured to me that this could really be his last chance if it flops.
Posted by: John at August 11, 2003 01:23 PMEspecially considering that hip flops have really been very public ones with big pricetags. This one stars Annette Benning and Robert Duvall, so maybe this'll actually be halfway decent. Benning usually makes good choices, as does Duvall.
Posted by: scott cunningham at August 11, 2003 01:34 PMI thought "Gods and Generals" would have to be pretty good because Duvall chose to be in it. My bad.
Posted by: Jim at August 11, 2003 03:53 PMI didn't see Gods and Generals, but putting that one aside, Duvall does have a fairly good track record. Maybe Duvall was drawn to that movie because of the book.
Posted by: scott cunningham at August 11, 2003 05:02 PMBut let us pause and reflect that this film is about the turn-of-the-century range wars. Any guesses on the last major film to focus on this era? Heaven's Gate, perhaps the greatest financial disaster in American filmmaking.
Posted by: mesh at August 12, 2003 11:12 AM