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longship

(40,416 posts) Fri Nov 21, 2014, 12:43 AM Nov 2014

David Strathairn channels Edward R. Murrow, about media.

From Good Night, and Good Luck, a wonderful flick.

This is one of the most prescient speeches ever made. And Stathairn delivers. (It is a great flick!)

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David Strathairn channels Edward R. Murrow, about media. (Original Post) longship Nov 2014 OP

He is my favorite character actor Warpy Nov 2014 #1

Mine, too. longship Nov 2014 #2

Warpy

(111,352 posts)

1. He is my favorite character actor

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Fri Nov 21, 2014, 03:14 AM

Nov 2014

Few people really notice him in films because he's always been so completely believable and seemingly does it effortlessly.

I've watched quite a few so-so movies just to see his work in them.

longship

(40,416 posts)

2. Mine, too.

Reply to Warpy (Reply #1)

Fri Nov 21, 2014, 08:24 AM

Nov 2014

Yup. He becomes part of the scenery. But Good Night, and Good Luck was a chance for him to shine, and he did. He should have nabbed the Oscar.

Try Sneakers some time where he plays a blind guy. Or, Temple Grandin (a good HBO flick) where he plays a teacher, a small part.

Regards.

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