re: Albert Finney dead at 82

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Miller's Crossing.

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On Starz classic in five minutes and airs again on the 19th for the dvr'ers

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My wife and I just watched Big Fish a week or so ago and I looked to see if he was still alive while we were watching it.

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Love that movie.

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He was great in a ton of stuff. Wasn't he in before the devil knows your dead? Eta: yes he was.

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He was in several very good movies over the years and as dark movies go, "Before The Devil Knows You're Dead" is one of the darkest.

He had a smaller part in that movie, but it was a good part he played and I liked how he dealt with Phillip Seymour Hoffman, who played his oldest son in that movie.

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Daddy Warbucks

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I shite you not, up until only a couple years ago, I though Telly Savalas was Daddy Warbucks.

When I heard it was Finney, I was agast.


Btw, I always got Finney snd Tom Wilkinson confused, too. Maybe

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Greatest Christmas song

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His Ebeneezer Scrooge is one of the most underrated acting performances in 20th century cinema.

I seriously didn't realize he played both the young and old versions of Scrooge when I saw it in the theater as a kid. I was convinced it was two actors some 30-40 years apart in age.

RIP.