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Stack makes me laugh out loud

posted 16 years ago by onepotato2
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His fever dream
His impotence scenes
His low-voiced hoodlum "drunk with a gun" scene

Was there a "Best snicker-inducing performance by a guy over-reaching" award that year?

[–] JuanMacready 16 years ago

He was a BAD actor.

[–] wtl471629 13 years ago

He was nominated as best supporting actor for this part so someone thought he did a good job. In fact in reality he had a bigger role than Rock Hudson. Stack was not happy that Anthony Quinn won for Lust for Life because he didn't have as many lines but in reality Quinn was really a suporting actor in that movie while Stack was a main star in Written on the Wind.

[–] aljaz_ciber 13 years ago

Stack and Dorothy Malone's performances as the neurotic siblings hadn't aged particulary well, but I still love them both, in all their silly 50's campyness.

[–] tomloft2000 13 years ago

YOU'RE COMING IN TOO LOW!

[–] JackBluegrass 11 years ago

Anyone who remembers Airplane! can't be all bad!

[–] Nikro03 12 years ago

I can't take Stack seriously. Maybe b/c that TV show he hosted? I find nothing endearing about him.

Anyway, It always looks like he has a wayward eye...he never looks at who he is talking to.

[–] Irishmonk 8 years ago

He was funnier in Airplane!