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Olivier was great.

posted 6 years ago by [deleted]
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still a masterpiece.

[–] PaladinNJ (21510) 5 years ago

Has he ever not been great?

[–] [deleted] 5 years ago

very true.

[–] Otter (24464) 5 years ago

Yes. He's done plenty of dubious film work.

But he was just awesome here, so were Ustinov and Laughton. This is a movie where the supporting actors blow the leads off the fucking screen, Olivier showing the way.

[–] NotoriousRio (12927) 5 years ago

Yes plenty of his early 30's work, 49th Parallel springs to mind, but he was great in this, I'd of loved to has seen him take on the role of Julius Caesar in Cleopatra opposite Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton just a few years later.

[–] rudeboymurray (3271) 5 years ago

Yes, I actually think this is one of his finest film performances, coming in the era just before he became an old ham in the likes of Boys from Brazil and Clash of the Titans.