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brian keith...wow

posted 19 years ago by teejay6682
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was he good as roosevelt. that's one of the best performances by an actor playing a real person (right up there with david carradine as woody guthrie in "bound for glory" and bruno ganz as hitler in "downfall". sean connery did a good job i suppose but i just couldn't get over the fact that he was supposed to be playing an arab bandit, and well he's....scottish.

[–] Blueghost 14 years ago

He was a great actor. I'm sorry he took his own life.

[–] Syxiepoo 9 years ago

Thing is, Connery has played every character with a Scottish accent, even a Russian submarine commander. He did speak a little Russian in that part, but with a Scottish accent. I'd have to say that I'd now find Connery NOT speaking with his Scottish accent very odd indeed.

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