Nick Nolte - Lorenzo's Oil (1993) Discussion

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[–] Megan_Koumori 20 years ago

We're currently watching this in class, and it's supposed to be pretty sombering, but every time Nick Nolte screams, "Fantastico!" or something, everyone bursts out laughing.

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[–] jsl_ 20 years ago

I think he's actually very good in this film...

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[–] mcdulldull2 20 years ago

oh god, he's terrible!

we watched this in biology and it was just really terrible we all thought. my friends at a different school saw it and thought it was really good but i just couldn't stand nick nolte's terrible accent and such.

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[–] darkknightsds 17 years ago

hes TERRIBLE in this film. his accent is pathetic

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[–] dedoc1967 20 years ago

I like Nick Nolte well enough as an actor and thought he did a decent job here, but probably suffers in comparison to powerhouse actors like Sarandon and Ustinov. What I think hurt him further was that unbelievable accent -- I think he just has trouble using them in films, like that ladeled-on drawl for "Prince of Tides."

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[–] chrisw-3 18 years ago

I've seen interviews with Mr. Odone, and Nolte got his accent exactly right. You might not have believed it, but it was true.

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[–] axel720 20 years ago

Actually i thought he was just terribkle, when we watched this in bio my teacher had to warn everybody to ignore the horrible acting he was doing.

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[–] lodemai_of_wraiths 20 years ago

Well I think he was great, the accent was a little disturbing but that scene on the stairs when he had just investigated about ALD made me shiver o.o

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[–] andaction 17 years ago

I recall George Miller stating that Nick's accent was taken directly from his real life counterpart. Thats how Mr Odone actually spoke!

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[–] sawyer-6 19 years ago

when we watched this in bio my teacher had to warn everybody to ignore the horrible acting he was doing.

Wow, I hadn't realised this performance was so widely disliked. I thought it was excellent- perhaps the best I have seen from Nolte.

I thought the accent was fine, but don't know many Italians (and don't know any from America), so can't really judge. That said, I don't think any two people speak exactly the same way even in their primary language, so there are endless ways the accent of someone speaking a secondary language could sound. I know Nolte and Sarandon met the people they portrayed in the film- perhaps that's who Nolte based his accent and performance on?

Other than the accent- which is only one element of a performance- what did people have issues with?

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[–] testas22-1 19 years ago

Yea verily... He's terrible... Terrible in a supposedly good movie (I dont see the attraction to this flick, but to each their own) And I think damned good in a supposedly bad movie The Hulk (which I actually kinda like)

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[–] Star_blazer_9000 18 years ago

I thought his accent was terriblio.

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[–] lexroxvc 19 years ago

The acting was good, the accent... not so much. It got to the point that my friend and I (in biology class, of course, where we've been watching this) would roll our eyes whenever he talked.

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[–] Induna 19 years ago

Best film he was in was 48 hours.

And Three Fugitives.

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[–] wastedstardust 19 years ago

its bloody impossible to do a good accent for some people. i do a lot of theater and watch a lot of movies, and most pros cant even imitate something as simple as the boston accent and sound convincing (than again, im from boston and i can tell. its ingrained). but other than the sketchy accent, i thought nolte was really phenomenal in this film, especially in the scene where he finds out the prognosis of his son's disease and he falls down the stairs in despair. a more realistic reaction i have never seen.

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[–] leekyle 19 years ago

You know? The first couple of times i viewed this film i thought to myself that nolte was absolutly crappy in the role of augusto, then i dont know the fellow personally, augusto adone that is, Then i saw sopme old film footage, like an old home movie of the adone's before lorenzo contacted that horrible disease and yep i was wrong nolte got him bang on! I cant remeber wher i saw the footage but if i come across it again i will submit a post! Lee

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[–] ringowhat 19 years ago

I actually thought he was remarkably excellent in this film. I think his accent is very convincing and gives a real sense of character to him. I didn't have much respect for him because of his reputation of drunk drviing and all that, but after this performence, I realized how good an actor he is. Also, he's really good in "Hulk."

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[–] MexicanSting 19 years ago

yeah, he was kinda brilliant in Hulk

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[–] Celinasma99 19 years ago

I saw this film when it first came on tape.

This was so horribly sad but a great movie, it was almost like a documentary it was so real. I cried when he broke down. I agree he was good. I happen to think that this is Nolte's greatest work. My inlaw's are from Italy so I hear italian accents all the time. There are alot of different dialects so not all of them sound the same (accents) I think that he did good with it, also to the average person it does sound bad. When you are used to hearing it all the time its does not. My husband, when he gets upset or excited about something (He was born here) you can hear him have an accent it's like listening to his Dad. He likes to imitate his maternal grandfather also who sounds different then his dad. Its so funny because its so dead on.
His mother says fantastica all the time. His dads favorite line is sum-mum-ma
bich.
I would love see that piece you are talking about.
By the way My mother in law hated this movie. I didnt get to see all of it cause she made me turn it off. (Doesnt relate to death) well. She thought it was too real.

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[–] leekyle 19 years ago

Your relatives sound hilarious celine! I'm still searching for that article ill post it here when i do

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[–] bthubbin 19 years ago

are you serious? he was amazing in this movie.

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[–] CaitTheRaggDoll 19 years ago

yeah i felt bad about laughing at the part when he fell down the stairs crying. Then i remembered it was Nick Nolte attempting to play an italian guy so i just kept laughing.

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[–] brelsa 19 years ago

You 12 year old Yankees have lived sheltered lives. That is why you do not have the experience to judge Nolte's acting. He is a brilliant actor. Go back to your video games.

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[–] BIGEVILSWA 18 years ago

You 12 year old Yankees have lived sheltered lives. That is why you do not have the experience to judge Nolte's acting. He is a brilliant actor. Go back to your video games.

Although I agree that the ones who watched this film in class and laughed along with their friends are not the best candidates to judge acting, resorting to childish name calling and juvenile come backs on par with the "12 year old yankees" rather than making a point (and I'm sorry 'he is a brilliant actor' is not a point) doesn't make anyone look upon you as the one to ask in this regard either...

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[–] rodvince 18 years ago

He's much better in The Thin Red Line where he portrayed the role of a heartless and unsympathetic colonel.

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[–] rawwr_xx 18 years ago

His acting in this movie was pretty good. His accent was horrible though...

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[–] ray.orourke 18 years ago

I tend to think that overall Nolte is a good, decent actor. However, his performance in this film is highly marred by an incredibly irritating and annoying botched Italian accent. Perhaps its not a bad accent for an Italian but Nolte is a well enough known actor that you expect a certain quality of voice to come out of him and this is just really bad compared to what you expect from him. I realize he was trying to portray a real story but I think he could have done a much better job by just forgetting about making an accent.

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[–] Fillumfan 18 years ago

I think we're all so familiar with Nick Nolte and what he sounds like, and he doesn't look Italian at all, contributes to our perception that he sounds like an absolute doofus every time he opens his mouth in this movie. Which I mostly enjoyed. There's nothing like having a bunch of kids laughing at you to burst your bubble. If Nolte had done this in front of a bunch of kids he would have been laughed off the stage. And rightly so. He should have just done it without any accent at all.

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