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William Devane...

posted 16 years ago by dawnm5
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I love him in this movie. "I'm too old for this shi*" :) He's realistic and stands out in a minor role. He should have been a bigger movie star. :)

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[–] dawnm5 15 years ago

He was awesome in Knot's Landing! :)

[–] Tekawitha 15 years ago

the first and only other movie i've seen him in was "Testement". he was awesome as the father in that all too short role. i loved how he had the morning ritual of biking with his oldest son.

wish i could find that movie on Hulu or someplace like that...i would love to see the first part of the movie again. otherwise, that is all too terrifying realistic portrayal of what is most likely after a nuclear war.

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[–] romero1 13 years ago

He is a big star. Who does not recognize him? I am just not sure he made superstar money. That is the real shame here.

[–] simonkevnorris 13 years ago

Don't forget he was also in 'Rolling Thunder' (1977) and a small role in 'Payback' (1999).

[–] jbuckets 10 years ago

romero1: I agree w/ all your points.

I saw him years ago doing an awesome portrayal of JFK (in b/w)!

[–] TCopelin 13 years ago

And his best movie ever. Bad News Bears in breaking training. Ok.......maybe not :)

[–] tightspotkilo 13 years ago

I like him, but he always basically plays the same role all the time. Not a whole lot of range going on there.

Get the facts first - you can distort them later!

[–] koffeenkreame41-1 11 years ago

The guy's pretty awesome, I loved him in Marathon Man! I thought that he was awesome in here, glad he played a good guy too.

"I am the ultimate badass, you do not wanna `*beep*` wit me!"- Hudson in Aliens.

[–] loulou1992 10 years ago

Agreed. I love William and he was on the verge in the 70's of making it big but he made a big budget film in the early 80's that killed his career. He kinda reminded me of Christian Bale foe some reason. Think its the teeth and way of speaking their dialogue.

[–] Cosmonican 10 years ago

He ruined himself in this film with the constant gum chewing. It is annoying, and disgusting.

I have admired him in some shows in the past, but this isn't one.

[–] Fugitive_Bill 9 years ago

COSMO...
Yeah I gotta agree.
1/ The constant gum chewing. Arrghh
2/ The smart ass look of 'I hope they screw up.
3/ The over bite and yellow teeth.
4/ The beer gut.
5/ The look of 'My god, they damned well pulled it off.

I've seen him various bit parts from time to time, he's one of those guys I love to hate!

-B!LL!

[–] TexasJack (12516) 7 years ago

The exaggerated gum chewing was annoying and bizarre.

[–] BlackiesDad 9 years ago

I love him in the Jesse Stone movies.

[–] christomacin (4655) 4 years ago

Starring in a movie like "The Dark" would kill anyone's career.

[–] PaladinNJ (21510) 3 years ago

He recovered from that.