In Honor of Robin Williams....
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Jack
Hook
What Dreams May Come
Patch Adams
Toys
One Hour Photo
The Final Cut
World's Greatest Dad
Jumanji
Awakenings
Good Morning, Vietnam
Insomnia
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Genie, you're free.0 -
What Dreams May Come....loved that and sadly enough it had to do with suicide. Great movie if you've never seen it.0
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This one almost made me cry!
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Surprised I haven't seen the movie "Jack". One of my favourite movies of all time. Mrs Doubtfire will always be the top of my list with Aladdin though.
You're free Genie.
You MUST see Jack! It had an amazing cast and his character...omgosh it was just so well done!
SO MUCH THIS^^^0 -
Garp
Good Will Hunting
The Birdcage
I know it's not a movie but I keep thinking of seeing him on the last week Johnny Carson was on the air. He had Johnny redfaced and doubled over from laughing....I'll need to check you-tube.0 -
I practically love all of Robin's work but FernGully: The Last Rainforest has a special place in my heart as I used to live a stones throw from FernGully.
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I almost forgot about Awakenings!! That was a great one!Good Morning Vietnam, Awakenings, and What Dreams May Come0 -
Awakenings was my absolute favorite movie of his.
Dr. Sayer:
"His gaze is from the passing of bars so exhausted, that it doesn't hold a thing anymore. For him, it's as if there were thousands of bars and behind the thousands of bars no world. The sure stride of lithe, powerful steps, that around the smallest of circles turns, is like a dance of pure energy about a center, in which a great will stands numbed. Only occasionally, without a sound, do the covers of the eyes slide open-. An image rushes in, goes through the tensed silence of the frame- only to vanish, forever, in the heart."
R.I.P. brilliant, kind, tortured soul.
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Dead Poet's Society, The Birdcage, Awakenings, Patch Adams and Good Will Hunting0
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birdcage was my favorite movie but honestly i like his stand up better0
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I don't think I've ever completely sat through one.
Oh....wait...Awakenings because of Di Niro.0 -
RV
Night at the Museum
Mrs. Doubtfire
All of his other movies...
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He was my fav... What dreams May Come... and his stand up on golf.....priceless0
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Patch adams- happy feet. Oh Roby, why, just-not even a note to say why?:brokenheart:0
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Dead Poet's Society, What Dreams May Come, Patch Adams, and Hook.0
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Flubber, Aladdin Trilogy,Jumanji,Robots,Fern Gully,Hook0
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A little inside baseball for you about Robin Williams: At NCSA, I had a teacher named Jared Sakren who attended Juilliard with Robin Williams, and he told us this story. Apparently while at Juilliard, young Mr. Williams wasn’t necessarily the best student. He had this obnoxious habit of doing a handstand in the middle of Lincoln Center Plaza until a crowd gathered around him. He then plopped down and started a comic routine of some sort until the crowd dispersed. When they left, he did another handstand until another crowd gathered. Lather, rinse, and repeat. He missed classes doing this. The school’s drama director at the time was John Houseman, he of “Paper Chase” fame, and maybe the best monologue ever delivered on film in “The Fog.” Houseman, a bit tired of Williams’ antics, called Robyn in his office and said, “Mr. Williams. We at Juilliard feel you have absolutely no place in the serious theatre. We do, however, feel you are a unique comic talent and we have arranged a meeting for you with the William Morris agency. My advice…don’t be late. Good day.” As the story goes, soon after meeting with William Morris, Williams auditioned for a small part in a little TV series called “Happy Days.” The rest, as they say, is showbiz history.0
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I watched "What Dreams May Come" (quite suitable, considering...) and ate a whole container of ice cream last night in tribute. It was glorious. I plan to watch a different one of my favs every night this week....
Today - Dead Poet Society
Wednesday - Good Will Hunting
Thursday - Patch Adams
Friday - Mrs. Doubtfire
Saturday - Hook
Sunday - Good Morning Vietnam
I also need to watch the Fisher King at some point because people have recommended it and I never watched it. Also Insomnia since parts of it were filmed in my home town. I was working on cleaning up the old steam train station historic site for the summer with a co-worker down at the harbor and this sleezy looking dude came up and said "hey girrrrls....how would you like to be in the mooooovies????". Of course our first thought was that the kind of movie he was talking about was the sort that might leave you with a disease or two....but then he specified they needed a few people to help them put "Alaskan Buslines" graphics over the "Greyhound" signs on some buses for this movie. Our boss encouraged us to go make some tax free money while he looked the other way and ate his lunch. lol.
SImilar plan. Iam finishing watchig "Hook" on Netflix today, started last night but it got too late because I started by looking for him on Netflix and ended up watching some of 28 days instead. I think I needed that for some reason. The guy with the accent slays/touches me everytime and the subject matter related in a way that was cathartic.
Then:
Tomorrow, "Patch Adams"
Thursday, "One Hour Photo"
Friday "Alladin" for kiddo's back to school pizza night
Saturday "Good Will Hunting" Late at night after a birthday party
Sunday "Jumanji" with kiddo again
Monday "Dead Poet's Society"
Tuesday "Birdcage"
And that will be a full week of his best IMO. After that I found some Mork and Mindy on Hulu and I'll probably watch an episode a day. It will be awhile before I think I can handle watching What Dreams May Come. Great movie but I don't think I could handle it right now. I am shocked at my reaction to this event. I've never met the man and to my knowledge neither has anyone I know, and yet, I have these feelings that surprise me and I am kind of embarrassed about, trying to understand.
That's the great thing about him is his range. I can pull things to watch that were just for grown up viewing only due to subject matter or thinky, but also things that I can watch with kiddo. Well one of the great things, the other great thing is his choices of roles and his ability to make you feel wonder with his expressions like few others.0 -
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Normally the death of an actor/comedian does not bother me as much as this one does. Someone who can make so many laugh for so many years, struggling with his own life/demons, and only saw suicide as an answer is heart wrenching. Finally the genie can be free...
On a side note: my mother went to school with Robin Williams and yes was voted class clown, and everyone loved him. I live and work near where he lived and died, so this area is hit tragically by this loss.
So with that being said I loved anything with Robin Williams in it. If he was in it I would watch it!
Good Morning Vietnam
Voice of the genie
Mrs Doubtfire
Good Will Hunting
ah phooey--- everything!0 -
I can't say there is a movie, that I have seen, with Mr. Williams in it that I didn't like. He had a way, that even if you had nothing in common with the character he portrayed in the film, you could relate and connect.
As others have mentioned, normally a death of a celebrity doesn't have much effect on me. But this one, my heart does hurt.
May you Rest In Peace, Mr. Williams.
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I am not sure how to pick just one or even a few...
To Wong Foo, thanks for Everything Julie Newmar
Popeye
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
Cadillac Man
But of course...
Dead Poets Society and Good Will Hunting and Awakenings
So hard to pick, everything he was in may not have been great, but the parts he played were always memorable. Kids loved RV!!0 -
A little inside baseball for you about Robin Williams: At NCSA, I had a teacher named Jared Sakren who attended Juilliard with Robin Williams, and he told us this story. Apparently while at Juilliard, young Mr. Williams wasn’t necessarily the best student. He had this obnoxious habit of doing a handstand in the middle of Lincoln Center Plaza until a crowd gathered around him. He then plopped down and started a comic routine of some sort until the crowd dispersed. When they left, he did another handstand until another crowd gathered. Lather, rinse, and repeat. He missed classes doing this. The school’s drama director at the time was John Houseman, he of “Paper Chase” fame, and maybe the best monologue ever delivered on film in “The Fog.” Houseman, a bit tired of Williams’ antics, called Robyn in his office and said, “Mr. Williams. We at Juilliard feel you have absolutely no place in the serious theatre. We do, however, feel you are a unique comic talent and we have arranged a meeting for you with the William Morris agency. My advice…don’t be late. Good day.” As the story goes, soon after meeting with William Morris, Williams auditioned for a small part in a little TV series called “Happy Days.” The rest, as they say, is showbiz history.
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Bicentennial Man.0
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What Dreams May Come
I forgot that he starred in that, but loved it! I appreciated the use of different colors.0
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