farang prince Posted April 6, 2008 Share Posted April 6, 2008 Charlton Heston, the great movie star, passed away on April 5th. What was your favorite Charlton Heston movie? And if he had lived long enough to star in a Thai movie, what would the title be? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
britmaveric Posted April 6, 2008 Share Posted April 6, 2008 Planet of the Apes Soylent Green Omega Man Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khunandy Posted April 6, 2008 Share Posted April 6, 2008 Bowling for Columbine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigSnake Posted April 6, 2008 Share Posted April 6, 2008 Dark City. RIP Charlton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wileycoyote Posted April 6, 2008 Share Posted April 6, 2008 I thought he was a great actor. Ben Hur was an epic. Wiley Coyote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zaphodbeeblebrox Posted April 6, 2008 Share Posted April 6, 2008 Not a movie role, his portrayal of MacBeth in the theater which I saw in 1972. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aries27 Posted April 6, 2008 Share Posted April 6, 2008 Moses...i remember him most in this classic movie. Movie in LOS? Guns and Orchids? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lazeeboy Posted April 6, 2008 Share Posted April 6, 2008 the planet of the apes ,one of rhe 1st movies i remember Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zpete Posted April 6, 2008 Share Posted April 6, 2008 His acting roles were great. He demeaned himself in my eyes, with his supporting the right to have private guns. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bino Posted April 6, 2008 Share Posted April 6, 2008 Bowling for Columbine My vote too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garro Posted April 6, 2008 Share Posted April 6, 2008 I don't like to speak ill of the dead, but as others have mentioned he was a big supporter of the pro-gun nut-jobs so I was no fan of his. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naam Posted April 6, 2008 Share Posted April 6, 2008 I don't like to speak ill of the dead, but as others have mentioned he was a big supporter of the pro-gun nut-jobs so I was no fan of his. Charlton Heston was several terms the president of the N.R.A. but what's wrong with supporting a right which is anchored in the constitution of one's country? i am not a supporter of "guns for everybody" but i do understand those americans who insist "first take away the guns from the criminals and we will surrender ours". as far as weapons in private hands are concerned, the U.S. has reached a long time ago a "point of no return". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garro Posted April 6, 2008 Share Posted April 6, 2008 I don't like to speak ill of the dead, but as others have mentioned he was a big supporter of the pro-gun nut-jobs so I was no fan of his. Charlton Heston was several terms the president of the N.R.A. but what's wrong with supporting a right which is anchored in the constitution of one's country? i am not a supporter of "guns for everybody" but i do understand those americans who insist "first take away the guns from the criminals and we will surrender ours". as far as weapons in private hands are concerned, the U.S. has reached a long time ago a "point of no return". I disagree Mr Naam. I dislike his views on gun ownership and much of the political views he is associated with. His movies were a bit before my time so I am only aware of his more political contributions to society. That is just my view though and of course you are entitled to enjoy your own equally valid opinions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lazeeboy Posted April 7, 2008 Share Posted April 7, 2008 was there a film where he kept his shirt on when he was young ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bino Posted April 7, 2008 Share Posted April 7, 2008 I wonder who got to pry the shotgun from "his cold dead hands" ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adjan jb Posted April 7, 2008 Share Posted April 7, 2008 In 1968, following the assassination of Senator Robert F. Kennedy, Heston appeared on The Joey Bishop Show and, along with fellow actors Gregory Peck, Kirk Douglas and James Stewart, called for public support for President Johnson's Gun Control Act of 1968. He was also an opponent of McCarthyism and racial segregation, which he saw as only helping the cause of Communism worldwide. He opposed the Vietnam War and considered Richard Nixon a disaster for America. He turned down John Wayne's offer of a role in The Alamo, because the film was a right-wing allegory for the Cold War[citation needed]. He later became much more conservative and was the President of the National Rifle Association from 1998 to 2003. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bulmercke Posted April 7, 2008 Share Posted April 7, 2008 I don't like to speak ill of the dead, but as others have mentioned he was a big supporter of the pro-gun nut-jobs so I was no fan of his. Charlton Heston was several terms the president of the N.R.A. but what's wrong with supporting a right which is anchored in the constitution of one's country? i am not a supporter of "guns for everybody" but i do understand those americans who insist "first take away the guns from the criminals and we will surrender ours". as far as weapons in private hands are concerned, the U.S. has reached a long time ago a "point of no return". Yes - he was great supporter of the second ammendment and was also involved in the civil rights movement in the early sixties. Despised Ted Kennedy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Macclad Posted April 8, 2008 Share Posted April 8, 2008 Favourite movies in no particular order....The Big Country,55 Days in Peking,Ben Hur. Anyone remember him in Dynasty in the 1980's ? Also,whilst playing theatre in London,he had a bit part in The Two Ronnies in a pub sketch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tinkelbell Posted April 9, 2008 Share Posted April 9, 2008 Remember the time when Bangkok was showing this movie 'Ben-Hur', it was a smash hit for Bangkokians. Overhight, one of the shoe store in Banglumpoo put up the new sign...'Ben-Hur Shoe store ( thai = ran-rong-tow-ben-hur). Wonder if this store still exit today ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justSumGai Posted April 17, 2008 Share Posted April 17, 2008 Will Penny and the BEST with Brian Keith...The Mountain Men, lots of cussing, priceless scene where some guy is explaining he was with settlers and Hestons mountain man character says loudly SETTLERS?!!! with a shocked frightened look as he clutches his flintlock to his chest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pampal Posted April 19, 2008 Share Posted April 19, 2008 I like the NRA commercials he used to do Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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