We went to see Who Framed Roger Rabbit at the cinema with an American lady, after the film I asked her what Bob Hoskins’s accent was like (with thoughts of Dick Van Dyke) and sounding puzzled she told me that she had no idea he wasn’t American, which impressed me greatly.
Roger Rabbit is one of the best films ever made IMHO
hmmm, I think I’d take The Long Good Friday. Brilliant, absolutely brilliant film and a cracking performance by Bob. Espcially those last couple of minutes in the back of the cab
And this scene
And then there’s Mona Lisa, sad little man who couldn’t be further away from the menacing Harold in Friday
The first I knew of it was when the lad who has been hired to tweet for our company decided to go all Peaches Geldof on it claiming for each of our divisions that we were all horrified by the death of Bob Hoskins. Most of the staff ( young people under 30?) had no idea who he was. And whilst I would probably rather he lived I certainly wasn’t drowning my sorrows on hearing the news.
Twitter is rapidly becoming the online equivalent of bunches of flowers at RTA sites.
Just got round to watching The Long Good Friday, after seeing it on this thread, and what a superb film it is too! Good sound track as well, and pretty fast paced for it’s age. Very nearly didn’t get released either: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Long_Good_Friday