I believe Palance died last year. You're right about Requiem--he was great
in it.
There are lots of contestants for worst movie. Genghis Khan, with John
Wayne, has to be up there. Also (different circles of hell) Elvira Madigan,
Prince of Tides and The Hours.
Mark
At 11:55 AM 5/18/2005, you wrote:
>MJ Walker wrote:
>
>> But I saw *The Silver Chalice* when it came out, at 11 or so, all I
>>remember is Pier Angeli & Jack Palance.
>
>Palance is one of my favorite actors. Not always in trash, either: The
>Big Knife, where Odets wrote the script and Palance acted a destroyed
>movie star opposite a younger Rod Steiger, is splendid. And there is
>Shane: for Palance that was a career-maker but probably could have
>ruined him. Wilson, the meanest bastard who ever lived until Michael
>Madsen's turn as a psycho killer in Reservoir Dogs. I believe he was in
>the TV original of "Requiem for a Heavyweight," and later turned up in
>one of those dude ranch movies with Billy Crystal where, in his 70s, he
>turned his menace into something self-mocking. But the old guy is (he's
>still alive, right?) just dangerous-looking. As for Chalice, his Simon
>the Magician is roll-on-the-floor stuff: it's so over the top that it
>finds the bottom on the other side. Actually the funniest line comes
>after Simon crashes to his death on the bottom while trying to fly. The
>Emperor, I guess it was, sounds disconsolate when he says "He didn't
>fly." Duh, your Moronicity....
>
>Ken
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