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03 January 2011, 12:00 PM

mart360

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Rip Pete Postlethwaite

http://news.uk.msn.com/uk/articles.a...ntid=155744519

Just watched him a few days ago on the box

RIP

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03 January 2011, 12:02 PM

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Oh that is sad. One of my favourite actors. He was brilliant in The Usual Suspects.

RIP indeed!

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03 January 2011, 12:08 PM

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Oh that is sad. One of my favourite actors. He was brilliant in The Usual Suspects.

RIP indeed!

That's the film I always think of him in when mentioned, brilliant actor.

RIP

Aaron

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03 January 2011, 12:18 PM

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Originally Posted by f1_fan

He was brilliant in The Usual Suspects.

RIP indeed!

He was brilliant full stop.

Anyone see the role he played in Sharpe, compare that to the role he played in Usual Supects.
Huge range

I've never seen him play a bad part

RIP

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03 January 2011, 12:42 PM

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He was brilliant full stop.

Anyone see the role he played in Sharpe, compare that to the role he played in Usual Supects.
Huge range

I've never seen him play a bad part

RIP

Steve Speilberg once descried Pete as "The greatest actor in the world"

Sgt. Obadiah Hakeswill in Sharpe - brilliant one of the best/meanest/evil baddies of all time!

He played so many roles and damn well!

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000592/

RIP Pete

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03 January 2011, 01:10 PM

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RIP Pete

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03 January 2011, 03:39 PM

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RIP Pete from a fellow Warringtonian, a great actor and a down to earth guy that will be missed by many.

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03 January 2011, 03:51 PM

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RIP Pete, Brassed off. One of his best films.

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03 January 2011, 04:29 PM

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This is sad news, isnt it? I always think of Brassed Off too: "...she's a bit careless with the crockery, your Sandra!"

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03 January 2011, 04:34 PM

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Very sad - so relatively young.
To me, he made the character of Sgt Hakeswill in the Sharpe series the perfect baddy.

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03 January 2011, 05:16 PM

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Thats sad, he was brilliant in "The Town", really good film that hasn't had a lot of publicity.

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03 January 2011, 05:40 PM

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Shocked by this.

Really enjoyed his acting - he fully inhabited all the characters he played, etc.

A fine, fine actor in the same way as Tom Wilkinson is.

He'll be sorely missed.

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03 January 2011, 09:53 PM

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Thats sad, he was brilliant in "The Town", really good film that hasn't had a lot of publicity.

Yep watched this the other day and was very impressed.
Pete was definitely one of my favourite actors, His speech at the end of
" Brassed Off " was just brilliant.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lKx3MUqzCcQ

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03 January 2011, 09:54 PM

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Excellent Actor R.I.P.

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03 January 2011, 09:56 PM

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I do feel sad hearing about his death.

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03 January 2011, 10:08 PM

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Great actor.

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03 January 2011, 10:15 PM

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^^^ Was.

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03 January 2011, 11:19 PM

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The compliment from Spielberg was impressive.

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04 January 2011, 10:40 AM

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Thats sad, he was brilliant in "The Town", really good film that hasn't had a lot of publicity.

God just saw 'The Town' the other night. Was thinking he looked very thin. Never realised that he was fighting the big C.

RIP

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04 January 2011, 11:10 AM

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Outstanding actor. Very sorry to hear of his death.

Les

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04 January 2011, 03:11 PM

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watched inception last week what an omen (played the part of a dying man) rip Mr Postlethwaite a superb all-round actor.

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04 January 2011, 04:03 PM

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Very sad news

Brilliant actor - excellent in Romeo & Juliet

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05 January 2011, 07:13 AM

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I shared a table with him in the business lounge at Perth airport about 5 years ago. I remember he had an amazing jacket on and he wore a diamond ear ring. We never spoke , but it was definitely him .