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Martin Landau dead at 89
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Martin Landau dead at 89
July 16, 2017 at 9:04 pm
Quote:The actor’s cause of death has not yet been disclosed.

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RE: Martin Landau dead at 89
July 16, 2017 at 10:54 pm
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RE: Martin Landau dead at 89
July 16, 2017 at 10:56 pm
Being 89 is a good enough cause of death.
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RE: Martin Landau dead at 89
July 16, 2017 at 11:20 pm
One of my favorite episodes of Outer Limits (the 1960s B/W) starred Martin Landau with Sally Kellerman and Chita Rivera in The Bolero Shield.

Probably best of we don't dwell on the insipid Space: 1999 . . . .
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RE: Martin Landau dead at 89
July 16, 2017 at 11:32 pm
And now for the performance of his career:



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RE: Martin Landau dead at 89
July 16, 2017 at 11:33 pm
(July 16, 2017 at 11:32 pm)Rev. Rye Wrote: And now for the performance of his career:




Never seen the movie, but I saw that it was one of his best works.
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RE: Martin Landau dead at 89
July 16, 2017 at 11:35 pm
(July 16, 2017 at 11:33 pm)Lutrinae Wrote:
(July 16, 2017 at 11:32 pm)Rev. Rye Wrote: And now for the performance of his career:




Never seen the movie, but I saw that it was one of his best works.

He did win the Oscar for that very performance. It also helps that this is one of the best movies Tim Burton ever made.
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RE: Martin Landau dead at 89
July 16, 2017 at 11:40 pm
(July 16, 2017 at 11:35 pm)Rev. Rye Wrote: He did win the Oscar for that very performance. It also helps that this is one of the best movies Tim Burton ever made.

I guess I'll have to watch it.
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RE: Martin Landau dead at 89
July 16, 2017 at 11:48 pm
I liked him.

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RE: Martin Landau dead at 89
July 17, 2017 at 1:22 am
I was a big fan of Space: 1999. It was a bit strange and certainly didn't pay much attention to scientific accuracy - especially in Season 1 - but I enjoyed it. I was no fan of Landau or Bain in the series however as I felt both of them were extremely wooden in their performances. To make matters worse, Landau's character was very cold. There wasn't much to like in Commander Koenig. Perhaps that is realistic as his character was responsible for the lives of several hundred people thrown into a desperate situation and he felt he had no luxury to be anything but a no-nonsense, hard-ass commander to give them all their best chance at survival. But he wasn't any fun.

Ironically, the only role I ever saw Landau in where I thought he showed any spark of character was is The Harlem Global Trotters on Gilligan's Island. The same for Barbara Bain. This is considered the nadir in the career of both of them but the only roles I saw either of them in where they looked like more than cardboard cutouts to me.

At heart, Landau was a theater actor. That's where his passion was. I never saw him there so I probably missed him at his best.
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