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RIP: Reel Important People -- November 4, 2007
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Stanley S. Canter (1932-2007) - Producer of Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes and its sequel, Tarzan and the Lost City. He also produced St. Ives, starring Charles Bronson, W.W. and the Dixie Dancekings, starring Burt Reynolds, and Hornet's Nest, starring Rock Hudson. He died of cardiovascular complications October 12, in Santa Monica, California. (Variety) - Robert Goulet (1933-2007) - Singer and actor who appears in Beetlejuice, Scrooged, Atlantic City and The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear. He also provided the singing voice for Wheezy the Penguin in Toy Story 2. Read Patrick's full post here.
- Ray Gravell (1951-2007) - Actor and rugby pro who appears in Damage and Darklands. He died of diabetes October 31, in Spain. (BBC)
- Evelyn Hamann (1942-2007) - German actress who starred in Ödipussi, Pappa ante Portas and Piratensender Powerplay. She died of lymphoma October 29, in Hamburg. (The Hollywood Reporter)
Robert Goulet Passes Away at 73
Filed under: Comedy », Music & Musicals », Newsstand », Obits »
Legendary performer Robert Goulet died yesterday morning at the age of 73. Goulet was hospitalized last month in Las Vegas, where he was diagnosed with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, a rare but rapidly progressive condition. The crooner passed away while awaiting a lung transplant at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. He failed to meet the criteria for the transplant. His physician, Doctor David Kipper, says Goulet was surrounded by his family at the time of his death. Goulet's wife of 25 years, Vera, tells CNN he was in good spirits to the end, telling doctors "Just watch my vocal cords" right before they inserted a breathing tube. Goulet gained international fame in 1960 playing Sir Lancelot in Broadway's Camelot, with Richard Burton and Julie Andrews. His popularity grew through Las Vegas concerts and performances on programs like The Ed Sullivan Show. Many in my generation know Goulet best for his tongue-in-cheek comedic performances. Goulet played a role in several of my favorite comedies -- he was Maxie Dean in Beetlejuice, pitch-perfect as the villainous Quentin Hapsburg in The Naked Gun 2 1/2, and had a hilarious guest bit in Scrooged. He was also the singing voice of Wheezy the Penguin in Toy Story 2, and sang at Bart's treehouse casino on an episode of The Simpsons. And of course, the guy became hip all over again when Will Ferrell started doing an insane Goulet impression on Saturday Night Live. In fact, this Goulet sketch -- "Red Ships of Spain" -- is responsible for the hardest laughter I have ever experienced.
He will be missed. Head over to Goulet's personal website for more information.
The View from Abroad: Screen Daily in 60 Seconds
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Notable among American films debuting in foreign territories this
weekend are The
Pink Panther, bowing on hundreds of screen across France, Germany, and Australia, and The
Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, which is moving on to China after a tremendously successful release in Japan.
Poor Tristan
Isolde, meanwhile, will stagger into Spain and New Zealand, hoping that somewhere on earth, people won't
have heard how bad it is.
- Catalina Sandino Moreno, an Oscar nominee for Maria Full of Grace, will lead an multi-national cast in The Heart Of The Earth, a Spanish-UK-Portugal co-production set to begin shooting in Spain and Portugal later this month. The story is yet another of those inspired-by-real-events, this one about an uprising at a British-owned silver mine in 18th century Spain. Among Moreno's costars will be Brits Sienna Guillory and Hugh Dancy, as well as Cuba's Jorge Perugorría.
- One of the increasingly rare children's book adaptation not being done by Walden Media is Aussie Unjoo Moon's version of The Wicked, Wicked Ladies In The Haunted House. Written by Pulitzer-winner Mary Close, the book, aimed at a grade-school audience, is "a suspenseful ghost story cum mystery in moody, atmospheric prose that blends dark magic and a dry wit occasionally reminiscent of Roald Dahl." Moon hopes that the film will be shot by Oscar winning Memoirs of a Geisha lensman Dion Beebe, to whom she happens to be married.
- Canada's own Walk of Fame is exploding with stars: it was announced recently that Pamela
Anderson, Brendan
Fraser, Eugene
Levy and Robert
Goulet are 2006's honorees, and will be inducted at a June ceremony. Surely Eugene Levey never imagined he's be
lucky enough to one day share a stage with both Pam Anderson AND Robert Goulet.
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