Darin? huh?! He WAS in one of Cornfield's other films, but he died in the early 70's ya know.
Cornfield had to use a voice synthesizer box for the last ten years of his life. I think he'd had throat cancer. I met him a couple of times around 2000-2001 and he was using it then. It was a bit difficult to understand him, even live and in person, but well worth the effort because he was a great theatre guest!!! He was a classic old school tough guy director and a WILD man, seriously. Total character, very out-there. Hit on all us girls at the theatre, too..lol. (Blatantly! no finesse but tons of chutzpah!)
Anyway, his stories were hilarious and erm...very colorful. OK, vulgar. Anyway. I think that WAS his voice on the DVD, not Brando's. But I imagine he and Brando together created a truly epic level of madness on that set. I'd love to hear Rita Moreno reminisce about them--unlike them, she's sane; and plus, she has a good sense of humor, so her viewpoint would probably be quite enjoyable.
I was sorry to hear Cornfield had died. He was truly a larger-than-life crazy-creative nut, as was Brando. Very memorable and likeable guy. I enjoy his films a lot; like him, they're uniquely weird and entertaining! :-)
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Doctor_Fu_Manchu
16 years ago
Doubt it, Id like proof.
"This is Fu Manchu. Once again the world is at my mercy."
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CaptainClaudius9
13 years ago
I agree with the Doctor on this, if the DVD commentary was recorded anytime in the 2000's then Brando would have been in such poor health that I doubt he would have been able to have sustained himself through a DVD commentary without there being some indication that it was him.
I also went onto Youtube and watched several clips of interviews with him and then listening to the DVD commentary it was clear that the commentator was not Brando as even Brando, when he's not acting, still has a distinct way of speaking and it did not match to the commentary track.
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