There were few finer voices in Hollywood than Roscoe Lee Browne.His Nightlinger character in The Cowboys is one I consider among the most memorable I have ever watched on screen.I am sure Hollywood is going to miss him.
"If you gotta shoot,shoot! Don't talk!"
Eli Wallach (The Good,the Bad,and the Ugly)
The best line in the movie: : ...God forgive me for the men I've killed, and for those I'm about to... R.I.P. Mr. Browne
shareI also appreciate the line: "I have the inclination, the maturity and the wherewithal, but, unfortunately, I don't have the time."
shareWho among us didn't drool,at least a little bit,when he described how he prepared an apple pie? It made me want to go along for the ride if for no other reason than his cooking!
"If you gotta shoot,shoot! Don't talk!"
Eli Wallach (The Good,the Bad,and the Ugly)
I rank the story he tells the kids, right up there with the Robert Shaw monologue in Jaws.
"the same as you? Oh, children."
Roscoe Lee Browne was a unique talent and could be superb in certain unique roles, but I can't equate that "The same as you?-- oh, children!" story by Nightlinger to Quint's [Robert Shaw] story about the Indianapolis, for that was a true story, generally accurate as the fictional character told it. I knew a man in my town who was on the Indianapolis (he died about 7 years ago) who told me basically the same story as the character Quint. But the truth about Nightlinger's story-- "Well, if it's not, it ought to be." He just wanted to make them afraid of him from the beginning, so there would be less trouble.
shareGreat line
Great actor
In the DVDs special features,Roscoe Lee Browne talks about that very moment.He said he was expecting Dern to go deep in that scene,but that he wasn't expecting the slap in the face and that his look of anger was indeed,if only for a moment,real.He really had to work hard to stay in character.It was a great scene and a great film.
"If you have to shoot,shoot! Don't talk!"
Eli Wallach (The Good,the Bad,and the Ugly)
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Well, the same thing could be said for Sidney Poiter slapping that white guy in the movie Heat of the Night. I bet you most racist white Southerners got a heart attack seeing a black man fight back.
shareIn the DVDs special features,Roscoe Lee Browne talks about that very moment.He said he was expecting Dern to go deep in that scene,but that he wasn't expecting the slap in the face and that his look of anger was indeed,if only for a moment,real.He really had to work hard to stay in character.It was a great scene and a great film.
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Hard to believe Mr. Browne didn't at least get a nomination nod for Best Supporting Actor.
I especially admire him, director Mark Rydell, AND John Wayne for mutual congeniality and professionalism among them on the set of this movie, considering the fact that Wayne was, in many ways, a complete polar opposite of the other two on the political spectrum.
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Hard to believe Mr. Browne didn't at least get a nomination nod for Best Supporting Actor.