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Title: RIP Edward Woodward
Post by: Trevor on November 16, 2009, 09:02:16 AM
BBC News is reporting the passing of the great British actor Edward Woodward, star of The Equalizer, Callan and The Wicker Man.

RIP, Mr Woodward and thank you.  :bluesad:

(http://5g8.net/uploader/12584598126824_theequalizer.jpg)


Title: Re: RIP Edward Woodward
Post by: Torgo on November 16, 2009, 10:30:37 AM
This really sucks.  He was one of my favorite actors and from all accounts a very nice and humble person.

He was great in Hot Fuzz. I wasn't aware he had a role in it until I was in the theater and when he showed up on screen I blurted out "Ed Woodward!" with a big smile on my face.

His performance in The Wicker Man is one for the ages.   


Title: Re: RIP Edward Woodward
Post by: trekgeezer on November 16, 2009, 01:39:17 PM
I loved Woodward in the Equalizer, he proved that old guys can still kick ass. He was great in Wicker Man and Breaker Morant.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MzwVsy4Oe-0


Title: Re: RIP Edward Woodward
Post by: Psycho Circus on November 16, 2009, 02:15:58 PM
NOOOOOOOOOOOO!

RIP  :bluesad:


Title: Re: RIP Edward Woodward
Post by: Jim H on November 16, 2009, 03:19:50 PM
Used to love The Equalizer.  Kind of scary to think I was watching that show 20 years ago.  I was very young to be watching it, I must say.  I remember thinking the intro was great.  

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uB1NiNKwueE

I didn't even recognize him in Hot Fuzz.  Cool to know that was him.  A very nice role for him.  

RIP.


Title: Re: RIP Edward Woodward
Post by: JaseSF on November 16, 2009, 07:48:11 PM
R.I.P. Mr. Woodward. We've lost yet another talented actor. Thanks for the memories.


Title: Re: RIP Edward Woodward
Post by: Allhallowsday on November 16, 2009, 08:54:23 PM
EDWARD WOODWARD was hugely talented, a sensitive, accomplished actor, and always a treat to see in anything.  I was also a fan of "The Equalizer" because of WOODWARD's fantastic characterization.  Good night EDWARD, your work stands the test of time. 


Title: Re: RIP Edward Woodward
Post by: Trevor on November 17, 2009, 01:28:51 AM
I can truly say that Mr Woodward was truly a nice guy ~ despite all the bad-ass enforcers he played like Callan and Robert McCall (some people say that these two are actually the same character) ~ because I wrote him a fan letter years back, asking his thoughts on Breaker Morant and he replied to me. I'll bet he even typed the letter himself.  :smile:

I'm writing a review of Hot Fuzz for this site ~ I loved the film and the review will be dedicated to him.  :smile:


Title: Re: RIP Edward Woodward
Post by: Trevor on November 17, 2009, 01:32:55 AM
Typical Robert McCall line:

[Addressing a bad guy] "You have five seconds to give me the name." [pause] "Time's up! Throw him out of the window!"

 :buggedout: :buggedout: :buggedout: :teddyr:


Title: Re: RIP Edward Woodward
Post by: Newt on November 17, 2009, 01:43:18 AM
Another of my favourites gone.  So very sad.  Good night, Edward.


Title: Re: RIP Edward Woodward
Post by: Trevor on November 17, 2009, 05:20:35 AM
I just had an idea ~ I have to come up with the titles for our yearly film screenings in Bloemfontein. As Breaker Morant is a film about South Africa and its' release date is within the time frame we're covering, I'm going to put that title forward for 2010 both as a film people would like to see and as a tribute to Edward Woodward.  :smile:

Errrmmmm...... I just discovered that the archives only has a Betamax tape of the film....... :buggedout:


Title: Re: RIP Edward Woodward
Post by: Torgo on November 17, 2009, 07:36:05 AM
Director Edgar Wright (of Hot Fuzz) has quite a well spoken eulogy about Mr. Woodward that is well worth a look.

http://www.edgarwrighthere.com/2009/11/edward-woodward-1930-2009/ (http://www.edgarwrighthere.com/2009/11/edward-woodward-1930-2009/)


Title: Re: RIP Edward Woodward
Post by: Trevor on November 17, 2009, 08:15:40 AM
Thanks for that, Torgo.  :smile:

And Edgar is right ~ the Hot Fuzz DVD commentary with Edward Woodward, Timothy Dalton, Paul Freeman and Kenneth Cranham is great.


Title: Re: RIP Edward Woodward
Post by: Allhallowsday on November 18, 2009, 11:32:38 PM
I just had an idea ~ I have to come up with the titles for our yearly film screenings in Bloemfontein. As Breaker Morant is a film about South Africa and its' release date is within the time frame we're covering, I'm going to put that title forward for 2010 both as a film people would like to see and as a tribute to Edward Woodward.  :smile:

Errrmmmm...... I just discovered that the archives only has a Betamax tape of the film....... :buggedout:

Hi Trevor,
I appreciate the depth of your thoughtfulness.  My own gut tells me, BREAKER MORANT, though an important and challenging film, a masterpiece really, is perhaps too challenging anyway....  :bluesad:  That film is a heartbreaker, a showstopper, and a challenger.   :thumbup:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uS6-1nCZqkc&feature=related 
"Shoot straight, y'bastards!!!" 


Title: Re: RIP Edward Woodward
Post by: Pilgermann on November 19, 2009, 01:11:43 PM
I recently saw The Wicker Man for the first time but didn't realize that it was the same guy from The Equalizer.  I used to watch that show with my parents when I was little.  The intro to that show always stuck with me.  It's sad to see him go.


Title: Re: RIP Edward Woodward
Post by: Trevor on November 25, 2009, 03:38:35 AM
I just remembered that a few days before I read that he had passed, I had a rather weird dream in which I took Mr Woodward and his wife Michelle to the Pretoria Church Street cemetery in which Harry "Breaker" Morant and his friend Lt Peter Handcock are buried, after their death by firing squad in 1902.

I showed the Woodwards the grave of Morant and Handcock (they are buried in the same grave) in the public section of the cemetery and Mr Woodward looked down at the grave, smiled at his wife and then at me. Then I woke up, wondering what the heck that was all about.

Now I know, unfortunately.  :bluesad:


Title: Re: RIP Edward Woodward
Post by: AndyC on November 25, 2009, 10:45:28 AM
I actually didn't start watching The Equalizer until it was in reruns in the late 90s, and I loved it. McCall is just the ultimate stone-cold badass, but with style and a good heart. Also a big fan of the original Wicker Man. Can't be completely sure, but my wife and I suspect the original inspiration for our daughter's name, Rowan, came from that movie.

I also thought Woodward was one of the best characters in Hot Fuzz, constantly watching the video monitors, obsessed with keeping the town free of street performers. "We'll be up to our balls in jugglers!"

Sad to see him go.