Charles Buchinsky, RIP

[ErikJ]

I have to say that I can't pinpoint a favorite film of his because I enjoyed them all.
Thank you & rest well, you deserve it.

[Fearless Freep]

ASHETHECAT - I'm going to be 30 in less than a year and I can honestly say that I've never seen any films with Charles Bronson....

Well, arguably there are some very good movies he's been in where he wasn't the star so even if you can't seem him as the 'tough guy, leading man', they are very worth watching anyway.

I'm thinking:
The Dirty Dozen
The Magnificent Seven
The Great Escape



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[NEC]

I cannot remember a time that I wasn't a fan of Bronson. I remember being a very young kid in the late '70s-early '80s and watching (edited on TV of course) movies like Telefon, White Buffalo, The Mechanic; the list goes on and on. I remember when Assasination (a movie even my mom likes) came out in 1987, I really wanted to see it even though I was only 11 at the time. I remember when I was a kid I thought maybe he was a very quiet man, because Jill was writing these books and speaking out, while it seemed to me that he was in the background. One of the few interviews of his I read was back in 1991 after Jill's death discussing his role as the newspaper editor that answers the famous letter in an adaption of Yes, Virginia, There Is A Santa Claus. As I got older I came to really appreciate his work. I even enjoyed his made-for-cable work as well - I highly recommend Donato & Daughter (1993). Bronson was someone that I had always wanted to meet; he seemed like someone that would be interesting and that would have a lot of interesting annecdotes. From House Of Wax and Machine Gun Kelly; to The Magnificent Seven, The Great Escape, and The Dirty Dozen; to Death Wish, Mr. Majestyk, and Hard Times; and beyond.  95 films roles (film, tv-movie, and cable-movie), 2 regular television series roles, and 53 guest starring television roles spanning 48 years. Thank you, Mr. Bronson.

[JohnL]

>The character's vigilantism brought widespread criticism, but "Death Wish"
>became one of the big moneymakers of the year. The controversy accelerated
>when Bernard Goetz shot youths he thought were threatening him in a New York
>subway.
>
>Bronson made three more "Death Wish" films, and in 1987 he defended them:

Actually, there are 5 Death Wish movies.

Those are probably my favorite Bronson movies followed by 10 to Midnight.

[The Burgomaster]

My favorite Bronson film is MR. MAJESTYK. I think the fact that the story was written by the great Elmore Leonard is one of the reasons why it is so good. Plus, it has some excellent 70s character actors in it (Al Letteiri and Paul Koslo, for example).

I'm also a big fan of THE DIRTY DOZEN, THE GREAT ESCAPE, and THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN. But I don't consider those to be "Bronson" films. They are films in which he appears, but he isn't the star.

Some other Bronson films that I like are:

* DEATH WISH
* 10 TO MIDNIGHT
* FROM NOON 'TIL THREE

Some bad Bronson films are:

* DEATH WISH 3
* THE VALACHI PAPERS
* ASSASSINATION
* BORDERLINE

Mediocre Bronson films include:

* BREAKOUT
* THE MECHANIC (great idea, but not executed very well)
* ST. IVES (I haven't seen it in about 15 years, but it seemed to be confusing)
* MURPHY'S LAW (would have been much better without Kathleen Wilhoite's stupid dialogue)

[BoyScoutKevin]

"Vera Cruz" and "Big House, U.S.A" And "House of Wax," where he was Vincent Price's mute assistant, and whose head was put to such good use in the film.