He was Oscar nominated in 1949 for Battleground and in 1975 for Give 'em Hell, Harry!. That's some impressive longevity. A quick look at his filmography makes me want to check out The Asphalt Jungle again.
Saturday, February 7, 2009
James Whitmore 1921-2009
James Whitmore has passed on and for most people he will forever be Brooks Hatlen, the Shawshank prisoner who couldn't deal with the free world after being institutionalized. Whitmore's 5 minute tangent in The Shawshank Redemption was a gutsy move by writer-director Frank Darabont - that eventually pays off, big-time. 
He was Oscar nominated in 1949 for Battleground and in 1975 for Give 'em Hell, Harry!. That's some impressive longevity. A quick look at his filmography makes me want to check out The Asphalt Jungle again.
He was Oscar nominated in 1949 for Battleground and in 1975 for Give 'em Hell, Harry!. That's some impressive longevity. A quick look at his filmography makes me want to check out The Asphalt Jungle again.
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