Big Magilla wrote:I don't want to be known as a sex symbol. There's a great stigma that goes with that tag. I want to be a Sam Elliott.
This gives me more insight on his comment about the cowboys looking like Chippendales dancers. Despite owing his career partly to how (admittedly) handsome he was, he clearly has a hang-up about not just homosexuality but also male beauty in general. This type of "protests too much" homophobia always makes me suspicious. Perhaps he sees more of himself in Cumberbatch's character than he wants to admit.
Also, this means A STAR IS BORN (2018) sure had a bunch of bigots in supporting roles: Sam Elliot, Dave Chappelle, and Andrew Dice Clay. It was a weird mix considering the queer-adjacent aspects of Lady Gaga's character.
"When it comes to the subject of torture, I trust a woman who was married to James Cameron for three years."
-- Amy Poehler in praise of Zero Dark Thirty director Kathryn Bigelow
Samuel Pack Elliott was born in Sacramento, California, to Glynn Mamie (Sparks), a physical training instructor who taught at a high school, and Henry Nelson Elliott, who worked for the Department of the Interior as a predator control specialist. His parents were both born in Texas. Sam is mainly of English and Scottish descent.
His great-great-great-uncle, Edward F. Mitchusson, was a doctor who died at the Alamo in 1836. Edward was the brother of Sam's paternal great-great-grandfather, Jacob Robert Mitchusson.
Began singing in the choir when he was four years old at the Congregational Church in Sacramento.
Fifth husband of Katharine Ross.
In his book "Shirtless! The Hollywood Male Physique," Donald Reuter refers to Elliott as a "super bod" and gives him a full-page color photograph from his 1976 movie Lifeguard (1976).
His bare-buns scene in The Legacy (1978) earned the highest rating (3 stars) from "The Bare Facts" -- a printed guide to nudity in movies.
Personal Quotes:
[in the December 1976 issue of "Playgirl"] I don't want to be known as a sex symbol. There's a great stigma that goes with that tag. I want to be a Sam Elliott.
I was really happy that Ang Lee won the Best Director award, I got to know him very well on Hulk (2003). But I'm not the Brokeback Mountain (2005) crowd, what can I tell ya. I'm more of a purist. But at the same time, it's a new day.
As others have pointed out, this man's cowboy persona was adopted in his later years rather than authentically developed over his lifetime. Much like George W Bush, he is just playing a role, and has no more authority to speak on the subject than Billy Crystal.
As boorish as his behavior is, he has illustrated the point of the movie (and book) about tearing down the myth of the wild west and the toxic masculinity that it supports. Just more reason to love this film, and hopefully "this fucking woman" will win at the Oscars for her achievement.
"When it comes to the subject of torture, I trust a woman who was married to James Cameron for three years."
-- Amy Poehler in praise of Zero Dark Thirty director Kathryn Bigelow
"When it comes to the subject of torture, I trust a woman who was married to James Cameron for three years."
-- Amy Poehler in praise of Zero Dark Thirty director Kathryn Bigelow
A little something for everything except The Power of the Dog from this bloggers' group, eh?
From their Wikipedia page:
"It was founded in 2016 by Scott Menzel, Scott Mantz, and Ashley Menzel, after noting Los Angeles only had one film critic organization. Its purpose is to be a critics group that is diverse and supports underrepresented voices and they are the first critics group to separate directing honors by gender. ' There has been so much conversation about the power of female filmmakers, and we wanted to embrace it,' said Scott Mantz."
Note: The separation of male and female directors has since been abandoned. Now they just give out one each and call it a tie.
