RayLiotta has died.

Bull not Bill!
Bill was in Gangs of NY!

Yes Gangs of New York brillian! I loved it. Martin Scorsce didn't win best director for that but some mediocre film down the line.

Yes Daniel Day Lewis fantastic in GONY, In spite of turning up in an ad for bread, lowering standards expensive divorce I gather, De Niro back on form in The Irish man on Netflix.

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Is this heaven?

No, its Iowa.

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I’m surprised I’ve not heard of him either.

FannyCornforth TerriBull Raging Bull is always at the top or near the top of film critics lists for great films. I don’t think it’s an enjoyable film as such but can still totally appreciate De Niro in it.
GONY is a bit too graphic in it’s violence at times for me, but agree about Cameron Diaz, totally mis-cast imo. Plus, and I know this will be sacrilege to some, I’ve never liked Leo DiCaprio, he just doesn’t do it for me as an actor.
DDL, on the other hand, I love. I can’t think of a single film of his that I’ve seen that I haven’t really enjoyed, my personal favourite being The Last of the Mohicans which I have watched several times, it’s so beautiful.
I haven’t seen The Irishman, but given the cast, I’m sure I’d enjoy it. Pacino, Keitel, Pesci, what’s not to enjoy? De Niro really has made some poor choices over the years, hasn’t he? When you think of his brilliance in Mean Streets, Taxi Driver, Godfather 2, Deerhunter, Raging Bull to name but five, it’s sad to see him in things like The Little Fockers, The Bagman, etc.

Grannydarkhair and ‘Dirty Grandpa’
I can only think that his ex-wives’ lawyers must have taken him to the cleaners.
Re De Caprio. I totally agree. I could just about manage to ignore him in Gangs, but Diaz managed to dominate every scene that she was in with her ‘wrongness’!
However- I did change my mind about him after seeing The Aviator where he plays Howard Hughes.
That’s a brilliant film. I might re watch it today!
Thanks for a great, albeit very sad, thread

I haven’t seen The Irishman either, thanks for the reminder

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I ve never heard of this man seems I m the only person who hasn’t ?

No, I haven't heard of him either...

nor i.
james o'brien on lbc has a question and answer hour. for a very good answer he would say it deserves a railey otter. this put me off the show.
found the term baffling and excluding.
i had no idea what it meant. only just realised he was referencing this actor, whom i'd not heard of.

It was a quote from Field of Dreams.
Steve Allen interviewed Ray and asked him to record it.
Previously James himself would say ‘if you build it, they will come’.
He’s been saying if for years. Originally it was from when he had the subject for a phone in, and someone would call in who had amazing niche knowledge of the topic.

The clip said ‘This is Ray Liotta, and you’re listening to James OBrien on LBC.
If you build it, they will come’

And James sponsored an otter (his favourite animal) and called it Ray.

still baffling if you've never heard of him or the films.
i like the callers on james o'brien but find him rather annoying, bit full of himself.