🪷 Happy birthday #Caligula, born 31 Aug 12 AD. #Farnese #Antinous anachronistically upstages Caligula in "Demetrius & the Gladiators." Pick your favorite film/TV Caligula: #JayRobinson, #JohnHurt #MalcolmMcDowell or transgender #AlexisArquette (pre-transition) 🪷
#caligula #farnese #antinous #jayrobinson #johnhurt #malcolmmcdowell #alexisarquette
http://foritismansnumber.blogspot.com/2023/07/prime-time-1984-1984.html
A bit more timely today, but I am still feeling a bit bleurgh. So let me know if I have made any glaring errors.
#blog #blogger #review #MovieReview #1984 #JohnHurt #RichardBurton #SuzannaHamilton #MichaelRadford #film #cinema #movies #filmastodon #cinemastodon #mastomovies
#blog #blogger #review #moviereview #johnhurt #richardburton #suzannahamilton #michaelradford #film #cinema #movies #filmastodon #cinemastodon #mastomovies
On June 22, 2020, the restored version of The Elephant Man was re-released in France. Here’s some John Hurt fan art!
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#TheElephantMan #DavidLynch #JohnHurt #HistoricalDrama #MelBrooks #BioPic #BiographicalDrama #DramaFilm #80sMovies #ElephantMan #Art #MovieArt #MovieArt #MovieHistory
#theelephantman #davidlynch #johnhurt #historicaldrama #melbrooks #biopic #biographicaldrama #dramafilm #80smovies #elephantman #art #movieart #moviehistory
On May 28, 1979, Alien was released on VHS and Betamax in the United States. Here’s some original John Hurt fan art!
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#Alien #Alien1979 #RidleyScott #JohnHurt #HorrorArt #SciFiArt #SciFiHorror #DystopianFilm #DystopianSciFi #Art #PopArt #Drawing #70sSciFi #MovieHistory
#alien #alien1979 #ridleyscott #johnhurt #horrorart #scifiart #scifihorror #dystopianfilm #DystopianSciFi #art #popart #drawing #70sscifi #moviehistory
For those of you with access to Beamafilm they have the magnificent An Englishman in New York with John Hurt playing Quentin Crisp available now. Well worth a watch.
#beamafilm #anenglishmaninnewyork #johnhurt #quentincrisp
🪷 "People really are despicable," #JohnHurt as #Caligula says to #Claudius and #Tiberius in the BBC series "I, Claudius." He's referring to perfidious Patricians. But Tony McMahon suggests the same could be said for critics who loathed #IClaudius in 1976. 🪷
#johnhurt #caligula #Claudius #Tiberius #iclaudius
🪷 "People really are despicable," #JohnHurt as #Caligula says to #Claudius and #Tiberius in the BBC series "I, Claudius." He's referring to perfidious Patricians. But Tony McMahon suggests the same could be said for critics who loathed #IClaudius in 1976. 🪷
#johnhurt #caligula #Claudius #Tiberius #iclaudius
🪷 "People really are despicable," #JohnHurt as #Caligula says to #Claudius and #Tiberius in the BBC series "I, Claudius." He's referring to perfidious Patricians. But Tony McMahon @templar_forum suggests the same could be said for critics who loathed #IClaudius in 1976. 🪷
#johnhurt #caligula #Claudius #Tiberius #iclaudius
🪷 "People really are despicable," #JohnHurt as #Caligula says to #Claudius and #Tiberius in the BBC series "I, Claudius." He's referring to perfidious Patricians. But Tony McMahon suggests the same could be said for critics who loathed #IClaudius in 1976. 🪷
#johnhurt #caligula #Claudius #Tiberius #iclaudius
🪷 16 March 37 AD #Tiberius dies and #Caligula becomes emperor. #Farnese #Antinous anachronistically upstages Caligula in "Demetrius & the Gladiators." Pick your favorite film/TV Caligula: #JayRobinson, #JohnHurt #MalcolmMcDowell or transgender #AlexisArquette (pre-transition) 🪷
#Tiberius #caligula #farnese #antinous #jayrobinson #johnhurt #malcolmmcdowell #alexisarquette
In celebration of #HistoryOfTheWorldPart2 coming out on #Hulu, here's some of the best bits of #HistoryOfTheWorldPart1.
"The Last Supper"
https://youtu.be/y3kcnm2THXI
(It's #HootinTootinTuesday again! Post some jokes or funny memes under this hashtag today, and bring lots of smiles to #Mastodon.)
#Humor #Humour #MelBrooks #Jokestodon #Musicals #Comedy #MusicalComedy #JohnHurt #Jesus #ReligiousHumor #DaVinci #LeonardoDaVinci
#johnhurt #jesus #religioushumor #davinci #leonardodavinci #historyoftheworldpart2 #hulu #historyoftheworldpart1 #hootintootintuesday #Mastodon #Humor #humour #melbrooks #jokestodon #musicals #comedy #musicalcomedy
On March 6, 1981, The Elephant Man debuted in Italy. Here’s some fan art to celebrate!
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#TheElephantMan #DavidLynch #JohnHurt #HistoricalDrama #MelBrooks #BioPic #BiographicalDrama #DramaFilm #80sMovies #ElephantMan #Art #MovieArt #MovieArt #MovieHistory
#theelephantman #davidlynch #johnhurt #historicaldrama #melbrooks #biopic #biographicaldrama #dramafilm #80smovies #elephantman #art #movieart #moviehistory
Remember John Hurt. #BOTD 1940
Watch the official "Chestburster" clip for Alien.
#JohnHurt #RidleyScott #Alien #YaphetKotto #SigourneyWeaver #TomSkerritt #movies #WhatToWatch
#botd #johnhurt #ridleyscott #alien #yaphetkotto #sigourneyweaver #TomSkerritt #movies #WhatToWatch
The wonderful John Hurt, born on this day.
#doctorwho #johnhurt #wardoctor #drawing
🪷 #JohnHurt (22 Jan 1940 – 25 Jan 2017) was iconic in many roles (#DrWho!) but especially as #Caligula in #IClaudius & #QuentinCrisp (a saint of #Antinous) in film/TV. 🪷
#johnhurt #drwho #caligula #iclaudius #quentincrisp #antinous
I'm at the end of a rabbit hole in search of #LewisCarroll's poem, #TheHuntingOfTheSnark.
Here is a splendid, restored musical version, recorded at the Albert Hall in 1987. It features #BillyConnolly as the Bellman and #JohnHurt as narrator.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FlXPCAm5nHw
And here's the text:
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/43909/the-hunting-of-the-snark
May your Snarks never be Boojums.
#lewiscarroll #thehuntingofthesnark #billyconnolly #johnhurt
Beginning this Saturday:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b009szrh/broadcasts/upcoming
#DoctorWho #Radio4Extra #JohnHurt #Daleks
#doctorwho #radio4extra #johnhurt #daleks
Everyone needs a good doctor. Who's your doctor?
#DoctorWho #BBC #scifi #sciencefiction #sciencefantasy #johnhurt
#doctorwho #bbc #scifi #sciencefiction #sciencefantasy #johnhurt