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James Caan famous for his role as Sonny Corleone from The Godfather dies at 82

twentyfive
Living well and enjoying my retirement
Damn their all leaving us
R. I. P.

https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/07/entertain…

31 comments

  • Jimmybigtits
    2 years ago
    Great actor. Worst godfather ever however brief. But he had to be for Michael to eventually shine. But as an actor he was great
  • crosscheck
    2 years ago
    That generation is slowly dying off. Sad, but inevitable.
  • san_jose_guy
    2 years ago
    "I want someone good, and I mean very good, to plant that. I don't want my kid brother coming out of there with nothing but his dick in his hand."

    SJG

    "Heartless" - Heart - School of Rock
    https://youtu.be/lpkYYEV7l9k?t=659
  • Muddy
    2 years ago
    All those 70's actors were great and he was one of the best of them, I a huge James Caan fan. I'm gonna try to watch Thief tonight.
  • twentyfive
    2 years ago
    ^ watch Brian’s Song, it’ll make you sad that was one of his best performances
  • san_jose_guy
    2 years ago
    The Thief (1981)
    https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083190/

    also Tuesday Weld in Once Upon a Time in America, directed by Sergio Leone
    https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0087843/?re…

    also
    https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0087089/?re…

    SJG

    "Heartless" - Heart - School of Rock
    https://youtu.be/lpkYYEV7l9k?t=659
  • twentyfive
    2 years ago
    ^ Once Upon A time in America, was one of my favorite films, but James Caan was not in that movie
  • san_jose_guy
    2 years ago
    I know, not in Cotton Club either. Tuesday Weld was in the Thief and Once Upon a Time in America.

    "There's a lot of money in that white powder".

    SJG
  • twentyfive
    2 years ago
    ^ Can't you stay on topic out of respect, or do you need to ruin every thread ? if you cant stay on topic I'm putting you back on ignore.
  • san_jose_guy
    2 years ago
    Which movie is it where sometime in the 20's or 30's some men were walking into a party and a male character greets them by saying, "Finest food and pussy in New York City" ?

    I think it was either Cotton Club or Once Upon a Time in America. And what was the name of the actor?

    SJG
  • twentyfive
    2 years ago
    ^it needed doing so i did it, god he is annoying.
  • Jimmybigtits
    2 years ago
    When Pacino and Bobby D go I'm going to binge watch everything they've made for weeks after I stop crying.
  • san_jose_guy
    2 years ago
    Notice that in The Godfather movies that Michael is the only one who's name is the same for the family as it is for everyone else.

    Santino is Sonny. Fredo is Freddy, and Constanza is Connie.

    SJG

    "Heartless" - Heart - School of Rock
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lpkYYEV7…
  • rattdog
    2 years ago
    "I got tired of coming up with last-minute desperate solutions to impossible problems created by other fucking people."
    tommy lee jones

    just following the lead of some fucked up guy on this board who may have gradually inhaled too much the noxious fumes of some west coast library.

    sonny bashing carlo with the bat was fucking epic.
  • Cashman1234
    2 years ago
    RIP James Caan. A true great.

    His roles in Brian’s Song, The Godfather, and Misery were enough for a top level actor. I forgot he was in Rollerball!

    Ray Liotta and James Caan passing within a short time of each other - that sucks.

    The article didn’t mention his role in Las Vegas. I found him to be good in that show too. But, I primarily watched it to see the hotties in bikinis poolside.
  • Jimmybigtits
    2 years ago
    Misery yes! Two of my favorite actors.
  • san_jose_guy
    2 years ago
    That beating Carlo took was extreme. But that was also why Carlo helped Sonny get ambushed and killed.

    Remember James Caan with Kathy Bates in Misery?

    SJG

    "Heartless" - Heart - School of Rock
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lpkYYEV7…
  • Jimmybigtits
    2 years ago
    Kathy Bates psychologically in that film is like 25% of my OTC dates
  • san_jose_guy
    2 years ago
    YIPES!

    SJG

    "Heartless" - Heart - School of Rock
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lpkYYEV7…
  • motorhead
    2 years ago
    Oh man that sucks having to hear about it on TUSCL


    I just posted a few months ago about watching him “The Gambler” from the early 70’s

    “Honeymoon is Vegas” is pretty good too
  • misterorange
    2 years ago
    He played a great scumbag villain in "Eraser".

    Good scene here: https://youtu.be/96WYuMLrjdo?t=185
  • grand1511
    2 years ago
    How great of an actor was James Caan you ask? He was twice voted as New York City's Italian of the Year...and he's not even Italian!
  • Warrior15
    2 years ago
    My favorite role for him was the Hotel boss in the TV show Vegas. Mainly because of the hot girls in sexy dresses they had parading around all the time.
  • skibum609
    2 years ago
    One of his best roles, which no one ever seems to mention was "Colorado" in El Dorado, with John Wayne and Robert Mitchum.
  • rockie
    2 years ago
    "Mississippi" was the James Caan character's name in El Dorado. "Colorado" was a similar character played by Ricky Nelson in Rio Bravo. I like both movies, but El Dorado remains a family favorite.
  • TheeOSU
    2 years ago
    I'm late here, I really enjoyed him in Godfather and Thief. RIP
  • san_jose_guy
    2 years ago
    "
    It's not like in the army where you kill 'em from a mile away. You gotta get right up to 'em and BINK, blow their brains out, get that all over your nice Ivy League suit.
    "

    SJG

    "Long Way To The Top" - School of Rock Reunion Concert LIVE
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=refCJcJJ…

    School of Rock 10 year reunion
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bf8INiBD…

    School of Rock Musical - Teachers Pet Combination
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Ae2jwWD…

    Keep Me Hanging On
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9CU_5a6…

    Jefferson Starship - Jane - 2018 School of Rock AllStars Team 6, awesom lead singer
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BdWq4w8D…

    Strange Kind of Women - Perfect Strangers - live at La Grande Ourse Concert Hall
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EfLYvbRi…

    VANILLA FUDGE_You Keep Me Hanging On_BB Kings_6-22-13
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghiIrfeU…

    Chambers Brothers - Time Has Come Today - Cleveland School of Rock
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQpZv2r8…

    Linda Ronstadt - You're No Good - 2016 School of Rock AllStars Team 6
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tMM5bjkK…

    School of Rock Reunion Concert - Jack Black - BEST QUALITY
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLcqTLTo…

    Electric Light Orchestra - Telephone Line - Chicago School of Rock
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWkDM15f…
  • misterorange
    2 years ago
    SJG you do a terrible James Caan impression even when typing a quote.
  • san_jose_guy
    2 years ago
    I tried to do it from memory, I think I got it close.

    But here:

    Sonny : Hey, whaddya gonna do, nice college boy, eh? Didn't want to get mixed up in the Family business, huh? Now you wanna gun down a police captain. Why? Because he slapped ya in the face a little bit? Hah? What do you think this is the Army, where you shoot 'em a mile away? You've gotta get up close like this and - bada-BING! - you blow their brains all over your nice Ivy League suit. C'mere...

    [kisses Michael's head]

    Michael : Sonny...

    Sonny : You're taking this very personal. Tom, this is business and this man is taking it very, very personal.

    https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068646/cha…

    Also when these guys talk about what is business instead of personal, nonsense. It is all completely personal.

    SJG

  • skibum609
    2 years ago
    Ty Rocki; you are correct. I like James Caan, but I also like Dean Martin, so its a draw.
  • san_jose_guy
    2 years ago
    Note also that NYPD Police Capt. McCluskey hit Michael in the face hard enough to break his jaw. Michael was just trying to protect his father from this corrupt pig.

    Well some one also hit the daughter of Americgo Boneseara hard enough to break her jaw. We are left having to ask ourselves whether or not we really believe her father's version of events.

    SJG

    A Taste of Honey - Boogie Oogie Oogie - 2018 School of Rock AllStars Team 6
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1RKpk9tz…
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