James Caan

guitartango

One of my favourite actors from the 1970's.

Rollerball, Freebie and the Bean, The Godfather,Slither, so many good films.

RIP

merlin

He was an excellent actor, ought to have had more breaks. Hero of mine for sure.

So long Sonny. RIP

KDS

Ace in rollerball and the Godfather

Fishboy7

Damn 

DesVegas

Was he Kilgore too..? smelling napalm in the morning etc?

RIP you beautiful man

Fishboy7

DesVegas said:

Was he Kilgore too..? smelling napalm in the morning etc?

RIP you beautiful man

That's Robert Duval 

Greatape

Ah, bollix. 

Superb and underrated actor. Can imagine no one else in the roles he made famous.

RIP

EricTheWeary

Elf, Misery, Godfather, Alien Nation.
 I went with my father to see Rollerball at the cinema so I must have been 11 or 12. We were told I was too young but my father said it would be okay. I was blown away! One of my all time favourites.

RIP James. 

Philly_Q

Excellent actor, and a proper Hollywood star for a while back in the '70s.

Also featured in one of the few - the very few - romcoms I actually like, Honeymoon in Vegas.  RIP.

guitartango

EricTheWeary said:

Elf, Misery, Godfather, Alien Nation.
 I went with my father to see Rollerball at the cinema so I must have been 11 or 12. We were told I was too young but my father said it would be okay. I was blown away! One of my all time favourites.

RIP James. 

Also thought Rollerball was a great film, not sure if the film critics like it.

pigface

It's a bit funny, but although he was a well-known actor to me, when I look at his filmography I've probably only seen 'The Godfather', 'Silent Movie' and 'A Bridge Too Far'. Never saw 'Rollerball'. I was a bit surprised.

EricTheWeary

guitartango said:

EricTheWeary said:

Elf, Misery, Godfather, Alien Nation.
 I went with my father to see Rollerball at the cinema so I must have been 11 or 12. We were told I was too young but my father said it would be okay. I was blown away! One of my all time favourites.

RIP James. 

Also thought Rollerball was a great film, not sure if the film critics like it.

I have a soft spot for those 70s sci-fi films like Rollerball, Westworld, Logan's Run and Silent Running which didn't have amazing effects and were being made for adult audiences. In some ways they represent a golden period in trying to make serious sci-fi before family oriented special effects sci-fi and fantasy films became the norm. Critics were very snobby about that kind of film and they were invariably panned at the time. I haven’t rewatched Rollerball for quite a while so it might not be as good as my memory of it, but I think it’s good! 

maw4neu

I loved Rollerball when I was a kid, I think I was 13 or 14 when I got to see it at the pictures and it was epic . . James Caan was excellent in everything he appeared in . . .Yet another sad loss  . . . RIP James

guitars4you

RIP James and Sonny Corleone

 

grappagreen

He was in some great films... Misery was my favourite..