Actor Gene Wilder has died aged 83
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Telegraph obit:
Gene Wilder, actor
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Gene Wilder, actor
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Gene Wilder obituary
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People that make us laugh are the most special of us all.
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Edited version of Gene's segment in Everything You Always Wanted to Know about Sex
[video=youtube;rQk_52bnp9k]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQk_52bnp9k[/video]
http://www.ew.com/article/2016/08/29/gene-wilder-appreciation
In 1972, after the release of Wonka, Wilder turned up in Woody Allen’s omnibus 1972 comedy Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex* But Were Afraid to Ask. The film was structured as a drive-by series of high-concept sketches all touching on the darker corners of human sexuality. Some work, some don’t. But for my money, Wilder steals the show as a conservative doctor who sees a middle-aged patient with an inappropriate attachment to a sheep named Daisy. Wilder’s reaction to the man’s kinky confession is beyond deadpan. To look at the case more closely, Wilder checks into a hotel with Daisy and falls madly in love himself, which leads to his personal and professional unraveling. The last shot of the mini-film shows Wilder, down and out, laying in the gutter drinking a bottle of Woolite – brought low by the love of a farm animal. It takes a special kind of actor to sell a premise that out there and somehow make it unexpectedly moving.
[video=youtube;rQk_52bnp9k]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQk_52bnp9k[/video]
http://www.ew.com/article/2016/08/29/gene-wilder-appreciation
In 1972, after the release of Wonka, Wilder turned up in Woody Allen’s omnibus 1972 comedy Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex* But Were Afraid to Ask. The film was structured as a drive-by series of high-concept sketches all touching on the darker corners of human sexuality. Some work, some don’t. But for my money, Wilder steals the show as a conservative doctor who sees a middle-aged patient with an inappropriate attachment to a sheep named Daisy. Wilder’s reaction to the man’s kinky confession is beyond deadpan. To look at the case more closely, Wilder checks into a hotel with Daisy and falls madly in love himself, which leads to his personal and professional unraveling. The last shot of the mini-film shows Wilder, down and out, laying in the gutter drinking a bottle of Woolite – brought low by the love of a farm animal. It takes a special kind of actor to sell a premise that out there and somehow make it unexpectedly moving.
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Gene was one of my very favourite comic actors and came across as a genuinely lovely person.
This year is beyond grim. It just feels like one sadness piled on another as a whole series of my favourite actors, musicians and comedians dies.
RIP lovely funny man. Thank you for the precious gift of laughter you gave to so many.
This year is beyond grim. It just feels like one sadness piled on another as a whole series of my favourite actors, musicians and comedians dies.
RIP lovely funny man. Thank you for the precious gift of laughter you gave to so many.
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Love Gene Wilder and am very saddened by today's news. Funny thing, I actually smiled quietly when I heard the news. My first thought was that he and Gilda were together again. I don't think he ever got over losing her.
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Important Schedule Change for Gene Wilder Tribute on Thursday, September 29
Turner Classic Movies pays tribute to Gene Wilder on Thursday, September 29 with the following festival of films and specials, including the TCM Original production Role Model: Gene Wilder (2008) featuring an intimate conversation with Alec Baldwin. This programming will replace the previously scheduled movies for that day so please take note.
The new schedule for Thursday, September 29 will be:
8:00 PM Role Model: Gene Wilder (2008)
9:15 PM Young Frankenstein (1974)
11:15 PM Role Model: Gene Wilder (2008)
12:30 AM Start the Revolution Without Me (1970)
2:15 AM The Frisco Kid (1979)
4:30 AM Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
http://www.tcm.com/this-month/movie...-Gene-Wilder-Tribute-on-Thursday-September-29
Turner Classic Movies pays tribute to Gene Wilder on Thursday, September 29 with the following festival of films and specials, including the TCM Original production Role Model: Gene Wilder (2008) featuring an intimate conversation with Alec Baldwin. This programming will replace the previously scheduled movies for that day so please take note.
The new schedule for Thursday, September 29 will be:
8:00 PM Role Model: Gene Wilder (2008)
9:15 PM Young Frankenstein (1974)
11:15 PM Role Model: Gene Wilder (2008)
12:30 AM Start the Revolution Without Me (1970)
2:15 AM The Frisco Kid (1979)
4:30 AM Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
http://www.tcm.com/this-month/movie...-Gene-Wilder-Tribute-on-Thursday-September-29
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THIS WEEKEND ONLY: Gene Wilder classic movies back in theaters
Participating AMC theaters airing Wilder movies for three nights as tribute
By Dylan Dulberg - Associate Producer
Posted: 6:32 AM, September 02, 2016
Updated: 9:39 AM, September 02, 2016
MICHIGAN - In a tribute to the late, great Gene Wilder, several AMC movie theaters around the country are having special showings of two of his most well-known movies, this weekend only...
http://www.clickondetroit.com/consumer/this-weekend-only-gene-wilder-classic-movies-back-in-theaters
Participating AMC theaters airing Wilder movies for three nights as tribute
By Dylan Dulberg - Associate Producer
Posted: 6:32 AM, September 02, 2016
Updated: 9:39 AM, September 02, 2016
MICHIGAN - In a tribute to the late, great Gene Wilder, several AMC movie theaters around the country are having special showings of two of his most well-known movies, this weekend only...
http://www.clickondetroit.com/consumer/this-weekend-only-gene-wilder-classic-movies-back-in-theaters
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I hope Gene is given a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame beside Gilda's I know he didn't want the fan fare of having one but if anybody deserves a star it's Gene.
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Turner Classic Movies pays tribute to Gene Wilder on Thursday, September 29 with the following festival of films and specials, including the TCM Original production Role Model: Gene Wilder (2008) featuring an intimate conversation with Alec Baldwin. This programming will replace the previously scheduled movies for that day so please take note.
The new schedule for Thursday, September 29 will be:
8:00 PM Role Model: Gene Wilder (2008)
9:15 PM Young Frankenstein (1974)
11:15 PM Role Model: Gene Wilder (2008)
12:30 AM Start the Revolution Without Me (1970)
2:15 AM The Frisco Kid (1979)
4:30 AM Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
The new schedule for Thursday, September 29 will be:
8:00 PM Role Model: Gene Wilder (2008)
9:15 PM Young Frankenstein (1974)
11:15 PM Role Model: Gene Wilder (2008)
12:30 AM Start the Revolution Without Me (1970)
2:15 AM The Frisco Kid (1979)
4:30 AM Bonnie and Clyde (1967)