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Very sad to see the passing of Heath Ledger at such a young age. I don't particularly care for all the Hollywood hype, but i had a lot of time for him. Good actor and I liked his no bull**** style.

RIP Heath.
 

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This was a real shock to me this morning. I mean Downey Jr. or Amy Winehouse or Pete Doherty I can understand, but Heath Ledger. Wow.

I feel for his family and particularly his daughter.

A great Aussie actor cut down is his prime.
 
Massive waste. The boy could act and I respected the way he stuck it to the paparazzi and refused to 'play' the Hollywood 'game'.

  1. The Patriot
  2. Two Hands
  3. Lords of Dogtown
  4. A Knight's Tale
  5. Brokeback Mountain
  6. Candy
  7. The Brothers Grimm
  8. Ned Kelly
  9. Casanova
  10. Monsters Ball

Aside from the last couple on the list of his movies that I saw - that's a massive body of quality work.
 
Only just found out because of this thread. Seeing the 'RIP Heath' thread title, I still couldn't work out who it was.

RIP Heath Ledger.
 
Lidge said:
Massive waste. The boy could act and I respected the way he stuck it to the paparazzi and refused to 'play' the Hollywood 'game'.
  1. The Patriot
  2. Two Hands
  3. Lords of Dogtown
  4. A Knight's Tale
  5. Brokeback Mountain
  6. Candy
  7. The Brothers Grimm
  8. Ned Kelly
  9. Casanova
  10. Monsters Ball
Aside from the last couple on the list of his movies that I saw - that's a massive body of quality work.
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My fav isn't even on that list... 10 Thing I Hate About You.

Two Hands, as far as Aussie movies go, that was very good.
 
Another talented soul taken before their time. Tragic.

Was a big fan of Heath.

And as Lidge said, he leaves behind a very impressive body of work.

(Although, I challenge anybody to make a case for Ned Kelly. Twas' shit. An absolute waste of a cracking story.)

Btw, no illegal drugs found on the premises. Sleeping pills suspected.....but no news yet as to whether it was accidental or deliberate.
 
The Other Dean said:
Btw, no illegal drugs found on the premises. Sleeping pills suspected.....but no news yet as to whether it was accidental or deliberate.
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Been following it a little on TMZ today. An amazing amount of cant and recant of stories going on about Heath.

Celebrity News is everything in the US. I was there for a month about a year ago and their news stations cover things like this 24:7. Never mind any huge international headlines, Britney shaving her hair was more important.
 
Manbearpig said:
Been following it a little on TMZ today. An amazing amount of cant and recant of stories going on about Heath.

Celebrity News is everything in the US. I was there for a month about a year ago and their news stations cover things like this 24:7. Never mind any huge international headlines, Britney shaving her hair was more important.
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(sob)...."Leave Britney ALONE"....(sob).
 
Manbearpig said:
Been following it a little on TMZ today. An amazing amount of cant and recant of stories going on about Heath.

Celebrity News is everything in the US. I was there for a month about a year ago and their news stations cover things like this 24:7. Never mind any huge international headlines, Britney shaving her hair was more important.
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Mind you, Crikey (which landed in my in-box about 40 minutes ago) has a minute-by-minute breakdown of how the story has been covered in Australia (including a screen grab of the Age website's headline: 'Dead in Bed') which suggests that news orgs here aren't much better.

And FWIW, I LOVED '10 things I hate about you'.
 
Kangalicious said:
Mind you, Crikey (which landed in my in-box about 40 minutes ago) has a minute-by-minute breakdown of how the story has been covered in Australia (including a screen grab of the Age website's headline: 'Dead in Bed') which suggests that news orgs here aren't much better.

And FWIW, I LOVED '10 things I hate about you'.
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I also saw those headlines on our websites. Some of the articles were word for word from TMZ too.
 

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The Age website has been a disgrace all day. "Pills surround Ledger's naked body" etc etc. What a turgid organisation that is these days.

He was a good actor, a young dad and seem revolted by the cult of celebrity. Sounds ok to me.
 
Manbearpig said:
Been following it a little on TMZ today. An amazing amount of cant and recant of stories going on about Heath.

Celebrity News is everything in the US. I was there for a month about a year ago and their news stations cover things like this 24:7. Never mind any huge international headlines, Britney shaving her hair was more important.
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you bring back some memories MBP.

I remember when i was there, the huge celebrity story was what the Clinton's were going to name their new pet dog. When its leading the news stories you do wonder. :eek: :D
 
Lidge said:
Massive waste. The boy could act and I respected the way he stuck it to the paparazzi and refused to 'play' the Hollywood 'game'.
  1. The Patriot
  2. Two Hands
  3. Lords of Dogtown
  4. A Knight's Tale
  5. Brokeback Mountain
  6. Candy
  7. The Brothers Grimm
  8. Ned Kelly
  9. Casanova
  10. Monsters Ball
Aside from the last couple on the list of his movies that I saw - that's a massive body of quality work.
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Two Hands was the pick of the bunch for me. A very good list of film credits for a guy his age.
 
Kangalicious said:
Mind you, Crikey (which landed in my in-box about 40 minutes ago) has a minute-by-minute breakdown of how the story has been covered in Australia (including a screen grab of the Age website's headline: 'Dead in Bed') which suggests that news orgs here aren't much better.

And FWIW, I LOVED '10 things I hate about you'.
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10 things one of my fav "teen" type movies - loved the line "what's with this chick, has she got beer flavoured nipples". Two Hands another fav of mine.

So sad that all the young well known and liked good guys are leaving this world ATM.

From memory of some article i read or saw Heath liked his sport so I hope he's up there with Clinton Grybus having a frothie or two. A couple of more stars in heaven.
 
Gabbie said:
From memory of some article i read or saw Heath liked his sport so I hope he's up there with Clinton Grybus having a frothie or two. A couple of more stars in heaven.
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Nice mental image, Gab.

'The Noob's Lounge' in Heaven.

Grant McLennan playing a few tunes on the corner stage.

Hillary holding court with his fascinating stories.
 

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The big ROObowski said:
They were saying his Joker role in Batman was his finest work. Going to put an even darker edge to it when I watch that movie. Terrible shame that we have lost him.
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Also said in a recent NY Times interview that the role took a lot out of him, and he was having trouble sleeping during the shoot.
 
The Other Dean said:
Also said in a recent NY Times interview that the role took a lot out of him, and he was having trouble sleeping during the shoot.
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Wasn't he working on a Terry Gilliam film at the same time? Not sure if that film was even finished and what the future holds for it now.

Echo the sentiments of everyone, a sad loss indeed.

RIP.
 
year of the roo said:
Wasn't he working on a Terry Gilliam film at the same time? Not sure if that film was even finished and what the future holds for it now.



RIP.
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Not finished - only early days into production as far as I'm aware. And a side note, has a Gilliam movie ever made money? Most of them bomb at the box office - yet producers keep throwing money his way to make stuff.

Here's a good Ledger site with slideshows & video tributes (Fairfax News/Digital)

http://www.theage.com.au/multimedia/heathledger/main.html
 
Lidge said:
Not finished - only early days into production as far as I'm aware. And a side note, has a Gilliam movie ever made money? Most of them bomb at the box office - yet producers keep throwing money his way to make stuff.

Here's a good Ledger site with slideshows & video tributes (Fairfax News/Digital)

http://www.theage.com.au/multimedia/heathledger/main.html
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12 Monkeys, Brazil, Fear and Loathing and his Python movies all made money yes?
 
Kangalicious said:
Mind you, Crikey (which landed in my in-box about 40 minutes ago) has a minute-by-minute breakdown of how the story has been covered in Australia (including a screen grab of the Age website's headline: 'Dead in Bed') which suggests that news orgs here aren't much better.
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I just hope our media do the right thing and leave his family to grieve in private. Saw the media scrum outside his parents house, they got their piece and hopefully they move on.
 

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