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Originally Posted by innerSpaceman
I'm so glad we hadn't seen the last of Peter O'Toole with his brief role in Troy that looked to be his swan song. He seemed so old, I didn't imagine he'd be doing much more acting. (Heck, I remember him already playing a washed-up old man way back in 1982's My Favorite Year ... which would have been his Swann song, heheh.)
But he's back on the screen in a film called Venus, and it's an utterly charming piece that I highly recommend. Of course, it would probably be worthwhile to see Peter O'Toole read a selection of menus, but this quirky tale of a (very) old gentleman's unlikely friendship with a brash young Brit (the daughter of his best friend's niece) is a good deal better ... and would be a fitting capper to O'Toole's stellar career - - if he weren't already working on a handful of other projects in various stages of production.
Be that as it may ... Venus is a gem. See it if you can.
(no subtitles!)
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It is on my list - if it ever plays in more than one Santa Monica theater.