RIP Charlton Heston

[Snowflake]

Originally Posted by mousepod

Perhaps a late-night screening of Dark City is called for.

What am I saying... TOUCH OF EVIL!

I love this film, Heston is deplorable as a latino, but he's not why I watch and love this film.

I have a funny (ironic) Heston story. We all get junk mail, right? We all get solicitations, right? Well, about 1990 I get the funniest piece of mail I've ever received. An engraved (and beautiful, I must say) invitation to a evening at Paramount to honor Charlton Heston by the Republican Party. Mind you, never having been registered as a republican, I can only wonder how I got on the list. After the witty reply I sent along with the original invite, I've never been approached by them again. Except for the odd solicitation call from McCain2008, or so said the caller ID.

Never my favorite actor, but he did make some damn fine movies, RIP Chuck.

[RStar]

Another legend lost, very sad.

I liked his quote in this article:

Heston revealed in 2002 that he had symptoms consistent with Alzheimer's disease, saying, "I must reconcile courage and surrender in equal measure."

The AOL Article