Fri, 30 Nov 2012 16:43:02 -0500
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I get Twain google alerts. It looks like Val Kilmer has been doing some
Twain performances and making chatter about a possible movie role.
On Fri, Nov 30, 2012 at 4:32 PM, Harold Bush <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> speaking of the Lincoln Of Our Lit.:
>
> I was seriously blown away by the look and feel, and portrayal of Lincoln
> by Daniel Day Lewis. it was just short of uncanny. I am not sure if an
> American icon has ever been portrayed as effectively/ acted out so
> convincingly -- simply, just "looked" like the person, or at least how I'd
> imagine him. WOW. just give him the Oscar right now, it was awesome...
>
> I'd be interested if anyone had the same feelings. I think the bar has
> been set so high with this performance, I cannot see even trying to get
> someone to act Mark Twain in a film of such magnitude. Thoughts??
>
> -hb
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