Classic Section
Year: 1959
Featured Bears: Charlton Heston Hugh Griffith Finlay Currie |
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Notable for Charlton Heston's hirsute appearance in the middle part of William Wyler's retelling of this classic tale. Most people are aware of the gay subtext to the relationship between Chuck and Stephen Boyd, but has anyone paid particular attention to the galley sequences? Oh, yes! What exactly is the relationship between Jack Hawkins and No 42? Rescued after a fateful battle, Chuck and the greyed-up Hawkins, sit upon a makeshift raft before they sight a Roman ship. In the meantime, Chuck, near-naked and bearded, has poor old Jack chained up. Kinky, or what? Besides that, there is also appearances by that great Scottish Polar Bear, Finlay Currie, and the hysterically hirsute Hugh Griffith as a Welsh Arab!
BearMovie: #62 | ||
Year: 1996
Featured Bears: Derek Jacobi Brian Blessed Timothy Spall |
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Several bears: Jacobi (Claudius), Blessed (Ghost of Hamlet's father), Spall (Rosencranz), among a cast of stars, some who sport beards for their roles (Brannagh, Robin Williams, etc.)
BearMovie: #010 | ||
Year: 1989
Featured Bears: Brian Blessed Jimmy Yuill Derek Jacobi |
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Kenneth Branagh's adaptation of Shakespeare's "Henry V" features the EXTREMELY woofy Brian Blessed as the Duke of Exeter. Watching this man stroll into the court of the king of France dressed in full body armour will quicken the pulse of any bear! The movie is great also, and it's what high school students ought to be watching rather than poring over blocks of flowery Shakespearean text.
BearMovie: #71 | ||
Year: 1963
Featured Bears: Todd Armstrong |
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Based on the Greek myth and starring a cubby Todd Armstrong as Jason. The movie's better remembered for its cutting-edge special effects (for 1963 anyway) than its acting. But there's plenty of Greek eye candy.
BearMovie: #46 | ||
Year: 1980
Featured Bears: Bob Hoskins P.H. Moriarty |
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Bob Hoskins in a shower! Bob Hoskins in a dressing gown on a bed! P H Moriarty (as Razors)before he became Hatchet Harry in Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels! This classic British gangster movie features tons of British and Irish actors who have gone on to do other things, including Pierce Brosnan in a swimming cossie! Also, features Helen Mirren, who is married, of course, to that beautiful Bear and film director Taylor Hackford. Also, a rollicking great piece of work, directed by John Mackenzie and scripted by Barrie Keefe. A true classic!
BearMovie: #66 | ||
Year: 1945
Featured Bears: Jack Carson |
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Wally is your typical womanizer - but its great to see a bearish figure (someone who was not represented too much in noir cinema) take on a role that was commonly reserved for the Bogarts.
BearMovie: #121 | ||
Year: 1999
Featured Bears: Hayao Miyazaki |
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Alright, Princess Mononoke is an animated film, so I couldn't exactly list an actor as the Bear in this- BUT this movie has several handsome bear characters, and director Hayao Miyazaki himself is something of a bear too( in a David Suzuki sort of way...actually, they're a lot alike philosophically, but I digress), even if we don't see his handome face in here. In fact, most of Miyazaki's films ( especially Nausicaa, Pompoko, Porco Rosso, Laputa:Castle in the Sky), even though techically are Japanese Animation, have lots of GORGEOUS, woofy bear characters and it makes me wonder about his preferrences... As for Princess Mononoke, a beautiful animated movie made for adults with good attention spans, there are lots of unnamed characters throughout the film with full, bushy facial hair in various styles and colours. If you know anyone into Japanese Animation, get them to show you some of Miyazaki's films and play "Spot The Bear" while you watch!
BearMovie: #96 | ||
Year: 1977
Featured Bears: Alec Guinness William Hootkins |
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Why is it that the bears always have to die in the movies? Midway through "Star Wars," Alex Guiness gets acquainted with the business end of Darth Vader's lightsaber. Then during the assault on the Death Star, Lucas teases us with the sudden appearance of a very cute chubby bear named Jek Porkins (William Hootkins) as the pilot of Red #6. Almost as soon as he appears on the screen, he's shot out of the sky by a laser cannon. *sigh* Even the not-quite-bears get killed, such as Luke's old friend, the cute, mustached Biggs Darklighter (Garrick Hagon).
BearMovie: #86 | ||
Year: 1962
Featured Bears: Toshiro Mifune |
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Akira Kurosawa's Yojimbo has one of the most hypnotic stars of classic cinema. Toshiro Mifune struts around in his samurai garb with such charisma and a beautiful, rugged face. Throughout lots of the film he's constantly fidgeting with his stubble; rubbing his chin, twisting his fingers through it. Watch this movie and ask yourself why you never hear of people with a samurai fetish. I'm sure Mifune could postumously start one. And it's a great movie to boot. It was later remade as "A Fist Full of Dollars". See where Clint Eastwood got his act from. Also, check out the sequel to "Yojimbo", "Sanjiro".
BearMovie: #94 | ||
Year: 1964
Featured Bears: Nigel Green Joe Powell Glynn Edwards |
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ZULU is a classic of the genre and sports some of the best face fungus on the big screen, along with THE CHARGE OF THE LIGHT BRIGADE. Where as the latter takes forever to get to the action, ZULU is action-packed from almost the start. Nigel Green, especially, is magnificent as the Sergeant who keeps everything together, much more than the officers played by Caine and Baker who spend a lot of the time sniping at each other. This is, of course, the movie that set Caine off on his international career, as he was originally down for the role of Hook, the Cockney wide-boy. Caine has only sported a beard or moustache in two films, THE HONORARY COUNSEL (good role, crap movie) and EDUCATING RITA (full beard, Julie Walters) which is a same as he gives Gene Hackman a run for his money. Some very subtle homoerotic moments too, especially between Glynn Edwards and the younger soldier. There are practically no women in the whole movie and no gooey love story to slow down the action. Not as realistic as one might have imagined but for its day quite authentic, plus has numerous fans ranging from Billy Bragg, the English socialist bard, and Nicholas Soames, one-time Tory cabinet minister and friend of Prince Charles. Wish I could add more but it is a while since I have seen it but there are more details I believe on the International Movie Database which give me you a fuller cast list.
BearMovie: #005 | ||
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