― Mine Neal 1992, Saturday, 5 July 2003 01:02 (twenty-one years ago) link
― anthony easton (anthony), Saturday, 5 July 2003 07:51 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Chris Radford (Chris Radford), Saturday, 5 July 2003 09:01 (twenty-one years ago) link
― James Blount (James Blount), Sunday, 6 July 2003 07:10 (twenty-one years ago) link
― luna (luna.c), Sunday, 6 July 2003 07:31 (twenty-one years ago) link
― cozen (Cozen), Thursday, 5 January 2006 09:12 (eighteen years ago) link
― Nathalie (stevie nixed), Thursday, 5 January 2006 09:26 (eighteen years ago) link
D: Big Fish, being the Voice of MasterCard
― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 5 January 2006 14:20 (eighteen years ago) link
Billy Crudup, star of Big Fish and Almost Famous, has been cast as FBI Director J.Edgar Hoover in Michael Mann's Public Enemies
― Jordan, Tuesday, 8 April 2008 15:18 (sixteen years ago) link
He's inexplicably hot.
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn, Tuesday, 8 April 2008 15:26 (sixteen years ago) link
He was great in MI:3 (& Jesus' Son), and am looking forward to his funny-book turn in Watchmen.
TS: Crudup shilling for Mastercard / Clooney shilling for Budweiser
― David R., Tuesday, 8 April 2008 15:31 (sixteen years ago) link
Dumping a pregnant MLP, tho. Come on.
― David R., Tuesday, 8 April 2008 15:32 (sixteen years ago) link
what is so special about this dude
DUD DUD DUD DUD
― homosexual II, Tuesday, 8 April 2008 15:38 (sixteen years ago) link
Excellent in Jesus' Son. Still don't know why he didn't become a Brad Pitt-type star. Just as strange: director Alison Maclean followed up with a mix of shorts, TV, and a documentary, but she's never directed another feature.
Really noticed the music this time around. I think it's the only film I've ever heard "Cowgirl in the Sand" in. (The Strawberry Statement uses "Down by the River.") Also, Barbara Mason's "Yes, I'm Ready," "Hang on Sloopy," a nice Doug Sahm song, and Crudup singing along with Joe Tex's "The Love You Save" (he's great, regardless of what the female barfly says). Tommy Roe's "Sweet Pea" isn't much, but it gets a lot better with Samantha Morton dancing to it.
Even Denis Leary's good.
― clemenza, Tuesday, 13 May 2014 01:38 (ten years ago) link
I tend to think he didn't want it? He had it for a while: looks, talent, and my fervent affection.
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 13 May 2014 01:50 (ten years ago) link
Must be. I remember he got good notices for his next film, Waking the Dead (never saw it), and even better for Almost Famous. (Even if you didn't like the film, I don't think anyone would blame him.) After that, mostly supporting roles. I don't think I even realized it was him in Public Enemies and Too Big to Fail until the credits.
― clemenza, Tuesday, 13 May 2014 02:04 (ten years ago) link
by far the best actor in Public Enemies. Also, in common with many stage actors he was blank as a protagonist, used to good effect in Prefontaine and Jesus' Son.
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 13 May 2014 02:14 (ten years ago) link
Iirc Walking the Dead is a massive tearjerker. Great in Pre and Jesus. Wasn't he in Watchmen?
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 13 May 2014 07:26 (ten years ago) link
best thing in watchmen, except for my chemical romance covering desolation row
― difficult listening hour, Tuesday, 13 May 2014 09:17 (ten years ago) link
nb. a low bar
he's naked in it, right?
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 13 May 2014 13:58 (ten years ago) link
he is eeven shorter than Brad Pitt
― images of war violence and historical smoking (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 13 May 2014 14:15 (ten years ago) link
Didn't know a thing about The Stanford Prison Experiment until five minutes ago (movie or source material). I'm going to try to see it this weekend--hope it's not overly brutal.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3XN2X72jrFk
― clemenza, Thursday, 24 September 2015 14:25 (eight years ago) link
Didn't know a thing about The Stanford Prison Experiment
Wow, really? It's sort of a socio-psych-cultural touchstone. Worth reading up. Still surrounded by controversy.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 24 September 2015 14:44 (eight years ago) link
Finally watched Stanford. Well done, Crudup good as always, but kind of redundant? Even without knowing much of anything about the source material (^^: never took the time to read up), felt like I knew what was going to happen every step of the way. And I was puzzled for the same reason any non-psychologist might be: why don't you just leave? I mean, I understand the Stockholm-Syndrome dynamic at work, and understand they wanted to get paid, but still somewhat perplexing. The very last line...made it feel like a Trump film.
― clemenza, Sunday, 28 January 2018 18:37 (six years ago) link
Joe Reid and Chris Feil devoted an episode of their podcast to Stage Beauty, a second-tier Shakespeare in Love but with the bisexuality front and center. Crudup and Ben Chaplin are hot together. Crudup never more beautiful.
https://fightinginthewarroom.com/THOB/2023/02/13/230-stage-beauty/
― the talented mr pimply (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 3 September 2024 21:43 (one week ago) link