In a message dated 1/29/01 2:31:32 PM, SCJoniGuy writes:
<< And that SHOULD have been Dustin's first Oscar, except the Academy gave it
to John Wayne for True Grit because he was dying of cancer...
<<snip>>
Bob, who has an original Midnight Cowboy movie poster framed and hanging on a
wall in his home >>
Good for you, Bob! And I agree about Hoffman, although I don't think John
Wayne was actually dying until a few years later, since I remember seeing him
in person at the Harvard Square theater in the early 70's for the premier of
one of his last films (McQ?). Anyway, he arrived at the theater waving at the
crowd from inside an armored tank and lots of the people along the route
(Cambridge, Mass., in its radical heyday) pelted him with snowballs. There
was a question and answer period before the film, and I remember one guy in
the audience standing up and saying, "Mr. Wayne, many of your female costars
have said you are hung like a horse. Could you explain what that means?" The
audience roared, of course, but Duke went on to the next question.
Bob, who has the original "Midnight Cowboy" hardcover on his desk at the
moment.
