Tony, I am pretty sure Greg Douglas is referring to the song, Jungle Love, which he co-wrote and recorded with the Steve Miller Band.
Chris Quarles On Thu, Jun 20, 2024 at 5:27 PM Tony Calvert <[email protected]> wrote: > I agree about anything for the money, sometimes it works out well and > sometimes actors do it at the end of their career and just just to get by > (Lon Chaney Jr, Bela Lugosi, Mickey Rooney come to mind). Donald > Sutherland was the exception as well as Robert Mitchum (admittedly took a > role if the check would clear). > > Greg, I am curious about the stupid hit song. What is the title if you > don't mind me asking? > > On Thu, Jun 20, 2024 at 4:06 PM Alan Heimann <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Sure tcm will do a tribute will certainly be watching >> >> On Thu, Jun 20, 2024 at 4:54 PM Greg Douglass < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Sad but not unexpected. 88 is a good run. >>> Interesting; I just watched "Die, Die my Darling!", a Hammer horror hag >>> quickie that was part of the post-Baby Jane deluge of this short-lived >>> genre. Sutherland played a mentally challenged young man. I was astonished >>> to see the same actor playing a wisecraking doctor in "M*A*S*H*". After >>> looking at his IMDB history it appears that he spent much time in the UK >>> during his early career. >>> As a musician who has played on a lot of crappy tunes I agree that >>> artists go where the money is. "Pay the rent or be untrue to my artistic >>> ideals?" ( I'm best known for my guitar playing on a pretty stupid hit >>> song. That dumb tune has bought me a crapload of movie posters.) >>> Sutherland was a first class actor who did indeed play in a lot of >>> drek...but ya have to have a lot of time in the batter's box to hit some >>> home runs. "Klute" and "Invasion of the Body Snatchers" are enough evidence >>> of greatness for this armchair critic. >>> Greg Douglass >>> Coos Bay, OR >>> >>> *Sent:* Thursday, June 20, 2024 at 1:37 PM >>> *From:* "Scott Burns" <[email protected]> >>> *To:* [email protected] >>> *Subject:* Re: [MOPO] RIP Donald Sutherland >>> >>> Someone else mentioned one of Sutherland’s best, the 1978 remake of >>> “Invasion of the Body Snatchers,” but what about “Klute?” Every time I >>> encounter it on TCM I can’t not watch. >>> >>> >>> >>> But curious, Bruce, do you really think his main criteria for taking a >>> role was just the cash? I’d call him a working actor—in it for the long >>> haul. Sometimes you make a classic, sometimes you make a dud. But staying >>> employed in the acting business long term can be difficult. Seems like an >>> unnecessary dig that money was his driving force. Just my 2 cents. >>> >>> >>> >>> Scott >>> >>> MoPo List Owner >>> >>> >>> >>> *From:* MoPo List <[email protected]> *On Behalf Of *Bruce >>> Hershenson >>> *Sent:* Thursday, June 20, 2024 2:17 PM >>> *To:* [email protected] >>> *Subject:* [MOPO] RIP Donald Sutherland >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> *RIP Donald Sutherland :( He was a superb Canadian actor from the 1960s >>> to the present. While he gave wonderful performances in a number of movies, >>> his main criteria for deciding to take a role seemed to be how much he was >>> paid, because he appeared in lots of movies not worthy of his talents. Some >>> of his movies include: JFK, MASH (as Hawkeye Pierce), Ordinary People, >>> Dirty Dozen, Animal House, Don't Look Now, 1900, Cold Mountain, Kelly's >>> Heroes, and The Hunger Games series (as President Snow). In 2015's >>> "Forsaken", he played the father of his real life son, Kiefer Sutherland, >>> who is also a wonderful actor, and in many ways has followed in his >>> father's footsteps. See >>> https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/20/movies/donald-sutherland-dead.html >>> <https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/20/movies/donald-sutherland-dead.html>* >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> <http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail> >>> >>> Virus-free.www.avg.com >>> <http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail> >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------ >>> >>> To unsubscribe from the MoPo-L list, click the following link: >>> https://listserv.american.edu/scripts/wa-american.exe?SUBED1=MoPo-L&A=1 >>> >>> ------------------------------ >>> >>> To unsubscribe from the MoPo-L list, click the following link: >>> https://listserv.american.edu/scripts/wa-american.exe?SUBED1=MoPo-L&A=1 >>> >>> ------------------------------ >>> >>> To unsubscribe from the MoPo-L list, click the following link: >>> https://listserv.american.edu/scripts/wa-american.exe?SUBED1=MoPo-L&A=1 >>> >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> To unsubscribe from the MoPo-L list, click the following link: >> https://listserv.american.edu/scripts/wa-american.exe?SUBED1=MoPo-L&A=1 >> > > ------------------------------ > > To unsubscribe from the MoPo-L list, click the following link: > https://listserv.american.edu/scripts/wa-american.exe?SUBED1=MoPo-L&A=1 > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [email protected] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
