O'Toole starred in his first comedy in this 1965 romp. Richard Burton appears in a cameo with O'Toole in a scene in a bar where Burton asks O'Toole "Don't you know me from someplace?" and O'Toole responds "Give my regards to what's her name." The dialogue is a reference to their appearance together in BECKET and to Burton's wife at the time, Elizabeth Taylor.
Everyone from Woody Allen himself (who disowned it) thinks that film sub-standard. Well, it has a lot of clever stuff in it, and I actually love the thing, albeit the chase at the end was a little dated.
Sad news. My mum remembers him being in a group of kids who she used to play with in the back streets of Leeds in the 30s, although she's a couple of years older than him.
TG
I always knew you had a claim to fame ...
Never a favourite actor of mine though I liked him in most, if not all, of his films I've seen. I can't think of a film I've watched because it starred Peter O'Toole and yet I can't think of any film of his I disliked. I recall being moved by his portrayal of Mr. Chips and have wanted to see that film again for many years. I'd also like to see Rosebud again, just to see if it's as bad as its ratings suggest - I saw it at the cinema on its release and I recall the cinema being almost empty.
Some ads referred to this 1972 film a a "wonky comedy." O'Toole played "Jack Arnold Alexander Tancred Gurney - 14th Earl of Gurney." The film was cut by 6 minutes for its U.S. release, to a still-lengthy (for a comedy) 148 minutes.
O'Toole was Oscar-nominated for his role, losing out to Marlon Brando for THE GODFATHER.
O'Toole starred in his second musical in this 1972 adaptation of the Broadway hit. But perhaps learning from the experience of GOODBYE, MR. CHIPS, O’Toole’s singing was dubbed by Simon Gilbert. O'Toole received a Golden Globe nomination for his work, but lost to Jack Lemmon for AVANTI!.
Geez---a minute ago I told my niece I wanted the Blu-ray ZULU DAWN starring O'Toole for Christmas. I remember he recently came out of retirement to do another movie.
O'Toole was off the big screen for 3 years after MAN OF LA MANCHA, before returning to star in this 1975 film from Otto Preminger.
Robert Mitchum was originally cast in the lead, but shortly after filming began he and Preminger had a major blowup, and Mitchum either quit (according to Mitchum) or was fired, drinking being a factor (according to Preminger). Peter O'Toole, a former drinker, was quickly hired to replace him. Reportedly. Mitchum likened this to "replacing Ray Charles with Helen Keller."
O'Toole played Robinson Crusoe in this 1975 filmization of Adrian Mitchell's play (which was based on the Daniel Dafoe novel The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe).
