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Author Topic: James Coburn 1928 - 2002 Bobby Henderson "Ask me about Trajan." Posts: 10973 From: Lawton, OK, USA Registered: Apr 2001 posted 11-19-2002 12:15 AM                     I just heard that James Coburn has passed away. Really sad news for film fans everywhere who are still dealing with the loss of Richard Harris. Coburn recently won an Academy Award for his role in "Affliction." When I was just a kid, the first Coburn films I watched were those campy Flint movies ("In Like Flint" and "Our Man Flint"), which I still think are guilty fun. I also remember Coburn in the very bloody Sam Peckinpah World War II bulletfest "Cross of Iron." Coburn put in a lot of excellent supporting work just over the last decade. He was good in "Maverick" and perfect in "Monsters, Inc." I also liked Coburn's work in "Payback." The upcoming film "American Gun" looks like it might be really good, judging by the Quicktime trailer at Apple's site. Check out his filmography at IMDB. 135 entries spanning from the 1950's to this year.  |  IP: Logged Paul G. Thompson The Weenie Man Posts: 4718 From: Mount Vernon WA USA Registered: Nov 2000 posted 11-19-2002 01:59 AM                     I am sorry to hear that. I think he was an excellent actor. The loss of a good actor leaves an empty feeling.  |  IP: Logged Gordon Hedges III Jealous of everyone not me Posts: 212 From: Severn, MD Registered: Apr 2001 posted 11-19-2002 05:51 AM                     Sad. I remember him from "Hudson Hawk". Sure, it's a dumb film, but I love it. He was very good in "The Magnificent Seven" and I didn't know he was in "Monsters, Inc.". I'll have to check that out, along with finally watching those Flint films.  |  IP: Logged John Pytlak Film God Posts: 9987 From: Rochester, NY 14650-1922 Registered: Jan 2000 posted 11-19-2002 06:56 AM                        What a career! I remember showing the popular "Flint" movies when I worked at the Grandview Drive-In 35 years ago!  |  IP: Logged Ken Layton Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1452 From: Olympia, Wash. USA Registered: Sep 1999 posted 11-19-2002 09:05 AM                     How sad---another great one passes. His Flint movies are my favorites that he made.  |  IP: Logged David Stambaugh Film God Posts: 4021 From: Eugene, Oregon Registered: Jan 2002 posted 11-19-2002 10:56 AM                        If I'm channel-surfing and I come across a James Coburn film, I have to stop and watch it. I can only say that about a handful of actors.  |  IP: Logged Paul Mayer Oh get out of it Melvin, before it pulls you under! Posts: 3836 From: Albuquerque, NM Registered: Feb 2000 posted 11-19-2002 12:28 PM                        I'll always remember him for The President's Analyst. "Everyone hates The Phone Company."  |  IP: Logged Paul G. Thompson The Weenie Man Posts: 4718 From: Mount Vernon WA USA Registered: Nov 2000 posted 11-19-2002 01:01 PM                     Remember James Coburn's Waterhole No. 3? (1967) I remember running that movie several times. It was a very funny movie, I thought. ..Especially the quote in the music "Do unto others before the mothers do unto you." I edited this because "m" is moved from "others and was added to the end of "the" ...and when the two words were run together, you get the idea...  |  IP: Logged Steve Kraus Film God Posts: 4094 From: Chicago, IL, USA Registered: May 2000 posted 11-19-2002 07:37 PM                    Does anyone remember the Lark Cigarette cinema commercials from a few years ago (outside the USA) starring James Coburn? One had a Soviet train that is stopped in the barren snow while soldiers search the train for a spy. Of course they miss the fact that the little old lady in one compartment is Mr. Coburn in disguise. And he gets the girl in the end. "Speak Lark" is the tagline whatever that is supposed to mean. Filmed in Canada; post production in Chicago.  |  IP: Logged Paul G. Thompson The Weenie Man Posts: 4718 From: Mount Vernon WA USA Registered: Nov 2000 posted 11-19-2002 10:02 PM                     Actually, since I liked that movie Waterhole No. 3 so well, I thought I would dig up the lyrics for the "Ballad of Waterhole #3" that Roger Miller sang, but did not actually write the song for James Coburn. Here it is: The code of the west ain't some words on a page You just naturally know it when you come of age You eat when you're hungry, you drink when you're dry You look every man in the eye It's the code of the west when the boys talk of women The code of the west what you know you don't tell The code of the west a man soaps his own saddle Brands his own cattle and some of his neighbour's as well If you're buildin' fences then I ain't for hire You get me for nothin' and I'll bring the wire You patch up my windows, I'll plumb up your doors If you scratch my back I'll scratch yours It's the code of the west you must honour your neighbour The code of the west to your own self be true The code of the west you must do unto others Do unto others before them others do it unto you Sounds like society of today, doesn't it?  |  IP: Logged Ian Price Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1714 From: Denver, CO Registered: Jun 99 posted 11-23-2002 07:53 PM                     James Coburn can't be dead! He is on our screen here at the Rialto right now. We are playing The Man From Elysian Fields, his final film.  |  IP: Logged Steve Scott Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1300 From: Minneapolis, MN Registered: Sep 2000 posted 11-24-2002 09:08 PM                     Sad news indeed. If you want to see Coburn in top form inn his later ages, rent "A Thousand Heroes." It's the story of the rescue of survivors after the crash landing of United flight 232. Corburn plays the fire cheif, and he wears the role well.  |  IP: Logged Paul Mayer Oh get out of it Melvin, before it pulls you under! Posts: 3836 From: Albuquerque, NM Registered: Feb 2000 posted 11-25-2002 01:18 AM                        Actually he has one more film coming out, American Gun. Here's the LA Times article  |  IP: Logged

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