Had he heeded Sir Alec's warning,James Dean might still be alive today...

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The Bridge On The River Kwai.

Has to be Bridge on the River Kwai...such a Tour De Force...as opposed to Star Wars, the Tour of The Force

The Bridge on the River Kwai got my vote. He's brilliant in it.

I went for Bridge…

Yeah, The Bridge On The River Kwai for drama, but Murder by Death for laughs.

I wish I could just go with the creative and fun Ealing Studios Era as a whole, but couldn't settle on just one, such as Ladykillers or Kind Hearts and Coronets. So instead of one of those, and instead of the popular and well done Bridge, with its well-aimed fainting finale, I went with The Horse's Mouth, if only because of its uniqueness; and the whole show is him. If you like the movie, it's because of him. If you don't care for the movie, it's because of him. BTW, he was also nominated in that for a screenplay-writing Oscar.

Bridge is certainly a worthy choice here, and Guinness' only Oscar win. (He was also nominated for Lavendar Hill Mob, losing out to Gary Cooper in High Noon.) He also won an overall Honorary Oscar for his body of work. TRIVIA NOTE: His role in Bridge was intended for Charles Laughton, who probably also would have done a good job. Unlike other movie Almost-Someone-Else plans, it's not hard to picture Laughton in Guinness' role. It was a well written character who brings the ensemble together.

Oh yeah? Never seen it - or even heard of it. But it's on YouTube, apparently.

Apparently book 3 of a trilogy - each centered on one character as they see the other 2, I think. Though I suspect they are fine as stand-alone stories and little slices of life.

This one is about an aging painter as he tries to find suitable canvases to paint and cons his way to obtaining paint and supplies for his artistic work, as well as his next meal - a far more important thing than following social rules, he's a bit of a rascal and a thief. Indeed, the movie starts with him getting out of prison.

Guinness' character's voice is gruff and gravely and reminiscent of Burgess Meredith's voice playing Rocky's trainer, and as I know Guinness doesn't really sound like that, it always seemed off to me. But so what?

It's an odd look at the artists' point of view, I suppose - and I'm not the one to praise it. It was O.K. to watch, but I wouldn't recommend it over some of the other movies, so getting such high praise from others just goes to show others like different things than I do. I much preferred, for example, The Ladykillers to this movie, and would recommend that first. It's a hoot. I rather liked the remake, too, with Tom Hanks. Still picked "Bridge," though, as more of a must see movie recommendation.

Rotten tomatoes critics liked it more than the audience, though, so they obviously see things in it the masses just seem to miss or value less.

I'll go with Kind Hearts and Coronets, because of all the parts he played in it.

Yeah, that was an amusing movie. Good ending, too. Maybe even better than The Ladykillers.