RIP Dennis Hopper

FlaggFlagg Posts: 5,856
edited May 2010 in All Encompassing Trip
You crazy bastard you . . .
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  • normnorm Posts: 31,146
    :(

    shine on you crazy diamond
  • CJMST3KCJMST3K Posts: 9,722
    Seriously? :(
    ADD 5,200 to the post count you see, thank you. :)
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  • Jokertt14Jokertt14 Posts: 2,566
    edited May 2010
    tommy lee says its true on twitter


    MrTommyLand

    RIP Dennis Hopper!!!




    Hollywood hellraiser Dennis Hopper dead at 74, friend of the actor tells Reuters
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  • normnorm Posts: 31,146
    LOS ANGELES — Hollywood actor Dennis Hopper, best known for directing and starring in the 1969 cult classic "Easy Rider," died on Saturday at his home in Venice, California, from complications of prostate cancer, a friend told Reuters. Hopper was 74.

    The hard-living screen icon died at 8:15 a.m. PT, surrounded by family and friends, said the friend, Alex Hitz.

    The two-time Oscar nominee, who appeared in more than 100 films, last March got a star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame, saying he came to Hollywood from his native Kansas at 18, "so that was my college."

    "Everything I’ve learned, I’ve learned from Hollywood," he said. "This has been my home and my schooling."

    In a wildly varied career spanning more than 50 years, Hopper appeared alongside his mentor James Dean in "Rebel Without a Cause" and "Giant" in the 1950s and played maniacs in such films as "Apocalypse Now," "Blue Velvet" and "Speed."

    He received two Oscar nominations — for writing "EasyRider" (with co-star Peter Fonda and Terry Southern), and for a rare heartwarming turn as an alcoholic high-school basketball coach in the 1986 drama "Hoosiers."

    "Easy Rider," regarded is one of the greatest films of American cinema, helped usher in a new era in which the old Hollywood guard was forced to cede power to young filmmakers such as Francis Ford Coppola and Martin Scorsese.

    The low-budget blockbuster, originally conceived by Fonda, introduced mainstream moviegoers to pot-smoking, cocaine-dealing, long-haired bikers.

    "We'd gone through the whole '60s and nobody had made a film about anybody smoking grass without going out and killing a bunch of nurses," Hopper told Entertainment Weekly in 2005. "I wanted 'Easy Rider' to be a time capsule for people about that period."

    Hopper and Fonda were joined on screen by a then-unknown Jack Nicholson as an alcoholic lawyer, but it was not a harmonious set. Hopper clashed violently with everyone and Fonda later described him as a "little fascist freak." Their friendship was destroyed.

    Hopper fell ill last September. He continued working almost to the very end, both on his cable TV series "Crash" and on a book showcasing his photography. But his final months were also consumed by a bitter divorce battle with his fifth wife, Victoria Duffy.

    Indeed, his private life was never dull. His marriages included an eight-day union in 1970 with Michelle Phillips of the Mamas and Papas, who later told Vanity Fair that she was subjected to "excruciating" treatment.

    Hopper is survived by four children.

    http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/37414779/ ... rtainment/
  • BLACK35BLACK35 Posts: 22,696
    WOW! That came out of no where......didn't really know he was sick. R.I.P. Dennis.
    Thought he was an awesome actor. Thought he could play a crazy guy amazingly awesome. :cry:
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  • PearlOfAGirlPearlOfAGirl Posts: 15,993
    R.I.P. Dennis Hopper ~ "Born to be Wild" & loved every minute of it...

    Wish you were here...

    ~RIP Dad
  • FenwayFaithfulFenwayFaithful Posts: 8,626
    RIP Denny. You will be missed.
    "FF, I've heard the droning about the Sawx being the baby dolls. Yeah, I get it, you guys invented baseball and suffered forever. I get it." -JearlPam0925
  • philthehipphilthehip Posts: 2,084
    Farewell Mr Hopper. You will be missed by so many.

    "Man, everybody got chicken, that's what happened. Hey, we can't even get into like, a second-rate hotel, I mean, a second-rate motel, you dig? They think we're gonna cut their throat or somethin'. They're scared, man."

    My favourite line delivered by an amazing actor and director.
  • FenwayFaithfulFenwayFaithful Posts: 8,626
    I loved him in Speed aka The Bus.
    "FF, I've heard the droning about the Sawx being the baby dolls. Yeah, I get it, you guys invented baseball and suffered forever. I get it." -JearlPam0925
  • chadwickchadwick Posts: 21,157
    for poetry through the ceiling. ISBN: 1 4241 8840 7

    "Hear me, my chiefs!
    I am tired; my heart is
    sick and sad. From where
    the sun stands I will fight
    no more forever."

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  • mysticweedmysticweed Posts: 3,710
    RIP Dennis Hopper
    one of my few "hollywood" heroes
    fuck 'em if they can't take a joke

    "what a long, strange trip it's been"
  • Jearlpam0925Jearlpam0925 Posts: 16,989
    One of the greatest scenes in a movie ever....

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqccyUpnZwA
  • normnorm Posts: 31,146
    One of the greatest scenes in a movie ever....

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqccyUpnZwA

    yep! one of my favorite scenes in movie history
  • aNiMaLaNiMaL Posts: 7,117
    Rest In Peace, Dennis Hopper.

    You were by far one of my most favorite American actors of all time. A truly sad day.
  • BinauralJamBinauralJam Posts: 14,158
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4TAixFYnDh4

    Look at me, wrong :mrgreen:

    Miss that guy.
  • aNiMaLaNiMaL Posts: 7,117
    norm wrote:
    One of the greatest scenes in a movie ever....

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqccyUpnZwA

    yep! one of my favorite scenes in movie history
    By far! Everyone in that scene (as well as that entire movie) played it perfectly! And hats off to Walken and Hopper. Brilliant scene!
  • the wolfthe wolf Posts: 7,027
    :cry: RIP Mr. Hopper.

    I'll have a Pabst tonight in your memory. :cry:


    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=snhiofL2Rh4
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  • jimed14jimed14 Posts: 9,488
    blue-velvet.jpg
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  • jimed14jimed14 Posts: 9,488
    @pattonoswalt: Dio, Coleman and Hopper. The angels are very confused right now.

    (for those that don't have twitter, this is what Patton Oswalt had to say)
    "You're one of the few Red Sox fans I don't mind." - Newch91

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  • normnorm Posts: 31,146
    jimed14 wrote:
    @pattonoswalt: Dio, Coleman and Hopper. The angels are very confused right now.

    :lol:

    but it must be a helluva induction party!
  • Jearlpam0925Jearlpam0925 Posts: 16,989
    the wolf wrote:
    :cry: RIP Mr. Hopper.

    I'll have a Pabst tonight in your memory. :cry:


    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=snhiofL2Rh4

    FUCK THAT SHIT!
  • LikeAnOceanLikeAnOcean Posts: 7,718
    So who's next? These things come in threes, right?
  • eeriepadaveeeriepadave Posts: 41,834
    WOW :o I wasn''t even aware he had cancer.

    God "Speed" man
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  • youngsteryoungster Posts: 6,576
    One of the greatest scenes in a movie ever....

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqccyUpnZwA

    This is my favorite Dennis Hopper movie. That above scene is priceless!
    He who forgets will be destined to remember.

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  • aNiMaLaNiMaL Posts: 7,117
    So who's next? These things come in threes, right?
    I thought that too. Then someone mentioned Ronnie James Dio. Maybe Dennis Hopper is the third one.
  • merkinballmerkinball Posts: 2,262
    jimed14 wrote:
    blue-velvet.jpg

    he creeped me out in that movie

    rip Koopa King
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  • LikeAnOceanLikeAnOcean Posts: 7,718
    aNiMaL wrote:
    So who's next? These things come in threes, right?
    I thought that too. Then someone mentioned Ronnie James Dio. Maybe Dennis Hopper is the third one.
    I've never heard of him though.. I know he's relatively famous, but I bet more people than not wouldn't know who he is. I think the name has to be a modern day, pop culture staple to count.
  • Who PrincessWho Princess Posts: 7,305
    Just a kid in Rebel Without a Cause.
    So creepy in Blue Velvet.

    I'd read that he was ill but still came to his Hollywood star dedication. Too bad he played so many bad guys. I have a feeling he had more range than that. :(

    "We blew it, Billy."
    "The stars are all connected to the brain."
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