Richard Gere Movies

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1. Hi

   I forgot I had even requested Richard Gere but thanks!
   I first remember seeing Gere in American Gigolo, the hype was that Trovolta had turned the role down. So his loss was Gere’s gain.
   I remember also seeing Yanks, critics at the time pretty much dubbed him a pretty boy and didn’t really take him serious but boy hasn’t he proved them wrong by having a career spanning 40 years.
   I suppose An Officer and Gentleman was a high point in his early career, after that he seemed to drift for a few years but came back strong with Internal Affairs playing the corrupt cop and made a brilliant villain. Then along came Pretty Woman with Julia Roberts. I seen it recently and unlike a lot of films from that period, it holds up well.
   Chicago is probably the high point of his career. At the time a lot of people expressed surprise that he could actually sing and dance. Obviously not aware that he had started his career in musicals.
   Unfortunately the last few years he hasn’t really appeared in any big hits. But Gere’s always been full of surprises so who knows what the next few years could bring. Thanks for the page.

   Ps. I notice in the index page that there’s talk of Boris Karloff. Is he coming soon?

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   1. Hey Chris.
      1. Yep…you requested Mr. Gere a few months ago…and WoC recently seconded that request…so we now have a Gere UMR page.
      2. I think the 3 movies Travolta passed on really got Gere going…..I wonder if Travolta was miffed when he lost Pretty Woman to Gere?
      3. I recently saw Yanks…I was shocked that Gere and Redgrave have very little interaction….not even sure they have one scene together…..it was pretty slowly paced.
      4. An Officer and A Gentleman and Pretty Woman are easily his two biggest hits….everthing else is well behind those two blockbusters
      5. Still not sure how he did not get a nomination for Chicago….he won the Golden Globe Best Actor..and then no nomination? And everybody else got a nomination? Just does not make sense.
      6. As he closes in on 70….not thinking he has any big blockbusters coming….but I imagine he might find a good drama and finally get an Oscar nomination
      7. Steve Lensman did a You Tube video on Boris….which has me thinking I should do a page on Boris….I have looked at his career numerous times…but have always backed away….because doing a page that only shows about 1/3 of his movies….is not something I really want to do….but with 206 credits….that would still mean a page of 68 or so movies…would that be enough to warrant being called a Ultimate Movie Ranking page?
      Thanks for sharing your thoughts on Mr. Richard Gere

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2. BRUCE
   1 A journalist once wrote of the 1990 film Pretty Woman, “Maybe it should be Pretty Man because at his physical peak Gere had a kind of beauty that whilst masculine would still rival that of many women.”

   2 I welcome this new page on Richard who I feel should perhaps get more recognition than he sometimes does as an entertaining screen performer. It is true that he doesn’t have too many Cogerson $100 million + grossers and the last of those was Chicago in 2002. Also his box office grosses overall since Chicago have been very disappointing with the exception of Shall We Dance? in 2004 which although not highly rated by you did well with according to Box Office Mojo’s figures an adjusted worldwide gross of about $230 million [$155 of that from foreign revenues] against a budget of some $70 million in today’s dollars.

   3 For critic/audience you did though give Arbitrage (2012) a fine score of 76.5 and a ranking of 3 which pleased me as I personally thoroughly enjoyed it and liked the acting by Gere and Sarandon. You have reproduced a fine miniature still of Gere and Roberts and I like also the montage of Richard at various ages.

   4 I am sure you will be amused by the fact that on The Jackal*** posters Gere and Willis shared the kind of billing that we have recently been debating; and I have also no doubt that John and you noted [and worked out the significance of] that for Pretty Woman the billing was Richard Gere/Julia Roberts but for Runaway Bride 9 years later it was alas Julia Roberts/Richard Gere. Anyway thanks for a super new page on this worthy star of the modern cinema.
   ***If Willis sees your critic/audience rating for The Jackal he must surely think “With fans like this who needs critics!”

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   1. Hey Bob
      1. Thanks for the comment on Richard Gere.
      2. You are 100%…since Chicago….things have been rough for Gere at the box office. I have noticed he has gotten some Oscar buzz for his smaller budgeted dramas that he has been making recently? Hollywood guilt for ignoring him in Chicago? That movie got lots of Oscar love ….unless your last name was Gere.
      3. I agree with your first comment….not afraid to admit it….. the man has some good looks for sure.
      4. When they made Pretty Woman, Roberts was unknown….when they made Runaway Bride….she was one of the biggest stars working…so I can see the billing.
      5. I did not even notice that his Bruce Willis movie was so lowly ranked…it is a decent movie….though very far from my favorite Willis movie…Day of the Jackal is so much better.
      🙂

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      1. 1 I agree with you about Day of the Jackal – excellent film. I thought Richard’s unconvincing Irish accent in the Jackal with Willis may have helped it to be badly regarded by many critics.

         2 I was watching Artificial Intelligence today and it reminded me of a question I’ve long been meaning to put to you – whatever happened to William Hurt? In the 1980’s he was in a string of critical successes such as Altered States, Body Heat, Broadcast News, Kiss of the Spider Woman, The Accidental Tourist,and Children of a Lesser God and he was seen as potentially part of the new generation of superstars like Travolta, Cruise and Hanks and I seem to recall there was talk of him breaking a record held by Brando at that time for consecutive Oscar nominations.. However then the 1990s came and he disappeared as a major force in movies.and the last big cinematic role that I can remember him in was The Doctor in 1991. It was in my opinion a beautiful movie which among other things painted a fine picture of American life and attitudes in the last decade of the 20th Century. It would have been moderately successful with an adjusted domestic gross of about $78 million against a budget of just 20 million in today’s dollars.

         3 I was sad that Hurt ceased to be a major player so soon as I considered him one of the most interesting and talented of the new faces in those days but have you any thoughts on the subject yourself?

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         1. Hey Bob…..mmmm…Mr. William Hurt….well for awhile he was one of the most in demand actors working…including three straight years of Best Actor Oscar nominations…which included a win for Kiss of the Spider Woman. I think he was best matched in heavy drama roles….which do not really do well at the box office…then when he went the action/sci-fi route….he did not seem to fit the role…Lost in Space comes to mind….and then….which is now over 25 years he become a dependable supporting player. Of the hits you did not mention is The Big Chill….which is a movie I saw because of him. He is on the request list….so at some point you will see his name pop up at the top of the page.

            One of my favorite movie lines of all-time was directed towards him……”You are not a very smart man…..I like that in a man”….Body Heat

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            1. HI BRUCE

               1 Thanks for your take on William Hurt.

               2 The Big Chill is often mentioned nowadays in articles and biographies about Kevin Costner as apparently all of his original flashback scenes in life in the movie were cut out.and he is seen just briefly as a corpse.

               3 As you know I’m a fan of one-liners and I thank you for passing on The Body Heat quip. It actually reminds me of Winston Churchill who was fond of uttering one-liners as put-downs of his political opponents and said of his chief political rival and successor as Prime Minister after the 2nd world war Clement Atlee “He was a modest man – with much to be modest about.”

            2. Hey Bob….the Kevin Costner trivia is something I have been hearing for over 30 years….I remember when he got his role in Silverado…..Lawrence Kasdan…the director of both….said he felt he owed it to Costner to get him a role. That role in Silverado…helped Costner to move on to bigger and better things.

               Good Churchill “modest” quote…..:)

3. And Sommersby has attracted near one million spectators in cinemas.

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   1. Thanks Laurent

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4. I count 33 Oscar Winners for Richard. My wife loves him, had to endure the Second Marigold Hotel film just for him. #’s 15 and 16 and The Hoax are sleeper good films. How could I forget King David, pretty easy.

   Here are his Oscar buddies.

   Amelia (2009) – Hillary Swank
   An Officer and a Gentleman (1982) – Louis Gossett Jr.
   Arbitrage (2012) – Susan Sarandon
   Autumn in New York (2000) – J.K. Simmons
   Beyond the Limit (1983) – Michael Caine
   Chicago (2002) – Catherine Zeta-Jones, Renee Zellweger
   Dr. T and the Women (2000) – Lee Grant, Helen Hunt
   Final Analysis (1992) – Kim Basinger
   First Knight (1995) – John Gielgud, Sean Connery
   I’m Not There (2007) – Cate Blanchett, Christian Bale, Julianne Moore
   Intersection (1994) – Martin Landau
   Looking for Mr. Goodbar (1977) – Diane Keaton
   Miles from Home (1988) – Helen Hunt
   Movie 43 (2014) – Halle Berry, Kate Winslet
   Mr. Jones (1993) – Anne Bancroft
   No Mercy (1986) – Kim Basinger
   Power (1986) – Denzel Washington, Gene Hackman, Julie Christie
   Pretty Woman (1990) – Julia Roberts
   Primal Fear (1996) – Frances McDormand
   Runaway Bride (1999) – Julia Roberts
   Shall We Dance (2004) – Susan Sarandon
   Sommersby (1993) – Jodie Foster
   The Cotton Club (1984) – Nicolas Cage
   The Hoax (2006) – Marcia Gay Harden
   The Jackal (1997) – J.K. Simmons, Sidney Poitier
   The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2015) – Judi Dench, Maggie Smith
   Yanks (1979) – Vanessa Redgrave

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   1. Hey Dan….other than the two Marshall/Gere/Roberts movies…WoC does not watch too many Gere movies….but she watches those two movies all the time. At first I was confused why Gere was in Second Marigold Hotel….but when I realized he was pushing 70 it made sense for him to be in that movie. Hachi: A Dog’s Tale is a great movie…..and one that everybody seems to love.

      33 Oscar buddies….seems pretty impressive….especially considering his few “artsy” movies that the voters love. Power is a movie I have seen…but barely remember….might have to watch that one over. J.K. Simmons in The Jackal….do not remember him at all in that one….he is somebody that has been around a long time….but never got noticed….and now when you see him….he jumps off the screen.

      Thanks for the comment, visit and Oscar list….all are greatly appreciated.

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5. I don’t know you know Bruce, but Sommersby is a remake of french movie. Le Retour de Martin Guerre with Gérard Depardieu and Nathalie Baye, released in 1982. It was only a little success with 1.2 million admissions in France.

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   1. Hey Laurent….I knew that Sommersby was a remake of a French movie. Parts of the movie were filmed in Farmville, Virginia. At the time I was running a grocery store there…and when the film company invaded the small town…..that is all we heard about was Sommersby. Some of the locals even got to be in the movie….including a girl that turned out to be my babysitter later. Thanks for the France box office information on Sommersby.

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