Cars, camera, action Aug 1, 2008
The character played by Warren Oates is identified only as "GTO" - the name of the car he's driving, in a cross-country race against James Taylor and Dennis Wilson's '55 Chevy. The synthesis of car and film character hit a high point in Goldfinger, with the perfect combination of Sean Connery as spy James Bond and the. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
AFI Names Top Ten Western Films of ... Jul 28, 2008
Cast: William Holden, Ernest Borgnine, Robert Ryan, Edmond O'Brien, Warren Oates. Director: San Peckinpah. (Suite101.com)
Local movie buffs create their 'dream' festivals Apr 10, 2008
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Best Supporting Actor: Nicky Katt Mar 19, 2008
So I've been really lucky, but it's kind of worked against me because people will see me in stuff and I've had people say, "gee, it's too bad you got cut out of that movie," and I'm like, "no no no, I was that frat guy." So it's a double-edged thing, you know - at a certain point you can almost be too versatile, and that sounds lame, but I've always looked up to people like Gary Oldman and Lee Marvin and Warren Oates, these guys who don't really fit into one thing. I mean, everyone also says... (IGN FilmForce)
Starz Entertainment's Weekly Hot Items List February 18-24 Feb 8, 2008
Begins at 6:30 a.m. on Encore -- 6:30 a.m. Marty (Ernest Borgnine, Betsy Blaire, Joe De Santis) -- 8 a.m. In the Heat of the Night (Sidney Poitier, Rod Steiger, Warren Oates) -- 10 a.m. Annie Hall (Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, Tony Roberts) -- 11:35 a.m. The Sting (Paul Newman, Robert Redford, Robert Shaw) -- 1:45 p.m. The Deer Hunter (Robert De Niro, Christopher Walken, John Savage) -- 4:50 p.m. Dances with Wolves (Kevin Costner, Mary McDonnell, Graham Greene) -- 8 p.m. Rain Man (Dustin Hoffman,... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Letters: More favorite character actors Dec 17, 2007
Editor - From "The Wild Bunch," I'd pick Strother Martin and Warren Oates ... Editor - Charles Laughton, George Kennedy, William Bendix, Raymond Burr, Martin Balsam, Eli Wallach and Warren Oates. (San Francisco Chronicle)
New DVDs: At Worlds End, Superbad Dec 15, 2007
James Taylor stars as the driver and Dennis Wilson of the Beach Boys is the mechanic; theyre buddies drag-racing their 55 Chevy across the country from Los Angeles as they bet pink slips for cars against a challenger (Warren Oates) in a Pontiac GTO. The two-disc set has interviews with Hellman, Taylor and others involved with the film, screen tests, and a segment on the restoration of a vintage auto used in the movie. Hellman also joins independent-film director Allison Anders on one... (MSNBC -- Movies)
New on DVD: 'Bourne' is the ultimate summer thriller Dec 14, 2007
"Existential road movie" sounds too pretentious, so let's just say that Warren Oates' performance is tons of fun and close to quintessential. Back story: In their only acting roles, James Taylor and the Beach Boys' Dennis Wilson race their souped-up '55 Chevy against Oates' GTO across America's back roads. (USA Today -- Life)
Letters: Readers pick character actors Dec 10, 2007
Editor - Warren Oates in "Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia," "Cockfighter," "Two-Lane Blacktop" and "The Wild Bunch.". Rick Huber. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Ernest Borgnine revelling in spotlight at 90 Dec 3, 2007
" He's also earned his acting spurs opposite legendary actors William Holden, Warren Oates, Robert Ryan and Ben Johnson in director Sam Peckinpah's classic western "The Wild Bunch," whose power and influence on three decades of filmmakers remains clearly evident today. So what words of wisdom would Borgnine pass on to aspiring actors? "Get a real job before you try to get an acting job," he says. "Learn about life and then learn your craft. And don't wear dark glasses on screen because you think... (Yahoo! Asia News)
Top 10 Outlaws Sep 25, 2007
Two classic films called Dillinger have been produced about him -- a 1945 version starring Reservoir Dogs' Laurence Tierney in the title role, and John Milius' 1973 blood-and-guts, historically questionable rendition with The Wild Bunch's Warren Oates and Ben Johnson as Dillinger and cigar-chomping FBI agent Melvin Purvis, respectively. The cast of the latter film includes a young Richard Dreyfuss as "Babyface" Nelson, Michelle Phillips, Cloris Leachman, and Steve Kanaly as "Pretty Boy" Floyd. (IGN FilmForce)
Shelby natives to debut documentary Sep 6, 2007
The duo have collaborated on many projects including: "John Ford Goes to War" (2002); "Ben Johnson: Third Cowboy on the Right"(1996); and "Warren Oates: Across the Border" (1993). Thurman said the pair's latest documentary gives a general introduction to the life of Thompson, the Louisville native who penned the popular novels "The Rum Diary," "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas" and many others. (Shelbyille Sentinel-News, KY)
Making a return appearance - Stars of the 1973 movie “Tom Sawyer” filmed in ... Blackwater marks 120th anniversary ... Boonville's diseased trees to be pruned, removed ... Tick-borne diseases are on the rise, Columbia man learned it can be serious ... FSA accepting nominations for county committee - Nominations due by Aug 1 ... ';var marqueewidth="350px";var marqueeheight="20px";var marqueebgcolor="#FFFFFF";////NO NEED TO EDIT BELOW THIS LINE////////////var pauseit=1;var marqueespeed=1 //slow speed down by 1 for NSvar copyspeed=marqueespeedvar pausespeed=(pauseit==0)? copyspeed: 0var iedom=document.all||document.getElementByIdif (iedom)document.write(''+marqueecontent+'')var actualwidth=''var cross_marquee, ns_marqueefunction populate(){if (iedom){cross_marquee=document.getElementById? document.getElementById("iemarquee") : document.all.iemarqueecross_marquee.style.left=parseInt(marqueewidth)+8+"px"cross_marquee.innerHTML=marqueecontentactualwidth=document.all? temp.offsetWidth : document.getElementById("temp").offsetWidth}else if (document.layers){ns_marquee=document.ns_marquee.document.ns_marquee2ns_marquee.left=parseInt(marqueewidth)+8ns_marquee.document.write(marqueecontent)ns_marquee.document.close()actualwidth=ns_marquee.document.width}lefttime=setInterval("scrollmarquee()",20)}window.onload=populate;function scrollmarquee(){if (iedom){if (parseInt(cross_marquee.style.left)>(actualwidth*(-1)+8))cross_marquee.style.left=parseInt(cross_marquee.style.left)-copyspeed+"px"elsecross_marquee.style.left=parseInt(marqueewidth)+8+"px"}else if (document.layers){if (ns_marquee.left>(actualwidth*(-1)+8))ns_marquee.left-=copyspeedelsens_marquee.left=parseInt(marqueewidth)+8}}if (iedom||document.layers){with (document){document.write('')if (iedom){write('')write('')write('')write('')}else if (document.layers){write('')write('')write('')}document.write('')}}Tuesday, July 17, 2007 Celeste Holm, who is now 90 years old, was one of the stars of “Tom Sawyer” who came back to Arrow Rock on July 4, 35 years after the filming of the movie. She took part in the parade and made several appearances around town. She played Aunt Polly in the movie. Making a return appearance - Stars of the 1973 movie “Tom Sawyer” filmed in Jul 17, 2007
My husband is in several scenes with Warren Oates. Several of the movie's stars came back to take part in the celebration. (Boonville Daily News, MO)
'The Wendell Baker Story' Is a Dysfunctional Family Affair Jul 11, 2007
While Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino are off indulging a bloodlust for drive-in pics of the late 1960s and early '70s, the Wilsons are revisiting their love affair with every movie Warren Oates, Paul Le Mat, and Peter Fonda ever made for a trunk full of grass and a case full of bourbon. Though it's set in the modern day well, it was four years ago, anyway Wendell Baker is self-consciously a '70s pic in which the antihero's just a sweetheart hiding behind reflective aviator shades and the... (City Pages)
Hollywood child star returns to Arrow Rock for July 4 celebration Jun 20, 2007
Other headliners included Celeste Holm as Aunt Polly, Warren Oates as Muff Potter, Jeff East as Huck, and Jodie Foster as Becky Thatcher. Don Taylor directed and Frank Capra Jr. was the associate producer. (Boonville Daily News, MO)
Starz Entertainment's Weekly Hot Items List June 14 - 20 Jun 16, 2007
s=press_releases37 Two-Lane Blacktop - (Warren Oates) 8 p.m. (ET/PT) on RetroPlex In this stylish cult classic, a '55 Chevy and a new GTO race across the vast American landscape -- from the Southwest desert to Washington, D.C. Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia - (Warren Oates) 9:45 p.m. (ET/PT) on RetroPlex Sam Peckinpah directs this seedy tale of an American and a prostitute seeking a one-million dollar bounty. Sunday, June 17 Indie Icons http://starz. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Hollywood's Best Actors and Directors Featured in 'Kings Of Cool' and 'Indie Icons' on RetroPlex and IndiePlex Jun 2, 2007
9:50 p.m. - The Defiant Ones -- Saturday, June 16 - Warren Oates 8 p.m. - Two-Lane Blacktop 9:45 p.m. - Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia -- Saturday, June 23 - Glenn Ford 8 p.m. - Pocketful of Miracles 10:20 p.m. - The Man from Colorado -- Saturday, June 20 - Sean Connery 8 p.m. - Dr. No 10 p.m. - From Russia with Love -- Saturday, July 7 - Elvis Presley 8 p.m. - Roustabout 9:45 p.m. - Change of Habit -- Saturday, July 14 - Richard Widmark 8 p.m. - Two Rode Together 10 p.m. - Madigan --... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
DVD watch: Career-making second movies May 1, 2007
As one of the miners, Warren Oates began his big-screen association with Peckinpah here. New Tuesday. (USA Today -- Life)
Death of the auteur Apr 20, 2007
Likewise other character actors like Warren Oates, M Emmett Walsh or Robert Downey Jr, or cameo specialists such as Ed Begley, Jr (one scene apiece in about a hundred great movies, and somehow he's the guarantor of their greatness, from Stay Hungry and Cockfighter to TV series from Six Feet Under to Veronica Mars). Robert Ryan and Lee Marvin were character actors who functioned similarly, except they usually had meaty second or third-string roles to chew on. (Guardian Unlimited)
New on DVD Jan 12, 2007
As a gay cellmate, Hume Cronyn (and his haircut) are not to be believed, and you also get Warren Oates, Burgess Meredith and even Alan Hale Jr. (I doubt he and Mankiewicz discussed Gilligan's Island on the set). Generally unheralded, this is one of the really good Douglas performances, smoothly matched by Fonda's. (USA Today -- Life)
Encore Westerns Ropes in 'The Rifleman' and 'Bat Masterson' for January '07 Marathons Dec 23, 2006
Guests on the series included James Coburn, Dyan Cannon, Warren Oates, Harry Dean Stanton, Robert Conrad, William Conrad, Robert Blake and DeForest Kelley. The 34-episode series will regularly be seen Monday through Friday at 5 p.m. and 5:30 p.m.; and Saturdays at 6:30 a.m. and 7 a.m.. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Classic 70s cockfighting film falls foul of cruelty law Aug 24, 2006
It made little impression on its release in 1974 but is now regarded as a cult classic by many critics, who say that the magnificent, brooding performance of Warren Oates as the cock trainer is proof of the film s merit. The Internet Movie Database describes it as one of the most extraordinary movies of the 1970s, and further proof that Monte Hellman is one of the most underrated directors of all time. (Times Online)
Festival pulls cockfighting movie Aug 24, 2006
The film, which was directed by Monte Hellman, won praise for its central performance by Warren Oates - but critics described the graphic scenes of cockfighting as "nauseating". EDINBURGH 2006. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
PLAY IT AGAIN, SAM Jul 30, 2006
"Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia" (1974), which follows the blood- and booze-soaked journey across Mexico of a seedy piano player (Warren Oates) and, in a fly-gathering burlap bag, the head in question. "The Osterman Weekend" (1983), a political thriller (and the director's last film) starring Rutger Hauer, John Hurt, Burt Lancaster and Dennis Hopper. (New York Post -- Entertainment)
Stax Report: ''Gringo'' Edition Jun 24, 2006
Bennie (Warren Oates), a down-and-out barkeep living in Mexico, knows that Alfredo Garcia whose head is wanted by the wealthy El Jefe is already dead. To claim the bounty, Bennie and hooker Elita (Isela Vega) journey to the graveyard where Garcia is buried. (IGN FilmForce)
'Car is the star' movies May 2, 2006
I present for your consideration; 1) 1955 Chevy (James Taylor - Two Lane Blacktop) 2) 1970 Dodge Challenger (Barry Newman - Vanishing Point) 3) 1969 Dodge Charger (Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry) 4) 1970 Pontiac GTO (Warren Oates - Two Lane Blacktop) 5) 1958 Plymouth Fury (Keith Gordon - Christine) The cars are not in the order that I would pick them. Posted by: CV8 Monaro at May 2, 2006 09:49 AM. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
A Touch of Evil (The Nation) Feb 10, 2006
You watch, by turns, a protest film directed against several species of injustice; a documentary about the penury of small-town life in the Southwest; a vigilante thriller starring a guy who looks like Warren Oates overgrown with moss; a travelogue featuring scenic mountains and desert; a quest film with elements grotesque and macabre; a melancholy love story of men chasing fantasy women, and of real women wearily distancing themselves from men. The plan for putting all this together--a... (RSS - Yahoo News - Opinion/Editorial)
Two Classic Series Hog Tied to Encore Westerns in 2006 Jan 17, 2006
"Cimarron Strip" featured notable actors like Robert Duvall, Richard Farnsworth, John Saxon, Pat Hingle, Telly Savalas, Warren Oates, David Carradine, Richard Boone, Roy Barcroft, Joseph Cotton, Suzanne Pleshette, Harry Dean Stanton, Leslie Nielsen, Jack Elam, Broderick Crawford, Richard Anderson and Beau Bridges. Who can forget Chuck Connors walking that dusty street cocking his Winchester rifle. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
