I am SO thrilled you chose Wait Until Dark for number one!!! He is so fantastic in this! My choice too for his best performance, with Slums of Beverly Hills and Little Miss Sunshine are tied for second. Alan Arkin was so great! His eyes even before he opened his mouth told a story....emotional eyes 👀. He will be missed.
I have good memories of watching "The Russians Are Coming-The Russians Are Coming" back when it was released in 1966. My mom really loved Alan Arkin's performance in that film.
The Heart is a Lonely Hunter is an underrated gem. All the performances are good, but it's Arkin who best manages to rise above the foolish decision to update the setting to the present day, rather than the 1930s when Carson McCullers' novel was set. (Maybe that was done for budget reasons?) Sondra Locke's character and her relationship with Arkin's Mr. Singer have always resonated with me on a personal level, but I think her character arc as a young woman with musical ambitions might have been even more powerful if the earlier setting had been maintained, since more opportunities were opening up for women by the late 1960s. Still, a wonderful movie with a very strong cast of characters. I'm happy to see it awarded such a high place on this list.
He was so great, and I'm so glad Wait Until Dark was your number one choice. It was the first film of his I saw, and I remember the first time I saw it was actually the same year Little Miss Sunshine was first released. I was quite thrilled when he got that Oscar.
I watched Wait Until Dark while babysitting at the age of 12. Scared the crap out of me, a feeling that lasted for a week, at least. I could never bring myself to watch it again, decades later. Now I think I will try. RIP
I have a 'claim to fame' with Alan - I was an extra in the Australian movie Captain Invinsible! My brother as a scout was signed up - but I got roped into it and appeared with Alan on screen! So there is that xx
This is really great. I love how you actually let the clips play, and don't talk over them. Your instinct is good! I also share your love for Mr. Arkin. Cannot believe he's gone. Also, I had a similar experience with Catch-22. Read the book, amazing but dense, saw the movie, didn't care much for it. Saw it again about a year later, liked it way more. Funny how stuff like that happens.
I’m so pissed I didn’t know he passed until I saw this video… I loved him what a phenomenal actor 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽 btw I remember reading about his Oscar snub for Wait Until Dark and he said “One doesn’t get nominated for being mean to Audrey Hepburn” what a talent he will be missed
Great tribute, Brian. To add my two cents, while he had no shot in winning the Oscar for The Russians Are Coming in spite of the Golden Globe comedy actor win (since Paul Scofield won everything he needed to for A Man For All Seasons), I would say he actually had a decent chance at winning Best Actor for The Heart Is A Lonely Hunter. Cliff Robertson in Charly had won the National Board Of Review before winning the Oscar, Alan had won the New York Critics Choice Award for Best Actor, Ron Moody in Oliver! won the Golden Globe for Comedy/Musical Actor, and Peter O'Toole in The Lion In Winter won the Golden Globe for Drama Actor. A great actor he was on the whole, RIP.
I've had a crush on Alan Arkin since his wonderful 2 hr slow burn performance in The Russians Are Coming. He was just so jolly attractive in his submariner outfit.
I absolutely loved Alan Arkin. It's almost impossible for me to pick my most favorite of his movies. Your list is great! I'm so glad you had Wait Until Dark high up on your list. I think the In Laws should have been ranked much higher though. One movie you didn’t mention Freebie and the Bean, the good buddy cop movie he was in with James Caan.
I discovered your post for the 10 greatest Donald Sutherland performances and that led me to this video for the great Alan Arkin. I truly enjoy your videos and the attention that you give to these amazing artists. Alan Arkin was always one of my favorites. Again, as with Donald Sutherland, a completely unique talent. You've already mentioned many of my personal favorites including Wait Until Dark, Little Miss Sunshine, Edward Scissorhands, Glengarry Glenn Ross and Argo. A few others from my list would have to include two that you listed in your honorable mentions...Slums of Beverly Hills and The Kominsky Method. I also have to bring up Indian Summer, Noel and Sunshine Cleaning. Alan Arkin was an absolute gem!
I totally agree with your first two choices. For me, number one would be a toss up between Wait Until Dark and The Heart is a Lonely Hunter. BTW, you probably knew but didn’t mention it in your video, Alan Arkin said he wasn’t nominated for an Oscar for Wait Until Dark because one doesn’t get nominated for being mean to Audrey Hepburn.
You blew it. Arkin's finest performance is is the made-for-television "The Defection of Simas Kudirka" (1978), along with Catch 22 and the evolution sequence in Simon.
I am going to watch and rewatch a lot of his films. I haven't seen Simon now it's a must I love Arkin and I absolutley adore Madeline Kahn .I love Little Miss Sunshine it's one of my favorite movies of all time.He's superb. Looking forward to the 2012 Oscar video and I will take another look at Arkin vs Murphy.
Our assigned reading in my 9th grade English class in 1968 was The Heart Is A Lonely Hunter. After we read the book our teacher somehow had a copy of the movie on 8mm film and we watched it from a projector over two class periods on a screen pulled down over the blackboard . Pretty adult stuff but I bet there isn't any of us to this day that don't remember that touching, heartbreaking performance by a very young Alan Arkin..
The best interview ever on TCM was with Mr Arkin, He was so brilliant recalling his long career. He seemed like a person who really loved his life's work. He said people stilled called out serpetine, serpentine, when walking down the street. The in laws was hilarious. He left a great body of work. RIP.
I saw a movie as a kid that I can’t remember- I know that Alan Arkin was a cop and Valerie Harper played his cheating wife. I fell in love with him then. His performances never disappointed.
A great ( but subtle) comedy ,with three great actors is GOING IN STYLE, made in 2017 . Alan Arkin has equal billing with Morgan Freeman and Michael Caine, no car chases or gunfights but tells how the three men get revenge on the Bank, which cancels their work pensions with no notice . Great performances from everyone. Why not try the trailer?
FREEBIE AND THE BEAN is the best. Hilarious with James Caan. Constantly arguing and fighting with each other. ❤ I haven't seen some of the films off this list, but im going to now. But of all the Alan Arkin films ive seen, Freebie and the Bean is my favourite. Its good all the way through, but the ending is awesome ❤
@ROLLINTHUNDERNUMBER1 It's brilliant. Action, comedy and heart. You dont know what's going to happen next. Motor bike chase too!! The film is as nuts as those two. It's also my favourite James Caan film tie with The Godfather . Pure entertainment... And that ending 👍
@BrianRoweVideo You're welcome. Thanks for the great video. If you haven't seen Freebie and the Bean, you're in for a treat. Watch it with a pal and a six pack😊👍
Wait Until Dark is still one of my favorite movies to this day. First saw it over 20 years ago and i love it. He's so good at being creepy, it's insane. Also it's crazy how much younger Alan looks like 90s Paul Riser🤔☺️
I love the "serpentine" scene from In-Laws. Hilarious. I never liked the film Catch-22. The book is one of the all time greats and it's really an unfilmable book. As far as movies go, MASH which came out the same time is a far superior film. Your insight about Catch-22 is interesting. Maybe I need to give it another chance. I don't know.
Argo was so good, just a great under-rated movie, Arkin was so perfect in it. We camped a few times in Guaymas, Mexico were the Catch 22 movie was filmed, The Runway & buildings were still there in the 1970's. I didn't know anything about the book or movie, but later, when I was older, I watched it, and saw the set in the background. I sure enjoyed the Komeski method.
I would also recommend Popi, a 1969 film. In an interview with Bob Costas, Mr. Arkin revealed that he hated playing Roat in " Wait until Dark " because he had to terrorize Hepburn. He regarded her as having " such a lovely presence, " almost like royalty in real life, so having to treat her so badly really bothered him for years. What a guy!
Bravooooo! I was right all along! When I started watching this wonderfully researched video upload….I was…surmising, Wait Until Dark will be No. 1 Arkin the great was slitheringly manacingcin the movie, his disappearaaaance into the character will send shivers up and down your spine…terrorizing a helpless blind woman. And, and the blind woman was even portrayed with effective fragility by an ever looooveable pixie: Hepburn
I was sad to hear Arkin had passed, but he got to live a long, active life and his career was just phenomenal. Glad to see Wait Until Dark at number one (mainly because it's my number one too lol): it's remarkable how he mixed charm and creepiness so well in that, he was every bit as great as Hepburn. Btw you should try watching The Return of Captain Invincible if you haven't-- it's a bad movie, but it's funny-bad and Arkin is hilarious as the world's worst superhero.
While I was watching this video, all I kept saying to myself was where's "Wait Until Dark." I wasn't disappointed! He is unbelievably creepy and scary in this movie.
Luckily I’ve seen the lion share of this wonderful actors work (yes being in your mid 50s, and starting to be a serious film buff when I was 13 in 1980 and lots of VHS, discs, streaming and theater showings among the years has helped lol). Other standout work includes Mother Night, Fourth Wise Man, Seven Percent Solution, Popi, Last Of the Red Hot Lovers, Hearts Of The West, and Freebie and the Bean.
I couldn't believe that he was the actor in 'Wait Until Dark'"! I, also thought that Alan Arkin's, 'Inspector Clouseau', was very funny. Just his manner of speaking could make me laugh. I must confess that I believe Alan Arkin maintained his sexiness as he got older. I'm 52 years old and I know that in life things come to an end, it doesn't mean that my heart won't feel the pain. Brilliant actor, but my heart is....💔
I loved his very low-keyed, lovely performance in "Rafferty and the Gold Dust Twins" opposite Sally Kellerman and Mackenzie Phillips, but no DVD. WarnerVideo tweeted me once: "There's no audience for it."
Jack Lemmon was great in EVERY role he was in - HUGE fan of his. If you have not seen the movie Dad - which seems no one has seen but me - OMG THAT is his best later role for sure!
For me my favorite Alan Arkin's performance is Popi it's a movie from the late 60s . I was really upset when Alan Arkin beats Eddie Murphy for the Oscar for best supporting actor. I still think that Eddie Murphy should had won the Oscar for best supporting actor but I am glad that he won the Oscar
No, Glen must be higher. Finest acting movie maybe of that decade. Everyone should've been nominated, Lemon, ugh. Arkin had maybe the hardest role because he has the tough, Tough job of Active Listening. Hence, not showy, nobody notices, but so difficult in film to do.
His performance in Little Murders killed me. And I really enjoyed Slums of Beverly Hills. The Russians are Coming is classic comedy. I think I need to watch Catch-22.
You need to see two little known TV movies, Escape from Sobibor, and the Other Side of Hell. Disturbing, riveting, brilliant. BTW, in a talk about his work at American Cinematheque, Arkin said he HATED working with Terence Young, too dictatorial and unwilling to consider actors' input. Nevertheless...
Was the American Cinematheque talk ever recorded? That sounds interesting! And I can totally believe that about Young-- plus Arkin said the director and crew never really got what he was trying to do with the character in that film. I'm sure they must have butt heads quite a bit.
Check out the television movie Escape from Sobibor Another fantastic movie role played by Alan Arkin It's definitely one you left off the list. I also love him in Grosse Point Blank as DR. Oatman The Therapist Dr. to John Cusack's character Martin Blank
Have you ever read the book of The Heart is a Lonley Hunter? The author I think is Carson McKellen. It's a wonderful book. I read it in high school. It was such a good read. That house, that family. If Alan Aarkin is the character I think he is playing I am going to watch it and enjoy every moment of it. What a fantastic tribute to an amazing man.
The movie Catch-22 this is a tough watch, but I think it’s because the book is incredibly well done but to try to make it into a movie is near impossible and they really tried to capture the book
Not sure the nom for wait until the dark should have be for supporting but have be a while since i saw the movie. Have to Say my favorite performance was maybe kominsky metod
Absolutely heartbreaking to hear he passed, he will be greatly missed
Rest in peace, Alan Arkin, was sorry to hear about his passing. He gave us memorable lines and characters.
RIP Alan Arkin. He lived along life and gave many great performances. Great video Brian, keep up the great work!
Thanks, Jared!
I am SO thrilled you chose Wait Until Dark for number one!!! He is so fantastic in this! My choice too for his best performance, with Slums of Beverly Hills and Little Miss Sunshine are tied for second. Alan Arkin was so great! His eyes even before he opened his mouth told a story....emotional eyes 👀. He will be missed.
Yes, love him in Wait Until Dark!!
I have good memories of watching "The Russians Are Coming-The Russians Are Coming" back when it was released in 1966. My mom really loved Alan Arkin's performance in that film.
The Heart is a Lonely Hunter is an underrated gem. All the performances are good, but it's Arkin who best manages to rise above the foolish decision to update the setting to the present day, rather than the 1930s when Carson McCullers' novel was set. (Maybe that was done for budget reasons?) Sondra Locke's character and her relationship with Arkin's Mr. Singer have always resonated with me on a personal level, but I think her character arc as a young woman with musical ambitions might have been even more powerful if the earlier setting had been maintained, since more opportunities were opening up for women by the late 1960s. Still, a wonderful movie with a very strong cast of characters. I'm happy to see it awarded such a high place on this list.
Agreed
He was so great, and I'm so glad Wait Until Dark was your number one choice. It was the first film of his I saw, and I remember the first time I saw it was actually the same year Little Miss Sunshine was first released. I was quite thrilled when he got that Oscar.
I watched Wait Until Dark while babysitting at the age of 12. Scared the crap out of me, a feeling that lasted for a week, at least. I could never bring myself to watch it again, decades later. Now I think I will try. RIP
Thanks for watching!
Wait Until Dark is on TCM as we speak.
I have a 'claim to fame' with Alan - I was an extra in the Australian movie Captain Invinsible! My brother as a scout was signed up - but I got roped into it and appeared with Alan on screen! So there is that xx
This is really great. I love how you actually let the clips play, and don't talk over them. Your instinct is good! I also share your love for Mr. Arkin. Cannot believe he's gone. Also, I had a similar experience with Catch-22. Read the book, amazing but dense, saw the movie, didn't care much for it. Saw it again about a year later, liked it way more. Funny how stuff like that happens.
I’m so pissed I didn’t know he passed until I saw this video… I loved him what a phenomenal actor 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽 btw I remember reading about his Oscar snub for Wait Until Dark and he said “One doesn’t get nominated for being mean to Audrey Hepburn” what a talent he will be missed
Thanks for watching!
Great tribute, Brian. To add my two cents, while he had no shot in winning the Oscar for The Russians Are Coming in spite of the Golden Globe comedy actor win (since Paul Scofield won everything he needed to for A Man For All Seasons), I would say he actually had a decent chance at winning Best Actor for The Heart Is A Lonely Hunter. Cliff Robertson in Charly had won the National Board Of Review before winning the Oscar, Alan had won the New York Critics Choice Award for Best Actor, Ron Moody in Oliver! won the Golden Globe for Comedy/Musical Actor, and Peter O'Toole in The Lion In Winter won the Golden Globe for Drama Actor. A great actor he was on the whole, RIP.
Thank you for posting this. You did a good job putting this together.
Thank you!
I've had a crush on Alan Arkin since his wonderful 2 hr slow burn performance in The Russians Are Coming. He was just so jolly attractive in his submariner outfit.
Love him in that film!
He was really cute when he was young.
I loved his appearances on Northern Exposure.
Thank you so much I really learned a lot I really think he truly wanted to be an actor not just a star. Great job
Thank you!
I absolutely loved Alan Arkin. It's almost impossible for me to pick my most favorite of his movies. Your list is great! I'm so glad you had Wait Until Dark high up on your list. I think the In Laws should have been ranked much higher though. One movie you didn’t mention Freebie and the Bean, the good buddy cop movie he was in with James Caan.
I discovered your post for the 10 greatest Donald Sutherland performances and that led me to this video for the great Alan Arkin. I truly enjoy your videos and the attention that you give to these amazing artists. Alan Arkin was always one of my favorites. Again, as with Donald Sutherland, a completely unique talent. You've already mentioned many of my personal favorites including Wait Until Dark, Little Miss Sunshine, Edward Scissorhands, Glengarry Glenn Ross and Argo. A few others from my list would have to include two that you listed in your honorable mentions...Slums of Beverly Hills and The Kominsky Method. I also have to bring up Indian Summer, Noel and Sunshine Cleaning. Alan Arkin was an absolute gem!
Catch-22 (1970) and Little Murders (1971) are among the greatest and most underrated comedies of all time.
Catch -22 is the best anti war movie ever. I fell in love with Alan Arkin watching it.
Yes, he’s great!!
I recently found a movie called "Thirteen Conversations About One Thing," in which Alan Arkin appeared. I also liked him in "Mother Night."
I totally agree with your first two choices. For me, number one would be a toss up between Wait Until Dark and The Heart is a Lonely Hunter. BTW, you probably knew but didn’t mention it in your video, Alan Arkin said he wasn’t nominated for an Oscar for Wait Until Dark because one doesn’t get nominated for being mean to Audrey Hepburn.
Haha, love that quote!
Rip to a legend!
Also, Could we maybe get a John Goodman elusive Oscar vid 🙏
Thank you for your quick work! Our favourite on screen grandpa is gone :(
Loved him!
You blew it. Arkin's finest performance is is the made-for-television "The Defection of Simas Kudirka" (1978), along with Catch 22 and the evolution sequence in Simon.
I am going to watch and rewatch a lot of his films. I haven't seen Simon now it's a must I love Arkin and I absolutley adore Madeline Kahn .I love Little Miss Sunshine it's one of my favorite movies of all time.He's superb. Looking forward to the 2012 Oscar video and I will take another look at Arkin vs Murphy.
Thank you so much!
Our assigned reading in my 9th grade English class in 1968 was The Heart Is A Lonely Hunter. After we read the book our teacher somehow had a copy of the movie on 8mm film and we watched it from a projector over two class periods on a screen pulled down over the blackboard . Pretty adult stuff but I bet there isn't any of us to this day that don't remember that touching, heartbreaking performance by a very young Alan Arkin..
Love this. Thanks for sharing!
Nice tribute. Well done.
Thank you!
Would love to see more top tens like these of other actors
Thanks, would love to make more!
I had to rent the In Laws after learning of his death. His performance in that movie was outstanding. One of my favorite movies.
Great film!!
Well done! Including So I Married...one of my absolute favorite characters ever! Even though he reported to a quorum.
A true talent ❤
you completely nailed this! another honorable mention is Freebie and the Bean
Thanks for the recs!
The best interview ever on TCM was with Mr Arkin, He was so brilliant recalling his long career. He seemed like a person who really loved his life's work. He said people stilled called out serpetine, serpentine, when walking down the street. The in laws was hilarious. He left a great body of work. RIP.
Wait Until Dark 😭😭😭
It aged REALLY WELL.
I think it's somewhere between "elevated horror" and "classic hitchcockian" thriller for me. Love the pacing and subtleties too.
I wish the literal jump scare hadn't been spoiled ... twice😮
May his memory be a blessing.
R.I.P. Alan Arkin
I saw a movie as a kid that I can’t remember- I know that Alan Arkin was a cop and Valerie Harper played his cheating wife. I fell in love with him then. His performances never disappointed.
It was called Freebie and the Bean,
James Caan was in it also
Loved loved LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE!! Funny you can do ELUSIVE vids for virtually all the actors in that movie (also loved the Paul Dano Elusive vid!)
A great ( but subtle) comedy ,with three great actors is GOING IN STYLE, made in 2017 .
Alan Arkin has equal billing with Morgan Freeman and Michael Caine, no car chases or gunfights but tells how the three men get revenge on the Bank, which cancels their work pensions with no notice .
Great performances from everyone.
Why not try the trailer?
Thanks for the rec!
FREEBIE AND THE BEAN is the best.
Hilarious with James Caan. Constantly arguing and fighting with each other.
❤
I haven't seen some of the films off this list, but im going to now.
But of all the Alan Arkin films ive seen, Freebie and the Bean is my favourite.
Its good all the way through, but the ending is awesome ❤
I love that movie one of my favourite movies it's well violent and funny insane car chases
Thanks for the rec!
@ROLLINTHUNDERNUMBER1 It's brilliant. Action, comedy and heart.
You dont know what's going to happen next.
Motor bike chase too!!
The film is as nuts as those two. It's also my favourite James Caan film tie with The Godfather .
Pure entertainment...
And that ending 👍
@BrianRoweVideo You're welcome.
Thanks for the great video.
If you haven't seen Freebie and the Bean, you're in for a treat.
Watch it with a pal and a six pack😊👍
Do investigate all of ARKINS films. He was so unique and great!
Loved him!
Agree wholeheartedly about Wait Until Dark
Hooray!
Wait Until Dark is still one of my favorite movies to this day. First saw it over 20 years ago and i love it. He's so good at being creepy, it's insane.
Also it's crazy how much younger Alan looks like 90s Paul Riser🤔☺️
I love the "serpentine" scene from In-Laws. Hilarious. I never liked the film Catch-22. The book is one of the all time greats and it's really an unfilmable book. As far as movies go, MASH which came out the same time is a far superior film. Your insight about Catch-22 is interesting. Maybe I need to give it another chance. I don't know.
Argo was so good, just a great under-rated movie, Arkin was so perfect in it. We camped a few times in Guaymas, Mexico were the Catch 22 movie was filmed, The Runway & buildings were still there in the 1970's. I didn't know anything about the book or movie, but later, when I was older, I watched it, and saw the set in the background. I sure enjoyed the Komeski method.
He was a great actor!
The heart ❤ and catch 22 are my favorites Both...unforgettable!
I would also recommend Popi, a 1969 film. In an interview with Bob Costas, Mr. Arkin revealed that he hated playing Roat in " Wait until Dark " because he had to terrorize Hepburn. He regarded her as having " such a lovely presence, " almost like royalty in real life, so having to treat her so badly really bothered him for years. What a guy!
OMG So I Married an Axe Murderer is my FAVORITE Mike Myers movie!!! ❤❤❤
Exceptional List on an Exceptional Actor
Thanks for watching!
Totally agree!!! ❤
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I read The Heart Is A Lonely Hunter 50+ years ago but I didn’t know a movie was made .... if Alan Arkin is in it, I've got to see it.
Bravooooo! I was right all along! When I started watching this wonderfully researched video upload….I was…surmising, Wait Until Dark will be No. 1
Arkin the great was slitheringly manacingcin the movie, his disappearaaaance into the character will send shivers up and down your spine…terrorizing a helpless blind woman.
And, and the blind woman was even portrayed with effective fragility by an ever looooveable pixie: Hepburn
Glad you enjoyed it!
Catch-22 is one of my favourite movies ever!!
Great film!
Alan Arkin was so good in Axe Murderer they copied that 'role' in The Other Guys!!! Which I love too!
I was sad to hear Arkin had passed, but he got to live a long, active life and his career was just phenomenal. Glad to see Wait Until Dark at number one (mainly because it's my number one too lol): it's remarkable how he mixed charm and creepiness so well in that, he was every bit as great as Hepburn. Btw you should try watching The Return of Captain Invincible if you haven't-- it's a bad movie, but it's funny-bad and Arkin is hilarious as the world's worst superhero.
Thanks for the rec!
Love him❤️🙏🏼
sorry also Popi! have you seen that? he is phenomenal
You missed one of my favorites even though he only had a small role, Little Murders.
I really enjoyed Alan's voice work as the bumbling magician in "The Last Unicorn".
GlenGarry Glen Ross is the first movie that comes to mind when I think of Alan Arkin, closely followed by Rocketeer
While I was watching this video, all I kept saying to myself was where's "Wait Until Dark." I wasn't disappointed! He is unbelievably creepy and scary in this movie.
Luckily I’ve seen the lion share of this wonderful actors work (yes being in your mid 50s, and starting to be a serious film buff when I was 13 in 1980 and lots of VHS, discs, streaming and theater showings among the years has helped lol). Other standout work includes Mother Night, Fourth Wise Man, Seven Percent Solution, Popi, Last Of the Red Hot Lovers, Hearts Of The West, and Freebie and the Bean.
Thanks for the recs!
I couldn't believe that he was the actor in 'Wait Until Dark'"! I, also thought that Alan Arkin's, 'Inspector Clouseau', was very funny. Just his manner of speaking could make me laugh. I must confess that I believe Alan Arkin maintained his sexiness as he got older.
I'm 52 years old and I know that in life things come to an end, it doesn't mean that my heart won't feel the pain. Brilliant actor, but my heart is....💔
I was a little surprised there is no mention of "The Seven Percent Solution".
I loved his very low-keyed, lovely performance in "Rafferty and the Gold Dust Twins" opposite Sally Kellerman and Mackenzie Phillips, but no DVD. WarnerVideo tweeted me once: "There's no audience for it."
Jack Lemmon was great in EVERY role he was in - HUGE fan of his. If you have not seen the movie Dad - which seems no one has seen but me - OMG THAT is his best later role for sure!
Loved him with Jimmy Caan in Freebie and the Bean!!!
For me my favorite Alan Arkin's performance is Popi it's a movie from the late 60s . I was really upset when Alan Arkin beats Eddie Murphy for the Oscar for best supporting actor. I still think that Eddie Murphy should had won the Oscar for best supporting actor but I am glad that he won the Oscar
Popi came out in 1969.
His performance in Popi is outstanding, funny and touching.
No, Glen must be higher. Finest acting movie maybe of that decade. Everyone should've been nominated, Lemon, ugh. Arkin had maybe the hardest role because he has the tough, Tough job of Active Listening. Hence, not showy, nobody notices, but so difficult in film to do.
Lemmon
His performance in Little Murders killed me. And I really enjoyed Slums of Beverly Hills. The Russians are Coming is classic comedy. I think I need to watch Catch-22.
You should see Thirteen Conversations About One Thing.
Popi and Freebie and the Bean could have at least be on the Honorable Mentions.
You need to see two little known TV movies, Escape from Sobibor, and the Other Side of Hell. Disturbing, riveting, brilliant. BTW, in a talk about his work at American Cinematheque, Arkin said he HATED working with Terence Young, too dictatorial and unwilling to consider actors' input. Nevertheless...
Interesting!
Was the American Cinematheque talk ever recorded? That sounds interesting! And I can totally believe that about Young-- plus Arkin said the director and crew never really got what he was trying to do with the character in that film. I'm sure they must have butt heads quite a bit.
Oh, and I second the recomendation for The Other Side of Hell. A great little TV movie.
I LOVE Slums of Beverly Hills - ANOTHER film never talked about!
Freebe and the Bean with James Cann a great movie.
Check out the television movie
Escape from Sobibor
Another fantastic movie role played by Alan Arkin
It's definitely one you left off the list.
I also love him in Grosse Point Blank as
DR. Oatman
The Therapist Dr. to John Cusack's character Martin Blank
Along with The Heart is a Lonely Hunter, Simon is my favorite.
Have you ever read the book of The Heart is a Lonley Hunter? The author I think is Carson McKellen. It's a wonderful book. I read it in high school. It was such a good read. That house, that family. If Alan Aarkin is the character I think he is playing I am going to watch it and enjoy every moment of it. What a fantastic tribute to an amazing man.
Alan Arkin
Yes, Alan Arkin plays Mr. Singer, the deaf mute.
The author's name is Carson McCullers. This was her first novel but she died just before the movie came out.
McCullers, Arkin
Captain Invincible was my favourite
The movie Catch-22 this is a tough watch, but I think it’s because the book is incredibly well done but to try to make it into a movie is near impossible and they really tried to capture the book
❤
U forgot Standup Guys 2913. He does more than hold his own against the greats Walkin and Pacino
I absolutely loved him in, so I married an ax murderer. I was trying to place that so thank you. Rest in peace.
Great comedic performance!
And was a comedy Legend rest in peace
Freebie and Bean
Should have been on this list
Thanks for the rec!
So I Married an Axe Murderer is the best comedy of the '90s.
WHAT?!? no Freebie and the Bean??? Cinematic men of culture everywhere are disappointed . . .
😂
Freebie and the Bean??
How can you not mention
“Freebie and The Bean”!
The relationship between he and Caan is the definition of that overworked term, “chemistry”!
I heard his audio books for days and weeks when I thought I was at the lowest of my life oh sir I was wrong;
You know the sad part is I just know it now two whole month 😢❤
Catch 22 was his best performance, not even close.
Axe murderer was great
Yes!!
I loved this movie!!! What older actor can play a heroin addict?
Not sure the nom for wait until the dark should have be for supporting but have be a while since i saw the movie. Have to Say my favorite performance was maybe kominsky metod
Method
Yo forgot Popi.
Freebie and the Bean.
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The in laws
Old man 👴👴👴👴👴
Little Miss not his Best.Have a bunch of work.