Favorite Heston flick?

robeiae · Apr 6, 2008

In honor of his passing.

My personal favorite is 55 Days at Peking, followed closely by Ben-Hur.

What's yours?

Ol' Fashioned Girl · Apr 6, 2008

I really liked 'The Naked Jungle'. And 'Ben Hur'. And 'The Ten Commandments'.

Alzheimers is such a cruel disease... Poor Lydia. They were married 64 years, first marriage for both of them. May he rest in peace and may she rest easy.

Ken · Apr 6, 2008

the only one I saw of his was Planet of the Chimps.
His acting in it was superlative. If it didn't win him an Acadamy Award it should've.
I remain in awe :-O

dpaterso · Apr 6, 2008

Charlton Heston's entry on imdb.com

-Derek

Serenity · Apr 6, 2008

Man, what a thing to see when you simply get up to check your e-mail! :e2bummed:

My favorite is pretty much colored by what I used to watch with my dad: Ben Hur. I adored this film as a child and still love it today.

Also, here's the Yahoo News story on his passing.

Perks · Apr 6, 2008

Heston was my second love. I fell in love with Rod Serling when I was two (explains a lot, I know) and kicked him to the curb when The Very Reverend Father of Perks let me stay up to watch The Ten Commandments when I was three. No one thought a three-year-old would make it through a four hour epic, but there I was, draped over the arm of the sofa, sobbing my under-sized heart out, because Moses didn't get to enter the Promised Land.

Still, my favorite is Ben-Hur.

Calla Lily · Apr 6, 2008

No one chewed the scenery like Heston. Although I got mightily tired of seeing his flabby, sweaty chest in way too many scenes of way too many movies.

Ben-Hur and Agony and Ecstasy are my faves if only for the brilliant co-star casting. Rex Harrison as the Pope--terrific. And practically everyone in Ben-Hur. Wow.

ChaosTitan · Apr 6, 2008

I'll always love Planet of the Apes, but I have fond childhood memories of watching The Ten Commandments over and over and over again. I can't explain it, but something about the film and story just caught my attention. I adored Yul Brynner, as well. It's been a long time since I've seen it beginning to end.

Mom'sWrite · Apr 6, 2008

I loved Ben Hur but thought his supporting cast was well, ew. I loved the guy beating out the strokes on the galley though. Ramming speed!

But nothing will ever beat out "Soylent Green is people." Great cast, great filmmaking, iconic dialogue.

Cranky · Apr 6, 2008

My favorite was Soylent Green, too. Explains a lot, I guess.

LloydBrown · Apr 6, 2008

I haven't seen all of them, but the ones I've seen were all amazing: Ben Hur, Ten Commandments, and Planet of the Apes. Omega Man was cool but not in the same category.

zahra · Apr 6, 2008

'Planet of the Apes' for me.

But my fondest memories of his work are from the mini-series 'Once Upon a Murder' (AKA 'Chiefs', in the US).

'I believe I'll go home now', says Heston's character Hugh Holmes, leaving the scene where the cops have dug up decades of murder victims, and you just know that he's going home to die quietly by inches now, with this awful shadow forever on 'his' town's name.

'I believe I'll go home now', indeed.

donroc · Apr 6, 2008

Soylent Green.

mscelina · Apr 6, 2008

Charlton Heston...died?

*sniff*

I must now cast mine house into mourning. I, like Chaos, went through a spell where I watched "Ten Commandments" over and over. I still adore the movie version and don't think it could ever be remade with two actors as enigmatic as Heston and Brynnan. Interestingly enough, a few weeks ago I watched it beginning to end after missing it for about a decade.

Heston. Another giant gone.

ChunkyC · Apr 6, 2008

I have a love/hate relationship with Heston. I never liked his politics, especially how he handled himself as a leader of the NRA. He actually came up to Canada once to try to influence our gun laws. Sorry, Charlton, but you and the NRA had no business coming to our country to try to interfere with our lawmakers.

But I've always endeavoured to separate Heston the man from Heston the actor. His movies are like touchstones in my life. For each one, I can remember when I first saw it and how it impacted me. I have Ben Hur and The Ten Commandments in my collection. Planet of the Apes has to be one of the most talked about science fiction films of all time. But oddly enough, I have yet to pick up a copy of my favourite film of his, Soylent Green. Now might be the time.

Charlton, despite my disagreements with some of the things you stood for, I've always admired your work. I hope you are resting easy, and I wish your family all the best at this time.

Perks · Apr 6, 2008

My mother reminded me today that I was profoundly affected by my Ten Commandments trauma. I went around dressed in a sheet, carrying a yardstick and trying to part the bathwater for quite a few days afterwards. I got angry when my parents wouldn't call me Moses.

Charleton Heston, then, had a great deal to do with what's wrong with me. I now name him, Catalyst.

brokenfingers · Apr 6, 2008

I haven't seen a Charlton Heston movie since I was a kid. They were like a staple of every kid's Saturday fare.

My favorite would probably be The Ten Commandments followed by Planet of the Apes and Omega Man.

Serenity · Apr 6, 2008

Ack, Midway too. How could I forget Midway? I watched so many WWII movies with my dad, and this one had great music to boot.

DWSTXS · Apr 6, 2008

"get your stinkin paws off me you damned dirty ape!"

Maybe one of THE best single lines in any movie, ever.

DWSTXS · Apr 6, 2008

Perks said:
Heston was my second love. I fell in love with Rod Serling when I was two (explains a lot, I know) and kicked him to the curb when The Very Reverend Father of Perks let me stay up to watch The Ten Commandments when I was three. No one thought a three-year-old would make it through a four hour epic, but there I was, draped over the arm of the sofa, sobbing my under-sized heart out, because Moses didn't get to enter the Promised Land.

Still, my favorite is Ben-Hur.

Rod Serling was an incredible character. Smoked 7 (yes, SEVEN) packs of cigs per day. Sometimes he had two or even three cigarettes going at the same time. Smoked so much his fingers turned YELLOW and he got nictotine poisoning from the cigarettes.

When he had a heart attack and they were doing open-heart surgery on him, they took a vein from his leg to put into his heart, and the vein simply fell apart (from the decay and effects of nicotine) before they could put it into his chest. And of course, he wrote the Twilight Zones and the screenplay to PLanet of the Apes. During the Twilight Zone and Planet of thje Apes years, he was the most sought after screenwriter in the world.

Sarita · Apr 6, 2008

ChunkyC said:
I have a love/hate relationship with Heston. I never liked his politics, especially how he handled himself as a leader of the NRA. He actually came up to Canada once to try to influence our gun laws. Sorry, Charlton, but you and the NRA had no business coming to our country to try to interfere with our lawmakers.

But I've always endeavoured to separate Heston the man from Heston the actor. His movies are like touchstones in my life. For each one, I can remember when I first saw it and how it impacted me. I have Ben Hur and The Ten Commandments in my collection. Planet of the Apes has to be one of the most talked about science fiction films of all time. But oddly enough, I have yet to pick up a copy of my favourite film of his, Soylent Green. Now might be the time.

Charlton, despite my disagreements with some of the things you stood for, I've always admired your work. I hope you are resting easy, and I wish your family all the best at this time.

I'm quoting so I don't have to type it out for myself.

I loved Ben Hur, we watched it all the time in my house. We had one of those deep freezers and I'd sit on top of it like it was a chariot. Soylent Green was so memorable and shocking the first time I saw it. Heston was so expressive and real in his roles.

Sleep well, Mr. Heston. Sleep well.

StephanieFox · Apr 6, 2008

I like the 10 Commandments, partly because of the kitsch factor. Also, it's the story of the Jews, with only ONE (count 'em ONE) Jewish actor in a major or secondary role – and that's the bad guy Hebrew. I love some of the lines "So let it be written. So let it be done" which is so much better than Picard's version. I love the special effects, too.

JoNightshade · Apr 6, 2008

Overall, I think Soylent Green is my favorite just because... well, it's awesome.

But I think my favorite moment in any of his movies is in Ben Hur, when Jesus gives him a cup of water. Hands down, that scene is the most brilliant representation of Christ I've ever seen on film. Youtube link for anyone who doesn't remember. Gives me the chills every time.

robeiae · Apr 6, 2008

Heston is my favorite actor, btw. And he also has the best comedic cameo of all time, imo:

http://video.google.com/videoplay?d...188&start=0&num=10&so=0&type=search&plindex=0

BradyH1861 · Apr 6, 2008

Definitely Planet of the Apes. In fact, I watched it on TV the other night.

Favorite Heston flick?

What's your favorite Heston movie?

Ben-Hur

Planet of the Apes

The Ten Commandments

Soylent Green

The Omega Man

Touch of Evil

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The Last Hard Men

Midway

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