R.I.P., Ricardo Montalban and Patrick McGoohan
Ricardo Montalban, November 25, 1920 - January 14, 2009
''The Spanish-speaking American boy sees Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid wipe out a regiment of Bolivian soldiers. He sees `The Wild Bunch' annihilate the Mexican army. It's only natural for him to say, `Gee, I wish I were an Anglo."
--Ricardo Montalban, 1970 interview
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[W[hen asked to play the grandfather in ''Spy Kids 2'' and ''Spy Kids 3,'' Montalban told filmmaker Robert Rodriguez in his self-effacing way: ''I'm old. I'm in a wheelchair. And I have a Mexican accent. Three strikes and you're out,'' recalled Joel Brokaw, another of the actor's spokesmen.
''But Robert Rodriguez idolized Ricardo, and came up to his home in the Hollywood Hills to convince him to do the role,'' Brokaw said. He did, and despite his obvious pain while waiting to do a scene, ''something miraculous would happen,'' Brokaw said. ''As soon as Rodriguez said 'Action,' his pain would completely disappear, time and time again. I asked him about this. He smiled and said, 'It's impossible for my mind to do two things at once.'''
Source: NY Times
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Patrick McGoohan, March 19, 1928 - January 14, 2009
"We're run by the Pentagon. We're run by Madison Avenue. We're run by television. And, as long as we accept those things and don't revolt, we'll have to go along with the stream to the eventual avalanche.
"As long as we go out and buy stuff, we're at their mercy. We're at the mercy of the advertiser. And, of course, there are certain things we need, but a lot of the stuff that is bought is not needed. We all live in a little village. Your village may be different from other people's villages, but we are all prisoners."
--Patrick McGoohan
The Prisoner: By numbers
--17 episodes broadcast between October 1967 and February 1968.
--11 million viewers each week during an era of only two terrestrial channels.
--6 the gentleman hero played by McGoohan.
--1 the hero's elusive and unidentified captor.
--25 annual conventions held in Portmeirion by Six of One, the show's official appreciation society.
Source: Independent UK
''The Spanish-speaking American boy sees Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid wipe out a regiment of Bolivian soldiers. He sees `The Wild Bunch' annihilate the Mexican army. It's only natural for him to say, `Gee, I wish I were an Anglo."
--Ricardo Montalban, 1970 interview
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[W[hen asked to play the grandfather in ''Spy Kids 2'' and ''Spy Kids 3,'' Montalban told filmmaker Robert Rodriguez in his self-effacing way: ''I'm old. I'm in a wheelchair. And I have a Mexican accent. Three strikes and you're out,'' recalled Joel Brokaw, another of the actor's spokesmen.
''But Robert Rodriguez idolized Ricardo, and came up to his home in the Hollywood Hills to convince him to do the role,'' Brokaw said. He did, and despite his obvious pain while waiting to do a scene, ''something miraculous would happen,'' Brokaw said. ''As soon as Rodriguez said 'Action,' his pain would completely disappear, time and time again. I asked him about this. He smiled and said, 'It's impossible for my mind to do two things at once.'''
Source: NY Times
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Patrick McGoohan, March 19, 1928 - January 14, 2009
"We're run by the Pentagon. We're run by Madison Avenue. We're run by television. And, as long as we accept those things and don't revolt, we'll have to go along with the stream to the eventual avalanche.
"As long as we go out and buy stuff, we're at their mercy. We're at the mercy of the advertiser. And, of course, there are certain things we need, but a lot of the stuff that is bought is not needed. We all live in a little village. Your village may be different from other people's villages, but we are all prisoners."
--Patrick McGoohan
The Prisoner: By numbers
--17 episodes broadcast between October 1967 and February 1968.
--11 million viewers each week during an era of only two terrestrial channels.
--6 the gentleman hero played by McGoohan.
--1 the hero's elusive and unidentified captor.
--25 annual conventions held in Portmeirion by Six of One, the show's official appreciation society.
Source: Independent UK
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