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Your favourite Phillip Seymour Hoffman moments :)

posted 11 years ago by floyd_benoir
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1. Patch Adams. When Robin Williams calls him a prick and Hoffman's angry response to it. I get chills watching this scene.
2. Along Came Polly. Terrible movie but Hoffman truly steals every scene he's in. I love the part when he slips and falls.
3. Boogie Nights. Hoffman kisses Mark Wahlberg.
4. Punch Drunk Love. The angry phone exchange with Adam Sandler.

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[–] Soodinum 11 years ago

I've always liked his Mission Impossible role - he had none of the usual physical characteristics to play an impressive/threatening bad guy, but he was oddly chilling just via his acting skills.

[–] CTReviews 11 years ago

I had a bit of a casino gambling habit a while back, and if I lost I would lie about it. When I saw Phillip Seymour Hoffman do the same in Owning Mahowney, I gained a respect for his acting that never wavered.

[–] frailty03 11 years ago

Along Came Polly. Terrible movie but Hoffman truly steals every scene he's in. I love the part when he slips and falls.

Yes. I love the part where he's rehearsing with the community theater and he starts to sing when it's supposed to be another cast member's turn...and he gives the speech about him being the 'big star' and if he feels like doing something spontaneous, they have to let him have "the freedom to rock out."

But he was magnificent in Capote.

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[–] smoko 11 years ago

@dani8 Absolutely, Gust had the best lines in that movie, all delivered with a terrific deadpan by PSH. "The mules are getting better healthcare than the Afghans."

[–] whipwarrior 11 years ago

His character Dusty in Twister. Definitely one of the highlights of an awesome movie, and a person that I'd genuinely enjoy hanging out with. In fact, I once met a drunk passenger (some college kid) on an Amtrak train in southern California who looked and acted almost *exactly* like Dusty, and I instantly felt comfortable socializing with him because I'd seen Twister so many times. The guy was one of those 'happy drunks', and it was a blast to sit there and enjoy his inebriated commentary. It was almost like meeting the real character, and the experience has always enhanced my viewing of Twister. Rest in peace, Phillip. You were a truly gifted actor, and you will be missed.

[–] Dewey1119 11 years ago

Almost Famous

Opie had just got his story retracted by Rolling Stone and Stillwater. The phone call between Lester Bang and Opie is a classic.