Clift is amazing

Clift has always been a terrific actor...second only to brando...
but more than the actors, i think this is one of the best WW2 films ever made and it does not get its due...it should be one of the all time greats

"Im just a bum sitting in a motor home on a film set, BRANDO said, and they come looking for ZEUS".

Yes I love Monty Clift too. He plays the awkward type perfectly. I will never forget a time when I walked a girl home from jr. high that I was sweet on. I was enjoying walking with her so much that I didn't pay attention and when I was saying good night to her, I had to ask her how I get back to the bus stop. That always reminded me of the movie when he brings Hope home and cant figure out how to get back. He says..."No one will find me, ever".

I agree. I actually prefer Montgomery Clift's acting to Brando's - but that is just my opinion.

Monty was wonderful to look at both before and after the accident because he's just such an interesting individual to behold. His decisions, the things he does with his facial expressions and his hands - they are simply fascinating.

Truth be told, I typically loathe when people refer to Monty as two people - the pre-accident actor, and the post-accident actor. But I am going to do so myself for just a moment. While he always showed a sense of charm and vulnerability in his acting (even when playing a scoundrel such as Morris in "The Heiress"), after the accident he took on a whole new kind of
defenselessness and longing. He possessed a preternatural magnetism and that never went away. Particularly after '56, there was this uncanny mix of hurt and hope in his eyes. The scene from “The Misfits” in which he lays in Marilyn’s lap springs to mind. He sounds so sweet, so surprised that she cried for him in the ambulance. His face is full of wonder and grief. Even his telephone call to his mother (in "The Misfits") is heartbreaking. The way he looks down at the belt buckle while describing it to her; little nuances such as those just slay me as they are creative and true. He was so gifted.

There are a myriad of reasons for listing regarding the tragedy of his death, one of them being that the world lost a great, great actor.

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You know another great movie he is in? It is called "The Big Lift". It's about the Berlin airlift when the Russians closed off all supplies to Berlin. He falls in love with a German girl and well, I wont spoil it for you but check out this movie. Paul Douglas is in it too and he is really great at his part. Ok thanks

The irony of the tragic accident he suffered and his drinking and drug use did indeed change Monty's looks, but what few people today realize is that Monty went to extreme lengths to create a "look" for the character of Noah.

The truth is that Clift purposely lost alot of weight for the role and had a slight prosthetic on his nose to and had his ears bent outwards slightly with makeup. This was not only an effort to make himself look more ethnic but also to make himself look a bit less attractive, as Noah was a socially shy and awkward man, kind of "geeky" and one who in the book does not consider himself attractive or a ladies man. He wanted that look for the part. Some people claimed this was the result of the accident. Not the case. Altho he was never as beautiful, if you look at him in roles shortly afterwards he does look a bit better.

He is wonderful in the role though; I do agree. That first scene with him at Hope's apartment is so great.

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