#JOHN MELLENCAMP OSCAR MOVIE#
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Paul Newman (1925-2008), the star of Cool Hand Luke (1967), was the successor to James Dean in certain ways, taking over some of the late star’s roles and proving his own skill at playing rebels who were tough on the outside but sensitive underneath. In his song “Jack and Diane,” young Jack does “his best James Dean” to impress Diane with how cool he is. Again, Mellencamp used the name of one of the actors he most admires in his lyrics. Dean, who specialized in playing alienated young loners, was also a master of attitude. James Dean (1931-55) made his cinematic debut starring in East of Eden (1955) and appeared in only two more films before his life was cut short by a car accident. It was his appearance as a trouble-prone biker in this film that inspired Mellencamp’s lyric in his song “You’ve Got to Stand for Somethin’”: “I saw Marlon Brando/On a motorcycle/He was actin’ out rebellion.” Brando, who established his reputation as the most exciting actor of his generation in Williams’ A Streetcar Named Desire (1951), also attracted attention in the 1953 film The Wild One. He also stars in The Fugitive Kind (1960) as drifter Val Xavier, a character created by Tennessee Williams. Marlon Brando (1924-2004) won a Best Actor Oscar for On the Waterfront (1954) for playing Terry Malloy, a dockworker embroiled with the mob. But a decade earlier Clift had been the ultimate sensitive young leading man in such films as A Place in the Sun (1951) and From Here to Eternity (1953).

Montgomery Clift (1920-1966) has a relatively minor role in The Misfits (1961), playing a battered rodeo rider in support of stars Marilyn Monroe and Clark Gable.

#JOHN MELLENCAMP OSCAR MOVIE#

Mellencamp once said of Tortilla Flat, “It’s a movie about possessions and how useless they are.” Garfield, an alumnus of the famous Group Theatre, introduced a new kind of naturalism with his acting in this and other films including The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946) and He Ran All the Way (1951). John Garfield (1913-1952) stars with Spencer Tracy and Hedy Lamarr in Tortilla Flat (1942), based on John Steinbeck’s 1935 novel about life in a poor Mexican community near Monterey, California. Below are the actors and films showcased by Mellencamp during his TCM appearance. His artwork has been the subject of several exhibitions. He is also an accomplished visual artist, specializing in portraits with an influence of German Expressionism. His most recent album, Sad Clowns and Hillbillies, was released in 2017 to critical acclaim. He has won a Grammy Award and been nominated for a dozen others. Mellencamp has sold more than 30 million albums in the U.S.

#JOHN MELLENCAMP OSCAR SERIES#

His first album was released in 1976 and, beginning in 1982, he amassed a series of 22 Top 40 hits. He was known for a time as Johnny Cougar and later as John Cougar Mellencamp. Mellencamp, born in the small town of Seymour, Indiana, in 1951, was fronting a soul band by the time he was 14. Mellencamp’s film choices offer a lineup of the “new breed” of earthy, Method-trained actors who changed the tone of film performances beginning in the 1940s and continuing through the 1950s and ‘60s: John Garfield, Montgomery Clift, Marlon Brando, James Dean and Paul Newman. Contact him at Follow on Twitter, on Instagram.Singer/songwriter/artist John Mellencamp joins TCM as a special guest for two nights of hosted conversations about some of his favorite classic movies and performers. His “PodKats!” podcast can be found at /podcasts. John Katsilometes’ column runs daily in the A section. Tickets for all three shows remained on sale, starting at $99 (not including fees), on Ticketmaster. He’s set to headline the Colosseum at Caesars Palace on May 6-7, and also July 3. Rock’s “Ego Death” tour is fast selling out, with tickets to his shows in Boston going for $1,000 on Wednesday. So, at some point I’ll talk about that (expletive). “I’m still kind of processing what happened.

“I don’t have a bunch of (expletive) about what happened, so if you came to hear that, I have a whole show I wrote before this weekend,” Rock said. He continued, “Let me be all misty and (expletive),” and joked, “How was your weekend?” The crowd laughed. He waited several seconds and added, “Yo, let me do the show!” According to published reports Rock walked onstage to a thunderous standing ovation “Whoa, OK!” he called out. Rock made his first comments since Sunday’s Will Smith slap debacle in the first of two two sold-out shows at Boston’s Wilbur Theater. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)Ĭhris Rock brought the laughs with tears in his eyes on Wednesday in his first appearance since the Oscars. Chris Rock, center, arrives at the Wilbur Theater before a performance, Wednesday, March 30, 2022, in Boston.

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