Sir Alec Guinness brought a grace to the silver screen like few actors before or since. With his aristocratic gait and air of savoir fare, Sir Alec created a worldly array of memorable characters on the screen from British officers, to Arabian sheiks to Russian agents to otherworldy Jedi Knights to the most horrible butcher mankind has known. Although he left us, his legacy lives on in his art and the joy his performances continue to bring to us all.
Some days ago sitting beneath trees under the summer sky a phrase from the book I was reading, Sir Alec Guinness's A Positively Final Appearance, jumped out at me.
Publ.Date : Sat, 04 Jul 2009 16:07:19 GMTSome days ago sitting beneath trees under the summer sky a phrase from the book I was reading, Sir Alec Guinness's A Positively Final Appearance, jumped out at me. The phrase was "the joy of life is just looking at it.[...]
Publ.Date : Sat, 04 Jul 2009 17:16:46 GMTYou've seen it in the cinema and bought the DVD - now's your chance to dress the part.
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Sir Alec was not the original vision for the role of the venerable Jedi Knight Obi-Wan Kenobi in Star Wars. The character was originally planned to be less serious, but the grace Sir Alec brought to the part caused George Lucas to re-write it.
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