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Farewell: Christopher Reeve

Mon, 11 Oct 2004, 11:36 pm
Walter Plinge3 posts in thread
Less than a week after the esteemed Mr Stephen Lee commented on the impressive job he had done in the role that made him famous, Christopher Reeve has left us. Often dismissed as "a guy in tights" I always thought he did a better job as Clark Kent. Physical similarities be damned - nobody could ever suspect Reeve's nerdy, bumbling Smallville hick as being The Man of Steel.

Nevertheless, he made us believe that a man could fly. Maybe the special effects of 1979 don't hold up as well as today's, but his true triumph was in terms of his spirit rather than his body. A tireless campaigner for funds and research, if he managed to help but one person, it's worth more than all the acting accolades in the world.

JB

Re: Farewell: Christopher Reeve

Tue, 12 Oct 2004, 01:34 am
Walter Plinge
The pictures he made ... Deathtrap, Somewhere in time, Noises off, Remains of the day and recently 'Rear Window' are just a few that show us that this man was a wonderful lead actor. . Farewell.
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"So many of our dreams at first seem impossible, then they seem improbable, and then, when we summon the will, they soon become inevitable."

- Christopher Reeve

September 25, 1952 - October 10, 2004

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