R.I.P. Dennis Hopper

**BoldHighlander** · 30th May 10, 04:04 AM

R.I.P. "Billy"...ride on forever Easyrider.

http://movies.msn.com/movies/article...2935&GT1=28101

**Bugbear** · 30th May 10, 10:53 AM

Ya, I saw that.

And also Gary Coleman .

R.I.P.

**Lachlan09** · 30th May 10, 08:09 PM

I really liked Dennis Hopper ! He always chose roles with a bit of bite to them. I guess I'll play my Easy Rider DVD tonight in honour of it. If I had "Blue Velvet", I’d play it too !

**robthehiker** · 30th May 10, 08:34 PM

If I had a Papst Blue Ribbon I'd drink it in his honour.

**Lallans** · 31st May 10, 11:57 AM

Hopper was the only person to portray a crazed druggie while quoting TS Elliot, or so I believe (in Apocalypse Now). He was certainly the only actor who could pull that off.

**BoldHighlander** · 31st May 10, 12:29 PM

Originally Posted by Canuck of NI

Hopper was the only person to portray a crazed druggie while quoting TS Elliot, or so I believe (in Apocalypse Now). He was certainly the only actor who could pull that off.

Some of his scenes wasn't "acting", if you know what I mean

**Zardoz** · 31st May 10, 12:56 PM

Originally Posted by Canuck of NI

Hopper was the only person to portray a crazed druggie while quoting TS Elliot, or so I believe (in Apocalypse Now). He was certainly the only actor who could pull that off.

"Watch out for those monkeys, they'll bite ya' "

I was really sad to hear that. I had the pleasure of getting to know Dennis Hopper a little over the course of a couple weeks in 1986 while I was working as a vehicle wrangler (and one of the unofficial Dennis wranglers) during the filming of Chainsaw Massacre II at various locations north of Austin. He was a very talented and interesting guy. But like so many folks in his profession, it seemed his talent and demons were seldom in balance.