Bugler Posted December 12, 2016 Posted December 12, 2016 Does anyone know of any movies where he was NOT the quintessential bad guy? He was sort of type cast like John Wayne was but on the dark side. He was SO good at the bad guy role that you loved to hate him....especially in the Cowboys Bugler Quote
Silver Sam, SASS #34718L Posted December 12, 2016 Posted December 12, 2016 In Silent Running he played a gardener/astronaut in charge of all the plants left on earth... I don't remember him being the "Bad Guy' in that one 1 Quote
Tennessee Stud Posted December 12, 2016 Posted December 12, 2016 Silver Sam is right... Silent Running was a good movie, too. But Bruce Dern was not really a bad guy in the movie... Last Man Standing... with Bruce Willis as the main character. In that movie... Bruce Dern was just a seat-warmin' lawman... not much "do anything" about him. ts Quote
Chickamauga Charlie, SASS #47963 Posted December 12, 2016 Posted December 12, 2016 He wasn't a bad guy in All the pretty horses or the hateful eight,although I guess he had a questionable past in H8 CC Quote
Russ T. Sites Posted December 12, 2016 Posted December 12, 2016 Check out Nebraska , plays a cranky old man who gets a letter saying he was a prize winner Quote
Ruidoso, SASS #66801 Posted December 12, 2016 Posted December 12, 2016 Family Plot directed by Alfred Hitchcock, he was really funny. Quote
Silver Shadow Posted December 12, 2016 Posted December 12, 2016 Check out Nebraska , plays a cranky old man who gets a letter saying he was a prize winner I've been anti Bruce Dern since the very first time I saw the Cowboys. In fact I've been known to turn a movie off when I saw his name in the credits. I have to say though, I did feel sympathy for his character in Nebraska. 1 Quote
CodyMaverick Posted December 12, 2016 Posted December 12, 2016 I liked him in Support Your Local Sheriff, being a murderer doesn't make you a bad guy, does it? I also thought he had a pretty funny character in The Burbs. Quote
Tennessee Stud Posted December 12, 2016 Posted December 12, 2016 I liked him in Support Your Local Sheriff, being a murderer doesn't make you a bad guy, does it? hehehe... well... have you ever gone on trial fer murder? I know someone who has. I'd say... you are misguided... but I do appreciate yore humor. ts Quote
J-BAR #18287 Posted December 12, 2016 Posted December 12, 2016 He was Carrol O'Conner 's deputy in Waterhole #3; ain't that right John? Quote
Cat Brules Posted December 13, 2016 Posted December 13, 2016 I've been anti Bruce Dern since the very first time I saw the Cowboys. In fact I've been known to turn a movie off when I saw his name in the credits. I have to say though, I did feel sympathy for his character in Nebraska. Why? Cuz he killed John Wayne? Hell, after "The Cowboys," even JW's younger kids were scared of him! :-) Quote
Tennessee Stud Posted December 13, 2016 Posted December 13, 2016 Why? Cuz he killed John Wayne? Hell, after "The Cowboys," even JW's younger kids were scared of him! :-) From Bruce Dern's own words... John Wayne tole him... "You gonna be hated after this movie"... (paraphrasin')... Just an FYI... ts 1 Quote
Big Sage, SASS #49891 Life Posted December 13, 2016 Posted December 13, 2016 I've been anti Bruce Dern since the very first time I saw the Cowboys. In fact I've been known to turn a movie off when I saw his name in the credits. I have to say though, I did feel sympathy for his character in Nebraska. That just shows how good a character actor he was. Quote
Rolan Kraps, SASS # 24084 Life Posted December 13, 2016 Posted December 13, 2016 If I recall correctly, in "Silent Running" he killed the rest of the crew to keep them from jettisoning the forests and slowly went mad with Huey, Louie, and Dewy (the robots). 1 Quote
Tennessee Stud Posted December 13, 2016 Posted December 13, 2016 · Hidden by Doc Faraday, SASS #5749, December 13, 2016 - Off Topic Hidden by Doc Faraday, SASS #5749, December 13, 2016 - Off Topic If I recall correctly, in "Silent Running" he killed the rest of the crew to keep them from jettisoning the forests and slowly went mad with Huey, Louie, and Dewy (the robots). So... what's yore point? ts
Bramble Mountain Buzzard Posted December 13, 2016 Posted December 13, 2016 (edited) In the movie "On the Edge" he's the hero. He plays an aging runner that enters a competition run by one of his former colleges turned advisory. Edited December 13, 2016 by Bramble Mountain Buzzard Quote
Ventura Slim, SASS #35690 Posted December 13, 2016 Posted December 13, 2016 He plays that evil look like he knows it. Quote
Tennessee Stud Posted December 13, 2016 Posted December 13, 2016 · Hidden by Doc Faraday, SASS #5749, December 13, 2016 - Off Topic Hidden by Doc Faraday, SASS #5749, December 13, 2016 - Off Topic So... what's yore point? ts That's what I figgered... 'cause I got all them old emails... ALL OF 'EM. There was never any threats to anybody... real or imagined. NOBODY. Since ya can't alter "sent" emails... anybody wants to see 'em... I will give them free reign to inspect 'em... and investigate 'em. Ya know... sometimes... it's better to bury the hatchet... than to carry it to yore grave. That's not a threat... but I could understand you takin' it so... but that is just ME. I am trying to live to January 1st. Got nothin' to add... how 'bout you? What's a matter... cat got yore tongue? ts
Cat Brules Posted December 13, 2016 Posted December 13, 2016 · Hidden by Doc Faraday, SASS #5749, December 13, 2016 - Off Topic Hidden by Doc Faraday, SASS #5749, December 13, 2016 - Off Topic ???????
Bugler Posted December 13, 2016 Author Posted December 13, 2016 · Hidden by Allie Mo, SASS No. 25217, December 13, 2016 - refers to hidden posts Hidden by Allie Mo, SASS No. 25217, December 13, 2016 - refers to hidden posts Same here What the .....??????????????????????? This is a thread about Bruce Derns and how well he did his job on bad guy roles, and whether or not he had any good guy roles. Bugler
Cemetery Posted December 13, 2016 Posted December 13, 2016 Wasn't Bruce Dern the only guy to shoot John Wayne in the back? I'm not a John Wayne or the highway fan of his, but after that, I wanted to punch Bruce Dern in the face, even if it was 40 years after the movie! Quote
Deuce Stevens SASS#55996 Posted December 13, 2016 Posted December 13, 2016 Dern played a conflicted town marshal in Last Man Standing. He got Bruce Willis his twin 1911's back so he could smoke the whole town. Quote
Charlie Whiskers Posted December 13, 2016 Posted December 13, 2016 He was the car mechanic in the St Valentines day Massacre. He was not part of Moran's gang just his mechanic that got caught up and killed for being there. Quote
Irish Pat Posted December 13, 2016 Posted December 13, 2016 In "Coming Home" he commits suicide rather than be married to Jane Fonda. I was proud of him! Quote
Sawhorse Kid Posted December 13, 2016 Posted December 13, 2016 All the Pretty Horses, he plays a judge. Quote
Rolan Kraps, SASS # 24084 Life Posted December 13, 2016 Posted December 13, 2016 In "Down Periscope" he plays an Admiral who is trying to rig a sea trial by using a screw-up captain (Kelsey Grammer) and a broken down sub. He might not be a "bad" guy, but he sure isn't "good". Quote
Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted December 13, 2016 Posted December 13, 2016 Wasn't Bruce Dern the only guy to shoot John Wayne in the back? I'm not a John Wayne or the highway fan of his, but after that, I wanted to punch Bruce Dern in the face, even if it was 40 years after the movie! How 'bout the bartender in The Shootist? Or the cute girl in El Dorado? Quote
Blackwater 53393 Posted December 13, 2016 Posted December 13, 2016 How 'bout the bartender in The Shootist? Or the cute girl in El Dorado? That's the ones I remember. Quote
Cemetery Posted December 13, 2016 Posted December 13, 2016 How 'bout the bartender in The Shootist? Or the cute girl in El Dorado? Haven't seen The Shootist in decades, and not familiar with El Dorado........ Quote
Yul Lose Posted December 13, 2016 Posted December 13, 2016 In "Coming Home" he commits suicide rather than be married to Jane Fonda. I was proud of him! A true bad guy would have killed Jane Fonda. 1 Quote
Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted December 13, 2016 Posted December 13, 2016 Haven't seen The Shootist in decades, and not familiar with El Dorado........ What? That's almost unAmerican. Go get and watch it. Are you still sitting there? Go get it NOW!!! Quote
Shooting Bull Posted December 13, 2016 Posted December 13, 2016 In "Down Periscope" he plays an Admiral who is trying to rig a sea trial by using a screw-up captain (Kelsey Grammer) and a broken down sub. He might not be a "bad" guy, but he sure isn't "good". Funny, I don't remember anyone other than Lt Emily Lake from that movie. Quote
Yusta B. Posted December 13, 2016 Posted December 13, 2016 A true bad guy would have killed Jane Fonda. So would a true good guy ! Quote
SaukValley Sam, SASS # 66557 Posted December 13, 2016 Posted December 13, 2016 From Bruce Dern's own words... John Wayne tole him... "You gonna be hated after this movie"... (paraphrasin')... Just an FYI... ts Then Dern said "but they'll love me in Berkley!". Also paraphrasing) Quote
Rolan Kraps, SASS # 24084 Life Posted December 13, 2016 Posted December 13, 2016 Funny, I don't remember anyone other than Lt Emily Lake from that movie. She was, ahem, Mammiorable. Quote
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