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RIP Ian Holm.
posted by Nexus71STAFFMOD on June 19, 2020 at 10:14 AM
Today at the age of 88 years Sir Ian Holm has passed away suffering from Parkinson's disease.Ian Holm will be remebered for numerous (often supporting )roles throughout his career such as Alien,Chariots Of Fire(Oscar nomination)Time Bandits,Brazil,Kafka,Naked Lunch,Mary Shelley's Frankenstein,The 5th Element,the Madness Of King George,The critically acclaimed Sweet Hereafter,From Hell ,The Day After Tomorrow,The Aviator,Lord Of War,Ratatouielle and probably will be best remembered playing the role of the older Bilbo Baggins in Peter Jackson's Lord Of The Rings and The Hobbit trilogy. RIP Sir Ian.
Reply by tmdb53134531
on June 19, 2020 at 10:25 AM
For me this seems the best place to post my reaction, with Alien being one of my favourite films. I was thinking how much not just the Ash character, but also his playing of it, formed the basis for the direction the Alien franchise took with Prometheus and Covenant. One of the most interesting android characters on screen and Ridley Scott has said that there were ticks that Holm put in that we never got to see in the finished film. I thought he was great in Greystoke and The Fifth Element to name but two others.
Reply by tmdb53400018
on June 19, 2020 at 11:02 AM
He was a solid part of a very good cast in Alien. RIP.