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...After a disastrous U.S. premiere in Miami, Godot had a respectable Broadway run with E.G. Marshall as Vladimir and Bert Lahr as Estragon. Other beguiling star tandems never quite materialized: Alec Guinness and Ralph Richardson in London; Buster Keaton and Marlon Brando on Broadway. In the '60s, Steve McQueen wanted to star in a Godot film. Beckett declined...
...next year. But if you think she is doomed to play only transatlantic prisses in genteel screen dramas, think again. "Gwynnie is very American," says Kloves, "but the interesting part of American--dark, dangerous. Her appeal is her mystery and unpredictability. It's what people liked about Steve McQueen." Hmmm. Maybe Paltrow can be the one-stop movie star of the next millennium: Grace Kelly and James Dean, in one glorious package...
DIED. BUTTERFLY MCQUEEN, 84, actress; of burns received while lighting a kerosene heater; in Augusta, Georgia. In 1937 the New York Times theater critic noticed "the extraordinary artistry of a high-stepping, little dusky creature who describes herself as Butterfly McQueen." Two years later, the world saw McQueen as Prissy, the comically incompetent slave in the film classic Gone With the Wind. Her panicked "Lawdy, Miz Scarlett. I don't know nothing about birthing babies!" became one of the most quoted lines in movie history--and in later years, a focus of criticism for fitting an "Uncle Thomasina" stereotype. Ironically...
...Getaway" is an action-packed remake of an earlier film that starred Steve McQueen and Ali MacGraw. Although the newer version is generally predictable and wrought with clinches, some of the exaggerated character and unlikely premises make for two hours of high camp...
...Whether playing a high-class crook in The Thomas Crowm Affair or tooling around on a dirt bike, the cool-as-crushed-ice (Steve McQueen) knew how to wear clothes." -- GQ, introduction to a story on McQueen-inspired attire