Re: When did Jack Nicholson develop his schtick?
 

That is exactly where it started for Pacino.

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Or maybe he just had so much fun with Dick Tracy that he decided to carry some of it over to other performances.

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I'd say his work in Sea of Love is when he started that whole schtick.

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I haven' seen "Hoffa" but he gave an excellent performance in "The Pledge". Reminded me he could actually act and not rely on his schtick.

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They aren't playing themselves. But there are actors like John Wayne figure out that they can do one thing extraordinarily well, and never stray very far from that. Other actors learn that their movies make good money if they do one trick, so they do that trick over and over again until they wear out their welcome. A lot of comic actors, action heroes, and sex bombs fall in the second category.

Jack Nicholson seems to be in the first category. He does it very well, audiences buy tickets, and everyone is happy.

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I've always heard King wanted Michael Moriarty. Howard would have been too young.

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We got to see what King always wanted with that godawful TV movie. Thank goodness that Kubrick didn't listen to him.

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+1

I like the book and all, but I don't really care what King wanted for the movie. The film stands on its own and works very well with Nicholson.

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Just the other day, I was watching the interviews on the DVD of Rosemary's Baby, and Polanski mentioned that Jack was considered for the role of the husband, but he thought Jack looked too sinister. The viewer needed to be unsure if Rosemary's husband could be trusted. It's kind of interesting that Stephen King ended up having a similar problem with Jack being cast in The Shining.

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It's the eyebrows!

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I think it was in Danse Macabre he mentions Ron Howard. Howard would have been 25/26.

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Nicholson has one of the most animated faces among actors. From the brows to eyes, from the nose to the way he can curl his mouth--he has interesting physical features that have served him well, but can make him look needlessly crazy if featured in the wrong light.

Re: When did Jack Nicholson develop his schtick?
 

even though its supposed to be over the top, watch Pacino's performance in Dick Tracy. The random screaming started there

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I think the screaming started in Dog Day Afternoon. ATTICA!

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Scarface, every scene. And Sea of Love is when he really starts turning it on. By Godfather III he bears little resemblance to the Michael Corleone we remember.

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Let's not hold up Stephen King as some paragon of casting choices, especially when it comes to adaptations of his own books. This is a guy who wanted Lindsay Lohan (a twenty-something who looks MUCH MUCH OLDER) in the title role of Carrie, over Chloe Moretz (an actual teenager).

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Regardless of some of his other remarks regarding other movies, I know how I felt when I walked out of the theater. I was confused at the major changes in the book, baffled at the ending and didn't care for Jack. The book affected me in ways other horror books had not. It really scared me. So, I held the book in very high esteem.

Now, having said that, over the years I've softened on the liberties the movie took with the book. I do own it the movie. It IS very Kubrick. I still don't like 1st-act-of-the-movie Jack but he does let out all the stops for the rest of the movie. I might've enjoyed the movie more if I had not read the book.