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January 3, 2011

Vale – Pete Postlethwaite

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Pete Postlethwaite - 1946-2011

Sad news tonight, folks, with the news coming through of the passing of one of cinemas true shining lights. Pete Postlethwaite, best known for supporting roles in films from In The Name of The Father (for which he received an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actor), Dragonheart, Alien 3, The Last Of The Mohicans, The Usual Suspects, The Lost World: Jurassic Park, Romeo + Juliet, Brassed Off and Amistad, has died. Most recently, brief cameo appearances in Clash Of The Titans, Inception, and Ben Affleck’s The Town kept him in the public eye.

Mr Postlethwaite passed away today, after a long battle with cancer. He was 64.

Written by Rodney

Editor In Chief of www.fernbyfilms.com, Rodney has been watching films since he was at least old enough to remember having nightmares after watching King Kong one New Years Eve…. Rodney is married with 1 bubbly young daughter and his first son on the way, and lives happily with his wife Lisa in a sleepy suburb of inner-city Adelaide, South Australia.

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Dan

He's given us some top performances on film (and even some great ones for TV and theatre) but for me the stand outs are In The Name of the Father and Brassed Off. Sad news.

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Rodney

Yeah, In The Name of The Father is perhaps his best performance, but he always delivers a part that's believable and realistic, only ever adding to the film. I don't think I ever saw a bad performance from him.... although he did appear in some bad films (cough Clash Of The Titans cough).... he will be missed.