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  6. ÇRUTGERHAUER-THEREVIEW
  7.  
  8. RutgerHauerisinaclass,butnotofhisown.Hesharesthe
  9. limelightequallywithhisfemaleequivalent,JoannaPacula,
  10. albeitbeingmorerecognisedthanJoannahereintheUK.The
  11. classthatRutgerandJoannashareisoneoftalentwhichis
  12. overlookedbythemajorityoffilmmagazines(hereintheUK,
  13. anyway)thatprefertoconcentrateonmorewell-knownpeoplesuch
  14. asArnoldSchwarzenegger(whoisgood).
  15.  
  16. RutgerHauerhassuchanexcellentabilitytoplayvirtuallyany
  17. kindofcharacter.Fromtherecenthitmovie"Buffy-The
  18. VampireSlayer",whereheplayedavampire,tohisolderstuff,
  19. suchasthemurderouscharacterheplayedin"TheHitcher"-and,
  20. whatcouldbehisbestseriousroletodate,theroleof
  21. Alexander(Sasha)Pechersky,wholedtheescapefromSobibor
  22. deathcampinOctober1943andwhichwasexcellentlyrecreatedby
  23. Rutgerhimselfforthefilm"EscapeFromSobibor"releasedin
  24. 1988.
  25.  
  26. RutgerHauerfirstcametotheattentionofthemediawhenhe
  27. starredalongsideSylvesterStallone(starof"Rambo"and"Cliff
  28. Hanger")intheoldfilm"Nighthawks"-Rutgerstarredasa
  29. terrorist(Ithink).EventhoughIhaveseenavarietyofhis
  30. recentmovies,allofwhichweregoodasfarashisacting
  31. abilityisconcerned-noothermovieofhisstuckinmymind
  32. thanhis1988TVhitmovie-yes,youguessedit,"EscapeFrom
  33. Sobibor".
  34.  
  35. AmemorableperformancefromAlanArkinalsocameinthisfilm,
  36. whereSasha(RutgerHauer)wasbroughtin,abouthalfway
  37. through.Thefilmisbasedonthebookofthesamename.Sasha
  38. cameinastheleaderofagroupofRussians,broughttochop
  39. downthetreesinpartoftheSobiborcamp.Afterhearingand
  40. seeingtheamountofdeaththatwasgoingontherewiththeJews,
  41. theRussianssuccessfullyorganiseamassescapeofallthe
  42. prisoners.Eveninreallife,whenthiseventactuallyhappened,
  43. morethan300ofthe600prisonersfromthecampmadeitsafely
  44. intotheforestsofPoland-withatleastfiftyofthese
  45. survivorsstilllivingtoday.
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  47. AsIhavealreadysaid,RutgerHauer'sperformanceasSasha,
  48. againsttheevilSgtWagner(playedbyHartmutBecker)andthe
  49. otherNazisandtheUkrainianswhowerethere(playedbyvarious
  50. unknownpeople)wascertainlybrilliant,tosaytheleast.
  51.  
  52. OneofhismoviesthatIunfortunatelyhaven'tseenyetis'The
  53. Hitcher',whereheplayedalonely,murderoushitchhiker,outto
  54. trapthecharacterplayedbyC,ThomasHowell.TheHitcher
  55. certainlyislikedbymanypeople-Itrustitisgood.
  56.  
  57. Hereisashortlistoffilmshehasbeeninvolvedwith(asa
  58. star):-
  59.  
  60. 1973TurkishDelight
  61. 1979SoldierOfOrange
  62. Ç1981Nighthawks
  63. 1982BladeRunner(analltimesci-ficlassic)
  64. 1983TheOstermanWeekend
  65. 1984ABreedApart
  66. 1985Ladyhawke,Flesh&Blood
  67. 1986TheHitcher(arguablyhisbestfilmtodate)
  68. 1987WantedDeadorAlive,EscapeFromSobibor
  69. 1989LegendoftheHolyDrinker,SaluteoftheJugger
  70. BloodhoundsofBroadway,BlindFury
  71. 1992BuffytheVampireSlayer,SplitSecond
  72. 1993Roadhouse2(cameo)
  73.  
  74. Incidentally,Rutger's1982film'BladeRunner'hasjusthada
  75. 'director'scut'versionreleasedinthelastfewmonths
  76. featuringanewdeathsceneofhischaracter.However,Ihaven't
  77. seenthisyet.....soamunabletoreviewit.
  78.  
  79. Felice.
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