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ÇRUTGERHAUER-THEREVIEW
RutgerHauerisinaclass,butnotofhisown.Hesharesthe
limelightequallywithhisfemaleequivalent,JoannaPacula,
albeitbeingmorerecognisedthanJoannahereintheUK.The
classthatRutgerandJoannashareisoneoftalentwhichis
overlookedbythemajorityoffilmmagazines(hereintheUK,
anyway)thatprefertoconcentrateonmorewell-knownpeoplesuch
asArnoldSchwarzenegger(whoisgood).
RutgerHauerhassuchanexcellentabilitytoplayvirtuallyany
kindofcharacter.Fromtherecenthitmovie"Buffy-The
VampireSlayer",whereheplayedavampire,tohisolderstuff,
suchasthemurderouscharacterheplayedin"TheHitcher"-and,
whatcouldbehisbestseriousroletodate,theroleof
Alexander(Sasha)Pechersky,wholedtheescapefromSobibor
deathcampinOctober1943andwhichwasexcellentlyrecreatedby
Rutgerhimselfforthefilm"EscapeFromSobibor"releasedin
1988.
RutgerHauerfirstcametotheattentionofthemediawhenhe
starredalongsideSylvesterStallone(starof"Rambo"and"Cliff
Hanger")intheoldfilm"Nighthawks"-Rutgerstarredasa
terrorist(Ithink).EventhoughIhaveseenavarietyofhis
recentmovies,allofwhichweregoodasfarashisacting
abilityisconcerned-noothermovieofhisstuckinmymind
thanhis1988TVhitmovie-yes,youguessedit,"EscapeFrom
Sobibor".
AmemorableperformancefromAlanArkinalsocameinthisfilm,
whereSasha(RutgerHauer)wasbroughtin,abouthalfway
through.Thefilmisbasedonthebookofthesamename.Sasha
cameinastheleaderofagroupofRussians,broughttochop
downthetreesinpartoftheSobiborcamp.Afterhearingand
seeingtheamountofdeaththatwasgoingontherewiththeJews,
theRussianssuccessfullyorganiseamassescapeofallthe
prisoners.Eveninreallife,whenthiseventactuallyhappened,
morethan300ofthe600prisonersfromthecampmadeitsafely
intotheforestsofPoland-withatleastfiftyofthese
survivorsstilllivingtoday.
AsIhavealreadysaid,RutgerHauer'sperformanceasSasha,
againsttheevilSgtWagner(playedbyHartmutBecker)andthe
otherNazisandtheUkrainianswhowerethere(playedbyvarious
unknownpeople)wascertainlybrilliant,tosaytheleast.
OneofhismoviesthatIunfortunatelyhaven'tseenyetis'The
Hitcher',whereheplayedalonely,murderoushitchhiker,outto
trapthecharacterplayedbyC,ThomasHowell.TheHitcher
certainlyislikedbymanypeople-Itrustitisgood.
Hereisashortlistoffilmshehasbeeninvolvedwith(asa
star):-
1973TurkishDelight
1979SoldierOfOrange
Ç1981Nighthawks
1982BladeRunner(analltimesci-ficlassic)
1983TheOstermanWeekend
1984ABreedApart
1985Ladyhawke,Flesh&Blood
1986TheHitcher(arguablyhisbestfilmtodate)
1987WantedDeadorAlive,EscapeFromSobibor
1989LegendoftheHolyDrinker,SaluteoftheJugger
BloodhoundsofBroadway,BlindFury
1992BuffytheVampireSlayer,SplitSecond
1993Roadhouse2(cameo)
Incidentally,Rutger's1982film'BladeRunner'hasjusthada
'director'scut'versionreleasedinthelastfewmonths
featuringanewdeathsceneofhischaracter.However,Ihaven't
seenthisyet.....soamunabletoreviewit.
Felice.