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Title: The Sublime John Hurt...
Review: .This made-for-television BBC film from the mid-'70s is worth viewing for John Hurt's acting skill alone.I saw this on PBS' Masterpiece Theater over thirty years ago and was mesmerized.Hurt was hot off the set of I, Claudius where his portrayal of Caius ("Caligula") is a wonder of the art of acting wherein he combined hubris, langour, madness, and humour--what a confection!I, Claudius/The Epic That Never WasHurt is of course a working actor, and unfortunately he has not always been given the excellent rles he richly deserves. But, for example, his realization of Montrose in Rob Roy is the purest gold worth any amount of dross.Rob RoyCheers to John Hurt who was born to play Quentin Crisp--"one of the great queans of England!".See too:Wilde (Special Edition)(Oscar Wilde)Carrington(Lytton Strachey).
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