Always liked him and his movies.
RIP Louis Gossett Jr.
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That’s crazy, I just started reading Roots. He played Fiddler in the Roots mini series, RIP Louis.
I think his role as Gunnary Sgt. Foley in as Officer and a Gentleman was his best.
It is , filmed right up the road where I was stationed in Ft. Lewis during the same period of time.
Fun fact: Alex Haley acknowledged that Roots was fictional and largely not biographical at all. No problem with that except the fictional aspect was not largely corrected when it cam out. It wasn't until recently I learned this.
Only if you watched it on TV. If you saw it in the theater or on DVD you got to see Debra Wingers' lovely body. And oh yeah, Lynette DID have bodacious TA TAs.
I've heard that there were some extra minutes devoted to developing Paula Pokrifki's (Winger) character. As far as some more background on her real dad was a pilot cadet and how her step dad beat up her, her mom and younger sister and brother. And how she had dreams of getting out of there but they fell apart and she was stuck in the paper factory. But the powers that be decided it made the movie too long and complicated the plot so that part hit the cutting room floor.
Maybe if there had been that additional character development you would would have liked the movie better.
A great actor who had many great roles. Seemed like a guy you could run into on the street and you could talk with if he a minute, a genuine guy. Prayers for his family and friends.