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| Kiefer Sutherland has been back in the news after returning to the role of Jack Bauer, the adrenaline-fuelled protagonist in the hugely popular TV series, 24. After a four-year hiatus, 24: Live Another Day will air on 7 May in the UK. | Kiefer Sutherland has been back in the news after returning to the role of Jack Bauer, the adrenaline-fuelled protagonist in the hugely popular TV series, 24. After a four-year hiatus, 24: Live Another Day will air on 7 May in the UK. |
| Sutherland is not just famous for cocking handguns and running around at breakneck speed like someone trying to catch the last train home, or for his famous father, he's also made some pretty good films. Here, we take a look at some of our favourite examples of Sutherland on the big screen. Do you agree with our choices? Is there anything you'd like to see on the list? Tell us in the thread below. | |
| Stand by Me | Stand by Me |
| This 1986 Rob Reiner film is still the gold standard for Stephen King adaptations (Stand by Me is adapted from the short story, The Body). Grossing almost $53m (£38m) on a budget of $8m, the film is a coming-of-age tale with a dark underbelly and a fantastic 1950s soundtrack. Loved by all generations, it provided early starring roles for the superb River Phoenix and Corey Feldman. Sutherland, at 20, played Ace Merrill – the antisocial, aggressive bully with a penchant for Hawaiian shirts, bleached blonde hair and picking on people half his age. An excellent movie and an excellent performance from a young Sutherland. Just watch out for the leech scene. | This 1986 Rob Reiner film is still the gold standard for Stephen King adaptations (Stand by Me is adapted from the short story, The Body). Grossing almost $53m (£38m) on a budget of $8m, the film is a coming-of-age tale with a dark underbelly and a fantastic 1950s soundtrack. Loved by all generations, it provided early starring roles for the superb River Phoenix and Corey Feldman. Sutherland, at 20, played Ace Merrill – the antisocial, aggressive bully with a penchant for Hawaiian shirts, bleached blonde hair and picking on people half his age. An excellent movie and an excellent performance from a young Sutherland. Just watch out for the leech scene. |
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| Flatliners | Flatliners |
| One of the best popcorn thrillers of the 90s and surely a shoo-in for an appearance in our My guilty pleasure series, Flatliners was the story of some med students mucking about with life and death and flatlining for thrills. Once again, Sutherland plays a bully, Nelson, who when he goes under he's confronted by the ghost of Billy Mahoney, a kid he teased at school – with fatal consequences. Billy the Kid is intent on getting revenge. | One of the best popcorn thrillers of the 90s and surely a shoo-in for an appearance in our My guilty pleasure series, Flatliners was the story of some med students mucking about with life and death and flatlining for thrills. Once again, Sutherland plays a bully, Nelson, who when he goes under he's confronted by the ghost of Billy Mahoney, a kid he teased at school – with fatal consequences. Billy the Kid is intent on getting revenge. |
| Flatliners goes a bit, er, flat after an hour or so, and it enraged medical bodies unhappy with its unrealistic depiction of cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Despite this, it's a fun film with some great use of lighting and neat cinematography – perfect for a pizza and wine night in. | |
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| The Lost Boys | The Lost Boys |
| Long before Twilight was a twinkle in Stephanie Meyer's eye and back when Robert Pattinson was a toddler, the vampire movie teenagers obsessed over was The Lost Boys, a tale of two brothers who move to California and end up scrapping with a gang of the undead. Hate it when that happens. | Long before Twilight was a twinkle in Stephanie Meyer's eye and back when Robert Pattinson was a toddler, the vampire movie teenagers obsessed over was The Lost Boys, a tale of two brothers who move to California and end up scrapping with a gang of the undead. Hate it when that happens. |
| Still revered (judging by the number of fan videos on YouTube), Sutherland again shared screen time with Corey Feldman. It also features a quite brilliant final scene. | |
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| Phone Booth | Phone Booth |
| The most famous voice on the end of a phone line barring the Scream killer and The Banker from Deal or No Deal, Sutherland's creepy, low tremolo and cackling villainous laugh almost saw him steal this film without ever appearing onscreen, (aside from a brief glimpse at the end). It's an impressive feat considering Colin Farrell's sublime turn as the amoral publicist, Stu Shepard. Phone Booth is another collaboration between Sutherland and Joel Schumacher (Flatliners, The Lost Boys). | |
| The movie, which was shot in just 12 days on a budget of $13m was judged to be a "rackety and ridiculous picture from the irrepressible Joel Schumacher … but carried off with a certain pugnacious panache" by Peter Bradshaw. | The movie, which was shot in just 12 days on a budget of $13m was judged to be a "rackety and ridiculous picture from the irrepressible Joel Schumacher … but carried off with a certain pugnacious panache" by Peter Bradshaw. |
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| Melancholia | Melancholia |
| Lars von Trier tried his best to overshadow the accolades and mostly positive reviews Melancholia received on its release with some ill-judged comments at Cannes, but this is a beautifully shot, typically dark-humoured, if awkward and absurd, film from von Trier – very much not your run-of-the-mill apocalypse movie. As ever, his dialogue manages to be somehow authentic in the most fantastical of situations, and his characters, though defiantly oddball, remain human. Kirsten Dunst is exceptional as Justine, a young woman with bipolar disorder, whose wedding is the (initial) centrepiece of the film. | Lars von Trier tried his best to overshadow the accolades and mostly positive reviews Melancholia received on its release with some ill-judged comments at Cannes, but this is a beautifully shot, typically dark-humoured, if awkward and absurd, film from von Trier – very much not your run-of-the-mill apocalypse movie. As ever, his dialogue manages to be somehow authentic in the most fantastical of situations, and his characters, though defiantly oddball, remain human. Kirsten Dunst is exceptional as Justine, a young woman with bipolar disorder, whose wedding is the (initial) centrepiece of the film. |
| Sutherland puts in a great performance as John, the husband of Justine's sister Claire (Charlotte Gainsbourg). He spends half of the film exasperated with his eccentric in-laws and the other half excited about the impending end of the world – which, given the exasperation, sort of makes sense. |