Remembering Robin Williams (1951-2014)
I awoke to the tragic news of Robin Williams' death. At a loss for words, here are 15 of my favourite films in which he appeared along with a representative quote, found via advanced search.
The things which are most striking here are the range of roles, the range of films and the time period (32 years). Robin Williams is irreplaceable.
"No matter what anybody tells you, words and ideas can change the world." -- Robin Williams as John Keating in Dead Poets Society (1989)
The things which are most striking here are the range of roles, the range of films and the time period (32 years). Robin Williams is irreplaceable.
"No matter what anybody tells you, words and ideas can change the world." -- Robin Williams as John Keating in Dead Poets Society (1989)
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- DirectorGeorge Roy HillStarsRobin WilliamsMary Beth HurtGlenn CloseA struggling young writer finds his life and work dominated by his unfaithful wife and his radical feminist mother, whose best-selling manifesto turns her into a cultural icon.T. S. Garp: Remember, Helen.
Helen Holm: What, my love?
T. S. Garp: Everything.
Helen Holm: Yes, my love.
-- http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084917/quotes?item=qt0358752 - DirectorPeter WeirStarsRobin WilliamsRobert Sean LeonardEthan HawkeMaverick teacher John Keating returns in 1959 to the prestigious New England boys' boarding school where he was once a star student, using poetry to embolden his pupils to new heights of self-expression.John Keating: No matter what anybody tells you, words and ideas can change the world.
-- http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097165/quotes?item=qt0437440 - DirectorMark RomanekStarsRobin WilliamsConnie NielsenMichael VartanA mentally unstable photo developer targets an upper middle-class family after his obsession with them becomes more sick and disturbing than any of them could imagine.Sy Parrish: And if these pictures have anything important to say to future generations, it's this: I was here. I existed. I was young, I was happy, and someone cared enough about me in this world to take my picture.
-- http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0265459/quotes?item=qt0376479 - DirectorKenneth BranaghStarsKenneth BranaghEmma ThompsonAndy GarciaA woman who has lost her memory is taken in by a Los Angeles orphanage, and a private eye is enlisted to track down her identity, but he soon finds that he might have a past life connection to her that endangers their lives.Cozy Carlisle: Someone is either a smoker or a nonsmoker. There's no in-between. The trick is to find out which one you are, and be that. If you're a nonsmoker, you'll know.
-- http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0101669/quotes?item=qt0328172 - DirectorPenny MarshallStarsRobert De NiroRobin WilliamsJulie KavnerThe victims of an encephalitis epidemic many years ago have been catatonic ever since, but now a new drug offers the prospect of reviving them.Dr. Sayer: I'm sorry, if you were right, I would agree with you.
-- http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0099077/quotes?item=qt0271908 - DirectorBarry LevinsonStarsRobin WilliamsForest WhitakerTom T. TranIn 1965, an unorthodox and irreverent DJ named Adrian Cronauer begins to shake up things when he is assigned to the U.S. Armed Services radio station in Vietnam.Adrian Cronauer: Excuse me, sir. Seeing as how the V.P. is such a V.I.P., shouldn't we keep the P.C. on the Q.T.? 'Cause if it leaks to the V.C. he could end up M.I.A., and then we'd all be put out in K.P.
-- http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093105/quotes?item=qt0415739 - DirectorGus Van SantStarsRobin WilliamsMatt DamonBen AffleckWill Hunting, a janitor at M.I.T., has a gift for mathematics, but needs help from a psychologist to find direction in his life.Sean: You're not perfect, sport, and let me save you the suspense: this girl you've met, she's not perfect either. But the question is whether or not you're perfect for each other.
-- http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119217/quotes?item=qt0408103 - DirectorChris ColumbusStarsRobin WilliamsSally FieldPierce BrosnanAfter a bitter divorce, an actor disguises himself as a female housekeeper to spend time with his children held in custody by his former wife.Miranda: What happened?
Mrs. Doubtfire: He was quite fond of the drink. It was the drink that killed him.
Miranda: How awful. He was an alcoholic?
Mrs. Doubtfire: No, he was hit by a Guinness truck.
-- http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0107614/quotes?item=qt0452649 - DirectorChris ColumbusStarsRobin WilliamsEmbeth DavidtzSam NeillAn android endeavors to become human as he gradually acquires emotions.Andrew Martin: I try to make sense of things. Which is why, I guess, I believe in destiny. There must be a reason that I am as I am. There must be.
-- http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0182789/quotes?item=qt0453532 - DirectorTerry GilliamStarsJeff BridgesRobin WilliamsAdam BryantA former radio DJ, suicidally despondent because of a terrible mistake he made, finds redemption in helping a deranged homeless man who was an unwitting victim of that mistake.Parry: I'm a knight on a special quest.
-- http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0101889/quotes?item=qt0427102 - DirectorKirsten SheridanStarsFreddie HighmoreKeri RussellJonathan Rhys MeyersA musically gifted orphan, Evan, runs away from his orphanage and searches New York City for his birth parents. On his journey, he's taken under the wing of the Wizard, a homeless man who lives in an abandoned theater.Wizard: You know what music is? God's little reminder that there's something else besides us in this universe, a harmonic connection between all living beings, every where, even the stars.
-- http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0426931/quotes?item=qt0475568 - DirectorVincent WardStarsRobin WilliamsCuba Gooding Jr.Annabella SciorraChris Nielsen dies in an accident, and enters Heaven. But when he discovers that his beloved wife Annie has killed herself out of grief over the loss, he embarks on an afterlife adventure to reunite with her.Chris Nielsen: What some folks call impossible, is just stuff they haven't seen before.
-- http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120889/quotes?item=qt0404262 - DirectorJoe JohnstonStarsRobin WilliamsKirsten DunstBonnie HuntWhen two kids find and play a magical board game, they release a man trapped in it for decades - and a host of dangers that can only be stopped by finishing the game.Alan Parrish: What, are you crying? You don't cry, all right? You keep your chin up. Come on, keep your chin up. Crying never helped anybody do anything, okay? You have a problem, you face it like a man.
[Peter continues to cry and Alan realizes what he just said]
Alan Parrish: Hey, hey, I'm sorry, okay?... Twenty-six years buried in the deepest darkest jungle, and I still became my father.
-- http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0113497/quotes?item=qt0425463 - DirectorChristopher NolanStarsAl PacinoRobin WilliamsHilary SwankTwo Los Angeles homicide detectives are dispatched to a northern town where the sun doesn't set to investigate the methodical murder of a local teen.Finch: You forgot the wild card, Will.
-- http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0278504/quotes?item=qt1011119 - DirectorArie PosinStarsAnnette BeningEd HarrisRobin WilliamsA widow falls for a guy who bears a striking resemblance to her late husband.[No quotes for this one, but it is the most recent film of Robin's which I saw and he has a small but special role]