Kelly's Heroes (1970)
Donald Sutherland was a damn fine actor and appeared in some damn fine films from early horrors such as Fanatic and Dr. Terror's House of Horrors (both 1965) to major roles in the like of Klute (1971), The Eagle Has Landed (1976), Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978) and the wonderful Eye of the Needle (1981). In fact he never stopped working right up until his death with his career gaining resurgences in the 90's with the likes of Outbreak, A Time to Kill and Space Cowboys and the 2010's with The Hunger Games series.
Yet my favourite role of his has always been that of the spaced out tank commander 'Oddball' in Brian G Hutton's brilliant, funny, action packed classic WWII heist movie Kelly's Heroes.
The absurdity in his eyes as he delivered lines such as "I'm drinking wine and eating some cheese and catching some rays...you know!" whilst literally doing just that in the midst of battle is something to behold.
It's cinema like this that keep people alive across the decades, farewell Donald Sutherland.
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