He Was Legend

I found out late last night while I was updating my website that Charlton Heston passed away at the age of 84. Heston was one of those actors that was so fantastic, and over the top, that you had to love everything it was in. I can't think of a single movie he was in that I didn't like. Although he's been in a lot of movies, the memorable ones from my collection include:

• Planet of the Apes (1968)
• Beneath the Planet of the Apes
• The 10 Commandments
• The Agony and the Ecstasy
• Soylent Green
• The Omega Man
• Airport 1975
• Hamlet
• Tombstone
• Planet of the Apes (2001)

I remember about 10 years ago or so, reading the Letters to the Editor section of the Omaha World-Herald, and coming across a letter that was written by Mr. Heston, urging the people of omaha to preserve the Indian Hills Theater, one of the last Cinerama theatres in the country. Unfortunately, said theatre is now a parking lot.

Coincidentally, my friend Jeff and I were just talking about Charleton Heston and Soylent Green on the way back from lunch the other day, and noting that since he announced he had alzheimers, and stepped down from the NRA about five years ago, nobody had heard from him.

He had a good, long career and a long life as well, but I would have liked to have seen him kick some more cinematic ass.