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James Coburn: New York
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Nick Nolte and James Coburn deliver some of the finest work of their respective careers in this powerful but troubling adaptation of Russell Banks' novel. Wade Whitehouse (Nick Nolte) is the sheriff in a small New England town; it's a part-time job with few taxing responsibilities, and Wade fills his many free hours by swilling booze, smoking pot, and thinking back on his nightmarish childhood. Wade's father Glen (James Coburn) was by turns callous, distant, and abusive, and Wade has inherited his addiction to alcohol and inability to deal with others. Consequently, Wade's ex-wife (Mary Beth Hurt) despises him, his daughter is uncomfortable and frightened in his presence, and the only person who can reach him is his loving but long-suffering girlfriend Margie (Sissy Spacek). When a wealthy businessman is killed in a hunting accident, Wade suspects foul play and pursues the case with an obsession that puzzles all around him; meanwhile, Wade's mother dies and his brother Rolfe (Willem Dafoe), the only one in the family to escape Glen's abuse without crippling emotional scars, returns to pay his respects and is caught up once again in the damaged lives of his father and brother. James Coburn) won an Academy award for Best Supporting Actor for his work in Affliction, while Nick Nolte was nominated for Best Actor (he lost to Roberto Benigni).
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Born in Nebraska, James Coburn first began acting at Los Angeles City College, sharing the stage with such acting legends as Vincent Price. Moving to New York, he worked in various television commercials and such dramatic series as Studio One and General Electric Theatre. Five years later he moved back to Los Angeles and continued his studies under Jeff Corey.
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Nebraska-born Hollywood veteran James Coburn studied acting and worked in the New York theatre before making his movie debut, aged 31, in the western, Ride Lonesome (1959). His tall, brooding presence and deep voice will be fondly remembered in John Sturges's The Magnificent Seven (1960) and The Great Escape (1963), both opposite Steve McQueen; Sam Peckinpah's Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid (1973); and the spy spoofs Our Man Flint (1966) and its sequel, In Like Flint (1967), in which he was the suave hero.
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Born August 31, 1928, in Laurel, Neb., James Coburn studied acting at the University of Southern California and with Stella Adler in New York. He made his film debut in Ride Lonesome and The Fugitive Kind (both 1959) and then established his macho cowboy image in The Magnificent Seven.
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Lanky, charismatic and versatile actor with an amazing grin that put everyone at ease, James Coburn studied acting at UCLA, and then moved to New York to study under noted acting coach Stella Adler. After being noticed in several stage productions, Coburn appeared in a handful of minor westerns before being cast as the knife-throwing, quick-shooting Britt in the John Sturges mega-hit The Magnifice...[show more]
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