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Robert Loggia: Prizzi's Honor
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Having turned 50, Loggia began exploring other option, moving behind the camera to helm a 1980 episode of NBC's "Quincy, M.E." (which earned him membership in the Directors Guild of America). He went on to direct the pilot for CBS' "Magnum, P.I" that same year and perhaps would have been content to continue on that course had he not been cast in as Richard Gere's bullying, alcoholic father in "An Officer and a Gentleman" (1982). A new generation of filmmakers became aware of his gifts. He re-invigorated career received an additional shot when he received a Best Supporting Actor Oscar nomination for his portrayal of a hard-nosed two-bit detective aiding lawyer Glenn Close in her defense of accused killer Jeff Bridges in "Jagged Edge" (1985). That same year. he graced the John Huston-directed black comedy "Prizzi's Honor" as one of the aging leaders of the "family".
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Even if Billy becomes fascinated by Loggia's work from Independence Day, how does he feed his new habit? Yes, he might rent Big, but is he ... screening Prizzi's Honor? Is he so taken with Loggia's turn as brother Frank in the awful bio-pic about Yankee skipper Joe Torre? Do his parents have every episode of Mancuso, FBI in their video library?
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A good perspective on Sykes' persona can be derived from a glance at the screen career of Robert Loggia, Sykes' voice artist. A classic screen heavy with a gravelly and powerful voice, Loggia is intimidating ("Prizzi's Honor," "Scarface") yet adroit at the same time ("Big").
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