RIP Tom Sizemore

[Gomez Adams]

This really sucks. He hung on for quite a while, but finally lost to an aneurism.

Tom Sizemore, 'Saving Private Ryan' star, dead at 61 | CNN

Tom Sizemore, an actor known for his work in hit films like "Saving Private Ryan," "Natural Born Killers" and "Heat," has died, his representative Charles Lago confirmed to CNN on Friday.

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He was only 61. Shit.

 

[Zeedox]

That's too bad. I had been following this since it was first announced but it must have been a very bad aneurism. Man, I loved China Beach.

 

[Gomez Adams]

I loved him in everything. Saving Private Ryan, Heat, Company of Heroes...

He was good in everything he did.

 

[Zeedox]

Heat. Been a while. Same with Natural Born Killers

 

[Gomez Adams]

Heat. Been a while.

I watched it a few days ago for the first time in quite a while. Tom and Val were both great in it.

 

[Zeedox]

'Heat': The True Story That Inspired Michael Mann's Crime Classic

The film that saw Al Pacino and Robert De Niro share the screen for the first time is actually based on real events.

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Real life played out a bit differently. McCauley and his crew had been researching a heist for weeks that involved robbing the National Tea grocery store in Chicago after an armored car made its money drop. Little did they know that Detective Adamson and a group of cops were watching them the entire time. McCauley’s gang committed the robbery, stealing around $13,000, but on their way out, Adamson and company were waiting, blocking every single exit. A shootout commenced, with two of McCauley’s men killed. McCauley himself tried to run, but Adamson shot him six times, leaving the thief dead.

The film draws its conclusion out and aims to give us more of Pacino and De Niro with a quiet and suspenseful ending, when in reality, everything was even more chaotic.