Keaton didn't want to be confused with Michael Douglas, the actor, when he was in his 20s so he went with Keaton. Mom" now at times - we have a toddler - cuts into my movie viewing.Īs my own little tribute to Keaton, 64, here are five favorite lines or moments from his movies and a cool Rochester-related fact about the Pennsylvania native: I haven't seen Birdman (2014) yet, but I know doing my own version of "Mr. It's the Oscar-winning movie about how the Boston Globe broke the story in 2002 on rampant sexual abuse of minors by priests. I saw parts of Clean and Sober (1988) and Pacific Heights (1990), but I wonder if subconsciously I didn't want to see "Billy Blaze" doing all that serious stuff.Īnd as a newspaper reporter for two decades, I was riveted by Spotlight, which I'm embarrassed to say I didn't see until Sunday night. When Beetlejuice (1988) was being rerun on TV over and over I always seemed to flip to something else, probably a ball game. I certainly haven't seen all of Keaton's movies. Keaton might not be the best Batman of all time (Christian Bale is, I think), but when I hear "Bruce Wayne" it's Keaton that comes to my mind. I was in college then and Keaton "killed it," which is one of those phrases says people say and write now in an attempt to enhance their cool quotient (see, I'm still doing it). Many comic book geeks scoffed in 1989 when a comedic actor was cast as the first Batman, when that series first took to the big screen in the modern era (apologies to Adam West). ( Night Shift trivia: Kevin Costner was in the movie, non-speaking part as one of the frat boys partying in the morgue). Mom (1983) and Johnny Dangerously (1984) soon followed and Keaton was a star. Who wouldn't want to hang out with that guy? Starring roles in comedies Mr. When you're a kid and trying to make friends, being able to recite a few funny lines verbatim makes them laugh usually boosts your own cool quotient, or at least it used to growing up in the 1980s. I thought Keaton was funny as hell and "Billy Blaze" threw a party in the morgue, where he worked. I was just a teenager back then and just building my movie quote library in my head. and something about clothing that could be like a microwave so you could bake a potato in your pants. Here were two: edible paper (to lessen waste) and feeding mayonnaise to tuna fish. He played Bill Blazejowski, a self-proclaimed "idea man," who carried a handheld recorder so he'd never lose track of these great ideas that popped into this head all day long. Night Shift is when I first saw Keaton, who was in his early 30s then. That happened in the movie, Night Shift, a quirky comedy that most people came to the theater to see because of "The Fonz" and "Diane," meaning Henry Winkler from Happy Days and Shelley Long from Cheers were the star attractions.īut that's when many moviegoers discovered Michael Keaton, who'll be honored in Rochester on Thursday by receiving the prestigious Eastman Award at the George Eastman House. It started in 1982 with a silhouette behind a door and a man's voice making noises to the beat of " Jumpin Jack Flash" by the Rolling Stones. Watch Video: Watch: Keaton on 'Beetlejuice'
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