They’ve been having “Pirates of the Caribbean” in heavy rotation on cable, so I’ve seen it a few times. And listening to Geoffrey Rush laugh–particularly at the point where his undead condition is first revealed and he’s just slammed the doors on Elizabeth, and he cackles dementedly to his crew–I’ve decided he’d be absolutely perfect if anyone ever decides to do a remake of “Dr. Syn, Alias the Scarecrow” or, as it was called by Disney, “The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh.” Rush has this nice, peaceful demeanor that would do wonderfully for Dr. Syn, the Vicar of Dimchurch, but he can do great stuff with his voice to portray his alter ego of the Scarecrow (last seen in a painting in “League of Extraordinary Gentlemen.”)
I wish Disney would release the Patrick McGoohan three-parter on DVD. Not the shortened movie version, but the whole series.
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