#touching home

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[marril96]

Does anyone here have Brad's movies Fading of the Cries and Touching Home in 1080p, please?

[exdeputysonso]

Brad Dourif as Clyde Winston | Touching Home (2008)

[edharrisdaily]

Now About The Man…

Born on November 28, 1950 in Tenafly, New Jersey.

The middle child of Robert and Margaret Harris.

Has an older brother Robert and a younger brother Paul.

He was a straight A-student.

Describes his childhood as being similar to Leave It To Beaver (1957).

In high school he was part of the football and baseball teams as well as the marching band as a baritone horn.

Was class president in high school.

He stopped a fight from breaking out during their high school graduation party at a friend’s house.

While at Columbia University, he hitchhiked with a friend to Washington D.C. to protest the Vietnam War.

Found his love of acting in the Oklahoma theatre as he was having second thoughts about playing sports professionally.

Played King Arthur in a production of Camelot in Oklahoma City during which he recalls he had no memory of one their performances but everyone stood up in applause that it sealed his fate as an actor.

Is a big fan of the King Arthur lore.

Learned to ride a motorcycle for his role as King Billy in his first lead role in Knightriders (1981).

Met his wife Amy Madigan during a rehearsal for a play in 1981 and his first words to her were “I like your socks.”

Auditioned twice for the part of John Glenn in The Right Stuff (1983) as he felt his first audition wasn’t good enough despite impressing director Philip Kaufman. He only accepted the role after his second audition.

Learned to ride horses and to use a lasso for his role as Eddie in Fool For Love in a 1983 production which was written specifically for him by playwright Sam Shepard.

Married Amy Madigan in 1983 during the filming of Places In The Heart (1984) by a justice of the peace in Waxahachie, Texas, with their dog as their only witness.

Spent two weeks on a shrimp boat in order to play Shang in Alamo Bay (1985).

During the filming of Sweet Dreams (1985), he took a few of the children watching nearby the shoot to play touch football with him.

Learned sign-language in order to communicate with deaf actress Marlee Matlin for their scenes together in Walker (1987).

During the filming of Walker (1987) he gave a portion of his salary in order for the crew to build sets for the film.

Took deep diving lessons in order to play Bud Brigman in The Abyss (1989).

When his daughter Lily was growing up, he built her a craftsman’s playhouse complete with rafters and dormers. 

During Chad Lowe’s audition for Riders Of The Purple Sage (1996),  director Charles Haid answered his phone in the middle of Lowe’s audition and Harris chastised Haid for interrupting the audition.

Was a last minute replacement to play Christof in The Truman Show (1998) which earned him his second Academy Award nomination.

During Elia Kazan’s Honorary Oscar at the 1999 Academy Awards he was among those who refused to applaud along with his wife Amy Madigan and Nick Nolte. As in the McCarthy-era, Kazan was among those who named names in the House of Un-American Committee leading to many being ousted from Hollywood.

Painted for nearly a decade, smoked Pollock’s cigarettes, gained 30 pounds to play Pollock in his latter years and even slept in Pollock’s bed in order to play painter Jackson Pollock for Pollock (2000) which was also his directorial debut and earned him his first Academy Award nomination in the Best Actor category.

When he was in Inside The Actor’s Studio he asked what he would be doing if he weren’t an actor he sites being a rancher or a wealthy land owner (jokingly) as his alternate options.

Lost about 12 pounds in order to play poet Richard in The Hours (2002) which earned him his fourth Academy Award nomination.

Is an advisor at the Sundance Labs for many years.

Was ambushed by the Miller twins (Noah and Logan) at a Q & A, who have no prior experience in directing. He accepted the role after nine weeks to play their late father in Touching Home (2010).  

In Frontera (2014) he does his own horseback riding and motorcycle riding despite the producers wanting to hire stuntmen for him.

Does some of his own stunts in Westworld (2016). The scene in season 1 when a noose was placed around his neck and he had to get the knife from Teddy and he gets thrust up into the air by the horse was on his own insistence.

Is a supporter of the Women’s Resource Center and the Thunderbird Clubhouse in Norman, Oklahoma and visits for a showing of his films in order to raise funds for both organizations.

Is a supporter of Return To Freedom, a non-profit organization that helps conserve wild horses in America.

Is a big fan of the New York Yankees and the Oklahoma Sooners.

Writes poetry in his spare time.

He and Amy Madigan have shared the screen together in 11 different projects as of 2019.

[dearyallfrommatt]

 I spent a good chunk of the day helping Momma clear out Bean Cemetary. It's an old, old cemetery up in the hills that hasn't been kept up.

[tearyeye-private-i]

Jerry Lee Lewis, back cover photo edited from “ Touching Home, ” 1971.

[idle--hours]

I read that Brad used to have a goat farm in an old interview...

so I Googled "brad dourif goat farm", and this interview with the Miller brothers (Touching Home) came up:

EJ: I’m a massive fan of Brad Dourif, and I was wondering if you could just talk about working with him for a minute. He sounded just so interesting and strange.

MB: He’s a fascinating, fascinating man. We call him a genius. He’s one of the smartest people we’ve ever met. You can have a conversation with him on astronomy, and rocket science, and then switch right into the nutritive qualities of goat milk. I’m serious.

EJ: You had a conversation about goat milk?

MB: Oh yeah, absolutely! He told us all about the health benefits and the importance of rearing children on goat milk — I wish I could remember more of the details. He has an expansive intellect and he’s really extraordinary artist. He’s very eccentric, in a good way, a way that keeps you fascinated and keeps you curious. He taught us quite a bit about the art of not just acting but of film making in general. He’s done so many movies that if he wanted to, he could direct. That’s how extensive his knowledge is of the overall craft. He’s definitely one of a kind. I’ve never met anybody like him. [x]

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