Defend The Indefensible: Andy Garcia

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I just watched him bite Joe Mantegna's ear in The Godfather, Part III, but that was nothing compared to the scenery chewing he was doing right before that. Has he ever turned in a performance that wasn't completely laughable? I seem to remember not minding him in Dead Again, but that's about it.

― k/l (Ken L), Sunday, 10 July 2005 04:32 (twenty years ago)

I just watched him bite Joe Mantegna's ear in The Godfather, Part III, but that was nothing compared to the scenery chewing he was doing right before that.

all the defense he needs.

― miccio (miccio), Sunday, 10 July 2005 04:42 (twenty years ago)

If it had been Chazz Palminteri's ear, I might have agreed with you.

― k/l (Ken L), Sunday, 10 July 2005 04:51 (twenty years ago)

joe mantegna was the best part of godfather III.

― Eisbär (llamasfur), Sunday, 10 July 2005 05:10 (twenty years ago)

I think any body who is born with the vestigal remains of a dead twin attached to his shoulder deserves a little slack..To say that the twin would have been a better actor is mean spirited and completely true.

― dan bunnybrain (dan bunnybrain), Sunday, 10 July 2005 13:37 (twenty years ago)

# Chosen by Empire magazine as one of the 100 Sexiest Stars in film history (#65). (1995)
# Born as a conjoined twin. His twin was no bigger than a tennis ball and was surgically removed. All that remains is a scar on his shoulder.
# During his rise to stardom, Garcia hasn't lived according to either the Latin lover or the Hollywood debauchery stereotypes.
# Owns 25 conga drums
# Collects hats
# Wears a beret in the winter.
# Family emigrated to the US in 1961.
# Gained weight when his wife was pregnant with three of their children.
# Garcia's early childhood in Miami Beach was punctuated by fisticuffs. Speaking little English, Garcia defended himself against insults, real and imagined.
# He still clings to old-fashioned values; he stands when a woman enters the room, and refuses to do nude scenes (he prefers to let romance bloom in viewers' imaginations).
# He once walked out of a audition when asked to remove his shirt.
# Doesn't even have a publicist.

― dan bunnybrain (dan bunnybrain), Sunday, 10 July 2005 13:39 (twenty years ago)

Pre-Godfather III he gave a dangerous, sexy performance in the likes of Year of the Dragon and a bland, forgettable one in The Untouchables, the latter of which foreshadowed his current situation.

Anyone see The Man In The Elysian Fields, in which he played a novelist (!) ghostwriting a book for James Coburn? Mick Jagger plays the head of an escort service (!!). It's beyond awful.

― Alfred Soto (Alfred Soto), Sunday, 10 July 2005 14:05 (twenty years ago)

Garcia wasn't in Year Of The Dragon

― miccio (miccio), Sunday, 10 July 2005 14:26 (twenty years ago)

he was good in internal affairs

― fe zaffe (fezaffe), Sunday, 10 July 2005 14:41 (twenty years ago)

# Wears a beret in the winter.

― Nevada Lime (nordicskilla), Sunday, 10 July 2005 15:10 (twenty years ago)

When A Man Love A Woman was great and I loathe Meg Ryan

― Candicissima (candicissima), Sunday, 10 July 2005 15:14 (twenty years ago)

ZAZA!

― s1ocki (slutsky), Sunday, 10 July 2005 15:29 (twenty years ago)

# During his rise to stardom, Garcia hasn't lived according to either the Latin lover or the Hollywood debauchery stereotypes.
# Owns 25 conga drums

― Gear! (Ill Cajun Gunsmith) (Gear!), Sunday, 10 July 2005 15:34 (twenty years ago)

Garcia wasn't in Year Of The Dragon
-- miccio (anthonyisrigh...), July 10th, 2005.

Whoa! "8 Millon Ways To Die," I mean.

― Alfred Soto (Alfred Soto), Sunday, 10 July 2005 16:41 (twenty years ago)

# During his rise to stardom, Garcia hasn't lived according to either the Latin lover or the Hollywood debauchery stereotypes.

haha wtf!! "During his rise to stardom, Elliot Gould hasn't lived according to the venal, shylockian Jew stereotype"

― s1ocki (slutsky), Sunday, 10 July 2005 17:09 (twenty years ago)

I know Andy Garcia. I've worked with Andy Garcia. You, sir, are no Andy Garcia.

― Huk-L (Huk-L), Sunday, 10 July 2005 17:31 (twenty years ago)

Andy Garcia is no Teri Polo, however.

― Huk-L (Huk-L), Sunday, 10 July 2005 17:37 (twenty years ago)

Search: Night Falls on Manhattan

― Elvis Telecom (Chris Barrus), Sunday, 10 July 2005 18:05 (twenty years ago)

He's bad in that too. Ian Holm is good though, and James Gandolfini almost steals it.

― k/l (Ken L), Sunday, 10 July 2005 20:54 (twenty years ago)

No one has mentioned Just The Ticket! (which makes sense because I had no idea it existed until I had to watch it on a bus):

Gary Starke (Andy Garcia) was an orphan living on the streets at 13 who grew up to preside over a crew of street hustlers as the grand master of ticket scalpers. Charming, savvy, and honorable, Gary seems beloved by everyone until Linda (Andie MacDowell), the love of his life, dumps him. Tired of Gary's unreliability after eight years, Linda takes a scholarship to the Cordon Bleu in Paris to fulfill her dream of becoming a master chef. Gary, in a tailspin, is determined to win Linda back. However, his hated rival, Casino, chooses this moment of weakness to move in on Gary's position on the streets. Gary wants to fight, but Linda may never return to him if he continues scalping. A surprise announcement is made. Pope John Paul II will come to New York to perform Easter Mass at Yankee Stadium. It's Gary's big chance. With one last big score, he can quit scalping and win Linda back. Yet Casino (and the law) still stands in his way. Gary turns to his mentor, Benny (Richard Bradford), for guidance. With his help, Gary may find a different path around his desperation and win back the woman he loves. -- Ron Wells

― C0L1N B... (C0L1N B...), Sunday, 10 July 2005 20:59 (twenty years ago)

i have always had un petit crush on mr. garcia...

― tehresa (tehresa), Sunday, 10 July 2005 21:10 (twenty years ago)

Apart from dan bunnybrain, I can't tell if any of the defenders are really serious.

― k/l (Ken L), Sunday, 10 July 2005 21:53 (twenty years ago)

No one has mentioned Just The Ticket!
Andy Garcia AND Andie MacDowell? That's box office poison personified- in ring and dagger format.

― k/l (Ken L), Monday, 11 July 2005 00:21 (twenty years ago)

Haha, somehow that description makes the move sound even worse than it is.

― C0L1N B... (C0L1N B...), Monday, 11 July 2005 00:29 (twenty years ago)

He's probably a fine actor, but I have a revulsion towards anyone that was involved with Dead Again. The memories of the sheer awfulness of that movie still haunt me.

― Leon C. (Ex Leon), Monday, 11 July 2005 01:36 (twenty years ago)

i have always had un petit crush on mr. garcia...

me too

― gem (trisk), Monday, 11 July 2005 01:54 (twenty years ago)

I thought he was good in "Ocean's 11."

You want career turnaround? Check out Ray Liotta in "Narc"!!!

― Josh in Chicago (Josh in Chicago), Monday, 11 July 2005 02:07 (twenty years ago)

# Owns 25 conga drums
25?!? That's probably more than are owned by Jordan, Hurting and the Mad Puffin put together. We could probably throw in Sheila E and possibly, if he were still alive, Tito Puente himself, or better still, sharer-of-Ned-Raggett's-birthday Desi Arnaz, and still not get to twenty-five.

― k/l (Ken L), Monday, 11 July 2005 12:48 (twenty years ago)

I was hoping more readers of this thread would show up here.

― k/l (Ken L), Monday, 11 July 2005 15:18 (twenty years ago)

If not this thread

― k/l (Ken L), Monday, 11 July 2005 15:20 (twenty years ago)

Ray Liotta's good 70% of the time.

― Huk-L (Huk-L), Monday, 11 July 2005 15:25 (twenty years ago)

He's probably a fine actor, but I have a revulsion towards anyone that was involved with Dead Again. The memories of the sheer awfulness of that movie still haunt me.

I really wish I didn't see movies as a kid. My initial reaction to Dead Again-bashing is thinking "hey wait, that movie is great...when I last saw it at 13..." and then I start thinking about scenes from the movie and realize what crap it must have been for a rational adult who wasn't jonesing for old-school melodrama.

― miccio (miccio), Monday, 11 July 2005 15:28 (twenty years ago)

# He once walked out of a audition when asked to remove his shirt.

This is clearly because he has back hair. You can pretty much see the crown at his shoulders when he's wearing the sweatshirt in The Untouchables.

― Eric H. (Eric H.), Monday, 11 July 2005 15:30 (twenty years ago)

Indeed. If only Dan Hedaya had done the same thing.

― k/l (Ken L), Monday, 11 July 2005 15:32 (twenty years ago)

I second Internal Affairs. Very messed up movie.

― Floyd the Barber (Floyd), Monday, 11 July 2005 18:21 (twenty years ago)

Garcia's early childhood in Miami Beach was punctuated by fisticuffs. Speaking little English, Garcia defended himself against insults, real and imagined.

― mark p (Mark P), Monday, 11 July 2005 19:10 (twenty years ago)

Things to do in Denver when you're dead

― Frankist Swedheadium, Monday, 11 July 2005 22:22 (twenty years ago)

A terrible film.

― I'd still rather be in Tokyo (nordicskilla), Monday, 11 July 2005 22:24 (twenty years ago)

Andy Garcia is a handsome, moderately talented actor. He is unworthy of your scorn.

― Joe Copenagen, Tuesday, 12 July 2005 08:09 (twenty years ago)

i always thought the Baldwins should adopt him.

― g-kit (g-kit), Tuesday, 12 July 2005 09:31 (twenty years ago)

one year passes...

Speaking little English, Garcia defended himself against insults, real and imagined.

does he post to ILX? lol

― gear (gear), Friday, 4 August 2006 20:51 (nineteen years ago)

what are you trying to say?

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Friday, 4 August 2006 20:59 (nineteen years ago)

you want a piece?

― gear (gear), Friday, 4 August 2006 21:09 (nineteen years ago)

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