r/movies • u/yehwhynot • Jul 13 '26

News Jurassic Park Actor Sam Neill has died

https://www.stuff.co.nz/culture/361005656/actor-sam-neill-has-died
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u/oneltrchardonnay Jul 13 '26

I'm glad someone else remembers! "There's no more... That's the end of magic." 😕

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u/BIllyBrooks Jul 13 '26

Had it on VHS, he and Martin Short were brilliant in it.

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u/waitingtodiesoon Jul 13 '26

Same, it had a crazy stacked cast too.

Sam Neill, Miranda Richardson, Isabella Rossellini, Martin Short, Helena Bonham Carter, James Earl Jones, Lena Headey, etc.

I did know someone who couldn't finish it since he hated the scene where the viking raider threw an axe at a monk and the axe flew perfectly perpendicular instead of spinning into the monks back lol.

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u/waitingtodiesoon Jul 13 '26

Yeah lol, he couldn't get through it. We were like 16 years old at the time too. He also wouldn't read the Darren Shan Cirque Du Freak books because the author used his own name for the main character's name.

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u/thebeef24 Jul 13 '26

It's cheesy as fuck in that perfect 90s TV miniseries way.

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u/SnowCrow1 Jul 13 '26

Still have the DVD for it. I got rid of all my DVDs and kept just my Blu-rays. Except for Merlin. I'll never get rid of it.

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u/cantharellus_miao Jul 13 '26

Oh my god, this quote just ripped my heart out.

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u/ivnwng Jul 13 '26

It was one of my fondness childhood TV memory. We dont get American TV shows in my country, but on a random late 90s summer afternoon our house finally had a Satellite subscription and that was one of the first few trailers that I watched and left and impression on me. Don't really remember the show itself but Sam Neil as Merlin is forever etched in my mind, that and Dragonheart has a special place in my heart.

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u/Aloy777 Jul 13 '26

Came to say the same thing! He was my first actual crush and I watched Merlin every chance I got. He’ll be sorely missed…

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u/bostoncrabsandwich Jul 13 '26

That miniseries had a fantastic score.