> > On 11/11/12 9:22 AM, Tom wrote:

> > > On Nov 10, 9:29 am, really real <reallyr...@shaw.ca> wrote:
> > >> I tried to watch Ruby Sparks to see what Elliot Gould was up to. He
> > >> played a small part as the psychiatrist, and was very good, except
> > >> that he's put on a ton of weight.

> > >> Elliot Gould's decline is one of the more interesting Hollywood
> > >> stories. He was a heart throb and a leading man during the 70s but he
> > >> seems to have sunk into bad minor roles.

> > >> When he played themother's  wimpy liberal boyfriend in American X, I
> > >> knew something had gone wrong in America.

> > >> And he was good in Bugsy but again, it was a wimpy role.

> > >> Did Barbara Streisand poison he career, the way Frank Sinatra
> > >> destroyed Tommy Sands?

> > > Why do you think his career was in decline?

> > > According to imdb, he's worked every year since 1968. Have you
> > > considered the possibility that, as he's aged, he wants to work less?
> > > He's 74, for chrissakes.

> > > As for Ruby Sparks, so what if he's gained weight... some consider
> > > that a sign of prosperity.

> > > Regarding his divorce from Barbara Streisand, which was in 1971, how
> > > did his career suffer. He made some very good movies in the '70s.

> > Hell, I thought he was one of the high points of the Ocean's 11 movies.

> He has the age, stature, and quite possibly even talent to be a high
> point of any movie he's in nowadays.

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