Harry Dean Stanton remembered on his 100th birthday

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Film screenings and tributes mark what would have been Harry Dean Stanton’s 100th birthday on July 14, 1926, remembering the craggy character actor who died September 15, 2017. Organizers and outlets have highlighted Stanton’s signature work from Paris, Texas and Alien to Repo Man and Wise Blood, and the Criterion Channel is running a retrospective of his films. Streaming blocks and evening lineups have been noted, including a Pluto TV 80s Rewind schedule that lists Christine, Paris, Texas, and Fool for Love. Fans and collaborators marked the centennial with photos and drawings, personal reminiscences, and quotes from David Lynch praising Stanton’s honest, natural performances. The centennial coverage also revived interest in Stanton’s earlier billing as H.D. Stanton in Cisco Pike (shot in 1970, released 1972), where he played Jesse opposite Kris Kristofferson.

John Lurie

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Apparently, I have a reputation for being cranky. But Harry Dean Stanton was exponentially crankier than me. He would have been 100 years today. Happy Birthday Harry, you cranky fuck. You wonderful cranky fuck. love John

41945d ago

Buck McWilliams2

Watched Straight Time yesterday and he was outstanding as usual

Sabrina Pierdomenico1

Monumentale Harry Dean Stanton. E bellissimo. Potato !

fakelawn1

I love this post. And both of you cranky fucks are fantastic. Cheers to Harry! Just rewatched Repo Man recently. So good.

joemamatee.bsky.social1

The sweaty singer in the sweatiest movie of all time "Cool Hand Luke"

Drew Makes Movies 🎬🍿1

He would have adored this grumpy ass post.

Dr. Alfred Neccesiter1

Even your trees are cranky.

Megan Abbott

@meganabbott.bsky.social

“I only eat so I can smoke and stay alive.” HBD, the eternal Harry Dean Stanton … 📷Candy Clark

15145d ago

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John Fugelsang171

Today is Harry Dean Stanton’s 100th birthday.

Criterion Channel

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❤️ HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO THE ONE AND ONLY HARRY DEAN STANTON ❤️ Celebrate what would have been his 100th birthday with our retrospective of his films on the Criterion Channel. With his lean, hangdog face and sunken, soul-weary eyes, HDS was one of the all-time great character actors.

13945d ago

Criterion Channel17

He inhabited the cinematic margins for more than six decades, imbuing his portrayals of drifters, down-and-outers, mystics, and all-American eccentrics with a singular gravity and offbeat charisma. From his indelible supporting turns to his breakthrough roles, Stanton remained a sui generis

K Fitz 🌮1

He was a one of a kind. I went to a LA blues club where he was playing when he must’ve been 80. He grabbed my hand as I was walking by in the middle of a song & tried to get my friends and I to meet him after his set. I laughed so hard and said, dude WHAT? He definitely never aged out of anything. 😂

Call Me Cassandra1

Harry Dean Stanton listed in the credits always made that movie worth a watch.

Westerns & the Old West

@davidlambertart.bsky.social

Happy Birthday to the late, great Harry Dean Stanton, born 100 years ago today. Here are some of my drawings of him over the years

7844d ago

Michael Warburton

@michaelwarburton.bsky.social

Remembering HARRY DEAN STANTON - born 100yrs ago today.

9045d ago

LithiumChaser

@lithiumchaser.bsky.social

David Lynch and Harry Dean Stanton on the set of Twin Peaks: The Return (2017)

8444d ago

Jack

@wakeupangry.bsky.social

Harry Dean Stanton #botd 100 yrs! Paris, Texas Alien Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me Repo Man

7145d ago

simon-kane.bsky.social5

Him and Yaphet Koto were a great double act in Alien

Alexander Dent2

For a while, in the 90's, it was hard to find a movie he wasn't in!

MaryK98422

Paris Texas is one of my favorite movies.

Kenneth Freeman2

A good day to be born.

Pye1

I like his performances in whatever he appears in, including that short walk-on in an Avengers movie. Repo Man is by far my favorite of his roles, though.

Shawneen1

Pretty in Pink Escape From New York

JPSea ..🦩🌊

@jpsea83.bsky.social

𝑯𝒂𝒓𝒓𝒚 𝑫𝒆𝒂𝒏 𝑺𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒐𝒏..(ᵃᶜᵗᵒʳ ᵐᵘˢⁱᶜⁱᵃⁿ) #Botd (July 14, 1926 – September 15, 2017) #FilmSky 🎟📽✴️🎞

As Travis Henderson in Paris, Texas (1984)

5145d ago

ghost2

REPO MAN "Ordinary fucking people, I hate 'em" and his monologue in PARIS, TEXAS "I knew these people once...."

m.1

This man is pure heart and feelings in his acting. An amazing force on the screen 👏🏼🎞️

Gaijin Rando

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Images from films starring Harry Dean Stanton - BOTD in 1926 Dillinger (1973) Wise Blood (1979) Escape from New York (1981) Repo Man (1984)

6045d ago

Calamari Suplex 🦑1

He might have made centenarian if I hadn't gotten him stoned that one time.. or he at least would've had a better second set with his band that night!

More Movies

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Riding with the king. HBD HDS 👑🎬 #filmsky #moviesky #cinema #botd

Harry Dean Stanton is sitting in the back of a convertible car with the top down.

4745d ago

Dean Frey

@dean.bsky.social

Celebrate the Harry Dean Stanton Centennial 🎂💯 📷 Chris Felver, 2010 "All actors will agree, no one gives a more honest, natural, truer performance than Harry Dean Stanton." - David Lynch

Stanton in a checked shirt smoking a cigarette

4445d ago

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Hunter Felt 🏳️‍⚧️7

David Lynch's huge crush on Harry Dean is so cute.

Phineas

@phineas.bsky.social

Happy 100th birthday to Harry Dean Stanton. He's in heaven smoking with David Lynch.

4645d ago

Justin Sherin

@wychstreet.bsky.social

Harry Dean Stanton. 100 years. He’d been an actor for 30 years by the time of PARIS, TEXAS. The performance is close to the bone because it’s close to the bone, I think: a guy trying to look in the mirror, trying to let go.

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