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  • In that film, Green tied some breakfast links to his fingers, bashed a piano and chanted, "Daddy, would you like some sausage," at Rip Torn.

    AWESOMELY BIZARRE Aaron Leitko 2010

  • The film caught on despite tension between Mr. Hopper and Mr. Fonda and between Mr. Hopper and the original choice for Mr. Nicholson's part, Rip Torn, who quit after a bitter argument with the director.

    Uneasy Rider Acted Up a Storm 2010

  • The film caught on despite tension between Hopper and Fonda and between Hopper and the original choice for Nicholson's part, Rip Torn, who quit after a bitter argument with the director.

    Dennis Hopper DEAD: Died At 74 After Months Of Family Drama 2010

  • There's also gambling and drug addiction, inappropriate pat-downs, lucky crack pipes and relations with his impaired dad and stepmother, that recalled a Flannery O'Connor story or Rip Torn visiting his pill addicted mother in the brilliantly brave Payday.

    Kim Morgan: Top Ten Movies of 2009 2010

  • There's also gambling and drug addiction, inappropriate pat-downs, lucky crack pipes and relations with his impaired dad and stepmother, that recalled a Flannery O'Connor story or Rip Torn visiting his pill addicted mother in the brilliantly brave Payday.

    Kim Morgan: A Good Cop Is Hard To Find: The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans 2009

  • A ubiquitous but under-appreciated presence on screen for nearly five decades, Rip Torn is one of American cinema's great talents, an actor whose versatility, command, and sheer magnetism are unsurpassed.

    Rip Torn Ed Gorman 2009

  • It's not clear what kind of Web site it is ( "What do you actually do?" says Rip Torn, "Why the hell would somebody give you a million dollars?"), but the names are pretty absurdly similar.

    Did Real Estate's Wonkiest Web Site Inspire New Josh Hartnett/David Bowie Film? 2008

  • The whole thing revolved around the unholy trinity of Mr. Shandling's Larry, Mr. Tambor's Hank and their producer, Artie, played by Rip Torn.

    After Ellen , NBC Heads Into Gay Territory ... Farewell, Larry Sanders, Your Hair Was Nice 1998

  • The whole thing revolved around the unholy trinity of Mr. Shandling's Larry, Mr. Tambor's Hank and their producer, Artie, played by Rip Torn.

    After Ellen , NBC Heads Into Gay Territory ... Farewell, Larry Sanders, Your Hair Was Nice 1998

  • The scene was set on the ninth floor of the hotel, where actor Rip Torn, who was wearing a red scarf around his neck, and Paula Matter, wrapped in a bedsheet, were perched dangerously on the windowsill waking up to the sound of the Airplane.

    Grace Slick The Biography Rowes, Barbara 1980

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