Watching The Big Lift on TCM...for just a moment I could see Tom Cruise in Montgomery Clift's bashful upward glance and sly crooked smile.
Saturday, July 18, 2009
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Haha! I, too, have had this thought from time to time....and although there are moments when I see a certain angle of Tom remind me of Monty (a fleeting moment), ultimately the answer would have to be 'no' overall. =)
ReplyDeleteI've thought this myself but as a huge Monty fan and not at all a Cruise fan...I'd have to say no aw well. I think it is the cheek and nose structure, maybe??
ReplyDeletei see montgomery clift in younger mark harmon
ReplyDelete@anonymous actually mark harmon reminds me of tom cruise in certain photos about the eyes. of course, mark nor tom have anything on montgomery clift in terms of screen presence. it was just a fleeting moment during a scene of The Big Lift that MC'c glance reminded me of TC. I couldn't find the scene online to compare to this picture of Tom in military garb. Not yet at least...
ReplyDeleteI thought it was just Me, but everyone else thinks Tom Cruise looks like Montgomery Clift too. If They ever made a movie about Montgomery Clift's Life, Tom Cruise could play him.
ReplyDeleteI thought it was just Me, but everyone else thinks Tom Cruise looks like Montgomery Clift too. If They ever made a movie about Montgomery Clift's Life, Tom Cruise could play him.
ReplyDeleteGod, no!
ReplyDeleteClift was beautiful with a commanding screen presence and touching vulnerability. It was impossible to NOT look at him. Cruise, tho handsome, has little of the screen presence left he had in a couple of his early films. His acting has also deteriorated thru the years, IMHO.
I don't see one when I look at the other.
I have noticed the likeness between the two just recently...although I prefer Monty over Cruise. Monty was a gorgeous man...Cruise is not. There is just something about Monty that Cruise doesn't have...but they definately look alike!
ReplyDeleteCruise is the illegitimate child of Liz Taylor and Montgomery Clift. His 'real' parents were his adoptee, hush hush matter. This is how it's done.
ReplyDeleteI saw Red River, the first tought was, there is Tom Cruise in early age or it should be a relative. I started a research just in the web and found this page ^^
ReplyDeleteWell, I see a lot similarities between both - it is the kind of looking and some behaviors in the movies.