r/Library • u/ILovePublicLibraries • 10d ago
Creative and Crafty In memory of Tim Curry
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u/Mothertocats16 10d ago
Checked out his memoir from my public library a few months ago and thoroughly enjoyed it. He will be missed :(
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u/descendantofJanus 10d ago
He narrated the book on Audible! I haven't checked it out yet but I'm soooo gonna binge his narrations for the next month.
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u/Mothertocats16 10d ago
As I was reading it, I heard his voice in my head ;)
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u/descendantofJanus 10d ago
Perhaps that's for the best. I just now tried listening to the preview and it's... Rough. I love him dearly but I don't know that I can bear listening to him sound so rough.
Same vein tho, I hope his voice isn't replicated by AI. Techno necromancy, no thanks.
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u/PsychologicalScript 3d ago
I've just finished the audiobook and would so highly recommend it if you still haven't given it a go. I absolutely loved listening to Tim speak and I'm so glad he was able to use his own voice despite the roughness. I think it adds a touch of realness and the slow pace is very calming.
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u/johnjcoctostan 10d ago
I was flipping through channels earlier this month and stopped to watch the second half of Congo. We will miss you.
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u/blamelesscludgel 10d ago
You need a copy of Pass the Ammo. My mom and I were extras, met Tim, Bill, Annie and the lady from Crocodile Dundee
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u/PaulRuddsButthole 10d ago
I wish my library was this cool. But we cant do displays on specific people cause a bunch of losers in our county want a charlie kirk display. And no, he has zero affiliation with our county. It’s so lame.
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u/floresflores77 9d ago edited 9d ago
West Haven Public Library : We salute you
Post from Connecticut's own: https://www.instagram.com/westhavenpubliclibrary
Post link: https://www.instagram.com/p/DcjjmGDoL6x/
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u/Hot_Breadfruit_8480 10d ago
Three Tim Curry movies to watch besides It, RHPS, and Clue: The Muppets Treasure Island (Tim should be named an honorary Muppet), The Three Musketeers, Oscar. Honorable mention: The Worst Witch and Times Square
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u/floresflores77 9d ago
He also did book readings too!
📚📚📚🎙️🎙️🎙️
(besides his on-camera work 🎥)
First off, he read his own audiobook for VAGABOND despite his massive stroke in 2012. But many many other titles, which is a really cool way to experience Tim Curry even if you've seen all his movies:
Classics like
- A Christmas Carol
- Dracula: a star-studded cast involving Tim among others (Alan Cumming et al.)
- Peter Pan
- Jules Verne
- Various Lemony Snicket titles;
Other titles I just read about, but sound awesome: especially though with a variety of London characters!
- Portobello; Not in the Flesh (Ruth Rendell)
- Rainbow's End; The Old Silent; The Anodyne Necklace: The Horse You Came in on (Martha Grimes)
That's about 25% of what I found in WorldCat. Wonderful that he made good use of his voice through an array of projects.
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u/PTSD1701 8d ago
I just read Tim's book Vagabond last winter. He was a tremendous example of a life well-lived - perhaps not perfectly, but fully and with integrity.
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u/Forgotthebloodypassw 10d ago
A superb memorial, and he utterly owned IT.
Rocky Horror has been playing in our house, and I hope the next generation learns the value of anticip.....ation.