A FOND FAREWELL

Philip Seymour Hoffman & Robin Williams
in Patch Adams

TEDDY ROOSEVELT: “The adventure never ends.” 

“How exciting!”

The final two lines of dialogue spoken by Robin Williams in Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb*.

What does Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb & The Hunger Games: Mockingjay part 1 have in common?  Both say farewell to two of the greatest actors to grace the silver screen.  Robin Williams & Philip Seymour Hoffman both, tragically, passed in 2014.  Both were incredible talents who entertained the world for years and had years of  life ahead of them.

It’s no secret I fell in love with cinema during the summer of 1998 when Patch Adams came to town to film.  The movie, featuring both actors, gave me a much treasured look into how movies were made and I fell immediately in love.  This love I have yet to let go.  I even had the pleasure of getting Robin Williams autograph on a movie poster.  I hang it proudly at each Oscar party. 

After watching Night at the Museum this evening I couldn’t help but feel a combination melancholy and joy.  This feeling I got after watching the latest Hunger Games movie as well.  Both emotions equally strong knowing that these two individuals, whose work has meant much to me over the years in one way or another, have taken their final steps on screen.

It’s hard to think that both have only one more film a piece coming out.  For Philip Seymour Hoffman its the final Hunger Games movie while Robin Williams lends his voice to a sci-fi comedy called Absolutely Anything.  Each film I simultaneously look forward to and dread knowing the careers of these two legends are over.  Thank you both for the adventures and with the creation of home video I have the privilege to replay them often.

Farewell.

*Please note that Ben Stiller has a line of dialogue in between.  I have chosen to admit it for my blog.