Brando

[ bran-doh ]

/ ˈbræn doʊ /

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noun

Marlon, 1924–2004, U.S. actor.

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For everyone else, it was a change in the weather, an appearance of the real, Brando mumbling in a movie.
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Coppola famously had problems with Brando though during the filming of Apocalypse Now.
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In the Philippines, during Apocalypse, Brando had an earphone thing where they fed him lines.
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I remember I told Brando once that he should do Othello and he said, “Bo-ring!”
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During the interval between Brando's death and Turold's arrival, a partial destruction of the monastery took place.
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Bigemark came to the carriage door to offer his congratulations, and our taciturn coachman informed us we were at Brando.
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The stipulated sum to see the caves of Brando is a franc and a half each person.
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On a declivity towards the sea, is the beautiful stalactite cavern of Brando, not long since discovered.
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Brando was an ardent admirer of Rudyard Kipling, and could, I verily believe, have passed an examination in most of his works.
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Brando

/ (ˈbrændəʊ) /

noun

Marlon . 1924–2004, US actor; his films include On the Waterfront (1954) and The Godfather (1972), for both of which he won Oscars, Last Tango in Paris (1972), Apocalypse Now (1979), A Dry White Season (1989), and Don Juan de Marco (1995)

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