that's one mighty movie. brought me to tears at the end in a very consistent way, quite a few times... The Audio part of audio-visual experience doesn't get neglected, but story itself is beautiful too.
too bad not many studios have balls to release similar dark stories, most one can expect is darkly-themed, sugar-sweet ones.
My wife and I were hoping he would make it to star in the coming live action version in the same role. I broke the news to her a few minutes ago, and she wants to watch the movie tonight in remembrance of him.
I always felt that most of his later roles, what the telegraph calls "among the most fruitful" years, were too much of a type-cast.
requiescat in pace