I'll admit, i've only seen a couple dozen movie pre-1970 so my list is limited and very biased being a gen-x person. I also take rolls seriously even though they may be in movies not respected by critics. Liked Nicholson in The Shining,(i know i'll get flack for this next one)Cruise in Rain Man, and at the top of my list is Nick Nolte in Cape Fear. I try to give credit to actors who take whatever roll they have and make it colorful and cover all areas of the map when it comes to flavor and emotion. These would be the opposites of what we've seen a lot of(not entirely though) in mainstream lately(like the incredibly 1 dimensional Keanu Reeves). Also have to give a nod to Heston in Apes. "Take your stinking paws off me you damn dirty ape!" That's right up there with "Frankly my dear, I don't give a damn" as one of the greatest quotes in movie history, even though I never saw Gone with the Wind.
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Topic - Favorite single acting job - NuWave 07:45:51 03/18/05 (27)
- Lee J. Cobb - Ex Lion Tamer 07:01:29 03/29/05 (0)
- Val Kilmer in Tombstone - mintaka 14:58:48 03/23/05 (0)
- Read this and comment........ - danj 23:19:59 03/20/05 (0)
- Hmmmm....Elvis in "Viva Las Vegas" maybe...or any Goldie Hawn role. (nt - dennzio 09:13:09 03/19/05 (0)
- Peter Sellers, Being There (nt.) - Analog Scott 09:09:52 03/19/05 (1)
- Anybody could have done that. (nt - dennzio 14:17:17 03/19/05 (0)
- Daniel Day Lewis in Gangs (nt) - Eldragon 04:33:20 03/19/05 (2)
- Daniel Day Lewis in almost anything... - Ex Lion Tamer 06:59:05 03/29/05 (0)
- second that one.................* - jaiva 04:57:30 03/19/05 (0)
- Should see GWTW. Another "G" movie has a great actor - Road Warrior 19:43:54 03/18/05 (1)
- Re: Should see GWTW. Another "G" movie has a great actor - Ex Lion Tamer 06:56:38 03/29/05 (0)
- The photographer in "Alice of the Cities." nt - tinear 17:11:52 03/18/05 (0)
- From an "Elderly Flatulent Gentleman" . . . unlikely nominations - Auricle 14:59:58 03/18/05 (0)
- Adolph Caesar - "A Soldier's Story" - dwill123 14:00:29 03/18/05 (0)
- OH WAIT i forgot.... - NuWave 11:21:28 03/18/05 (0)
- A few - jbmcb 10:54:13 03/18/05 (0)
- John Hurt in "The Elephant Man"... - orejones 10:27:34 03/18/05 (4)
- Terence Stamp, I suggest, was - tinear 17:08:45 03/18/05 (2)
- You don't think the scene where... - C.B. 05:01:35 03/20/05 (1)
- Yes, a brief interlude within a bog of pitiless hatred. nt - tinear 16:21:09 03/20/05 (0)
- Hurt is awesome in everything.... - NuWave 11:17:17 03/18/05 (0)
- 2 favorites - tunenut 10:01:34 03/18/05 (2)
- Victor Sjöström nt - clarkjohnsen 07:57:35 03/19/05 (1)
- although I looked it up, my keyboard does not have those characters (NT) - tunenut 12:31:22 03/19/05 (0)
- Re: Favorite single acting job - RC 09:44:25 03/18/05 (0)
- Re: Some of mine - rico 08:07:26 03/18/05 (1)
- can't beat Hannibal - NuWave 09:07:03 03/18/05 (0)