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Posted: November 6th, 2011, 12:12am |
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Suppose the title says it all. Name of Actor - Name of Movie Naomi Watts - 21 Grams Tim Robbins - Mystic River [EDIT] Also, if you could find a decent quality of their acting on that specific movie on youtube [EDIT] |
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The boy who could fly |
Posted: November 6th, 2011, 12:50am |
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LocationBritish Columbia, Canada Posts1387 Posts Per Day 0.21 |
Male Ben Kingsley - House of sand and fog
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Ellen Burstyn - The Exorcist |
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Electric Dreamer |
Posted: November 6th, 2011, 9:32am |
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Old Timer Taking a long vacation from the holidays.
LocationLos Angeles Posts2740 Posts Per Day 0.55 |
Hmm, one from each gender, OK, this is going to date me just a tad, but here goes.
Ruth Gordon - Harold & Maude
Stacy Keach - The Ninth Configuration
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Posted: November 6th, 2011, 10:36am |
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January Project Group
LocationVancouver, British Columbia, Canada Posts2023 Posts Per Day 0.28 |
I'll do you one better (worse?), Brett!
Gene Tierney -- Leave Her to Heaven
Robert Mitchum -- Night of the Hunter |
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Baltis. |
Posted: November 6th, 2011, 11:09am |
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Easy...
Trevor St John... Everything he's ever done.
Notably:
"dog town" < Young in this one, 27 probably, but it shows the seedy, go nowhere side of small towns and their inhabitants like no other movie. Very depressing flick, but very real. John Favre turns in a helluva performance as the main antagonist, but pales in comparison to Trevor St. Johns lead.
"the art of getting over it" < If you are lucky enough to see this film you won't ever forget it. His performance is of pure brilliance. His emotions and pain run vastly deep and literally pour off the screen... A "bad guy" in a sense, but with this huge double sided sword you carry for him for all he's been through. The most powerful movie I've seen since Magnolia <my favorite movie of all time. No other movie has left a bigger impact on me.
More over his work on Oltl was above and beyond the talent of his coworkers. His portal of Todd Manning/Victor Lord Jr will go in the books when all is said and done -- which is coming up in January sadly. |
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leitskev |
Posted: November 6th, 2011, 11:37am |
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Man, am I in the wrong field! Of all these movies listed, the only one I've seen is the Exorcist. I've heard of 2 of the others selected, and the rest I have no clue whatsoever. So I guess I'll stay out of this game, but I'll check in for the education. Maybe I'll come across some of these films. |
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Eoin |
Posted: November 6th, 2011, 11:46am |
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Been Around just another ego maniac with low self esteem
LocationIreland Posts638 Posts Per Day 0.12 |
Daniel Day Lewis - My Left Foot Michael Fassbender - Hunger |
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James McClung |
Posted: November 6th, 2011, 3:27pm |
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Of The Ancients
LocationWashington, D.C. Posts3293 Posts Per Day 0.48 |
Jeremy Irons in Dead Ringers. The only actor in history to make birthday cake and ice cream disturbing and poignant at the same time. |
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nawazm11 |
Posted: November 6th, 2011, 3:48pm |
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stevie |
Posted: November 6th, 2011, 3:55pm |
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Of The Ancients
LocationDown Under Posts3441 Posts Per Day 0.61 |
Robert Shaw - Jaws
Matthew Broderick is great in Glory too. These are my 2 favorite films so I'm a little biased... |
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albinopenguin |
Posted: November 6th, 2011, 4:50pm |
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Been Around I got dipping sticks.
LocationLos Angeles Posts785 Posts Per Day 0.14 |
going to have to think about this one for a bit, but here are some honorable mentions...
Sam Rockwell- Moon
Nicolas Cage - Matchstick Men
Bryan Cranston - Breaking Bad (yeah, I know, we're talking about movies, but I can't NOT point this one out) |
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Heretic |
Posted: November 6th, 2011, 5:35pm |
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LocationVancouver, British Columbia, Canada Posts2023 Posts Per Day 0.28 |
Man, am I in the wrong field! Of all these movies listed, the only one I've seen is the Exorcist. I've heard of 2 of the others selected, and the rest I have no clue whatsoever. So I guess I'll stay out of this game, but I'll check in for the education. Maybe I'll come across some of these films. |
Kev, You've gotta see Harold and Maude, which Brett mentioned. One of the strangest and funniest and happiest movies you'll ever see. |
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mcornetto |
Posted: November 6th, 2011, 6:18pm |
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Ruth Gordon did give an excellent performance in that film. Harold and Maude is my favourite Christmas movie. I think it has just the right emotion for the holiday. Anyway, that's probably just me.
I believe that the better an acting performance is the less you notice it in a film. Judging just by that the best actor today is Meryl Streep because she just seems to become part of the film (at least in most of the earlier movies she's done). Laurence Olivier also had this ability but he's dead now.
However, here's some other performances that were fantastic.
Truman Capote/Philip Seymour Hoffman in Capote Michael Dorsey/Dustin Hoffman in Tootsie Malcolm X/Denzel Washington in Malcolm X
There's lots of them. I could go on but I won't. |
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Grandma Bear |
Posted: November 6th, 2011, 6:27pm |
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Meryl Streep is probably the best actress alive today. She's awesome.
Hopkins as Hannibal Lecter is unbeatable! |
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leitskev |
Posted: November 6th, 2011, 6:50pm |
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And then there's Harold and Maude!
At least I have heard of it. I was never a huge fan of movies. Since I started writing a year ago I am more interested, but I spend most of my free time either writing or reading scripts. I should make a point to watch one classic a week. Like homework. |
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