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Billy Bob Thornton & Dwight Yoakum : Sling Blade

Donald Sutherland : Kelly's Heroes (for comedy)
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yah, Donald Sutherland. Hard to pick just ONE for him. But one that is always burned in my mind is his role in "Day of the Locust"
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Eye of the Needle, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, Clute... great Sutherland roles. did his son ever do a film with him?
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How about Dustin Hoffman in Rainman; he did pretty damn good in that roll.
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drew wrote:How about Dustin Hoffman in Rainman; he did pretty damn good in that roll.
was just talking about Ratso Rizo this evening with a friend! some Hoffman roles you can see over and over and some you can only watch once...midnight cowboy, papillion...rainman i can watch over and over, and i most of all love him in Lenny.

another contribution to this thread or saying it again if it's already been said...

anything chris walken has ever done is a singularly christopher walken role, with particular attention to Gabriel in the Prophecy films and of course Pulp Fiction and Deer Hunter. 8)

and a much overlooked film with Natalie Wood...Brainstorm.


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I'm partial to Christopher Walken as Frank White in King of New York. The films a neo-noir gangster movie that a Raymond Chandler heart with nice new set of 1990s clothes on it.
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Re: Christopher Walken roles

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taraswizard wrote:I'm partial to Christopher Walken as Frank White in King of New York. The films a neo-noir gangster movie that a Raymond Chandler heart with nice new set of 1990s clothes on it.
PERfect description of that movie Taraswizard!!! :biggrin:

i like watching the man. even at his most unCOMfortable portrayals, like At Close Range and his most sentimental like Around the Bend.

the guy just always delivers.
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Meh, I don't like Walken myself. He's like Eric Roberts and William Shatner, always the same and WAY over the top.
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Holy crap! I loved Brainstorm!

Walken's hit or miss with me. I like a lot of his older stuff, but now it looks like he's just playing Christopher Walken in everything he's in......With the exception of Man On Fire.
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Cail wrote:Holy crap! I loved Brainstorm!

hell i didn't know anybody SAW it but ME!! :lol: cool 8)
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Loved Walken in the Dead Zone! Hey dlb! :| (especially on the Nicholson 8) )

I say Al Pacino in Dog Day Afternoon...not to mention Michael Corleone, Heat, Scarface and Scent of a Woman (Whooo HAAAH!).
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Danlo, even though you dissed me, I'll second Pacino.
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Byrne in Millers crossing
Buscemi as 'Donny' in the big lebowski. :lol:
harrison Ford in indiana jones trilogy
cary grant north by northwest
Harvey keitel in Taxi Driver.
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I prefered Keitel in Reservoir Dogs.

Frances McDormand in Fargo.

William H Macy also in Fargo.

Phillip Symour Hoffman in Owning Mahoney or Love Liza (I haven't seen Capote yet, so this will change)

Tom Cruise in Magnolia. (and i don't like Tommy)
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Keitel's best role is The Bad Lieutenant.
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good call, forgot that one.

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Ah yes - Fredo. Great actor, he died way before his time.
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i have read he was fantastic on stage, but have never seen that a tape exists of that.
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Cazale was great--not to mention the Vegas cousin in The Godfather movies. I met him in '73 after he preformed in The Contractor as lead actor for the Long Wharf Theater in New Haven (sort of the "public" theater for Yale actors). Saw him in about 4 plays there--he was very awesome.
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