Charles Bronson -- no matter what movie he was in.

Charles Bronson

No dice...

Mike Damone in Fast Times, specifically due to his "five point plan"

Quaid/Hauser from Total Recall.

#1 | Posted by ness_gadol at 2008-12-03 09:26 PM

See you at the pawty, Victoh.

One of best movie characters of all time is also the nom de blog of one of Spud's fave poster's here at DR.

Haven't seen him here fer a while, however.

From the Phillip K Dick Classic "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep"

Made into one of the best movies of all time.

"Blade Runner".

Roy Batty.

Tyrell: Would you... like to be upgraded?
Batty: I had in mind something a little more radical.
Tyrell: What... what seems to be the problem?
Batty: Death.
Tyrell: Death; ah, well that's a little out of my jurisdiction. You...
Batty: I want more life, fucker

Tyrell: The facts of life... to make an alteration in the evolvement of an organic life system is fatal. A coding sequence cannot be revised once it's been established.
Batty: Why not?
Tyrell: Because by the second day of incubation, any cells that have undergone reversion mutation give rise to revertant colonies like rats leaving a sinking ship; then the ship sinks.
Batty: What about EMS recombination?
Tyrell: We've already tried it - ethyl, methane, sulfinate as an alkalating agent and potent mutagen; it created a virus so lethal the subject was dead before it even left the table.
Batty: Then a repressor protein; that would block the operating cells.
Tyrell: Wouldn't obstruct replication, but it does give rise to an error in replication so that the newly formed DNA strand carries with it a mutation, and you've got a virus again... but this, all of this is academic. You were made as well as we could make you.
Batty: But not to last.
Tyrell: The light that burns twice as bright burns for half as long - and you have burned so very, very brightly, Roy. Look at you, you're the prodigal son; you're quite a prize.
Batty: I've done... questionable things.
Tyrell: Also extraodinary things; revel in your time.
Batty: Nothing the God of biomechanics wouldn't put you in heaven for.

Batty: I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhauser gate. All those moments will be lost in time... like tears in rain... Time to die

Spud owns four copies of it.

Never gets old.

Be Well.

HAL

ET

Darth Vader

3. Holly Golightly (Breakfast at Tiffany's)

Damn I hate that movie.

The man who shot Liberty Valence

Patrick Bateman, American Psycho.

Yoda
Carl from Slingblade.
Hannibal Lecter
Banjo-boy from Deliverance
"Dad" from A Christmas Story

Alex from A Clockwork Orange
HAL

The dude from the big lebowski.

Robin Williams as parry in the fisher king.

Bernie from Weekend at Bernie's

"Bernie from Weekend at Bernie's"

Chamberlain from the dark crystal

Greatest movie characters?

Duh

"Carl from Slingblade."

I can't believe I nominated Carl, but overlooked Doyle!

"Greatest movie characters?

Duh"

Just damn!

I can't access youtube. Did Zat just nominate his namesake?

"Did Zat just nominate his namesake?"

That'd be correct.

The Blind Swordsman kicks ass.

jules from pulp fiction
El Mariachi from desperado, El Mariachi, once upon a time in Mexico

gene wilder as willy wonka

Bogey and Bacall in African Queen....

"I can't believe I nominated Carl, but overlooked Doyle!"

Everett from o brother where art thou.

El Mariachi from desperado, El Mariachi, once upon a time in Mexico

#29 | Posted by salamandagator

How about El mariachi from El Mariachi?

In a glass, whey!

"How about El mariachi from El Mariachi?"

Look closer, its there.

"Bogey and Bacall in African Queen...."

Kate Hepburn is spinning in her grave.

Look closer, its there.
#35 | Posted by salamandagator

ahh, got it. I thought you were mentioning the same character from the second and third movies. might have seen it sooner if there were an "and" in there somewhere (as in "el mariachi from desperado, el mariachi, and once apon a time in mexico"), or if you had named the movies in order, but no harm, no foul.

Kate Hepburn is spinning in her grave.
#36 | Posted by Danforth

Wasn't Bacall in African Queen II?

Mike Damone in Fast Times, specifically due to his "five point plan"

#4 | Posted by steamingpile

The guy was a dirtbag but cetainly a memorable one.

The "5 Point Plan" is certainly worth a quote cite.

Mike Damone: First of all Rat, you never let on how much you like a girl. "Oh, Debbie. Hi." Two, you always call the shots. "Kiss me. You won't regret it." Now three, act like wherever you are, that's the place to be. "Isn't this great?" Four, when ordering food, you find out what she wants, then order for the both of you. It's a classy move. "Now, the lady will have the linguini and white clam sauce, and a Coke with no ice." And five, now this is the most important, Rat. When it comes down to making out, whenever possible, put on side one of Led Zeppelin IV.

However, that being sed, how can one talk about memorable movie characters and totally fergit to mention Sean Penn's amazing "Jeff Spicoli from that same movie?

Seriously, the guy who took the words "bogus", "gnarly" and "tubular" from his Caleeforneeya surfside upbringing and interjected them into mainstream conciousness until they became oft repeated memes across the world?

Jeff Spicoli: What Jefferson was saying was, Hey! You know, we left this England place 'cause it was bogus; so if we don't get some cool rules ourselves - pronto - we'll just be bogus too! Get it?

/Also a shout out to Ray Walston's "Mr Hand".
//The scenes between them two was most memeworthy.

Be Well.

Bigfoot in "The Legend of Bigfoot" -Buffalo_Bob

James Dean - in Giant...

FACT!

James Dean - in Giant...

FACT!

#42 | Posted by James_Dean

The best part is that off set, Rock got James into the sack before Liz did!

The best part is that off set, Rock got James into the sack before Liz did!

#43 | Posted by SanAntonioRogue

So that's what they meant by "Giant."

"What do you mean. An African or European Swallow"
"I don't know that"
"Ahhhhhh"
The bridge keeper in Monty Python's Holy Grail.

Extra points for the Killer Rabbit.

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang - Truly Scrumptious. If not the character, the name is just fantastic for a gal. Even if she was the vice president.

Heston in soylent green

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang - Truly Scrumptious. If not the character, the name is just fantastic for a gal. Even if she was the vice president.

~Petrous

Yes TS was teh HAWT in that!

Still have a hard time wrapping me wee head around the fact that the same guy who wrote all them James Bond Books also wrote Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.

WTF?!

Well, "Truly Scrumptious", "Pussy Galore" and "Honey Ryder" all show a certain consistancy anyways.

Speaking of James Bond...

Shout to Sean Connery as James Bond and Gert Frobe as Auric Goldfinger in "Goldfinger".

JB: "Do you expect me to talk?"

AG: "No, Mr Bond, I expect you to die"

Who's yer favorite Bond Girl?

Spud's top five in no particular order...

Ursula Andress - "Honey Ryder" - Doctor No
Honor Blackman - "Pussy Galore" - Goldfinger
Britt Ekland - "Mary Goodnight" - Man with the Golden Gun
Halle Berry - "Jinx" - Die Another Day
Lois Chiles - "Holly Goodhead" - Moonraker

All apologies to Jaqueline Bisset, Diana Rigg, Barbara Bach and Jill St John who didn't quite make the cut but who are still pretty dang hawt in their own right.

Be Well.

Debbie Benton in "Debbie does Dallas"

Dean Wormer

Luise Ranier, playing O Lan, in The Good Earth.

Peter O'Toole as Henry II in the Lion in Winter

Hell, almost any character that Peter O'Toole plays.

John Wayne as Rooster Cogburn in True Grit

I agree with grumpy and jeffj:

HAL

Hud in "Hud"

Peter O'Toole as Henry II in the Lion in Winter

Hell, almost any character that Peter O'Toole plays.

~Grendel.

Agreed.

Good movie, excellent role, very well done by P O' T.

One of his best characters EVAR was the one based loosely on Errol Flynn in the Comedy Classic "My Favorite Year"

Ever see it?

There's this great scene where a woman walks into the ladies only to find an inebriated O'Tool taking a leak.

All offended she blurts out...

"Sir, this is for ladies only!"

O'Toole looks at her charmingly and without skipping a beat sez...

"So is this but sometime I must pass water through it"

Killah stuff.

Be Well.

Prof. Quincy Adams Wagstaff in Horse Feathers !

Spud, you get an "F" for listing any actress above Jackie Bisset!

Killah stuff.

#54 | Posted by dethspud

Speaking of which, I really need to make a phone call.

French police detective Jacques Clouseau

Clouseau: And I submit, Inspector Ballon, that you arrived home, found Miguel with Maria Gambrelli, and killed him in a rit of fealous jage!

Dreyfus: What about the maid?
Clouseau: The maid?
Dreyfus: Was he jealous of her too? He strangled her.
Clouseau: It is possible that his intended victim was a man and that he made a mistake.
Dreyfus: Mistake?... in a nudist camp?

Inspector Jacques
Clouseau: How can a blind man be a lookout?
Chief Inspector
Dreyfus: How can an idiot be a policeman? Answer me that.
Inspector Jacques
Clouseau: It's very simple, all he has to do is enlist.

Jake in Chinatown.

Hmm, so many to choose from....the first one to pop into my head is from one of my all-time favorite movies, Dr. Strangelove. A classic movie with many classic performances. George C Scott's, Gen. 'Buck' Turgidson, never fails too crack me up.

"Mr President, I'm not saying we wouldn't get our hair mussed!"

Dr. Strangelove

Wow. Synchronicity at work.

Kanji Watanabe in Ikiru

Cool!

Grandpa Gustafson in Grumpy Old Men and Grumpier Old Men

Gunnery Sergeant Hartman - Full Metal Jacket

Dirty Harry

You're all wrong.

Boondock Saints.

Choose your favorite character.

Luke Jackson

Cool Hand Luke

Rick Blaine

Good one, Hans....... wait, Hans Solo!!

Howard Beale

Inspector Clouseau

"Good one, Hans"

Thanks, Corky.

Hans

Walker and Texas Ranger

Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby

"Walker and Texas Ranger"

Chance The Gardener - Being There

Spud, you get an "F" for listing any actress above Jackie Bisset!

~FYI

Aha, another tripodal lifeform wot watched JB underwater in a skimpy teeshirt in "The Deep".

Spud's got luff fer Jackie B, she just didn't make the top five in Spud's Bond Girl list. You'll note that there are many fine females actors who failed to make the cut there.

Dean Wormer

#49 ~Moder8

"Fat, drunk and stupid is no way to go through life, son"

Agreed.

Jake in Chinatown.

#59 ~Snark Needleton

Agreed. Nicholson was the bomb in that one.

Polanski cutting his nose up was worth a mention too.

Kanji Watanabe in Ikiru

#63 ~Snark Needleton

Akira Kurosawa's 1952 Classic FTW!

Luff that film.

Dr Strangelove?

Luff, luff LUFF that film!

Kubrick read over 50 books about the seeming inevitabilty of a nuclear war between Russia and the US including "Red Alert" by Peter George, which formed the basis fer that flick. Originally it was supposed to be a drama but it kept sliding into becoming a Black Comedy and at some point Kubrick just threw up his hands and wrote it as such. Originally loathed almost universally by the critics it went on to become a Classic of American Cinema and rightfully so.

The original ending involved a massive pie fight, btw.

General Jack D. Ripper: Mandrake, do you recall what Clemenceau once said about war?
Group Capt. Lionel Mandrake: No, I don't think I do, sir, no.
General Jack D. Ripper: He said war was too important to be left to the generals. When he said that, 50 years ago, he might have been right. But today, war is too important to be left to politicians. They have neither the time, the training, nor the inclination for strategic thought. I can no longer sit back and allow Communist infiltration, Communist indoctrination, Communist subversion and the international Communist conspiracy to sap and impurify all of our precious bodily fluids.

Tadowe is Gen Jack's luff-chile.

Chance The Gardener - Being There

~Rein

Another Peter Seller's Classic taken from the Jerzy Kozinski novel.

Wicked list

Be Well.

Sam 'Ace' Rothstein

Casino

Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby

#76 | Posted by wisgod

Once in awhile when my wife and I are offering grace before eating I'll pray to "teeny tiny baby Jesus with the little itty bitty toes and fingers" etc like Ricky Bobby.

I'm sure God has a sense of humor too

Tommy DeVito in Goodfellas

Sol Nazerman in The Pawnbroker

Jack Burton

"Big Trouble in Little China"

Joker-batman, the '89 Jack Nicholson version not that excuse for a remake.

Can we do homer Simpson?

Joker-batman, the '89 Jack Nicholson version not that excuse for a remake.

#85 | Posted by salamandagator

Are you ever right about anything?

Jack rawks out loud but if Heath Ledger doesn't win an post-humous Acadamy Award for his total re-imagining of the Joker then it will outright theft.

That performance set the bar so high it aint even visible from the ground anymore.

"Some men just like to watch the world burn"

Be Well.

Ledger did fine, played it completely different then Jack which was the only way to go but i thought Nicholson played the part with more accuracy to the diolouge. It wasn't dark enough, batman did not have enough character and i don't even have to mention the bat mobile, seriously what the hell was that?

To add some heroines to the list:

Vivien Leigh in Gone with the Wind

Uma Thurman in Kill Bill

The Bride - Kill Bill Vol 1 & 2

Be Well.

Well, if we are going to talk about Jack, we have to mention The Shining.

Uma Thurman in Kill Bill

#89 | Posted by Gal_Tuesday at 2008-12-04 05:33 PM

Beat Spud by a minute there, Gal!

Dangit!

Well, fiddle dee dee.

Tommorow is another day.

Be Well.

Uma Thurman in Kill Bill

#89 | Posted by Gal_Tuesday at 2008-12-04 05:33 PM

Beat Spud by a minute there, Gal!

Dangit!

Well, fiddle dee dee.

Tommorow is another day.

Be Well.

we have to mention The Shining.

~GT

"Here's Johnny"

All politics and no play make the DR a dull place
All politics and no play make the DR a dull place
All politics and no play make the DR a dull place
All politics and no play make the DR a dull place
All politics and no play make the DR a dull place
All politics and no play make the DR a dull place
All politics and no play make the DR a dull place
All politics and no play make the DR a dull place

^_^

Be Well.

It wasn't dark enough

You think the latest Batman wasn't Dark enuff?

S'rsly?

It made the original one with Jack and Keaton look like a Saturday morning kid's cartoon in direct comparison.

Even the the supporting roles were superior.

Not a weak sister in the place.

Special shout out to Michelle Pfieffer's "Cat-Woman"

That catsuit. Yum!

* DROOL *

:>P-----

Be Well.

"No TV, No Beer Make Homer Something Something..."

"Go crazy?"

"Don't mind if i do."

"You think the latest Batman wasn't Dark enuff?"

Look at the cinematography, it is a modern look not the timeless Gothic wonderland the original was. The remake could not capture the surreal dark aspect that fits with the story so well. I though Keaton did a better job as batman and found in the new one that aside from ledger the acting was flimsy at best.

That being said, i do not like many remakes. Transformers was pathetic, wonka was worthless, and did you see what they did to the music man? Almost made me cry.

McQueen was mentioned, but.... honestly I don't think his best work was Cool Hand Luke. That'd either go to Bullitt or Hilts (The Great Escape). Can't say anything about the original Thomas Crowne Affair, I never saw it.

McQueen wasn't in Cool Hand Luke...that was Newman. Maybe you were thinking of The Great Escape or Papillon?

oops..you mentioned The Great Escape, sorry.

Transformers was pathetic, wonka was worthless, and did you see what they did to the music man? Almost made me cry.

~Salamandgator

Ya see, was that so hard?

Spud finds he agrees with you three times in a row there.

Transformers was an insult to the intelligence of a grilled cheese sandwich. While Spud luffs the original Wonka with Gene Wilder and luffs Johnny Depp but could not handle the remake. Music Man was a dayglo abortion of a flick.

While Spud can kinda agree with you that Keaton's Batman was more sombre, the rest of the first cast was less than stellar especially when compared directly to the last one.

/Spud can't agree with everything you say.
//Where's the fun in that?

^_^

Be Well.

Papillon?

Seriously wicked film.

/Excellent book too.

Hoffman and McQueeen were Legend.

Be Well.

Borat

Spud throw the pink panther into that list, it was murdered.

I don't watch many new films anymore, so my list might be a bit on the old side, but here's some I like:

Young Vito Corleone (Robert DeNiro) Godfather II
Quint (Robert Shaw) "Jaws"
Snake Plissken (Kurt Russell) "Escape from NY"
Hans Beckert (Peter Lorre) "M"
Sam Spade (Humphrey Bogart) "Maltese Falcon"
Fred Dobbs (Bogart again) "Treasure of the Sierra Madre
Grandfather (Lionel Barrymore) "The Little Colonel"
Nicky (Christopher Walken) "Deer hunter"
Rocky Sullivan (Jimmy Cagney) "Angels with Diry Faces"
Crash Davis (Kevin costner) "Bull Durham"
Omar Muktar (Anthony Quinn) "Lion of the Desert"
Reggie Dunlop (Paul Newman) "Slapshot"
Rufus T. Firefly (Groucho Marx) "Duck Soup"
James Bond (George Lazenby) On Her Majesty's Secret Service
Terry Malloy (Brando) On the Waterfront
Goubert (Max Von Sydow) "Three Days of the Condor"

Al pachino in devils advocate. Not the greatest movie but the devil was great.

SPUD

Email

No TV, No Beer Make Homer Something Something..."

"Go crazy?"

"Don't mind if i do."

Treehouse of Horror IV (1994)

Bart Simpson: Hey! I found a shortcut through your hedge maze.
Groundskeeper Willy: Why you little...
[thinking]
Groundskeeper Willy: No, no, go easy on the wee one. His father's going to go crazy and chop 'em all into haggis!
Bart Simpson: What's haggis?
Groundskeeper Willy: [gasps] Boy... you read my thoughts! You've got the Shinning.
Bart Simpson: You mean "Shining".
Groundskeeper Willy: [sotto voce] Shh! You want to get sued? Now look, boy: if your Dad goes gaga, you just use that... Shin of yours to call me and I'll come a running. But don't be reading my mind between four and five. That's Willy's time!

Dead Brill.

Be Well.

I can't argue with ANY of those KGBEE.

Yeller

Old Yeller

Ennis Del Mar. Jack Twist.

"This thing grabs ahold us at the wrong time and the wrong place and we're dead."

Jay and Silent Bob from, well just pick a kevin smith movie

Spud throw the Pink Panther into that list, it was murdered.

~Sal

Agreed.

Steve Martin owes Spud $12.50.

Peter Sellers is simply irreplacable.

SPUD

Email

~AU

Ta fer that.

Spud has recieved, read, listened to and responded in that order.

Be Merry.

Be Well.

I can't argue with ANY of those KGBEE

~Mr Soul.

Spud likes 'em all except fer the George Lazenby Bond.

Seriously Dude, you and KGB are on yer own there.

No luff fer Jimmy Stewart yet?

Easily fixed.

Elwood P Dowd ~ Harvey.

Jefferson Smith ~ Mr Smith Goes to Washington

George Bailey ~ It's a Wonderful Life

Alfred Kralik ~ The Shop Around the Corner.

Somebody already mentioned "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance" but Spud wasn't sure if they was referring to John Wayne or Jimmy there. Lee Marvin as Valance was pretty good too.

Be Well.

Anything 'Vincent Price'.

Anything 'Vincent Price'.

~Msgt

John Wayne in The High & The Mighty.

Sam Shepard in The Right Stuff

marlon brando - apocalypse now

Burt Lancaster in The Crimson Pirate

Clint Eastwood

Dirty Harry

The man with no name.

The man with no name.

~Zat

Owns it. Luffs it.

marlon brando - apocalypse now

~Lipzoidial

Marlon was excellent but Sheen made that puppy shine.

Saigon, shit. I'm still only in Saigon. Every time I think I'm going to wake up back in the jungle.

When I was home after my first tour, it was worse. I'd wake up and there'd be nothing...

I hardly said a word to my wife until I said yes to a divorce.

When I was here I wanted to be there. When I was there, all I could think of was getting back into the jungle.

I've been here a week now. Waiting for a mission, getting softer. Every minute I stay in this room I get weaker. And every minute Charlie squats in the bush he gets stronger.

Each time I look around the walls move in a little tighter.

Everyone gets everything he wants. I wanted a mission, and for my sins they gave me one. Brought it up to me like room service."

Be Well.

"marlon brando - apocalypse now"

Not to mention Mutiny on the Bounty.
Dammit.

Bela Lugosi

Planet 9 from Outer Space

Long Duc Dong

"marlon brando - apocalypse now"

Spencer Tracy

The old man and the sea

Not to mention Mutiny on the Bounty.
Dammit.

Posted by CapnBligh

I remember watching that in Japan with Japanese dubbed in.

While Bligh was mouthing "Mr. Christian" he's saying something like (I don't speak Japanese) "Booga .... Sapatoro Uhnga!!"

It was also interesting watching Mothra vs Godzilla where the lips were in sync with the dialoge LOL

"marlon brando - apocalypse now"

The spoof Seinfeld did of that was hilarious. Elaine sent off to Burma to find Mr. Pederman, her boss, to get him to sign for a hat or something. He's in a dimly lit cave wringing out a washcloth.

And the better Hunter S. Thompson?

Jaguar Paw

Apocalypto

Even though it was biographical, John Hurt was amazing as John Merrick in The Elephant Man

Hawkeye

Last of the Mohicans

"Spud likes 'em all except fer the George Lazenby Bond."

Yeah, I would agree that Lazenby was the weakest on KGBEE's list. But I figured as long as he didn't try to sneak Roger Moore or Timothy Dalton on the list, I'd let it slide...

"Bill Murray or Johnny Depp?" as HST

No question...Johnny Depp. Although I'd like to see Bill do it with a better screenplay...might change my mind.

I see a lot of good ones for Marlon. I don't think I saw this one though:

Lee Clayton

The entire cast.

The Longest Day

I'll tell you once, I won't tell you twice, you better wise up, Janet Weiss. Your apple pie don't taste too nice. You better wise up, Janet Weiss.

And the better Hunter S. Thompson?

Bill Murray or Johnny Depp?

~Hans

Both were good.

Depp's was more authentic but Murray's was more watchable.

Yeah, I would agree that Lazenby was the weakest on KGBEE's list. But I figured as long as he didn't try to sneak Roger Moore or Timothy Dalton on the list, I'd let it slide...

~Mr Soul.

Agreed. Roger Moore and Dalton were excruciating to watch in that franchise.

How could we have forgotten Dr. Frank-N-Furter?

D'oh!

Big lapse.

"A mental mind fuck would be nice!"

Bela Lugosi

Planet 9 from Outer Space

/Not to mention "Glenn or Glenda"

Is "Plan 9" but yer point is well taken.

In pointof fact Spud's fave actor from them crazy films was...

Has there ever been a scarier witch than the wicked witch in the Wizard of Oz?

How many of us were scared shitless when she flipped over the sand dial, watching the movie as a kid?

Has there ever been a scarier witch than the wicked witch in the Wizard of Oz?

~EJ

Elphaba?

Agreed.

Margaret Hamilton as TWWotE/TWWotW/ Almira Gultch was a triple threat!

Be Well.

"Howsabout Divine as Babs Johnson in Pink Flamingos?"

How many of us were scared shitless when she flipped over the sand dial, watching the movie as a kid?

#141 | Posted by electricjungle

It made me hard. -The apple throwing Tree

How many of us were scared shitless when she flipped over the sand dial, watching the movie as a kid?

That entire scene, in fact -- all the way to the ed where the tinman is chopping down the door.

How many are old enough to remember when that movie was a once a year network special every January? I never saw it in color until the VHS came out since we did not have a color TV when I was a kid.

And we can't ferget Edie, the egg lady!

~Dave

Try as we might.

That's a mental image that's sure to leave a stain.

The ending of PF aint fer the faint of heart either.

If you've seen it, you know it.

If you haven't, Spud'll spare you.

Be Well.

How about Lee Marvin...

as Monte Walsh in 'Monte Walsh'...and as Kid Shelleen/Tim Strawn in 'Cat Ballou".

Where are you supposed to start The Wizard of Oz when playing The Dark Side of The Moon in sync?

I heard about that, never tried it. Did try what you're supposed to inhale before watching it though. Yes, I admit inhaling.

How about Lee Marvin...

as Monte Walsh in 'Monte Walsh'...and as Kid Shelleen/Tim Strawn in 'Cat Ballou".

Monte Walsh is an excellent film.

Cat Ballou is a fucking classic.

How about Lee in "Our Man Flint" and "In Like Flint"?

Be Well.

One more....

John Cleese as The Black Night

Spud, I think that was Jim Koburn (Coburn?) in the Flint movies.

And Soul, good catch on my earlier bollix.

Louise Fletcher.

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.

Nurse Ratched.

So strongly did people react to that character that people would react aversly to LF on the street fer years afterwords.

Silly people to be sure, but still wot a performance.

Be Well.

The Wild Bunch.

Spud, I believe it was James Coburn in the Flint movies. Both classics!

oops..I see Letusreason has already corrected Spud's error...I'm sorry.

hah! Beat ya to it Soul!

Of course, my mistaking Newman for McQueen... wow that was just embarrassing.

Patton

I heard about that, never tried it. Did try what you're supposed to inhale before watching it though.

I tried. There are a couple of interesting coincidenes, but not enough for a good conspiracy. Sounds like we need a good buffalo bob youtube.com mini-documentary to know for sure, though.

GOAT

email

Sharon Stones gina

Basic Instinct

"Of course, my mistaking Newman for McQueen... wow that was just embarrassing."

I wouldn't be embarrassed. The character McQueen played in Papillon, WAS similiar to Newman's Cool Hand Luke character.

An honest mistake in my book.

"Where are you supposed to start The Wizard of Oz when playing The Dark Side of The Moon in sync?

You start the cd on the third roar of the MGM lion.

I've done it.

Recently.

There are more than a few eerie coincidences.

It only applies to what would be side one of the vinyl disc.

Thanks, DAVE

I'm gonna check it out. First, gotta go see 'the man' LOL

Al Pacino ~ Tony Montana
Cissy Spacek ~ Carrie
Peter Finch ~ Howard Beale
Francis McDormand ~ Marge Gunderson
Micheal Douglas ~ Gordon Gecko
Sidney Poitier ~ Detective Virgil Tibbs
Humphrey Bogart ~ Rick
Ingrid Bergman ~ Ilsa
Errol Flynn ~ Robin Hood
Gloria Swanson ~ Norma Desmond
Bette Davis ~ "Baby" Jane Hudson
Sigourney Weaver ~ Ripley
Jodie Foster ~ Clarice Starling
Geena Davis ~ Thelma
Susan Sarandon ~ Louise
Lawrence Fishburn ~ Morpheus.

Be Well.

Well done Spud...can't even find a 'George Lazenby' on your list.

"I'm gonna check it out. First, gotta go see 'the man' LOL"

More info:

Sister George (Stella Stevens)

Where Angels Go Trouble Follows!

Spud, I think that was Jim Koburn (Coburn?) in the Flint movies

~Let Us Reason

* head desk *

You are correct, sir!

My bad!

Still, they are well worth the bandwidth and the exact opposite of "chick flicks".

Is there a term fer that yet?

"Man Movies" or sommat?

"Fella Flicks"?

Be Well.

DAVE

I thought your link was going to take me to a place to get a cheap lid LOL

And here's a forgotten classic:

The Shark - Jaws

or Ashley - Evil Dead

Sean Penn - Emmet Ray
Johnny Depp - Ed Wood
Martin Landau - Bela Lugosi
Helen Mirren - Morgana
Mickey Rourke - Henry Chinaski
Ellen Burstyn - Sara Goldfarb

Well done Spud...can't even find a 'George Lazenby' on your list.

#166 | Posted by mrsoul62

Ta, and before Spud fergits.

Sean Connery as...

Bond, James Bond.

See also:

Pvt Flanagan ~ The Longest Day
Zed ~ Zardoz
Robin Hood ~ Robin and Marion
Maj. Gen. Robert E. Urquhart ~ A Bridge Too Far
King Agamemnon ~ Time Bandits
Juan Sanchez Villa-Lobos Ramirez ~ Highlander
William of Baskerville ~ The Name of the Rose
Jim Malone ~ The Untouchables

Malone: You said you wanted to get Capone. Do you really wanna get him? You see what I'm saying is, what are you prepared to do?
Ness: Anything within the law.
Malone: And *then* what are you prepared to do? If you open the can on these worms you must be prepared to go all the way. Because they're not gonna give up the fight, until one of you is dead.
Ness: I want to get Capone! I don't know how to do it.
Malone: You wanna know how to get Capone? They pull a knife, you pull a gun. He sends one of yours to the hospital, you send one of his to the morgue. *That's* the *Chicago* way! And that's how you get Capone. Now do you want to do that? Are you ready to do that? I'm offering you a deal. Do you want this deal?
Ness: I have sworn to capture this man with all legal powers at my disposal and I will do so.
Malone: Well, the Lord hates a coward.
[jabs Ness with his hand, and Ness shakes it]
Malone: Do you know what a blood oath is, Mr. Ness?
Ness: Yes.
Malone: Good, 'cause you just took one.

Be Well.

And one of Duvall's greatest characters:

Alistair Sim as Ebaneezer Scrooge in the classic 1951 version of 'A Christmas Carol'

And one of Duvall's greatest characters:

Lt. Col. 'Bull' Meechum

~Dave

Spud totally agrees.

Spud saw that in the theatre when Spud was sixteen and it made an indelible impression.

The soup/vomit gag still cracks Spud up.

Be Well.

Helen Mirren - Morgana

Helen Mirren did a biography of the Kissing Bandit?

/Spud keeds.

Can't disagree with a single pick there.

Kate Blanchet ~ Galadriel
Kate blanchet ~ Elizebeth

Be Well.

"And here's a forgotten classic"

Both the Kate's...Blanchet and Winslet...are very talented ladies.

Mn. Fats (Jackie Gleason)

The Hustler

I'm surprise that this Bond girl wasn't mentioned:

Kim Basinger's left and right nipple

Nine 1/2 Weeks

And speaking of "that" kind of woman:

I'm surprise that this Bond girl wasn't mentioned:

Corinne Clery.

She's the kind of woman who makes you go "o"!!

~Hans

Zoot Allores!

Cherchez la femme!

Yup, she's hawt all right but relative hawtness points were mixed in with cool Bond Girl name points so Holly Goodhead, the other Bond Girl from Moonraker, won out over her on Spud's list there.

Be Well.

"Kim Basinger's left and right nipple"

Yes.

Now you're cooking, Hans!

jack torrance from the shining.
hannibal lectre.
everyone in pulp fiction.

all the best

I was thinkin did anyone here mention GSGT Hartman from Full Metal Jacket?

Holy shit when i watched that film it brought home some memories! You must know that DI has your head from day one UNTIL YOU DIE. I think I have gotten a bit lazy in my older years but sometimes, especially late at night when I go to the bathroom to bursh my teeth i sometimes see my DI in the mirror looking over my shoulder, or when I'm driving or outside alone in the firest hunting I can hear him address me through the sounds of the blowing leaves. Ermey did a unbelievable and frankly PERFECT job as DI Hartman, and not just his voice and face but down to his unwavering stance and then later I found out he really was USMC then I hit myself on the head thinking, "well, duh!!!"

"I was thinkin did anyone here mention GSGT Hartman from Full Metal Jacket?"

absolutely. tis sad that after close to two hundred droppings, he hadn't been mentioned. and he was marvelous.
hal, however, did get early notice, as he should.
other kubrick offerings would be peter sellers in and as dr strangelove, malcolm mcdowell/alex from a clockwork orange, and the aforementioned jack torrance.
i miss stanley.

all the best.

"I was thinkin did anyone here mention GSGT Hartman from Full Metal Jacket"

Actually, reinheitsgebot did mention Hartman earlier. Great movie...great character. Kubrick's movies have been well represented on this thread. As they should be.

Gunnery Sergeant Hartman - Full Metal Jacket

#66 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2008-12-04 04:33 PM |

George C. Scott in Dr. Strangelove was outstandingly bizarre. Sometimes I can't get that march that accompanies the Slim Pickens bomber scenes out of my head.

Everyone in Kelly's Heroes get honorable mention as well.

I can't get that march that accompanies the Slim Pickens bomber scenes out of my head

When Johnny Comes Marching Home Again?

I don't know the name Goatman but I'm going search youtube for it. Thanks.

Former US Marine Corps Drill Instructor R. Lee Ermey was not originally hired to play Gunnery Sgt. Hartman but as a consultant for the Marine Corps boot camp portion of the film. He performed a demonstration on videotape in which he yelled obscene insults and abuse for 15 minutes without stopping, repeating himself or even flinching - despite being continuously pelted with tennis balls and oranges. Stanley Kubrick was so impressed that he cast Ermey as Gunnery Sgt. Hartmann.

That's the name of the tune I'm pretty sure.

That's it. Thanks Goatman.

Jeff Goldblum ~ Seth Brundle aka "The Fly"
Robert DeNiro ~ Jake LaMotta aka "Raging Bull"
Kevin Spacey ~ "Verbal" Kint aka Kayser Soze "The Usual Suspects"
Tim Robbins ~ Andy Dufresne "Shawshank Redemption"
Henry Fonda ~ Juror #8 "12 Angry Men"
Mickey Rourke ~ Marv "Sin City"
Mickey Rourke (again) Johnny Angel "Angelheart"
Robert DeNiro (again) Louis Cyphere "Angelheart"
Charles Chaplin ~Adenoid Hynkel/Barber "The Great Dictator"
Clint Eastwood ~ "William "Bill" Munny "Unforgiven"
Humphrey Bogart ~ Phillip Marlowe "The Big Sleep"
Lauren Bacall ~ Vivian Sternwood Rutledge also "TBS"
Mieko Harada ~ Lady Kaede "Ran"
Tom Berenger ~ Sgt. Bob Barnes "Platoon"
Natalie Portman ~ Evey "V for Vendetta"
Al Pacino ~ Sonny Wortzik "Dog Day Afternoon"
Cary Elwes ~ Westley "The Princess Bride"
Mandy Patinkin ~ Inigo Montoya also "TPB"
Ewen Bremner ~ Spud "Trainspotting"
Bill Murray ~ Phil Conners "Groundhog Day"
Linda Blair ~ Regan "The Exorcist"
Charlton Heston ~ Taylor "Planet of the Apes"
Harvey Keitel ~ The Wolf "Pulp Fiction"
David Caradine ~ Bill "Kill Bill"
Tim Roth ~ Mr Orange "Reservoir Dogs"
Alec Guiness ~ Col Nicholson "Bridge Over the River Kwai"
Dennis Hopper ~ Frank Booth "Blue Velvet"
Maggie Smith ~ Constance Trentham "Gosford Park"
Micheal McKean ~ David St Hubbins "This is Spinal Tap"
William Powell ~ Nick Charles "The Thin Man"
Myrna Loy ~ Nora Charles "The Thin Man"

Be Well.

/Phew, that's Spud fer the night peoples, exiting DR as ya do
stage left.

That's the problem with these superlative links. Everything gets listed!

Bruce Campbell - Elvis in 'Bubba Ho-Tep'

ratso rizzo-midnight cowboy
holly woodlawn-warhol's trash

Bruce Campbell - Elvis in 'Bubba Ho-Tep'

Owns it. Luffs it.

Ossie Davis rawks in that one as well.

Rex already mentioned Campbell's Ash character in Evil Dead so Spud can do naught but concur.

ratso rizzo-midnight cowboy
holly woodlawn-warhol's trash

Yup and yup.

Obscure reference time.

Udo Kier ~ Dracula "Andy Warhol's Dracula"

/Sorry, but any Vampire movie where the lead character pronouces "Virgins" as "Wirgins" is gonna stick with you fer a while.

Sex Pistols ~ as Themselves "Great Rock and Roll Swindle"

/Not characters you say? How very wrong.

Rory Calhoun ~ Vincent Smith "Motel Hell"

/"It takes all kinds of critters to make Farmer Vincent's fritters"
//You'll never look at a piece of Jimmy Dean sausage the same way EVAR again.

Christopher Lee ~ Lord Summerisle "Wicker Man" (1973)

/His greatest role short of Sauron in TLotR

David Patrick Kelly ~ Luthor "Warriors"

/"Warriors, come out and plaaaaaay"

Jake Gyllenhall ~ Donnie Darko "Donnie Darko"

/"Life is one long insane trip. Some people just have better directions"

Jack Nance ~ Henry Spencer "Eraserhead"

/Shout out to the mutant baby, that shiat was creepy!

Bud Cort and Ruth Davis as "Harold and Maude"

/Fer the hanging scene alone.
//If you wanna sing out sing out...

Franka Potente ~ Lola "Run Lola Run"

/Totally unique and engaging film

Guy Pearce ~ Leonard "Memento"

/"Remember Sammy Jenkis"

Emilio Esteves ~ Otto "Repo Man"

/"Wot about our relationship?! Fuck that!"

Katherine Helmond ~ Mrs Ida Lowry "Brazil"

/Plastic surgery disaster par excellence

Wendy O Williams ~ Charlie Chambliss "Reform School Girls"

/Sorry, you either dig WIP flicks or you don't.

Barry Otto ~ Harry Joy "Bliss"

/"After Harry Joy dropped dead... his life was never the same again"
//Shout out to Honey Barbara "A talented amateur"

Kinosukke Nakamora ~ Itto Ogami "Lone Wolf and Cub"

/"Kozure okami" in Japan

Peter Weller ~ Buckaroo Banzai (Adventures across the 8th Dimension)

/"That's John Big Boot'eh not Bigbooty"

The Ramones ~ Themselves "Rock and Roll Highschool"

/If ya watch it you'll wanna be sedated.

Henry Victor ~ Todd Brownings "Freaks"

/"They are going to make you one of them, my Peacock"

Terry Jones ~ Mr Cresote "MP's Meaning of Life"

/"Better get a bucket"

Paul Reubens ~ Pee Wee Herman "Pee Wee's Big Adventure"

/"I know you are, but what am I? Infinity!"

Be Well.

Karen Black ... Trilogy of Terror.

Made fer TV movie in which Karen the Queen of Scream played four roles.

Julie / Millicent Larimore / Therese Larimore / Amelia

Fuggin' classic.

Be Well.

Uncle Buck!

Jessica Rabbit

Jessica Rabbit

"I'm not bad I'm just drawn that way"

/The legendary single frame upskirt shot anyone?

Be Well.

"to know life, igor, is to fuck it in the gall bladder"

Amazing lists by all...

Anything with Bogart, Costner, Hanks, Newman and McQueen and Harrison Ford.

Ferris Bueller, Josh Baskin, Gump, Hans Solo, Indiana Jones, Rick Blaine, Cool Hand Luke and Thomas Crowne (yummy) Lt. John Dunbar, Crash Davis and Henry Gondorff.

Most everything with Meryl Streep, Sally Fields, and Sigourney Weaver, Barbra Streisand.

Scarlett O'Hara, Ripley, Lara Croft, and Tuwanda (Fried Green Tomatoes) and Miranda Priestly, Katie Morosky, Norma Rae.

a second thought on this brought television's 'deadwood' to mind. al swearengen, played by ian mcshane is as good a villain as anything in any bond film.
he'd buy someone a drink, call them a cocksucker, and cut their throat in as timely and entertaining a manner as i've ever seen.
pisses me off that hbo unceremoniously dropped it without so much as a finale.

all the best.