Friday O/T
by Drew Davis on Oct 23, 2009 1:35 PM EDT
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I'm too lazy to throw a poll up, so I leave it to our learned audience to decide the following: Who had the best cameo, un-credited role, or very small role in a movie? I list my favorites, which you can vote on, or you can include your own.
Brad Pitt in True Romance
Philip Seymour Hoffman in The Big Lebowski (can't find a F***ing clip)
PSH again, Almost Famous (you have to wait for it)
Tom Cruise in Tropic Thunder
Discuss.
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I am completely biased
toward anything PSH does. Well, except maybe his squirmy 25th Hour role, and that really depressing movie about his wife’s suicide, but he was so great in Mr. Ripley and Charlie Wilson’s War that I don’t care.
"Harder! Better! Faster! Stronger!" Philippe Gilbert
by Chris Fontecchio on Oct 23, 2009 1:50 PM EDT reply actions
Brad Pitt in True Romance
Come on – honey bear bong? – it doesn’t get any better than that.
Flahutes: Harden the F--k Up!
Wow. This is more off topic than the freed salmon in Northern CA post I put up.
::passes over the trophy for Most Off Topic PdC Post to Drew::
I liked that post!!
"Harder! Better! Faster! Stronger!" Philippe Gilbert
by Chris Fontecchio on Oct 23, 2009 2:42 PM EDT up reply actions
Kenneth Mars in "Young Frankenstein"
Steve Martin in “The Muppet Movie”
Bill Paxton in “Aliens”
Michael Lonsdale in “Ronin”
Robert De Niro in “Brazil”
Brad Pitt in “12 Monkeys”
Brad Pitt in “Snatch”
Mako in “Conan The Barbarian”
Harvey Keitel in “Pulp Fiction”
Alec Baldwin in “Glengarry Glen Ross”
Robert Shaw in “From Russia With Love”
Sam Neill in “Hunt for Red October”
Sean Connery in “Highlander”
Vin Diesel in “The Iron Giant”
Bill Duke in “Predator”
Bill Duke in “The Limey”
Alexander Godunov in “Die Hard”
Al Leong in everything Al Leong has ever been in
Richard Castellano in “The Godfather”
Frank Vincent in “Goodfellas”
Vladimir Kulich in “13th Warrior”
Ok that’s enough for now…
"Jens! is my favorite rider. I love watching him handing out plates of hot, steaming suffer!" - Mahatma Gandhi
Bill Duke open to interpretation?
“Gonna have me some fun! Gonna have me some fun!”
“There’s just one thing I don’t understand”
"Jens! is my favorite rider. I love watching him handing out plates of hot, steaming suffer!" - Mahatma Gandhi
I can only comment on movies I've seen
How’d you get trapped into that one Ted?
I mean uh... hasn't that ever occurred to you, man? Sir?
Haven't seen it either
Did see Michael Palin on the BBC Culture Show last night where he said that he played a small role in the movie that got cut in the editing room. According to him, probably because he made Tom Hanks look wooden.
Sorry gents
The cool cameo by which all cool cameos are judged…
"Harder! Better! Faster! Stronger!" Philippe Gilbert
by Chris Fontecchio on Oct 23, 2009 2:34 PM EDT reply actions
Oh Please
It’s not even the best cameo in that movie.
See Ford, Harrison. That is all.
I mean uh... hasn't that ever occurred to you, man? Sir?
pfft
Harrison Ford in Apocalypse Now = Spaulding Gray in The Killing Fields. Future star playing a bureaucrat. Whatever.
Ask yourself this: could someone else have done the Harrison Ford role? Now how about Hopper’s?
"Harder! Better! Faster! Stronger!" Philippe Gilbert
by Chris Fontecchio on Oct 23, 2009 2:52 PM EDT up reply actions
It's not future star playing beuracrat
It’s Han Solo playing a CIA bagman. Huge difference.
I mean uh... hasn't that ever occurred to you, man? Sir?
That is not even a cameo
that is a "best supporting actor’ type of role. Way to big of a role for this… Oh, and Drew, the best cameo in that movie was Linda Carpenter, miss August, 1976
Jimbo Wins
And he’s also correct about the size of the role.
I mean uh... hasn't that ever occurred to you, man? Sir?
Oh, I have been served, have I?
Sure, you can keep moving the line around, but that movie was 72 hours long and Dennis Hopper was only on screen for about 10 minutes.
"Harder! Better! Faster! Stronger!" Philippe Gilbert
by Chris Fontecchio on Oct 23, 2009 3:03 PM EDT up reply actions
no
you’re thinking of the bar scene in Star Wars. That was an Ed’s League moment if ever there was one.
"Harder! Better! Faster! Stronger!" Philippe Gilbert
by Chris Fontecchio on Oct 23, 2009 10:57 PM EDT up reply actions
Agree to disagree
Though I will grant you it’s an excellent role for Dennis and probably could not have been played by another. Unless Hunter S. was available.
I mean uh... hasn't that ever occurred to you, man? Sir?
Dennis earns extra points
for his “sicilians” scene with Walken in True Romance.
Walken in Pulp Fiction deserves mention too. “and I kept that uncomfortable hunk of metal…….”
...up my ass for another 3 years."
I would actually take Walken over Hopper in True Romance as the better cameo, but imo he had better dialog to work with.
I mean uh... hasn't that ever occurred to you, man? Sir?
Ehhhhhhhhhhhhhhh... dis guy... dis fuckin' guy!
"Jens! is my favorite rider. I love watching him handing out plates of hot, steaming suffer!" - Mahatma Gandhi
In any of them. Yes, I agree.
"If I were World Road Race Champion, I would wear black shorts. That probably has more to do with me being on the wiser side of 30 and understanding better that the decisions I make now never really go away. White shorts would not be something I'd be proud of...." - David Millar, in Rouleur.
Always vote for the guy from Skåne?
Staring at the swim team gets you killed by a gang of dancing ninja men who know how to twirl.
by TheFigurehead on Oct 23, 2009 3:33 PM EDT up reply actions
Lemme guess
Death?
"Harder! Better! Faster! Stronger!" Philippe Gilbert
by Chris Fontecchio on Oct 23, 2009 3:41 PM EDT up reply actions
ha!
"Harder! Better! Faster! Stronger!" Philippe Gilbert
by Chris Fontecchio on Oct 23, 2009 3:03 PM EDT up reply actions
I thought he was weak in the final scenes
but I found him more believable than in the role he played in Chrono des Nations
definitely a good pick
but i preferred his cameo in the 2007 TDF, much more dramatic, a real roller coaster performance
I'm surprised at you tedvdw
I wouldn’t have expected you to notice anyone but Sharon Stone in that movie
Neil Patrick Harris was pretty funny in...
by Merry Crankster on Oct 23, 2009 3:19 PM EDT reply actions
Shaq in Kazaam...
oh no wait, he was the stare role in that movie, no kidding it sucked.
Dammit Elk! I don't care if it's your mating season, you are disturbing my peaceful sleep! Just STFU!
You're perilously close to a shunning, Phil.
I mean uh... hasn't that ever occurred to you, man? Sir?
wood harris
who plays avon barksdale in the wire, plays a delivery guy in as good as it gets. i’ll try and find a clip
"well...you live in england so: you love the rain. loves the queen. hates cycling. based on mr bean had a tremendous amount of humour. all ride in a mini cooper. all getting drunk before the age of 12. getting drunk at least 3 times a day."- frinking, 7/9/09
wasn't he a busboy? or other member of waitstaff?
he gave Melvin Carol’s address though, and in doing so served a major plot function
Man,it's a total Nibali fest in here today.
I mean uh... hasn't that ever occurred to you, man? Sir?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Wl_uQOABxg
"Jens! is my favorite rider. I love watching him handing out plates of hot, steaming suffer!" - Mahatma Gandhi
The executioner in Blazing Saddles.
"Jens! is my favorite rider. I love watching him handing out plates of hot, steaming suffer!" - Mahatma Gandhi
Jerry Lewis in It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
I mean uh... hasn't that ever occurred to you, man? Sir?
James Earl Jones in Dr. Strangelove
"Jens! is my favorite rider. I love watching him handing out plates of hot, steaming suffer!" - Mahatma Gandhi
Ernest Borgnine in Escape from New York
"Jens! is my favorite rider. I love watching him handing out plates of hot, steaming suffer!" - Mahatma Gandhi
William Burroughs
in Drugstore Cowboy.
"Harder! Better! Faster! Stronger!" Philippe Gilbert
by Chris Fontecchio on Oct 23, 2009 4:48 PM EDT reply actions
Eddie Vedder
in Singles.
"Harder! Better! Faster! Stronger!" Philippe Gilbert
by Chris Fontecchio on Oct 23, 2009 4:55 PM EDT reply actions
eddie vedder
in walk hard. perhaps the stupidest/best film ever made.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dj-nRgqfA-k
"well...you live in england so: you love the rain. loves the queen. hates cycling. based on mr bean had a tremendous amount of humour. all ride in a mini cooper. all getting drunk before the age of 12. getting drunk at least 3 times a day."- frinking, 7/9/09
Where the fack are you guys talking about?!
But maybe I can say here..
The special effects were special but so completely out of line in Die Hard 4.0.
Well that said.. I’m out
Since we're on the film topic
did anyone see the Race Across the Sky flick last night besides me?
No horn, watch for finger.
most of my riding
friends did. I, of course, did not. And didn’t make it to the event I was supposed to be at. Figures.
I liked it
It gave you a real good feel for the whole course, I wish every race could have such a documentary done. You could almost use it as a study for riding the course. Dave Weins is indeed the “favorite son” at that event and that was brought out in the film. Some really great stories thrown in to the mix as well.
No horn, watch for finger.
Downtown Chicago all lost out last night.
They couldn’t get the feed so it was a no go. It is said to be aired again Nov. 12th.
I'm ready for this road season to wrap up. Bring on Cross!
One more
Eddy Merckx, American Flyers.
[crickets]
"Harder! Better! Faster! Stronger!" Philippe Gilbert
by Chris Fontecchio on Oct 23, 2009 5:56 PM EDT reply actions
I'm really biased but I love
John Vande Velde’s role in Breaking Away. :-)
I'm ready for this road season to wrap up. Bring on Cross!
The marmotte in The Big Lebowski.
Now I’m getting outa here!
"If I were World Road Race Champion, I would wear black shorts. That probably has more to do with me being on the wiser side of 30 and understanding better that the decisions I make now never really go away. White shorts would not be something I'd be proud of...." - David Millar, in Rouleur.
annie hall
A 2 for 1 deal:
Christopher Walken
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGPcSd7DDLk
Jeff Goldblum
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oPh59jOoiEs
Marshall McLuhan.
"Harder! Better! Faster! Stronger!" Philippe Gilbert
by Chris Fontecchio on Oct 24, 2009 12:45 PM EDT up reply actions
This.
When I'm on the mic, I'm like global warming, you can't ignore me.
by tehGrindCrusher on Oct 25, 2009 7:57 AM EDT up reply actions
Brad Pitt in 'Inglorious Basterds'
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
'Good Ole boy' accent from the South
but not Texas. I feel sure that there are people better qualified to talk about this ;( It was ironic – but you got that I suppose… Brilliant film!
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
That openings scene was serious the most briljant openings scene EVER in a movie..
And when they were talking Italien.. That was briljant! Buon Journo
Totally agree! I was holding my breath... to no avail..
I couldn’t believe how much i loved the whole film. the German actor who played the Nazi officer was stunning, as was the French(?) actress.
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
The German was truly stunning..
Can we nominate him here or was his ‘play’ to big? And the French was ok.. Not very good..
The basement scene was also beautiful. He brought it very slow to a climax. I know he do that in all his movies but this was the first one I really liked of Tarentino
The part he 'played' was too big for nomination here, but he was spectacular
Agree not only about the basement scene but also Tarantino. I’ve always hated that much violence, even though it’s satirical, but in this film everything was so amazing, I coped with the gore. The basement scene was unbelievably suspenseful.
You have an artist’s eye Frinking :)
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
My eyes!
I think when I’m really interested I get to eager to speak and i overlook the reply button.
With the ’artist’s eye’, you may be right but mine is learned, given your age I’m thinking you’re a natural. And Jens compared you (oblquely), to Hunter S. Thompson… very cool.
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
lol.. obliquely is a word!
And have to read more about the Hunter S. Thompson.. I looked him up bu already forgot who he was
Considered to be one of the best journalists/ authors
of the twentieth century. Have you heard of ‘gonzo’ journalism? He was the king. He wrote for ‘Rolling Stone’ for years, plus books like ‘fear and Loathing in Las Vegas’. Hero to a generation of writers :)
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
one of my all-time favorites
As long as you don’t think too much about his real-life persona.
"Harder! Better! Faster! Stronger!" Philippe Gilbert
by Chris Fontecchio on Oct 24, 2009 12:47 PM EDT up reply actions
crazy american drug-crazed journalist
i’m sure some others here can give you a better idea – or even wiki. Has lots of huge fans – wrote some books – covered mostly sports i think – sort of a legend and certainly one of a kind.
Is this instead of a polemica on Thompson?
But the beach was a balmy 27 degrees :)
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
huh?
no polemica from me. I don’t have any opinion of him. Never managed to have an appreciation for him but maybe just didn’t look enough. I know lots who love the guy. When i said drug-crazed i didn’t mean this as a negative – thompson surely didn’t either.
None from me either :)
I was just trying to divine Ted’s meaning… as for me, I admire his work, but I don’t always love it…
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
He had a hot streak
from about 1968-75. After Nixon resigned, he started losing his edge. A lot of his newer work feels totally rehashed. But it would be totally in character for him to milk everyone for cash by shamelessly rehashing old material.
"Harder! Better! Faster! Stronger!" Philippe Gilbert
by Chris Fontecchio on Oct 24, 2009 12:48 PM EDT up reply actions
Biggest thing in many ways is that he inspired writers and readers to think differently
about journalism. And if we start thinking about his real life persona about half the greats would be banned :(
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
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