greatest characters in the history of cinema

daystar · **Joined:** Sun Apr 17, 2005 10:14 pm **Posts:** 3298

shiv Wrote:

I have the box set of the first eight movies but haven't watched it yet. I want to try and do it all in one sitting.

that'd be quite a feat. 16 hours of watching movies. damn.

shiv · **Posted:** Sat May 14, 2005 4:05 pm

DayStar Wrote:

shiv Wrote:

I have the box set of the first eight movies but haven't watched it yet. I want to try and do it all in one sitting.

that'd be quite a feat. 16 hours of watching movies. damn.

One of my ex-roomies watched the whole first season of 24 in one sitting.

Aural Fixation · **Posted:** Sat May 14, 2005 4:26 pm

Slim Pickens

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Audrey Hepburn as "Holly Golightly" -- BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY'S

Damn, how could I have forgotten Clint Eastwood?

tentoze · **Posted:** Sat May 14, 2005 4:37 pm

Danny and Peachy

Aural Fixation · **Posted:** Sat May 14, 2005 4:45 pm

Linda Blair as "Regan" in The Exorcist

legonads · **Posted:** Sat May 14, 2005 5:36 pm

duckyboy · **Posted:** Sat May 14, 2005 5:54 pm

Walter Huston as Scratch in The Devil and Daniel Webster

ayah · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 12:03 pm **Posts:** 6402

duckyboy Wrote:

Walter Huston as Scratch in The Devil and Daniel Webster

this is a freaking great movie.

no guru · **Posted:** Sat May 14, 2005 7:08 pm

several more:

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Baron Munchausen (Sir John Neville)

Darth Vader (Dave Prowse/James Earl Jones)

Gollum (Andy Serkis + great CGI)

William “Bill the Butcher” Cutting (Daniel Day-Lewis in Gangs Of New York)

Edward Scissorhands (Johnny Depp)

Captain Ahab

paper · **Posted:** Sat May 14, 2005 9:56 pm

Radcliffe Wrote:

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Fenster

I said he'll flip you, flip you for real.

paper · **Posted:** Sat May 14, 2005 10:04 pm

Dennis Hopper as Shooter in Hoosiers

Gregory Peck as Atticus Finch in To Kill a Mockingbird

Hegel · **Posted:** Sat May 14, 2005 10:19 pm

Duh.

I am not sure if it's one of the greatest characters ever, but they sure got the right guy to play it.

The Devil/Devil's Advocate

Ellen Burstyn/Requiem for a Dream

Billzebub · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 10:26 pm **Posts:** 6459

Bricktop: "Snatch"

Bricktop Wrote:

Do you know what "nemesis" means? A righteous infliction of retribution manifested by an appropriate agent. Personified in this case by an 'orrible cunt... me.

Harmonica: "Once Upon A Time In The West"

Harmonica Wrote:

Your friends have a high mortality rate Frank.

Aural Fixation · **Posted:** Sat May 14, 2005 10:41 pm

g Wrote:

Ha! I love you, Leo! But not as much as I love Grommit!

jewels santana · **Joined:** Thu Nov 04, 2004 2:36 pm **Posts:** 10198

Z Wrote:

and for my obvious pick:

obvious or not, i can't believe how long it took to mention this.

jewels santana · **Joined:** Thu Nov 04, 2004 2:36 pm **Posts:** 10198

amazing duo . . .

no guru · **Posted:** Sat May 14, 2005 11:06 pm

also:

Doc Holiday (Val Kilmer in Tombstone)

Jeff "The Dude" Lebowski (Jeff Bridges)

Lars Thorwald (Raymond Burr in Rear Window)

and, though I can't find a photo that will link properly:

Johnny "Two Dollars" Gasparini (Demian Slade in Better Off Dead)

legonads · **Posted:** Sat May 14, 2005 11:23 pm

Aural Fixation Wrote:

Ha! I love you, Leo! But not as much as I love Grommit!

I don't love myself as much as I love Gromit, either.

billy g · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 1:41 pm **Posts:** 9020

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legonads · **Posted:** Sun May 15, 2005 12:31 am

Marv was pretty awesome.

Dunwoody Dude · **Joined:** Wed Nov 03, 2004 11:20 am **Posts:** 2869

Alfie

Ripley

Kilgore

Ralphie

Harry Callahan

Marge Gunderson

Rhett & Scarlet

Fast Eddie

Virgil Tibbs

George Bailey

HideousLump · **Posted:** Sun May 15, 2005 1:52 am

Jack Nance in Eraserhead

Groucho Marx and Margaret Dumont in Duck Soup or really any of their seven films together

Bruno Ganz in Wings of Desire

Buster Keaton in The General or any of his silents

Boris Karloff as The Monster in Frankenstein and Bride of Frankenstein

Mel Blanc as Daffy Duck and Bugs Bunny

Jeff Bridges and Rosie Perez in Fearless

Robert Mitchum in Night of the Hunter

F. Murray Abraham in Amadeus

Spoon beat me to The Passion of Joan of Arc. Bastard.

Elvis Fu · **Posted:** Sun May 15, 2005 2:00 am

HideousLump Wrote:

Groucho Marx and Margaret Dumont in Duck Soup or really any of their seven films together

One man standing ovation for you, sir.

HideousLump · **Posted:** Sun May 15, 2005 2:56 pm

Elvis Fu Wrote:

HideousLump Wrote:

Groucho Marx and Margaret Dumont in Duck Soup or really any of their seven films together

One man standing ovation for you, sir.

One day I am going to get two cats and name them Margaret Dumont and Eleanor Bron.

tentoze · **Posted:** Sun May 15, 2005 3:18 pm

Personal favorites:

Billy Pilgrim (Michael Sacks)

Petulia and Archie (Julie Christie & George C. Scott)

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