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mark414 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-13-06 07:11 PM Original message |
what are the best actor portrayals of real people? |
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DawgHouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-13-06 07:13 PM Response to Original message |
1. Sissy Spacek as Loretta Lynn. |
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kerstin (519 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-13-06 08:04 PM Original message |
One of the best portrayals ever. |
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DawgHouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-13-06 08:14 PM Response to Original message |
28. I know! I get Sissy and Loretta mixed up all the time now! |
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Rabrrrrrr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-13-06 07:13 PM Response to Original message |
2. Anthony Hopkins as Nixon and also as Titus; Kingsley as Gandhi |
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Aristus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-13-06 08:36 PM Response to Reply #2 |
34. Hmm. Titus Andronicus is a fictional character. Although he may be |
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Rabrrrrrr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-13-06 08:42 PM Response to Reply #34 |
37. Oops - you're right! He was fictional. Sorry! But Hopkins was goddamned |
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Aristus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-13-06 08:48 PM Response to Reply #37 |
41. I've STILL never seen the movie. And me, pretending to be this big |
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tigereye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-14-06 09:07 AM Response to Reply #41 |
72. my husband still wants to see Titus |
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everythingsxen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-14-06 01:35 AM Response to Reply #2 |
66. He made a decent Hitler as well.... |
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CBGLuthier (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-13-06 07:14 PM Response to Original message |
3. Damn, you didn't leave any for us |
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Karenca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-13-06 08:12 PM Response to Reply #3 |
26. Leonardo was also |
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stanwyck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-13-06 09:46 PM Response to Reply #3 |
55. I was skeptical of DiCaprio |
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CBGLuthier (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-13-06 09:57 PM Response to Reply #55 |
56. I iked Celebrity somewhat |
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Rabrrrrrr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-13-06 07:15 PM Response to Original message |
4. George C. Scott as Patton |
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GOPisEvil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-13-06 07:16 PM Response to Original message |
5. I think Will Smith did a good job as Ali and Jamie Foxx as Ray Charles |
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Rabrrrrrr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-13-06 07:16 PM Response to Original message |
6. Hal Holbrook's Mark Twain |
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Rabrrrrrr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-13-06 07:18 PM Response to Original message |
7. Adrien Brody as Wladyslaw Szpilman |
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Left Is Write (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-13-06 07:20 PM Response to Original message |
8. Arnold Schwarzenegger as Mickey Hargitay. |
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bertha katzenengel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-13-06 08:48 PM Response to Reply #8 |
40. DID he portray Hargitay? |
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Left Is Write (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-13-06 09:17 PM Response to Reply #40 |
43. Yes, he did. |
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bertha katzenengel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-13-06 09:38 PM Response to Reply #43 |
54. jesus h. christ on toast |
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RevolutionaryActs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-13-06 07:21 PM Response to Original message |
9. I thought Joaquin Phoenix did a great job as Johnny Cash |
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YellowRubberDuckie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-13-06 07:46 PM Response to Reply #9 |
15. Val Kilmer was posessed by the ghost of Jim... |
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Broken_Hero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-14-06 01:30 AM Response to Reply #15 |
65. Agreed....:) I knew somebody had to mention val/jim...nt |
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MountainLaurel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-13-06 07:48 PM Response to Reply #9 |
17. Phoenix was uncanny n/t |
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Karenca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-13-06 08:09 PM Response to Reply #9 |
24. Phoenix |
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kerstin (519 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-13-06 07:25 PM Response to Original message |
10. Jimmy Stewart as Glenn Miller. |
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Rabrrrrrr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-13-06 07:27 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. And Steve Allen as Benny Goodman |
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kerstin (519 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-13-06 07:47 PM Response to Reply #11 |
16. Yes! |
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bbinacan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-13-06 10:18 PM Response to Reply #10 |
60. Yep n/t |
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Mike03 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-13-06 07:34 PM Response to Original message |
12. Strongly agree with your first two picks (Depp and Hoffman) |
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Spider Jerusalem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-13-06 07:38 PM Response to Original message |
13. Peter O'Toole as T.E. Lawrence. |
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Adenoid_Hynkel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-13-06 07:40 PM Response to Original message |
14. david strathairn as edward r murrow |
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elperromagico (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-13-06 08:04 PM Response to Reply #14 |
20. Agree on both. |
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Adenoid_Hynkel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-13-06 08:14 PM Response to Reply #20 |
27. kaufman had a subtlety to his madness |
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elperromagico (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-13-06 08:26 PM Response to Reply #27 |
31. With Kaufman, the joke was that he wasn't joking. |
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Rabrrrrrr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-13-06 08:40 PM Response to Reply #14 |
35. Carrey as Kaufman was an abomination |
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kerstin (519 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-13-06 07:57 PM Response to Original message |
18. Glenda Jackson as Queen Elizabeth. |
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elperromagico (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-13-06 08:01 PM Response to Original message |
19. Jamie Foxx as Ray Charles. |
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elperromagico (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-13-06 08:06 PM Response to Original message |
21. Oh, and George Burns as God. |
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swag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-13-06 08:06 PM Response to Original message |
22. Faye Dunaway as Joan Crawford. |
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terrya (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-14-06 09:16 AM Response to Reply #22 |
76. Exactly what I was going to say. |
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swag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-15-06 03:46 PM Response to Reply #76 |
104. I saw a flyer for an audience participation 25th Anniversary Screening |
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Karenca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-13-06 08:08 PM Response to Original message |
23. Charlize Theron as Aileen Wuornos (Monster)J |
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Cannikin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-13-06 10:31 PM Response to Reply #23 |
61. I second Charlize |
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SKKY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-14-06 01:08 PM Response to Reply #23 |
97. I'll third Charlize... |
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izzybeans (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-13-06 08:10 PM Response to Original message |
25. I was going to say Hank Azaria as Tucker Carlsen but I don't think |
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Adenoid_Hynkel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-13-06 08:15 PM Response to Original message |
29. can never decide on robert downey jr as chaplin |
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sir_captain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-13-06 08:28 PM Response to Reply #29 |
33. You just beat me to it! |
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kerstin (519 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-13-06 08:22 PM Response to Original message |
30. Was Norma Rae an actual person? |
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RoyGBiv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-13-06 10:59 PM Response to Reply #30 |
62. Loosely based ... |
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sir_captain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-13-06 08:27 PM Response to Original message |
32. Robert Downey Jr as Charlie Chaplin |
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tigereye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-14-06 09:08 AM Response to Reply #32 |
73. best thing Downey has done! |
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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-14-06 09:17 AM Response to Reply #32 |
77. That movie made me check out Charlie Chaplin movies |
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sir_captain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-14-06 10:23 AM Response to Reply #77 |
85. I agree |
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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-14-06 10:27 AM Response to Reply #85 |
86. Hell I own the DVD with all his later classics |
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sir_captain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-14-06 10:44 AM Response to Reply #86 |
88. Oh, you're so right |
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Seabiscuit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-14-06 04:46 PM Response to Reply #32 |
102. Ditto. The BEST. |
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freethought (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-13-06 08:41 PM Response to Original message |
36. Bruce Greenwood as JFK in "13 Days" |
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bertha katzenengel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-13-06 08:44 PM Response to Original message |
38. Jeremy Irons as Klaus von Bulow - he was great. I also liked |
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elperromagico (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-13-06 08:47 PM Response to Original message |
39. Powers Boothe as Jim Jones. |
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Left Is Write (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-13-06 09:17 PM Response to Reply #39 |
45. Oooh! Good choice. |
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begin_within (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-13-06 08:50 PM Response to Original message |
42. Vanessa Redgrave as Isadora Duncan |
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kerstin (519 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-13-06 09:25 PM Response to Reply #42 |
47. Vanessa Redgrave in Julia. |
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Spider Jerusalem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-13-06 09:58 PM Response to Reply #47 |
57. And Vanessa Redgrave as Mary, Queen of Scots. |
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Montauk6 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-14-06 02:26 PM Response to Reply #57 |
98. BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY... Vanessa Redgrave as Dr. Renee Richards |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-13-06 09:17 PM Response to Original message |
44. Powers Boothe as Jim Jones, Frederic Forrest as Dashiell Hammett... |
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Jamastiene (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-13-06 09:21 PM Response to Original message |
46. Gary Oldman as anyone he has ever played. |
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mark414 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-13-06 09:27 PM Response to Original message |
48. ohh i need to add forest whitaker as idi amin |
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tigereye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-14-06 09:11 AM Response to Reply #48 |
74. that was kind of shocking, wasn't it? |
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kerstin (519 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-13-06 09:30 PM Response to Original message |
49. Dustin Hoffman as Lenny Bruce. n/t |
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kerstin (519 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-13-06 09:34 PM Response to Reply #49 |
52. Anne Coulter as Corilla Deville. n/t |
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ContraBass Black (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-13-06 09:31 PM Response to Original message |
50. Denzel Washington as Malcom X. |
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mark414 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-13-06 09:32 PM Response to Reply #50 |
51. another one i regretfully neglected |
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u4ic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-13-06 09:38 PM Response to Original message |
53. Albert Finney as Winston Churchill |
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lost-in-nj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-13-06 10:15 PM Response to Original message |
58. Val Kilmer and Michael Douglas |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-13-06 10:16 PM Response to Original message |
59. Stephen Fry as Oscar Wilde and Max von Sydow as Knut Hamsun |
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Bridget Burke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-14-06 09:19 AM Response to Reply #59 |
79. Stephen Fry was born to play Oscar.... |
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begin_within (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-13-06 11:36 PM Response to Original message |
63. Martin Landau as Bela Lugosi |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-14-06 03:08 AM Response to Reply #63 |
69. You are correct. nt. |
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Bucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-13-06 11:41 PM Response to Original message |
64. I forget her name, but who played Sophia Loren in that TV biopic movie? |
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benny05 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-14-06 01:47 AM Response to Original message |
67. Not certain best, but good ones by these fine actresses |
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Monk06 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-14-06 01:59 AM Response to Original message |
68. Gary Busey as Buddy Holly |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-14-06 03:11 AM Response to Original message |
70. Geoffrey Rush as Peter Sellers. James Cagney as Lon Chaney. |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-14-06 09:04 AM Response to Original message |
71. Jack Lemmon as Ed Horman in Missing |
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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-14-06 09:15 AM Response to Original message |
75. Haing S. Ngor as Dith Pran in "The Killing Fields" |
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RedStateShame (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-14-06 09:18 AM Response to Original message |
78. Paul Giamatti as Harvey Pekar |
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Phillycat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-14-06 09:20 AM Response to Original message |
80. Jamie Foxx as Ray Charles |
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NYCGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-14-06 09:25 AM Response to Original message |
81. Woody Harrelson as Larry Flynt |
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Richardo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-14-06 09:27 AM Response to Original message |
82. Jason Robards as Ben Bradlee in 'All The President's Men' |
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MnFats (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-14-06 10:15 AM Response to Reply #82 |
84. I once toured WAPO';s newsroom. there was Bradlee in his office... |
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RedStateShame (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-14-06 09:34 AM Response to Original message |
83. And my selection for best portrayl of an actual person yet to happen... |
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bif (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-14-06 10:27 AM Response to Original message |
87. The guy who played Truman Capote |
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wildhorses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-14-06 10:46 AM Response to Original message |
89. Joaquin Phoenix as Johnny Cash and |
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Vidar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-14-06 10:54 AM Response to Original message |
90. Cate Blanchett as Katherine Hepburn in The Aviator. |
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CBHagman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-14-06 12:39 PM Response to Original message |
91. My grandmother would say Cagney as George M. Cohan. |
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Lilith Velkor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-14-06 12:46 PM Response to Original message |
92. Jim Broadbent as Boss Tweed (Gangs of New York) |
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schmuls (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-14-06 12:49 PM Response to Original message |
93. In what movie did Johnny Depp play Hunter S. Thompson? I'd |
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Reverend_Smitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-14-06 12:53 PM Response to Reply #93 |
94. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas |
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schmuls (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-14-06 12:57 PM Response to Reply #94 |
96. Oh yes, I forgot about that one...thanks |
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Zavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-14-06 12:56 PM Response to Original message |
95. Robert Duvall as Stalin. |
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Montauk6 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-14-06 02:32 PM Response to Original message |
99. Jack Nicholson as Eugene O'Neill and Jimmy Hoffa |
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Montauk6 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-14-06 02:36 PM Response to Original message |
100. Ralph Fiennes as Amon Goeth |
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UncleSepp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-14-06 03:47 PM Response to Original message |
101. Bruno Ganz as Hitler in "Der Untergang" |
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anarch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-14-06 04:48 PM Response to Original message |
103. all those guys in Band of Brothers |
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