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Old 02-22-2005, 04:29 PM   #1 of 11
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Favorite movie characters


I'd like to see a list of fellow forum members' favorite movie characters:

For me i'd say (to just name a few):

Al Pacino - Ricky Roma - Glen Gary Glenross
Tommy Lee Jones - Sam Gerard - The Fugitive
Alec Baldwin - Dr. Jed Hill - Malice
Daniel Day-Lewis - Bill "The Butcher" Cutting - Gangs...
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Old 02-22-2005, 04:33 PM   #2 of 11
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Sigourney Weaver, Ripley in Alien

Margaret Hamilton, WW of the West in Wizard of Oz

Linda Hamilton, Sarah Conner in Terminator 2
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Old 02-23-2005, 01:32 PM   #3 of 11
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-Darth Vader - The Empire Strikes Back
-Bill the Butcher' Cutting - Gangs Of New York
-Vito and Michael Corleone - Godfather parts 1 & 2
-Lt Colonel Bill Kilgore - Apocalyse Now
-HAL 9000 - 2001 A Space Odyssey
-Tuco Benedito and Joe/Blondie- The Good The Bad & The Ugly
-Ma Chao-hsing - Shaw Bros Shaolin films
-Anyone Toshiro Mifuni played



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Old 02-23-2005, 04:19 PM   #4 of 11
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Sean Penn - Jeff Spicoli - Fast Times at Ridgemont High
Harrison Ford - Indiana Jones - Raiders of the Lost Arc
Leslie Nielsen - Frank Drebin - Naked Gun
Kevin Spacey - Lester Burnham - American Beauty
Bob Gunton - Warden Samuel Norton - Shawshank Redemption
Steven Root - Milton Waddams - Office Space
Faye Dunaway - Joan Crawford - Mommy Dearest
Jack Nicholson - Jack Torrance - The Shining



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Old 02-24-2005, 08:55 AM   #5 of 11
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More of a favorite films list, for me:

Ellwood P. Dowd - James Stewart - Harvey
Lucas 'Cool Hand' Jackson - Paul Newman - Cool Hand Luke
Alexander de Large - Malcolm McDowell - A Clockwork Orange
Frank - Henry Fonda - Once Upon A Time In The West
Tuco - Eli Wallach - The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
Charlie Allnut - Humphrey Bogart - The African Queen
Insp. Jacques Clouseau - Peter Sellers - The Pink Panther series.
Douglas 'Doug' Roberts - Henry Fonda - Mister Roberts
HAL - Douglas Rain - 2001: A Space Odyssey

- Walter.
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Old 02-24-2005, 09:56 AM   #6 of 11
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Old 02-24-2005, 09:58 AM   #7 of 11
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Off the top of my head and in no order:


Dr. David Huxley (Cary Grant) in Bringing Up Baby
Clive Candy (Roger Livesey) in The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
Hopsie Pike (Henry Fonda) in The Lady Eve
Lt. Doug Roberts (Henry Fonda) in Mister Roberts
Max Bialystock (Zero Mostel) in The Producers
Leo Bloom (Gene Wilder) in The Producers
Ransom Stoddard (James Stewart) in The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance



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Old 02-24-2005, 11:16 AM   #8 of 11
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Kanji Watanabe (Takashi Shimura) - Ikiru
Sam Spade (Humphrey Bogart) - The Maltese Falcon
Sgt. Heppelfinger (William Demarest) - Hail The Conquering Hero
Egbert Souse (W.C. Fields) - The Bank Dick
William Canfield Jr. (Buster Keaton) - Steamboat Bill, Jr.)
Erwin/Elvira Weishaupt (Oskar Spengler) - In A Year With 13 Moons
L.B. Jeffries (Jimmy Stewart) - Rear Window
Alex DeLarge (Malcolm McDowell) - A Clockwork Orange
C.K. Dexter Haven (Cary Grant) - The Philadelphia Story
George M. Cohen (James Cagney) - Yankee Doodle Dandy
The Dude (Jeff Bridges) - The Big Lebowski
Antoine Doinel (Jean-Pierre Leaud) - The 400 Blows, Antoine et Collette, Stolen Kisses, Bed And Board (I pretend Love on the Run doesn't exist)
Seymour Moskowitz (Seymour Cassel) - Minnie & Moskowitz

I could probably do this all day...



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Old 02-24-2005, 02:54 PM   #9 of 11
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Kit Carruthers(Martin Sheen) - BADLANDS
Matthew Harrison Brady(Fredric March) - INHERIT THE WIND
Henry Drummond(Spencer Tracy) - INHERIT THE WIND
Klaatu(Michael Rennie) - THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL
Eddie Dane(J.E. Freeman) - MILLER'S CROSSING
Johnny Caspar(John Polito) - MILLER'S CROSSING
Amelie Poulain(Audrey Tautou) - AMELIE

That'll do for a start. Great fun, wot!
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Old 02-25-2005, 08:47 AM   #10 of 11
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"Kanji Watanabe (Takashi Shimura) - Ikiru"

My favorite performance by any actor in a film.Just magnificent.



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