Directors Star Turns! A Movie Tournament! (1 Viewer)

[Jeff Gross]

I'll third these:
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid - Robert Redford*
Jaws - Richard Dreyfuss*
Mad Max - Mel Gibson*

and second these:
A Fistful of Dollars - Clint Eastwood
Gandhi - Ben Kingsley

And nominate
Good Will Hunting - Matt Damon
Silence of the Lambs - Anthony Hopkins

 

[Chris_Richard]

Nominate
Bull Durham - Tim Robbins
Top Gun - Meg Ryan

Second
Primal Fear - Edward Norton
The Professional - Natalie Portman
The Silence of the Lambs - Anthony Hopkins
The World According to Garp - John Lithgow

Third
The Godfather Part II - Robert DeNiro

 

[Ric Bagoly]

Nominate-

The Untouchables - Andy Garcia

Full Metal Jacket - R. Lee Ermey

 

[Angelo.M]

Second the untouchables/andy garcia. Excellent job, Ric.

 

[SteveGon]

List updated - we're up to 24 on the master list which leaves just 8 slots open.

Updated Noms List

Almost Famous - Kate Hudson
Amadeus - F. Murray Abraham
American Beauty - Chris Cooper*
American Gigolo - Richard Gere
Big - Tom Hanks
Breaking the Waves - Emily Watson
Bull Durham - Tim Robbins
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon - Ziyi Zhang
The Deer Hunter - Christopher Walken
Dirty Harry - Clint Eastwood
The Doors - Val Kilmer
Dracula - Bela Lugosi
Dr. No - Sean Connery
Fast Times at Ridgemont High - Sean Penn*
Ferris Bueller's Day Off - Matthew Broderick
A Fistful of Dollars - Clint Eastwood*
Footloose - Kevin Bacon
The 400 Blows - Jean-Pierre Leaud
Full Metal Jacket - R. Lee Ermey
Gandhi - Ben Kingsley*
Gladiator - Russell Crowe
Good Will Hunting - Matt Damon
L.A. Confidential - Russell Crowe
Little Caesar - Edward G. Robinson
Manon of the Spring - Emmanuelle Beart
Mary Poppins - Julie Andrews*
Miller's Crossing - Gabriel Byrne
Misery - Kathy Bates
My Left Foot - Daniel Day-Lewis
Pollyanna - Hayley Mills
Primal Fear - Edward Norton*
The Professional - Natalie Portman*
Psycho - Anthony Perkins*
The Public Enemy - James Cagney
Pulp Fiction - Samuel L. Jackson
Rashomon - Toshiro Mifune
Secretary - Maggie Gyllenhaal
The Silence of the Lambs - Anthony Hopkins*
The Sixth Sense - Haley Joel Osment
The Story of G.I. Joe - Robert Mitchum
Street Smart - Morgan Freeman*
Sullivan's Travels - Veronica Lake
Taxi Driver - Jodie Foster
The Thing - Kurt Russell*
To Have and Have Not - Lauren Bacall
Top Gun - Tom Cruise
Top Gun - Meg Ryan
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg - Catherine Deneuve
The Untouchables - Andy Garcia*
WarGames - Matthew Broderick
The World According to Garp - John Lithgow*
Wuthering Heights - Laurence Olivier
You Can Count on Me - Mark Ruffalo
Zulu - Michael Caine

Entries marked with an asterisk have been seconded and are in need of a third.

Note that I added Maggie Gyllenhaal for Secretary to the noms list.

Can't believe Anthony Perkins hasn't made it in yet. And Sean Connery hasn't even been seconded!

 

[Angelo.M]

Nominate joe mantegna/house of games
Nominate rebecca pidgeon/the spanish prisoner

 

[Angelo.M]

Nominate heather matarazzo/welcome to the dollhouse
Nominate thora birch/ghost world
Nominate tim roth/reservoir dogs
Nominate john travolta/pulp fiction (star turn for the 2nd phase of his career)
Nominate jack black/high fidelity

 

[JenB]

I think that this tournament could go to 64 or have 16 wild cards, if you wanted to, SteveGon.

Nominate:

Tom Hanks-Splash
Darryl Hannah-Splash

Second:

The Deer Hunter - Christopher Walken
Dirty Harry - Clint Eastwood
The Doors - Val Kilmer
Dr. No - Sean Connery
Ferris Bueller's Day Off - Matthew Broderick
The Sixth Sense - Haley Joel Osment

Third:

Gandhi - Ben Kingsley
Mary Poppins - Julie Andrews
The Professional - Natalie Portman

 

[Tommy G]

I'll nominate:
Ingrid Bergman - Casablanca
James Stewart - Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Kevin Spacey - Se7en or The Usual Suspects I know he was in films before this, but this is when I really noticed him as a great actor. I just don't know which one came out first.
Alec Guiness - Oliver Twist

Second:
The Sixth Sense - Haley Joel Osment
Taxi Driver - Jodie Foster
Little Caesar - Edward G. Robinson
Misery - Kathy Bates

Third:
The Professional - Natalie Portman
Psycho - Anthony Perkins
Street Smart - Morgan Freeman

 

[SteveGon]

Everything is updated in my first post - we're up to 29.

Tommy: Haley Joel Osment had already been seconded so I used your second for him as a third. Well, Natalie Portman had already been thirded so I used that third for Osment. Anyway, you still have that second. Confused yet?

Jen, we can go for 64 - as long as you all are havin' fun!

Two more noms, seconds, and thirds for everyone who has participated thus far. There are still lots of great noms on the list.

 

[Jeff Gross]

Nominate

Thora Birch - American Beauty

Second

Tom Hanks - Splash

Third

Taxi Driver - Jodie Foster

 

[Jeff Gross]

Nominate

Warren Beatty - Bonnie and Clyde

Second

The Deer Hunter - Christopher Walken

 

[SteveGon]

Jeff, Christopher Walken had already been seconded so your second for him counts as a third - he's in the tourney.

 

[Jeff Gross]

OK. I'll use my second for Bull Durham - Tim Robbins

 

[Evan Case]

Well, I got Lugosi, so I might as well get his Universal counterpart, KARLOFF - Frankenstein.

(Too bad I haven't the nominations left to bring up Errol Flynn - Captain Blood or Montgomery Clift - Red River. To say nothing of James Dean - East of Eden [I think that was the first one])

Evan

 

[SteveGon]

Evan, I just handed out more noms so consider those you mentioned are on the list. I've also added Humphrey Bogart for Casablanca. I know he appeared in other films before that, notably The Maltese Falcon, but Casablanca made him a star...

 

[Evan Case]

Second Toshiro Mifune, James Stewart, Samuel L. Jackson, Warren Beatty, and, if she becomes the star I hope she does, Kate Hudson certainly got her start in Almost Famous.

Third Edward G. Robinson, Ed Norton, and Kathy Bates (just saw Misery--she's one cock-a-doodie wacko)

Evan

 

[Evan Case]

Wait a minute, how many seconds have I got? I think I've used about 10.

Evan

 

[Ric Bagoly]

Nominate-

Christian Slater - Heathers

Robert Englund - A Nightmare On Elm Street

 

[SteveGon]

List updated - keep those seconds and thirds coming!

Let's make this easier: unlimited seconds and thirds.