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Actor with Shortest scene/most impact
Posted on 5/3/19 at 7:47 pm
Posted on 5/3/19 at 7:47 pm
So I was flipping through channels last night and ended up putting on the movie Backdraft. I saw the movie when it came out and a couple of times on cable but it’s been years.
Is it the best movie? No. So Billy Baldwin is not good, but it is prime Jennifer Jason Lee. And Kurt Russell and Scott Glenn are solid as always
But since I had not seen this movie in years I forgot how good DeNiro was In this , especially in a scene with Donald Sutherland
Donald was on screen for less than five minutes, but his performance as a pyromaniac was so haunting I was just amazed.
He had everthing from backstory to current situation and was actually scary that people like this do indeed exist
So I was wondering, what are other quick actor performances that are noteworthy.
Besides like Charlton Heston in Wayne’s world 2, not a cameo, but a character that is important to the story that is memorable.
Edit: I mean a five minute scene or less. Not multiple scenes adding up to twenty minutes that make a movie memorable like a Hannibal Lecter character.
Is it the best movie? No. So Billy Baldwin is not good, but it is prime Jennifer Jason Lee. And Kurt Russell and Scott Glenn are solid as always
But since I had not seen this movie in years I forgot how good DeNiro was In this , especially in a scene with Donald Sutherland
Donald was on screen for less than five minutes, but his performance as a pyromaniac was so haunting I was just amazed.
He had everthing from backstory to current situation and was actually scary that people like this do indeed exist
So I was wondering, what are other quick actor performances that are noteworthy.
Besides like Charlton Heston in Wayne’s world 2, not a cameo, but a character that is important to the story that is memorable.
Edit: I mean a five minute scene or less. Not multiple scenes adding up to twenty minutes that make a movie memorable like a Hannibal Lecter character.
This post was edited on 5/3/19 at 8:36 pm
Posted on 5/3/19 at 7:50 pm to LSUfan0420
William Hurt in A History of Violence
Posted on 5/3/19 at 7:50 pm to LSUfan0420
Brian Cox in Adaptation belongs in this thread.
Posted on 5/3/19 at 7:51 pm to Green Chili Tiger
The arse to arse guy from requiem for a dream
Posted on 5/3/19 at 7:52 pm to LSUfan0420
Sean Connery giving away the bride in prince of Thieves?
Matt Damon singing Scotty Doesn’t Know?
Tom Cruise being everything awesome as Les Grossman?
Matt Damon singing Scotty Doesn’t Know?
Tom Cruise being everything awesome as Les Grossman?
This post was edited on 5/3/19 at 7:52 pm
Posted on 5/3/19 at 7:55 pm to LSUfan0420
Chris Farley in Billy Madison
Posted on 5/3/19 at 7:56 pm to LSUfan0420
Drew Barrymore in Scream.
More like she was the focus of the advertising then died in the first 6 mins.
More like she was the focus of the advertising then died in the first 6 mins.
Posted on 5/3/19 at 7:57 pm to LSUfan0420
Liam Neeson in Gangs of New York
Posted on 5/3/19 at 7:58 pm to CaptainsWafer
Christopher Walken - Pulp Fiction
Posted on 5/3/19 at 7:58 pm to LSUfan0420
Donnie Walberg in the sixth sense
Posted on 5/3/19 at 7:58 pm to LSUfan0420
Ned Beatty in Network /thread
Posted on 5/3/19 at 8:00 pm to Green Chili Tiger
William Hurt is a great answer.
Posted on 5/3/19 at 8:01 pm to LSUfan0420
Alec Baldwin in Glengarry Glen Ross
Posted on 5/3/19 at 8:05 pm to Indiana Tiger
Alec Baldwin in glengarry is the absolute best thing he has ever done.
Posted on 5/3/19 at 8:05 pm to LSUfan0420
Tom cruise in austin powers 2.
Posted on 5/3/19 at 8:08 pm to LSUfan0420
quote:
Alec Baldwin in glengarry is the absolute best thing he has ever done.
It's not applicable to this thread but he absolutely crushed the deposition scene in Malice.
Posted on 5/3/19 at 8:09 pm to Indiana Tiger
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This post was edited on 6/12/24 at 5:22 pm
Posted on 5/3/19 at 8:09 pm to LSUfan0420
Robert Duvall was on screen for less than 18 minutes in the 2 & 1/2 hour Apocalypse Now and walked away with the Academy Award for Best Supporting actor. He is the most memorable thing about the film.
Posted on 5/3/19 at 8:13 pm to LSUfan0420
I know it’s cliche but Anne Hathaway in Les Miserables.
This post was edited on 5/3/19 at 8:23 pm
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