re: Does Black Hawk Down have the best casting of all time?

Posted by chinese58

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Posted on 6/1/13 at 10:31 am to poncho villa

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Eric Bana

steals every scene he is a part of.

Was it because his was the "best" character in the movie-a seasoned Southern Delta Force Operator or did he add something like charisma to it?

I would want that guy to have my back and would have hung on every word his character spoke. He was like an Army Jesus.

Why are Aussies like Bana and Brits like Vivien Leigh so convincing as Southerners?

Posted by lsusa

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Posted on 6/1/13 at 10:36 am to Helo

Agree on The Longest Day.

Posted by blueboy

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Posted on 6/1/13 at 11:17 am to Helo

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But The Longest Day even has that beat imo.

Posted by elprez00

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Posted on 6/1/13 at 11:17 am to lsusa

The Great Escape wasn't too shabby of a cast.

Posted by DownSouthCrawfish

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Posted on 6/1/13 at 11:36 am to elprez00

Mars Attacks:

Jack Nicholson, Glenn Close, Annette Bening, Pierce Brosnan, Danny DeVito, Martin Short, Sarah Jessica Parker, Michael J. Fox, Natalie Portman, Jack Black, Christina Applegate, and Pam Grier

Posted by DaBeerz

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Posted on 6/1/13 at 12:05 pm to DownSouthCrawfish

New Year's Eve /thread

Posted by Escobar600

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Posted on 6/1/13 at 1:06 pm to DaBeerz

The Thin Red Line:

Nick Nolte
Jim Caviezel
Sean Penn
Elias Koteas
Ben Chaplin
John Cusack
Adrien Brody
John C. Reilly
Woody Harrelson
Jared Leto
John Travolta
George Clooney
Nick Stahl
Thomas Jane

actors whose scenes were cut:

Mickey Rourke
Bill Pullman
Lukas Haas

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A part was written for Gary Oldman, but then he was told not to show up before shooting began. Billy Bob Thornton (who is not in the film) recorded a voice-over (reportedly three hours of it) for the film that was never used. Actors like Martin Sheen, Jason Patric and Viggo Mortensen are also part of the actors allegedly cut from the film.

LINK

Posted by H-Town Tiger

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Posted on 6/1/13 at 1:15 pm to Kafka

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1) People who've never seen a movie made before 1990 should be prohibited from using the phrase "all time"

2) Any film with Josh Hartnett is disqualified from consideration for best cast

:kige:

Posted by BurasTigah

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Posted on 6/1/13 at 1:22 pm to Weebie

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many bow down and worship anything he does. many have stated that he is the next De Niro, Brando, etc. Tom Hardy has been receiving similar treatment around here by some as well.

I don't get this shite, he's seriously tight roping a line to be as bad as Shia Labeouf and that kid is terrible.

Posted by H-Town Tiger

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Posted on 6/1/13 at 1:32 pm to FT

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Nothing beats "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World".

The Towering Inferno is in the conversation.

Steve McQueen
Paul Newman
William Holden
Faye Dunaway
Richard Chamberlin
Fred Astaire
Jennifer Jones
Robert Vaughn
Robert Wagner
OJ Simpson

Susan Blakely

Posted by Patrick_Bateman

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Posted on 6/1/13 at 1:32 pm to bulldog95

Without looking up names, I would think The Departed is up there in terms of cast.

Posted by ladytiger118

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Posted on 6/1/13 at 1:34 pm to poncho villa

My man Nicolaj is in it?

Will have to go watch then!

Posted by boom roasted

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Posted on 6/1/13 at 1:39 pm to harmonics

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It's because of Looper. Was a popular movie among the M/TV board and that is the first movie where he was legitimately good.

Have you seen Brick?

Posted by prplhze2000

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Posted on 6/1/13 at 1:42 pm to poncho villa

Not even close.