re: Movie with best cast

Posted by Zach

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Posted on 6/27/09 at 2:16 pm to Traveler

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How the West Was Won is right up there with MMMW.

I agree but I viewed it as a semi-documentary in style as opposed to a story.

Posted by Traveler

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Posted on 6/27/09 at 2:20 pm to Zach

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semi-documentary

This is true, but a lot of films fit in this catagory as well.

Posted by RGCjr01

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Posted on 6/27/09 at 2:21 pm to Kafka

True Romance comes in 3rd FWIW.

Posted by TigerMyth36

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Posted on 6/27/09 at 2:26 pm to TigerMyth36

These are just the people I recognize from Mad Mad Mad Mad World. Many of the actors I didn't list had 70 to 100 credits on IMDB. Most have at least 1 Emmy nomination. Yes some on the list had small cameos, but that is what was so great about this movie. It was essentially all the comedians in Hollywood.

Spencer Tracy - 9 Oscar nominations 2 Wins.
Mickey Rooney - 4 Oscar nominations.
Peter Falk - Emmy Winner and 2 Oscar nominations
William Demarest - Oscar nomination.
Buster Keaton - Honorary Academy Award
Carl Reiner - 8 time Emmy Winner
Don Knotts - 5 time Emmy Winner
Milton Bearle - Emmy Winner
Sid Caesar - Emmy Winner
Phil Silvers - Emmy Winner
Jonathan Winters - Emmy Winner
Buddy Hackett
Ethel Merman
Terry Thomas
Edie Adams
Jim Bacchus
3 Stooges
Norman Fell
Leo Gorcey
Selma Diamond
Sterling Holloway
Charles Lane
Jimmy Durante
Jack Benny
Jerry Lewis

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Posted by Traveler

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Posted on 6/27/09 at 2:29 pm to TigerMyth36

What I remember about that movie was how incredibly long it took for the intro credits to roll. Thought it would never start.

Also read how many of the big stars at that time were begging to have a bit part.

This post was edited on 6/27/09 at 2:32 pm

Posted by LuckySo-n-So

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Posted on 6/27/09 at 2:37 pm to Traveler

Can't believe anyone hasn't offered up "The Outsiders."

Patrick Swayze
Tom Cruise
Matt Dillon
C. Thomas Howell
Ralph Macchio
Rob Lowe
Emilio Estevez
Diane Lane
Leif Garrett
Sofia Coppola
Tom Waits
Gailard Sartain

Most of these guys were virtual unknowns, but they all hit it big within a year or two of this movie being released.

This post was edited on 6/27/09 at 2:39 pm

Posted by msukb79

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Posted on 6/27/09 at 3:00 pm to LuckySo-n-So

IMO its the Departed

Leonardo DiCaprio
Matt Damon
Mark Walberg
Jack Nicholson
Martin Sheen
Alec Baldwin
Anthony Anderson
Vera Farminga

Posted by PiscesTiger

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Posted on 6/27/09 at 3:10 pm to arrakis

HEAT
Pulp Fiction

Posted by PJinAtl

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Posted on 6/27/09 at 3:38 pm to TigerMyth36

I think I may have found one that may compete with MMMMW. It doesn't have the star power of quite as many Oscar nominations, it is still pretty heavy in names.

Cannonball Run II

Burt Reynold
Dom DeLuise
Dean Martin
Sammy Davis Jr.
Jamie Farr
Marilu Henner
Telly Savalas
Shirley MacLaine
Susan Anton
Catherine Bach
Foster Brooks
Sid Caesar
Jackie Chan
Tim Conway
Tony Danza
Jack Elam
Richard Kiel
Don Knotts
Ricardo Montalban
Jim Nabors
Charles Nelson Reilly
Frank Sinatra
Joe Theismann
Mel Tillis
Abe Vigoda
Fred Dryer
George Lindsey
Cheech Marin

Posted by MasonTiger

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Posted on 6/27/09 at 3:46 pm to PJinAtl

All those crazies in "Cuckoos Nest" moved on to more roles, some were even quite popular: Danny Devito, Christopher Lloyd, Will Sampson, Brad Dourif.

Posted by arrakis

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Posted on 6/27/09 at 4:40 pm to Kafka

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Kafka

Forgot about 12 Angry Men. Awesome movie and cast

Posted by Proejo

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Posted on 6/27/09 at 6:11 pm to Kafka

Is that Ron Howard on the right?

He sure was a man ahead of his time!

Posted by Keys Open Doors

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Posted on 6/27/09 at 6:47 pm to arrakis

It was an awful movie, but check out the cast for Mars Attacks.

Jack Nicholson
Glenn Close
Annette Bening
Pierce Brosnan
Danny DeVito
Martin Short
Sarah Jessica Parker
Michael J. Fox
Tom Jones
Natalie Portman
Pam Grier
Lisa Marie
Jim Brown
Jack Black
Christina Applegate
And the biggest star of all, Ray J

Sin City had a hell of a cast as well.

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Posted by LSUfanatic60

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Posted on 6/27/09 at 7:14 pm to Keys Open Doors

Lost Boys: both coreys, keifer sutherland, and Ted

Seriously though i was thinking Mars Attacks or the Outsiders

Posted by TigerGirl411

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Posted on 6/27/09 at 7:23 pm to LSUfanatic60

Crash

Sandra Bullock
Don Cheadle
Tony Danza
Matt Dillon
Jennifer Esposito
Brendan Fraser
Terrance Howard
Thandie Newton
Ryan Phillippe

Posted by Fewer Kilometers

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Posted on 6/27/09 at 8:10 pm to TigerGirl411

Castaway.

Posted by 4nmylifetime

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Posted on 6/27/09 at 9:06 pm to Fewer Kilometers

Clarify. do you mean the movie with the most stars in it, or the movie that was cast the best with people actually playing a part and being the perfect person for that role.

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Posted by 4nmylifetime

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Posted on 6/27/09 at 9:09 pm to 4nmylifetime

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