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What’s the best southern accent you’ve heard in a film?
Posted on 9/20/20 at 12:40 am
Posted on 9/20/20 at 12:40 am
I’ll be honest, I got nothing. Every single attempted southern accent to me is shite. They never sound authentic to me. Maybe cause they always have Brits trying to play Southerners, but it’s never believable for me. It sounds contrived and over exaggerated.
Anyways, maybe I’m overlooking a performance. What do you think has sounded the best?
Anyways, maybe I’m overlooking a performance. What do you think has sounded the best?
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Posted on 9/20/20 at 12:44 am to Frac the world
Nick Cage in Con Air. It changed my life
Posted on 9/20/20 at 12:45 am to Frac the world
All of them
In O Brother Where Art Thou
In O Brother Where Art Thou
Posted on 9/20/20 at 12:48 am to Frac the world
Gettysburg/Gods and Generals
Posted on 9/20/20 at 1:09 am to Frac the world
Levon Helm in The Right Stuff.
Posted on 9/20/20 at 1:10 am to Frac the world
As exaggerating as it is I like Craig in Knives Out.
Posted on 9/20/20 at 1:23 am to Fewer Kilometers
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Levon Helm in The Right Stuff
I was wondering, who the f is that? The Mercury Astronauts didn't have Southern accents unless you count Florida and Oklahoma.
But is this thread about, which actor can best pull off a Southern accent when he's not Southern? Because Levon Helm was born and raised in Arkansas. Damn, I have to watch that movie again. It's so damn good sometimes I wish it weren't so long. It always feels like a committment.
Posted on 9/20/20 at 1:26 am to Frac the world
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Maybe cause they always have Brits trying to play Southerners
Do you mean that? Bc a lot of linguistic experts believe that a southern accent is a British accent slowed down.
Now, I can’t think of anyone off hand that does a great one - so maybe it’s just the coaches in Hollywood
All of the southern accents in movies I’m thinking of suck, but they were Americans
Posted on 9/20/20 at 1:40 am to Frac the world
Josh Brolin NCFOM
This post was edited on 9/20/20 at 11:13 pm
Posted on 9/20/20 at 1:46 am to Frac the world
My Cousin Vinny
Posted on 9/20/20 at 1:47 am to Frac the world
The ones from Southern actors.
Posted on 9/20/20 at 1:48 am to Frac the world
Everybody knows The Godfather and Apocalypse Now and Lonesome Dove, but one of my favorite Robert Duvall performances is in a fairly predictable Clint Eastwood western called Joe Kidd. Duvall plays the main villain, a big rancher who is stealing land from Mexican farmers.
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It's a role Duvall could easily have phoned in, barking orders to his henchmen and sneering every once in a while. But Duvall does something special, giving the character an extra dimension by playing him like a Southern good ole boy, dripping condescension with every remark. His delivery of lines like "If he wuddn't I doubt we'd be talkin'" and "You got to thinkin' 'bout the money, didja?" enhance the character, as he treats everyone like a hired hand -- or worse, as a stupid child he shouldn't even be wasting his time with.
FWIW, I actually think Duvall's performance in Joe Kidd is better than the one he gave in that same year's The Godfather. IMHO it's one of the great villains in movie history and should be much better known.
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It's a role Duvall could easily have phoned in, barking orders to his henchmen and sneering every once in a while. But Duvall does something special, giving the character an extra dimension by playing him like a Southern good ole boy, dripping condescension with every remark. His delivery of lines like "If he wuddn't I doubt we'd be talkin'" and "You got to thinkin' 'bout the money, didja?" enhance the character, as he treats everyone like a hired hand -- or worse, as a stupid child he shouldn't even be wasting his time with.
FWIW, I actually think Duvall's performance in Joe Kidd is better than the one he gave in that same year's The Godfather. IMHO it's one of the great villains in movie history and should be much better known.
Posted on 9/20/20 at 2:47 am to Frac the world
Vivien Leigh did a respectable accent in Gone With the Wind.
Posted on 9/20/20 at 5:12 am to Frac the world
Jackie Gleason-Smokey and the Bandit-
He should get full credit for dropping the first use of the word “baw” in a film.
He should get full credit for dropping the first use of the word “baw” in a film.
This post was edited on 9/20/20 at 5:14 am
Posted on 9/20/20 at 6:28 am to Frac the world
Strother Martin in Cool Hand Luke.
Certainly one of the most entertaining
Failure To Communicate
Certainly one of the most entertaining
Failure To Communicate
This post was edited on 9/20/20 at 6:30 am
Posted on 9/20/20 at 7:22 am to Kafka
Robert Duvall is a Southerner, he’s a military brat and a descendent of Robert E. Lee. I think his dad was an admiral or something.
Posted on 9/20/20 at 7:51 am to Frac the world
Matt Damon in the Rainmaker was pretty good.
Posted on 9/20/20 at 8:04 am to Frac the world
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I’ll be honest, I got nothing
Watch True Detective Season 1. There’s a few guys in there that nail the Southern Louisiana/Cajun Accent.
Posted on 9/20/20 at 8:25 am to Frac the world
Keanu Reeves in the Devil’s Advocate.
Posted on 9/20/20 at 8:37 am to Frac the world
Rod Steiger, In the Heat of the Night.
Tommy Lee Jones, he's a real Texan, nailed it No Country for Old Men.
Tommy Lee Jones, he's a real Texan, nailed it No Country for Old Men.
This post was edited on 9/20/20 at 8:39 am
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