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Gary Oldman - Leon. My memory of watching it as a kid probably far out weighs what it actually was 

Edward Norton - American History X

Bradd Pitt - 12 Monkeys

Russel Crowe - A Beautiful Mind

Samuel L Jackson - Pulp Fiction

Ralph Fiennes - In Bruges

Then I second Robert Carlyle - Trainspotting & Ben Kingsley - Sexy Beast it seems the most unhinged become the most memorable.

 

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9 minutes ago, Ingram85 said:

Young Frankenstein will always be my go to Wilder movie. It's perfect.

I was brought up on the old Universal studio horror movies, and so Young Frankenstein is an absolute wet dream from a reference point of view. 

Brooks treated the whole genre with a respectful reverence and that shines through loud and clear. The writing is fantastic and at some points hysterically funny without feeling the need to cheapen the source material.

As for Wilder in that role? An absolutely pitch perfect comedic performance. His timing and delivery of the lines were both top notch. He really was a superb actor when he was on his game.

Brilliant movie, brilliant comedy performance.

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Probably forgetting loads but off the top of my head -

Films:

Vince Gallo in Buffalo 66
Shareeka Epps & Ryan Gosling in Half Nelson
Christian Bale in American Psycho and the Machinist
Philip Seymour Hoffman in Synecdoche New York
Humphrey Bogart & Lauren Bacall in the Big Sleep
Joaquin Phoenix in Walk the Line
Paul Dano in There Will Be Blood
Bill Murray in everything.

 

TV:

Matthew McConaughey in True Detective
Idris Elba in Luther
Lance Reddick as the same character in everything.

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13 hours ago, Nicho said:

Gary Oldman - Leon. My memory of watching it as a kid probably far out weighs what it actually was 

Edward Norton - American History X

Bradd Pitt - 12 Monkeys

Russel Crowe - A Beautiful Mind

Samuel L Jackson - Pulp Fiction

Ralph Fiennes - In Bruges

Then I second Robert Carlyle - Trainspotting & Ben Kingsley - Sexy Beast it seems the most unhinged become the most memorable.

 

Loved that film but thought Jean Reno and Natalie Portman were the stars.

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This kid didn't really have much screen time in Looper, and it's inclusion could possibly be construed as a spoiler, I guess. Pierce Gagnon as Cid.

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Awesome. I will watch that film awaiting his arrival in it, knowing the shitstorm that is to come, and thoroughly enjoy it every time. In truth he doesn't even really do that much, but what he does do is great. And given that the thread is about characters as well, the reveal of who he is /becomes/may become is a good one. Probably more memorable cos he was so young. In the new series of Twin Peaks, hopefully he is a really mean **** then too.

Seeing as I've started, I'll stick with the 'kids' theme - let's say 14 and under.

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Jodie Foster as Iris in Taxi Driver

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Natalie Portman as Mathilda in Leon

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Christian Bale in Empire of the Sun

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Henry Thomas as Elliot in ET

 

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In terms of performances :

Daniel Day Lewis as Daniel Plainview in There Will Be Blood.

Jake Gyllenhaal as Louis Bloom in Nightcrawler.

 

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22 hours ago, foreveryoung said:

Class film top 3 for me. In our teens we all wanted to be fighter pilots after this film surely

It was my favorite lie for a long time when picking up girls at clubs, i told them i was a fighter pilot and i was not allowed to drink or i would lose my wings lol

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On 29 August 2016 at 21:38, Nicho said:

Gary Oldman - Leon. My memory of watching it as a kid probably far out weighs what it actually was 

Edward Norton - American History X

Russel Crowe - A Beautiful Mind

All 3 of those :cheers:

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