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pres2032 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-22-05 11:11 PM
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movies with the best casts
Glenngarry glen ross - Kevin Spacey, Alec Baldwin, Ed Harris, AL Pacino, Alan Arkin

Heat - Robert DeNiro, Al Pacino, Tom Sizemore, Val Kilmore, Jon Voight, Ashley Judd

What are others?
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tuvor Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-22-05 11:12 PM
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1. Casablanca!
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achtung_circus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-22-05 11:13 PM
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2. The Three Musketeers
Oliver Reed ... Athos
Raquel Welch ... Constance de Bonancieux
Richard Chamberlain ... Aramis
Michael York ... D'Artagnan
Frank Finlay ... Porthos/O'Reilly
Christopher Lee ... Rochefort
Geraldine Chaplin ... Anna of Austria
Jean-Pierre Cassel ... Louis XIII
Spike Milligan ... M. Bonancieux
Roy Kinnear ... Planchet
Georges Wilson ... Treville
Simon Ward ... Duke of Buckingham
Faye Dunaway ... Milady de Winter
Charlton Heston ... Cardinal Richelieu
Joss Ackland ... D'Artagnan's Father
Nicole Calfan ... Kitty
Michael Gothard ... Felton
Sybil Danning ... Eugenie
Gitty Djamal ... Beatrice
Ángel del Pozo ... Jussac
Rodney Bewes ... Spy
Ben Aris ... 1st Musketeer
William Hobbs ... Assassin
Gretchen Franklin ... D'Artagnan's Mother
Francis De Wolff ... Sea Captain
Frank Thornton ... Man in small carriage
Richard Briers ... Louis XIII
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cags Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-22-05 11:13 PM
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3. I thought it said "the best cats" and I was trying to figure out your post
I should go to bed. I'm tired
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HeyManThatsCool Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-22-05 11:14 PM
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4. Oceans 11 & 12
They worked very well together


Brad & George should do a show together or something. They are hilarious together
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blueblitzkrieg Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-22-05 11:16 PM
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5. I thought the ensemble in Closer worked really well
Clive Owen, Julia Roberts (who I usually hate), Natalie Portman, and Jude Law
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terrya Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-22-05 11:19 PM
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6. The Lion in Winter
My God, what a fabulous cast: Peter O'Toole. Katharine Hepburn. Anthony Hopkins and Timothy Dalton (in their screen debuts)
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seriousstan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-22-05 11:21 PM
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7.  It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World
Captain T.G. Culpepper Spencer Tracy
Melville Crump Sid Caesar
J. Russell Finch Milton Berle
Mrs. Marcus Ethel Merman
Ding Bell Mickey Rooney
Otto Meyer Phil Silvers
Benjy Benjamin Buddy Hackett
Sylvester Marcus Dick Shawn
J. Algernon Hawthorne Terry-Thomas
Lennie Pike Jonathan Winters
Monica Crump Edie Adams
Emmeline Finch Dorothy Provine
Second Cab Driver Peter Falk
First Cab Driver Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson
Sheriff Mason Andy Devine
Airplane Pilot Ben Blue
Union Official Joe E. Brown
Tyler Fitzgerald Jim Backus
Police Sergeant Alan Carney
Detective Norman Fell
Jimmy the Crook Buster Keaton
Smiler Grogan Jimmy Durante
Sylvester's Girlfriend Barrie Chase
Mayor Lloyd Corrigan
Chief Aloysius William Demarest
Ginger Culpepper (voice) Selma Diamond
Colonel Wilberforce Paul Ford
Deputy Sheriff Stan Freberg
Billie Sue (voice) Louise Glenn
Third Cab Driver Leo Gorcey
Fire Chief Sterling Holloway
Irwin Marvin Kaplan
Dinckler Edward Everett Horton
Nervous Man Don Knotts
Airport Manager Charles Lane
Miner Mike Mazurki
Lieutenant Matthews Charles McGraw
Switchboard Operator Gertie ZaSu Pitts
Tower Control Rancho Conejo Carl Reiner
Schwartz Madlyn Rhue
Ray Arnold Stang
Truck Driver Nick Stewart
Chinese Laundryman Sammee Tong
Radio Tower Operator Rancho Conejo Jesse White
Fireman Moe Howard
Fireman Larry Fine
Fireman Joe DeRita
Man in Car Jack Benny
Policeman Paul Birch
Detective in Squad Room Stanley Clements
Patrolman Roy Engel
Detective Nicholas Georgiade
Policeman in Helicopter Don C. Harvey
Traffic Cop Tom Kennedy
Police Dispatcher Harry Lauter
George the Steward Ben Lessey
Pilot's Wife Bobo Lewis
Man Who Runs Over Hat Jerry Lewis
Miner's Son Bob Mazurki
Man Outside Store Doodles Weaver
Unknown Chick Chandler
Unknown Minta Durfee
Unknown Cliff Norton
Unknown Roy Roberts
Unknown Eddie Ryder
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BrklynLiberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-22-05 11:24 PM
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9. That was pretty incredible..
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seriousstan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-22-05 11:30 PM
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10. It was the first movie I ever saw in the theater. I was 5 yrs old.
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hickman1937 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-23-05 12:41 AM
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20. My Dad took the whole family
to see that movie at the Michigan Theater in Detroit. The start of my love affair with Spencer Tracy.
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JohnKleeb Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-22-05 11:22 PM
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8. Goodfellas and Godfather
Godfather-Robert Duvall, Marlon Brandon, Al Pacino, James Caan
Goodfellas- Robert DeNiro, Lorraine Bracco, Ray Liotta, Joe Pesci
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Kire Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-22-05 11:46 PM
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11. Pulp Fiction
Tim Roth
Amanda Plummer
John Travolta
Samuel L. Jackson
Frank Whaley
Bruce Willis
Ving Rhames
Eric Stoltz
Uma Thurman
Christopher Walken
Harvey Keitel
Kathy Griffin
Quentin Tarantino


and more
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Mr. Blonde Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-22-05 11:54 PM
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12. Led Zeppelin live
Jimmy Page
Robert Plant
John Paul Jones
John Bonham

Pretty good cast for a music dvd. :)

The Usual Suspects isn't too shabby.
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seriousstan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-23-05 12:10 AM
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13.  Saw Zep in 1977 and then again in 2000
Incredible!!!!!
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charlyvi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-23-05 12:13 AM
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14. On the Waterfront
Marlon Brando, Eva Marie Saint, Karl Malden, Lee J Cobb, Rod Stieger.
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Kire Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-23-05 12:19 AM
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15. the 'Assault on Precint 13' remake has a good cast
Ethan Hawke
Laurence Fishburne
Drea De Matteo
Maria Bello
John Leguizamo
Brian Denehy
Gabriel Byrne

it was a good, fun movie
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pres2032 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-23-05 12:31 AM
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16. i want to see it, it looks really good
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Yupster Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-23-05 12:33 AM
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17. I always thought the movie
"Max Dugan Returns" was one of the best acted I've ever seen.
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NightTrain Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-23-05 12:34 AM
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18. American Graffiti.
Didn't Candy Clark win the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress?
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CanuckAmok Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-23-05 12:37 AM
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19. Magnolia:
Tom Cruise, Julianne Moore, William H. Macey, Juan Guzman, John C. Reilly....
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mcscajun Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-23-05 01:18 PM
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21. L.A. Confidential and Hopscotch
L.A. Confidential:
Kevin Spacey, Russell Crowe, Kim Basinger, Danny DeVito

Hopscotch:
Walter Matthau, Glenda Jackson, Sam Waterston, Ned Beatty, Herbert Lom
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koneko Donating Member (628 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-23-05 01:24 PM
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22. Dogma
George Carlin
Matt Damon
Ben Affleck
Linda Fiorentino
Janeane Garofalo
Jason Lee
Alan Rickman
Kevin Smith
Chris Rock
Salma Hayek
Alanis Morissette
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flvegan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-23-05 01:26 PM
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23. "Murder By Death"
Hilarious...
Complete credited cast:
Eileen Brennan .... Tess Skeffington
Truman Capote .... Lionel Twain
James Coco .... Inspector Milo Perrier
Peter Falk .... Sam Diamond
Alec Guinness .... Jamesir Bensonmum, Twain's blind butler
Elsa Lanchester .... Miss Jessica Marbles
David Niven .... Dick Charleston
Peter Sellers .... Inspector Sidney Wang
Maggie Smith .... Mrs. Dora Charleston
Nancy Walker .... Yetta the maid
Estelle Winwood .... Miss Withers (Miss Marbles' Nurse)
James Cromwell .... Marcel, Perrier's Chauffeur/Secretary
Richard Narita .... Willie Wang, Sidney's adopted Japanese #3 son
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Lindsey Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-23-05 01:42 PM
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24. The Big Chill
Kevin Kline, Glenn Close, Mary Kay Place, Tom Berringer, Jeff Glodblume, William Hurt, and a couple of other actresses whose names I can't remember.
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Patiod Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-23-05 01:53 PM
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25. Damn - you beat me to The Big Chill
Great soundtrack, too
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u4ic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-23-05 06:19 PM
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26. Gosford Park
Maggie Smith, Derek Jacobi, Michael Gambon, Richard E Grant, Helen Mirren, Alan Bates, Bob Balaban, Stephen Fry, Emily Watson, Kristin Scott Thomas, Charles Dance, Clive Owen...

Loved the cast. Hated the movie.
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