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Title: The Film Star Challenge!
Post by: JamesC on 17 February, 2017, 10:07:32 PM
This came up in the pub tonight.

You've got a lazy day to yourself to sit and watch films all day - the only catch is that all the films have to star (or feature) the same actor.
What actor do you think gives you the best days entertainment?

I narrowed mine down to:
Clint Eastwood (I could happily sit and watch his westerns all day, interspersed with a bit of Dirty Harry and other classics like Play Misty For Me and Coogan's Bluff).

Kurt Russell - The Thing, Tombstone and Breakdown would be my highlights but with the two Escape films, Big Trouble and possibly even Overboard to make up the day.

Arnie - after watching the two Terminators (the first two obvs), Commando, The Running Man and Total Recall, you may not even get time to start on Conan.

An honourable mention goes to Michael Douglass.

Female film stars were a bit more challenging for me but I settled on Jodie Foster. Silence of the Lambs, The Accussed, Taxi Driver, The Brave One, Contact. That's a pretty good days viewing. Oh, and Maverick too!
Title: Re: The Film Star Challenge!
Post by: SIP on 17 February, 2017, 10:17:48 PM
Harrison Ford, ARNOLD, Statham and Tom Cruise.
Title: Re: The Film Star Challenge!
Post by: Goaty on 17 February, 2017, 10:22:06 PM
Quote from: JamesC on 17 February, 2017, 10:07:32 PM

Arnie - after watching the two Terminators (the first two obvs), Commando, The Running Man and Total Recall, you may not even get time to start on Conan.

Not Predator?
Title: Re: The Film Star Challenge!
Post by: sheridan on 17 February, 2017, 10:28:40 PM
Harrison Ford is a good one - Bladerunner and two great trilogies (plus the fourth Star Wars film - I can take or leave the most recent Indy).

Johnny Depp might be good one - from early films like Crybaby through his Tim Burton films and the Pirates films (however many there are now).

Female stars aren't so easy - Helena Bonham Carter would gain you access to Fight Club, various Harry Potters and who knows what else.
Title: Re: The Film Star Challenge!
Post by: sheridan on 17 February, 2017, 10:29:22 PM
Quote from: Goaty on 17 February, 2017, 10:22:06 PM
Quote from: JamesC on 17 February, 2017, 10:07:32 PM

Arnie - after watching the two Terminators (the first two obvs), Commando, The Running Man and Total Recall, you may not even get time to start on Conan.

Not Predator?

What about Batman and Robin?  Getting frosty in here...






;)
Title: Re: The Film Star Challenge!
Post by: sheridan on 17 February, 2017, 10:30:24 PM
Quote from: JamesC on 17 February, 2017, 10:07:32 PM
Kurt Russell - The Thing, Tombstone and Breakdown would be my highlights but with the two Escape films, Big Trouble and possibly even Overboard to make up the day.
You missed out Stargate!
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Female film stars were a bit more challenging for me but I settled on Jodie Foster. Silence of the Lambs, The Accussed, Taxi Driver, The Brave One, Contact. That's a pretty good days viewing. Oh, and Maverick too!
Was it Freaky Friday or Manic Monday she was in?
Title: Re: The Film Star Challenge!
Post by: JamesC on 17 February, 2017, 10:34:28 PM
Quote from: sheridan on 17 February, 2017, 10:30:24 PM
Quote from: JamesC on 17 February, 2017, 10:07:32 PM
Kurt Russell - The Thing, Tombstone and Breakdown would be my highlights but with the two Escape films, Big Trouble and possibly even Overboard to make up the day.
You missed out Stargate!
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Female film stars were a bit more challenging for me but I settled on Jodie Foster. Silence of the Lambs, The Accussed, Taxi Driver, The Brave One, Contact. That's a pretty good days viewing. Oh, and Maverick too!
Was it Freaky Friday or Manic Monday she was in?

Freaky Friday. Actually she was in a few of those Disney live action films I think, as was Kurt Russell. Some of them are quite fun.
Title: Re: The Film Star Challenge!
Post by: sheridan on 17 February, 2017, 11:55:00 PM
Quote from: JamesC on 17 February, 2017, 10:34:28 PM
Quote from: sheridan on 17 February, 2017, 10:30:24 PM
Quote from: JamesC on 17 February, 2017, 10:07:32 PM
Kurt Russell - The Thing, Tombstone and Breakdown would be my highlights but with the two Escape films, Big Trouble and possibly even Overboard to make up the day.
You missed out Stargate!
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Female film stars were a bit more challenging for me but I settled on Jodie Foster. Silence of the Lambs, The Accussed, Taxi Driver, The Brave One, Contact. That's a pretty good days viewing. Oh, and Maverick too!
Was it Freaky Friday or Manic Monday she was in?

Freaky Friday. Actually she was in a few of those Disney live action films I think, as was Kurt Russell. Some of them are quite fun.

Yes - the 'changing places' film was the only one of hers for Disney I could remember.

It's really weird watching a Disney film with a young (ten year old or so) Kurt Russell in!
Title: Re: The Film Star Challenge!
Post by: Rackle on 18 February, 2017, 12:16:01 AM
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Female film stars were a bit more challenging for me but I settled on Jodie Foster. Silence of the Lambs, The Accussed, Taxi Driver, The Brave One, Contact. That's a pretty good days viewing. Oh, and Maverick too!
Was it Freaky Friday or Manic Monday she was in?

Don't forget Bugsy Malone!
Title: Re: The Film Star Challenge!
Post by: Rackle on 18 February, 2017, 12:25:10 AM
So my actor to watch for this challenge would be Christopher Lee.


Let's see, all the Hammer Horror movies; The Wickerman;  The Man With the Golden Gun; Star Wars; Lord of The Rings (extended version); Sherlock Holmes; the films where he made cameos (I'm sure he's a cameo in a film with Simon Pegg in it) and if that wasn't enough I could watch the videos to his heavy metal songs.

And then I could watch the animated Discworld (Pratchett) films where he was the voice of Death, or watch Gormenghast.
Title: Re: The Film Star Challenge!
Post by: edgeworthy on 18 February, 2017, 01:37:55 AM
Quote from: JamesC on 17 February, 2017, 10:07:32 PM

Female film stars were a bit more challenging for me but I settled on Jodie Foster. Silence of the Lambs, The Accussed, Taxi Driver, The Brave One, Contact. That's a pretty good days viewing. Oh, and Maverick too!
Sigourney Weaver would give you the Alien Movies?
Title: Re: The Film Star Challenge!
Post by: Fungus on 18 February, 2017, 01:53:15 AM
Clint Eastwood is a fair shout.

But I'd say definitely Henry Fonda. You've got Grapes of Wrath, Twelve Angry Men then a ton of others I can't name right now 'cos I'm not into films, to be honest. I'd Google the rest.

Woody Allen is up there but get some variety in there or that's one long neurotic day...
Title: Re: The Film Star Challenge!
Post by: Pyroxian on 18 February, 2017, 06:35:00 AM
Quote from: edgeworthy on 18 February, 2017, 01:37:55 AM
Quote from: JamesC on 17 February, 2017, 10:07:32 PM

Female film stars were a bit more challenging for me but I settled on Jodie Foster. Silence of the Lambs, The Accussed, Taxi Driver, The Brave One, Contact. That's a pretty good days viewing. Oh, and Maverick too!
Sigourney Weaver would give you the Alien Movies?

And Ghostbusters :) Also Paul, Chappie, Avatar...
Title: Re: The Film Star Challenge!
Post by: Colin YNWA on 18 February, 2017, 06:42:36 AM
Bill Murray is the answer.
Title: Re: The Film Star Challenge!
Post by: SIP on 18 February, 2017, 06:51:34 AM
100% Harrison Ford for me. Samuel L Jackson would get me a lot of mileage from Heat, jurassic park, Pulp fiction and the Star wars prequels to a large chunk of the marvel movies.
Title: Re: The Film Star Challenge!
Post by: TordelBack on 18 February, 2017, 06:56:22 AM
Quote from: Colin YNWA on 18 February, 2017, 06:42:36 AM
Bill Murray is the answer.

Agreed, that would be a fine day indeed. Harrison Ford is the obvious answer for me, as long as I don't have to watch Patriot Games, but Murray has such a range of different and interesting films it has to be him.

On the female side I'd have to go for Jenny, especially as you could now add Avengers and Winter Soldier to an already impressive catalogue.

Title: Re: The Film Star Challenge!
Post by: NapalmKev on 18 February, 2017, 07:13:30 AM
As well as the greats already mentioned (Eastwood, Murray, etc) I would also suggest Tom Hardy or even Christian Bale. They've both had some decent action films and have acted well in more serious drama's. Might be worth avoiding The Dark Knight Returns, though*

Cheers

*which features both actors
Title: Re: The Film Star Challenge!
Post by: SIP on 18 February, 2017, 08:06:01 AM
The Dark Knight Rises? I liked it.
Title: Re: The Film Star Challenge!
Post by: NapalmKev on 18 February, 2017, 08:40:13 AM
Quote from: SIP on 18 February, 2017, 08:06:01 AM
The Dark Knight Rises?

That's the chap!

Quote from: SIP on 18 February, 2017, 08:06:01 AM
I liked it.

Fair enough. I thought it was the weakest of the three, and I found it a bit all over the place.

Each to their own!

Cheers
Title: Re: The Film Star Challenge!
Post by: SIP on 18 February, 2017, 08:43:23 AM
Quote from: NapalmKev on 18 February, 2017, 08:40:13 AM
Quote from: SIP on 18 February, 2017, 08:06:01 AM
The Dark Knight Rises?

That's the chap!

Quote from: SIP on 18 February, 2017, 08:06:01 AM
I liked it.

Fair enough. I thought it was the weakest of the three, and I found it a bit all over the place.

Each to their own!

Cheers

Oh i agree, it was the weakest of the three and it was all over the place.....but had a lot to like as well I thought.
Title: Re: The Film Star Challenge!
Post by: Zarjazzer on 18 February, 2017, 09:40:37 AM
Humphrey Bogart.

Casablanca, To have and have not, Passage to Marseilles, Maltese Falcon, etc

Vincent Price would be a good bet too. Theatre of Blood,  and not just his horror stuff he appeared in alot of 50's thrillers as well as Three Musketeers etc
Title: Re: The Film Star Challenge!
Post by: Rara Avis on 18 February, 2017, 09:50:13 AM
How about Michelle Pffeiffer for lady actors?

Scarface, Ladyhawke, Batman Returns, that Coolio video  :)
Title: Re: The Film Star Challenge!
Post by: Greg M. on 18 February, 2017, 10:00:59 AM
Donald Pleasence.

You get all his horror stuff (of which there is a multitude, not least Prince of Darkness, various Halloweens, and his fantastic performance in Death Line), you get The Great Escape, Escape from New York, Fantastic Voyage, You Only Live Twice, Will Penny, THX 1138 and umpteen other classics across every genre going.
Title: Re: The Film Star Challenge!
Post by: von Boom on 18 February, 2017, 12:18:19 PM
Good mentions here already.

I'd perhaps goo for Bruce Willis since he offers a decent range of action, sci-fi, and comedy.

If I was in a particularly silly mood I might go for Adam Sandler.
Title: Re: The Film Star Challenge!
Post by: sheridan on 18 February, 2017, 12:27:12 PM
Simon Pegg would get the the Cornetti Trilogy, the new Star Trek and The Force Awakens.

What would Kevin Bacon get you?
Title: Re: The Film Star Challenge!
Post by: sheridan on 18 February, 2017, 12:29:38 PM
Quote from: TordelBack on 18 February, 2017, 06:56:22 AM
On the female side I'd have to go for Jenny, especially as you could now add Avengers and Winter Soldier to an already impressive catalogue.

Jenny who?  Only one I can think of is Agutter (who has quite a body of work - no pun intended).
Title: Re: The Film Star Challenge!
Post by: DaveGYNWA on 18 February, 2017, 01:09:35 PM
Quote from: sheridan on 18 February, 2017, 12:29:38 PM
Jenny who?  Only one I can think of is Agutter (who has quite a body of work - no pun intended).

Correct - Jenny Agutter is in both Avengers Assemble and Winter Soldier, sitting on the security council (she turns into Scarlett Johannsen in the latter) It's a good shout.

As is the shout for Bill Murray - just stick on Groundhog Day, again and again. ;)

But the winner is Al Pacino:

Godfather I & II
Heat
Carlito's Way
Scarface
Scent of a woman

...to name but a few.
Title: Re: The Film Star Challenge!
Post by: I, Cosh on 18 February, 2017, 02:23:39 PM
Don't think many people would argue with Clint there. George Clooney has a pretty interesting and diverse filmography. However , if I wasn't going to go for Jackie Chan then somebody like Tony Leung. Gets you the best of both Wong Kar Wai and John Woo, and a ton of films I've never heard of.
Title: Re: The Film Star Challenge!
Post by: IAMTHESYSTEM on 18 February, 2017, 02:39:02 PM
The recently departed John Hurt had a pretty impressive film biography. From the more real world based Films like Midnight Express, 1984, Elephant Man to the Sci fi/Fantasy of V for Vendetta, Alien and Outlander. He was the voice of Aragorn in the Animation version of Lord of the Rings, an actor for all seasons and genres.
Title: Re: The Film Star Challenge!
Post by: Mattofthespurs on 18 February, 2017, 04:27:02 PM
Can I go with a Director instead? Or is that a different game?
Director = John Carpenter
But if I have to...
Actor = Tom Atkins means 'Creepshow', 'The Fog', 'Night of The Creeps', 'Halloween III', 'Escape From New York', 'Lethal Weapon', 'Two Evil Eyes', 'The Ninth Configuration'.

That would do me.
Title: Re: The Film Star Challenge!
Post by: Frank on 18 February, 2017, 04:46:32 PM
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I'd get bored watching any lead actor for 24 hours. Sam Jackson's (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000168/) the best shout so far; not because he's so memorable as Jules Winnfield, but because he barely registers in Coming To America, Goodfellas, and The Exorcist III.

Bob Balaban (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000837/) (Grand Budapest Hotel, Ghost World, Catch-22) takes as his maxim that it's better to be consistently warm than hot, and supporting actors like Robert Duvall (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000380/) (To Kill A Mockingbird, Apocalypse Now, The Road) or John Goodman (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000422/) (the Coen Bros, Monsters Inc, and Trumbo) have spent their lives playing the lead actor's pal.

Who can forget Ron Rifkind (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0726492/?ref_=ttfc_fc_cl_t8#actorMovie)'s excellent turns in Silent Running, Husbands and Wives, and LA Confidential, the late James Rebhorn (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0714310/#actorMovie) popping up in Carlito's Way, The Game, and The Talented Mr Ripley, or the even later Ruth Gordon (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0002106/?ref_=ttfc_fc_cl_t1) mugging her way through Harold And Maude, Rosemary's Baby, and Every Which Way But Loose?

Everybody can, which is why a marathon of their films wouldn't grate in the way the films of Toms Cruise, Hardy or even Hanks would.


Title: Re: The Film Star Challenge!
Post by: M.I.K. on 18 February, 2017, 05:07:20 PM
Sheb Wooley (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheb_Wooley).
Title: Re: The Film Star Challenge!
Post by: JamesC on 18 February, 2017, 05:13:47 PM
You could certainly have a great night by choosing some lesser-known bit-part stallwarts. If you like action films, you could easily while away a day watching films in which Al Leong plays some sort of henchman (even though some of those roles are uncredited).
If we were generous enough to allow stunt performers we may be able to come up with an almost unbeatable list of top action films.
Title: Re: The Film Star Challenge!
Post by: Goaty on 18 February, 2017, 05:24:41 PM
Kevin Bacon
Title: Re: The Film Star Challenge!
Post by: Rara Avis on 18 February, 2017, 05:42:52 PM
This guy ..

(https://media.giphy.com/media/oeDsgJg49mnw4/giphy.gif)
Title: Re: The Film Star Challenge!
Post by: Magnetica on 18 February, 2017, 06:11:38 PM
Easy one for me - any of :

Clint
Arnie
Harrison Ford

Title: Re: The Film Star Challenge!
Post by: Daveycandlish on 18 February, 2017, 09:46:25 PM
Peter Cushing could get you a Laurel and Hardy comedy, Dracula, Frankenstein, 1984 (admittedly a tv show, not film) and Star Wars  :)
Title: Re: The Film Star Challenge!
Post by: SIP on 18 February, 2017, 09:57:07 PM
Quote from: Magnetica on 18 February, 2017, 06:11:38 PM
Easy one for me - any of :

Clint
Arnie
Harrison Ford

Yup. I'm down with that.
Title: Re: The Film Star Challenge!
Post by: M.I.K. on 18 February, 2017, 10:33:53 PM
Quote from: Daveycandlish on 18 February, 2017, 09:46:25 PM
Peter Cushing could get you a Laurel and Hardy comedy, Dracula, Frankenstein, 1984 (admittedly a tv show, not film) and Star Wars  :)

...and Biggles.

You could also amuse yourself by keeping a tally of all the magnifying glasses he looks through.
Title: Re: The Film Star Challenge!
Post by: Fungus on 18 February, 2017, 10:36:06 PM
Peter Sellers?
To some Pink Panthers, add Dr Strangelove, Lolita and Being There.
Got to enjoy British films, and he definitely - excepting Clouseau - mixed things up a *lot*.
Title: Re: The Film Star Challenge!
Post by: Tony Angelino on 18 February, 2017, 10:46:38 PM
Clint Eastwood has a body of work that no other actor can currently get near. He's been a major star since the mid 60's and I could easily watch the three 'Dollar' films, Kelly's Heroes, Where Eagles Dare back to back and then move on to the Harry movies, Eiger Sanction etc.

Harrison Ford might be second although I really would only watch the first three Star Wars, first three Indys, Force 10 From Navarone and The Fugitive. I wouldn't be that keen on many of his other films.

Laurel and Hardy are a possibility as well although a lot of their stuff were 'shorts' if memory serves me right. I'm not sure they were all fully fledged films.

I have re-assessed Arnie in recent years and I barely rate his films at all now. He's got the first two Terminators and Predator. Other than that I'm not really interested in his stuff and think its pretty poor. Has anyone watched Commando recently? I loved that when I first saw it. Now its just horrendous. Its almost so bad its good.
Title: Re: The Film Star Challenge!
Post by: SIP on 18 February, 2017, 10:51:49 PM
I've certainly watched Commando recently and it's still f***ing awesome.
Title: Re: The Film Star Challenge!
Post by: Tony Angelino on 18 February, 2017, 11:05:06 PM
I could go on a rant about Commando that would last hours. I wouldn't even know where to start with it.

It's not even Arnie's worst film.
Title: Re: The Film Star Challenge!
Post by: Frank on 18 February, 2017, 11:14:06 PM
Quote from: Tony Angelino on 18 February, 2017, 10:46:38 PM
I really would only watch the first three Star Wars, first three (Indiana Jones) films

Blade Runner, Apocalypse Now and American Graffiti have small but dedicated followings.


Title: Re: The Film Star Challenge!
Post by: Tony Angelino on 18 February, 2017, 11:30:41 PM
I don't really count Apocalypse Now as to me he doesn't have a significant enough part in it. Blade Runner is ok and I've never seen American Graffiti.

My main issue with Harrison Ford is that after The Fugitive I felt he just made one forgettable movie after another.
Title: Re: The Film Star Challenge!
Post by: Frank on 18 February, 2017, 11:46:22 PM
Quote from: Tony Angelino on 18 February, 2017, 11:30:41 PM
I don't really count Apocalypse Now as to me he doesn't have a significant enough part in it

Okay, but that's not how the game works (https://forums.2000adonline.com/index.php?topic=44173.msg946380#msg946380). As well as eight of the most popular films of all time, Ford managed to hack his way through Coppola's The Conversation, Frantic, Working Girl, and Witness* too.


* He's also in Zabriskie Point. I'm listing the films that won critical acclaim, but I could happily sit through a marathon of Airforce One, What Lies Beneath, Mosquito Coast, Presumed Innocent, Regarding Henry, and even Morning Glory.
Title: Re: The Film Star Challenge!
Post by: sheridan on 18 February, 2017, 11:47:30 PM
Quote from: M.I.K. on 18 February, 2017, 05:07:20 PM
Sheb Wooley (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheb_Wooley).

He was going to be my next suggestion (though I'd have had to look up who he was first).  You know what I mean!
Title: Re: The Film Star Challenge!
Post by: sheridan on 18 February, 2017, 11:49:24 PM
The problem with some of those suggestions is that while they might be great films, some are very samey.  I wouldn't want to spend the whole day watching Westerns or have every film be a gangster film.  Variety is the spice of life and all that.
Title: Re: The Film Star Challenge!
Post by: SIP on 19 February, 2017, 01:13:28 AM
Quote from: Tony Angelino on 18 February, 2017, 11:05:06 PM
I could go on a rant about Commando that would last hours. I wouldn't even know where to start with it.

It's not even Arnie's worst film.

I'm guessing that the very things you would rant about are the same things that I feel make it fun.  We could start with Vernon Wells, or Dan Hedaya - they're great! The only weak point in my opinion is the female lead actress, but that's not enough to drag down its entertaining 80's vibe.

As for not being one of Arnie's worst, it most certainly is not. I would put it as one of his best, its just pure fun, though the number one spot will always be Predator for me.
Title: Re: The Film Star Challenge!
Post by: Definitely Not Mister Pops on 19 February, 2017, 02:40:56 AM
Commando is glorious. It is the very definition of a big dumb action movie.
Title: Re: The Film Star Challenge!
Post by: Trout on 19 February, 2017, 04:14:21 AM
The correct answer is William H. Macy.

We also would have accepted Max Von Sydow, despite the 95 Dredd film.

- Trout
Title: Re: The Film Star Challenge!
Post by: TordelBack on 19 February, 2017, 08:33:34 AM
Quote from: Trout on 19 February, 2017, 04:14:21 AM
We also would have accepted Max Von Sydow, despite the 95 Dredd film.

Ooh good one.  Do I get to watch some of his TV stuff too?
Title: Re: The Film Star Challenge!
Post by: JamesC on 19 February, 2017, 08:57:24 AM
Quote from: TordelBack on 19 February, 2017, 08:33:34 AM
Quote from: Trout on 19 February, 2017, 04:14:21 AM
We also would have accepted Max Von Sydow, despite the 95 Dredd film.

Ooh good one.  Do I get to watch some of his TV stuff too?

No you don't - bloody cheat! :lol:
Title: Re: The Film Star Challenge!
Post by: Tony Angelino on 19 February, 2017, 10:34:06 AM
I'm trying to ignore the outpouring of support for Commando. Even the Steel Drum soundtrack is terrible.

It was released the same year as Rambo First Blood Part Two which I think stands up better today as an 80s action flick. Of the two actors, who were seen as 'competitors' at the time, I think Stallone's films have stood the test of time better than Arnie's. 

I would say Max Von Sydow has a great body of work. I watched Three Days of the Condor recently and he's very good in it. It has cinema's greatest lift scene possibly only matched by the one in The Winter Soldier.
Title: Re: The Film Star Challenge!
Post by: Tjm86 on 19 February, 2017, 10:41:47 AM
Surprised Roy Scheider hasn't come up yet.  First Jaws, French Connection, Blue Thunder, 2010 and the Fourth War.

We'll forgive him Seaquest DSV (which he pretty much disowned himself by all accounts).
Title: Re: The Film Star Challenge!
Post by: Tony Angelino on 19 February, 2017, 11:01:13 AM
I watched him in a 'forgotten' film of the 70s recently called The Seven Ups. Very good. From the makers of the French Connection.

Title: Re: The Film Star Challenge!
Post by: I, Cosh on 19 February, 2017, 12:23:00 PM
Quote from: JamesC on 18 February, 2017, 05:13:47 PM
You could certainly have a great night by choosing some lesser-known bit-part stallwarts. If you like action films, you could easily while away a day watching films in which Al Leong plays some sort of henchman (even though some of those roles are uncredited).
If we were generous enough to allow stunt performers we may be able to come up with an almost unbeatable list of top action films.
Aye. I've changed my vote to Harry Dean Stanton.
Title: Re: The Film Star Challenge!
Post by: Tony Angelino on 19 February, 2017, 02:10:40 PM
Vic Armstrong, the stuntman, would give you a huge number of well known films. He's not an actor but I think it is within the spirit of the regulations here if we are allowing actors who are in tiny roles in films. As a bonus he didn't do any work at all on Commando.
Title: Re: The Film Star Challenge!
Post by: Frank on 19 February, 2017, 03:17:27 PM
Quote from: sheridan on 18 February, 2017, 11:49:24 PM
The problem with some of those suggestions is that while they might be great films, some are very samey.  I wouldn't want to spend the whole day watching Westerns or have every film be a gangster film.  Variety is the spice of life


Yep:


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Charles Napier (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0621008/?ref_=ttfc_fc_cl_t23) (1936-2011)

1999 Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me

1998 Beloved

1997 Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery

1996 The Cable Guy

1993 Philadelphia

1993 Loaded Weapon 1

1991 The Silence of the Lambs

1990 The Grifters

1990 Maniac Cop 2

1988 Married to the Mob

1986 Something Wild

1985 Rambo: First Blood Part II

1980 The Blues Brothers

1975 Supervixens

1970 Beyond the Valley of the Dolls




(http://i.imgur.com/1Gd8Fsd.png?1)

Hal Holbrook (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001358/?ref_=nv_sr_1#actorMovie) (1925 - present)

2012 Lincoln

2007 Into the Wild

2001 The Majestic

1997 Hercules

1993 The Firm

1989 Fletch Lives

1987 Wall Street

1983 The Star Chamber

1982 Creepshow

1980 The Fog

1977 Capricorn One

1976 Battle of Midway

1976 All the President's Men

1973 Magnum Force




(http://i.imgur.com/m8sUhb4.png?2)

Jack Warden (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0912001/#actorMovie) (1920 - 2006)

1998 Bulworth

1996 Ed

1995 Mighty Aphrodite

1995 Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead

1994 Bullets Over Broadway

1992 Night and the City

1990 Problem Child

1982 The Verdict

1981 The Great Muppet Caper

1979 Being There

1979 ...and justice for all.

1979 Beyond the Poseidon Adventure

1979 The Champ

1978 Death on the Nile

1978 Heaven Can Wait

1976 All the President's Men

1975 Shampoo

1964 The Thin Red Line

1963 Donovan's Reef

1957 12 Angry Men

1953 From Here to Eternity

1950 The Asphalt Jungle



Title: Re: The Film Star Challenge!
Post by: sheridan on 19 February, 2017, 03:43:34 PM
Quote from: Trout on 19 February, 2017, 04:14:21 AM
We also would have accepted Max Von Sydow, despite the 95 Dredd film.

You'd be watching him play a leader who dies a lot of times...
Title: Re: The Film Star Challenge!
Post by: Tjm86 on 19 February, 2017, 04:38:12 PM
Michael Ironside?

Total Recall
Top Gun (come on, its a cabbage classic!)
Scanners
Highlander 2: the quick buck.
Starship Troopers

Also another Seaquest alumni, and who can forget Ham Tyler?
Title: Re: The Film Star Challenge!
Post by: JamesC on 19 February, 2017, 06:57:48 PM
Michael Caine - Get Carter, The Italian Job, The Man Who Would be King, The Ipcress File, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Children of Men, The Dark Knight.
Title: Re: The Film Star Challenge!
Post by: Jim_Campbell on 19 February, 2017, 08:51:07 PM
Quote from: JamesC on 19 February, 2017, 06:57:48 PM
Michael Caine - Get Carter, The Italian Job, The Man Who Would be King, The Ipcress File, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Children of Men, The Dark Knight.

WINNER.

(Not Michael.)
Title: Re: The Film Star Challenge!
Post by: sheridan on 19 February, 2017, 08:53:55 PM
Quote from: JamesC on 19 February, 2017, 06:57:48 PM
Michael Caine - Get Carter, The Italian Job, The Man Who Would be King, The Ipcress File, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Children of Men, The Dark Knight.

Jaws: the Revenge...
Title: Re: The Film Star Challenge!
Post by: Mardroid on 19 February, 2017, 09:30:19 PM
Quote from: sheridan on 19 February, 2017, 08:53:55 PM
Quote from: JamesC on 19 February, 2017, 06:57:48 PM
Michael Caine - Get Carter, The Italian Job, The Man Who Would be King, The Ipcress File, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Children of Men, The Dark Knight.

Jaws: the Revenge...

Heh. A silly film, but he was amusing in it. I loved his reply, when asked how [spoiler]he escaped the shark. "It wasn't easy!"[/spoiler]
Title: Re: The Film Star Challenge!
Post by: Tony Angelino on 19 February, 2017, 09:41:12 PM
Yes I think Michael Caine may now be in my second place after Clint Eastwood.

Add in Zulu, Too Late the Hero, The Eagle has Landed, A Bridge Too Far, The Battle of Britain and he has quite a good body of work. Admittedly he also has a lot of duff movies too.
Title: Re: The Film Star Challenge!
Post by: Frank on 19 February, 2017, 09:49:59 PM
Quote from: Tony Angelino on 19 February, 2017, 09:41:12 PM
Admittedly (Caine) also has a lot of duff movies

He'd probably win the opposite version of the competition too: which star you'd hate to be trapped watching for 24 hours:


Interstellar

The Dark Knight Rises

The Weather Man

Bewitched

Austin Powers in Goldmember

Get Carter (Stallone remake)

Bullseye!

Water

Blame it on Rio

The Swarm



Title: Re: The Film Star Challenge!
Post by: Tony Angelino on 19 February, 2017, 10:10:20 PM
Yes. Michael Caine had no bad movie filter and it was probably through luck as much as anything that he was in so many good films. Something which also hit Al Pacino and Robert DeNiro later in their careers where they would appear in just about anything for money.

Having said that I don't think I would include either Pacino or DeNiro in my choices for this challenge though. They made some good/great movies between them but I wouldn't want to sit down for a day and watch them. If I'm being honest I probably couldn't watch The Godfather in one sitting now. 
Title: Re: The Film Star Challenge!
Post by: Frank on 19 February, 2017, 10:27:43 PM

As well as money, it's probably because Caine's a very good actor. There must be an element of seeing whether he can still be good in any old shite, or elevate something ordinary. His screen acting masterclass is sort of legendary in thesp circles:

https://youtu.be/bZPLVDwEr7Y?t=2m8s


Title: Re: The Film Star Challenge!
Post by: sheridan on 20 February, 2017, 02:09:24 AM
By the way - Karl Urban.
Title: Re: The Film Star Challenge!
Post by: Pegasus P Artichoke on 20 February, 2017, 07:41:03 AM
He's already been mentioned but I would also go for Kurt Russell

Another actor i could watch is JT Walsh, he was a terrific character actor

For sheer body of work I think Frank Welker has to be up there if going down that route
Title: Re: The Film Star Challenge!
Post by: Tiplodocus on 20 February, 2017, 09:13:20 AM
Richard Dreyfuss?  A good mixture of drama, blockbuster and comedy. You'd get the added bonus of Speilberg at the height of his powers.
Title: Re: The Film Star Challenge!
Post by: Tjm86 on 20 February, 2017, 10:22:19 AM
Amen!  I've always been a bit partial to "What about Bob."

I also can never watch anyone sculpting Mash potato without trying to lop the top off their mountain!
Title: Re: The Film Star Challenge!
Post by: Rara Avis on 20 February, 2017, 11:29:28 AM
Good choice.
I would recommend this one:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0839938/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_23


Quote from: sheridan on 20 February, 2017, 02:09:24 AM
By the way - Karl Urban.

       
  • Lord of the Rings
  • Star Trek
  • some film in 2012
  • Pete's Dragon
  • the upcoming Thor: Ragnorok
  • a whole host of interesting looking films I haven't seen yet
Title: Re: The Film Star Challenge!
Post by: Rara Avis on 20 February, 2017, 11:38:17 AM
Has no one mentioned Jack Nicholson yet?

Sure he's had a few duds but you'd spend a day watching Easy Rider, Chinatown, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, The Shining, Batman, A Few Good Men, Mars Attacks, As Good As It Gets ..
Title: Re: The Film Star Challenge!
Post by: Link Prime on 20 February, 2017, 11:45:27 AM
Bill Murray & Tom Hardy are my favorite choices from the ideas so far.

For my sins, the actual answer will be Tobin Bell.
I want to re-watch the entire Saw series before Saw Legacy hits cinemas in October.
Title: Re: The Film Star Challenge!
Post by: sheridan on 20 February, 2017, 12:53:02 PM
Quote from: Rara Avis on 20 February, 2017, 11:29:28 AM
Good choice.
I would recommend this one:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0839938/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_23

Thanks for the heads up - he appears to have had an interesting career as lead actor in New Zealand films, then smaller parts in variable quality US films (as I say, I haven't seen most of them) before rising to more consistently good quality films.  The typical journey of a non-US actor breaking Hollywood then.
Title: Re: The Film Star Challenge!
Post by: Tony Angelino on 20 February, 2017, 05:33:24 PM
Quote from: Frank on 19 February, 2017, 10:27:43 PM

As well as money, it's probably because Caine's a very good actor. There must be an element of seeing whether he can still be good in any old shite, or elevate something ordinary. His screen acting masterclass is sort of legendary in thesp circles:

https://youtu.be/bZPLVDwEr7Y?t=2m8s

I've only watched five minutes of it but will watch the rest of it tonight. I'll be watching for him not blinking in his movies now.
Title: Re: The Film Star Challenge!
Post by: Rackle on 21 February, 2017, 12:45:51 PM
Quote from: sheridan on 20 February, 2017, 02:09:24 AM
By the way - Karl Urban.

       
  • Lord of the Rings
  • Star Trek
  • some film in 2012
  • Pete's Dragon
  • the upcoming Thor: Ragnorok
  • a whole host of interesting looking films I haven't seen yet

I could quite happily spend the day watching Karl Urban films.  Or Viggo Mortensen   :D
Title: Re: The Film Star Challenge!
Post by: Satanist on 21 February, 2017, 02:35:53 PM
As Caine has already been called I'll go for Gene Hackman and these...

The Royal Tenenbaums
The Quick and the Dead
Superman II
Young Frankenstein
The Poseidon Adventure

Some obvious misses that I either don't like or have seen to much.
Title: Re: The Film Star Challenge!
Post by: ming on 21 February, 2017, 02:47:57 PM
I'd probably go for Yuen Biao; I'd certainly find it very easy to fill a day watching anything from the list below (which are all on the shelf at home anyway) and these span enough of a range of genres to keep me entertained.  He's not the main character in a lot of these but that doesn't matter, does it?

The Young Master
The Prodigal Son
Winners and Sinners
Project A
Zu Warriors from the Magic Mountain
Wheels on Meals
My Lucky Stars
Mr. Vampire
Millionaire's Express
On the Run
The Iceman Cometh
Once Upon a Time in China
Title: Re: The Film Star Challenge!
Post by: I, Cosh on 21 February, 2017, 03:13:32 PM
Quote from: ming on 21 February, 2017, 02:47:57 PM
I'd probably go for Yuen Biao; I'd certainly find it very easy to fill a day watching anything from the list below (which are all on the shelf at home anyway) and these span enough of a range of genres to keep me entertained.  He's not the main character in a lot of these but that doesn't matter, does it?
A list which doesn't even include Dragons Forever!
Title: Re: The Film Star Challenge!
Post by: Frank on 21 February, 2017, 05:23:26 PM
Quote from: Pegasus P Artichoke on 20 February, 2017, 07:41:03 AM
Another actor i could watch is JT Walsh, he was a terrific character actor

Character actors give you variety. Walsh turning up in a film was like bumping into an old friend; you always knew he'd be great, so seeing him walk into frame stamped a seal of quality on the video you were watching.

Sadly missed, especially since he was born (and died) too soon to play the starring role that would have elevated him from being very good in other actors' vehicles to a dramatic lead, in The Bill Hicks Story (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000687/)*:


The Negotiator

Breakdown

Sling Blade

Nixon

Outbreak

The Client

Blue Chips

The Last Seduction

Needful Things

Red Rock West

A Few Good Men

Backdraft

Misery

The Grifters

Crazy People

Good Morning, Vietnam

House of Games

Hannah and Her Sisters



* Not a real thing. I just mean they looked alike, even if Walsh was too old to play Hicks by the time Hicks was famous enough to warrant a biopic.
Title: Re: The Film Star Challenge!
Post by: Proudhuff on 21 February, 2017, 05:33:16 PM
John Goodman.
Title: Re: The Film Star Challenge!
Post by: Proudhuff on 21 February, 2017, 05:48:17 PM

Robert Mitchum
Title: Re: The Film Star Challenge!
Post by: JLC on 03 March, 2017, 01:11:51 PM
Sir Michael Caine
Title: Re: The Film Star Challenge!
Post by: Trent on 14 March, 2017, 12:52:20 PM
Just watching McFarland USA and would happily spend a day watching Kevin Costner movies.
From The Untouchables to Field of Dreams, No Way Out, Mr. Brooks, Wyatt Earp etc a really good selection of movies.
I really rate Costner and find it interesting that he really seems to polarise opinion unlike most other actors, but the films mentioned would keep me happy for a day.
Title: Re: The Film Star Challenge!
Post by: JamesC on 14 March, 2017, 01:26:43 PM
Costner is an interesting one. I'm no fan but he's been in some decent stuff.

Female actors are much harder to call though. For example, I really like Geena Davis but I'd struggle to fill a day watching her films. Likewise Sharon Stone.
Title: Re: The Film Star Challenge!
Post by: Mardroid on 14 March, 2017, 04:12:19 PM
I guess Sigourney Weaver would be an obvious one. You can get four Alien films* and two Ghostbusters** films out of that.

And Avatar too, if you like. I found it overrated when it first came out, yet not as unlikable as many people made out after watching it. Despite the amazing CGI world brought to life, the story was actually pretty decent... albeit done a couple of times before.  (I'd sooner watch A Man Called Horse though, even with the eye-watering stuff with the extreme piercings and such, but that doesn't feature Sigourney, that I remember.)

*It helps that I quite like the last two that others tend to think of as bad.

** It helps that I'm rather fond of the Ghostbusters sequel, which is maligned in some quarters. Oh, it perhaps lacks originality when comparing it with it's predecessor, but I thought it a fun film overall.
Title: Re: The Film Star Challenge!
Post by: Proudhuff on 14 March, 2017, 04:19:01 PM
Quote from: Mardroid on 14 March, 2017, 04:12:19 PM
And Avatar too, if you like. I found it overrated when it first came out, yet not as unlikable as many people made out after watching it. Despite the amazing CGI world brought to life, the story was actually pretty decent... albeit done a couple of times before. 

It was done better as Fern Gully.  :D
Title: Re: The Film Star Challenge!
Post by: Trent on 14 March, 2017, 08:05:53 PM
I'd prefer a selection of genres rather than an Alien fest necessarily.

For Costner add 13 Days and the excellent Open Range but for different genres he allows Man of Steel and sequel, Waterworld, JFK, Robin Hood and others.

Not too many (intentional) laughs but some great movies.