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bakerboy
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top 10 best performances ever.

What are your top 10 of the best performances ever? Here is mine:

1: Marlon Brando in the godfather

2: Robert De Niro in the godfather part 2

3: Robert De Niro in raging bull

4: Al Pacino in scarface

5: Peter O'Toole in Lawrence of Arabia

6: Michelle Pfeiffer in the fabulous baker boys

7: Michelle Pfeiffer dangerous liaisons

8: John Hurt in the elephant man

9: Anthony Hopkins in silence of the lambs

10: Vivien Leigh in gone with the wind

And yours?

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1. Sir Christopher Lee - The Wicker Man

2. Sean Penn - Mystic River

3. Anthony Perkins - Psycho

4. Ray Liotta - Turbulence

5. Ben Kingsley - The House of Sand & Fog

6. Jack Nicholson - One Who Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest

7. Kathy Bates - Misery

8. Gene Hackman - The French Connection

9. Ralph Fiennes - Spider

10. Edward Norton - The 25th Hour

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1. Peter O'Toole- Lawrence
2. Marlon Brando -Apocalypse Now
3. Matt Damon -Good Will Hunting
4. Sigourney Weaver -Aliens
5. Sly Stallone -Rocky
6. Clint Eastwood -Unforgiven
7. Edward Norton -American History X
8. Malcolm McDowell -A Clockwork Orange
9. Micheal Douglas - Wall Street
10. Gwyneth Paltrow -Shakespeare In Love

Feb 4th, 2004 10:25 PM

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johnny_rotten
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1. Jack Nicholson - One flew over the cuckoos nest
2. Anthony Hopkins - Silence of the lambs
3. Clint eastwood - Dirty harry
4. Joe Pesci - Goodfellas
5. Ben Kingsley - Sexy Beasy
6. Anthony Hopkins - Remains of the day.
7. Ben Kingsley - Ghandi
8. Kathy Bates - Misery.
9. Francis mcdormand - Fargo
10. Dustin Hoffman - Rainman

Wickerman : I saw "Spider" today with ralph feines. I honestly did not think his performance was that special, although it was very good. I really enjoyed the movie.

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1. Tim Robbins - Shawshank Redemption
2. Ralph Fiennes - Schindlers List
3. R. Lee Ermey - Full Metal Jacket
4. Harrison Ford - Witness
5. Roy Schneider - Jaws
6. Robert Carlisle - Trainspotting
7. Henry Thomas - ET
8. Robert DeNiro - Taxi Driver
9. Christopher Walken - The Deer Hunter
10. Humphrey Bogart - The African Queen

These arent in any order, just my fave 10.

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1) Al Pacino - Scarface
2) Ed Norton - American History X
3) Ed Norton/Brad Pitt - Fight Club
5) Sam Jackson - Pulp Fiction
6) Tim Robbins - Shawshank Redemption
7) Marlin Brando - Godfather
8) Denzel Washington - Training Day
9) Kathy Bates - Misery
10) Morgan Freeman - Shawshank Redemption/Seven

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hitmanyr2k
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In no particular order....

Al Pacino - Scarface
Al Pacino - Godfather/Godfather II
Val Kilmer - Tombstone
Sylvester Stallone - Rocky
Tommy Lee Jones - The Fugitive
Robert Shaw - Jaws
Clint Eastwood - Unforgiven
Gene Hackman - Unforgiven
Morgan Freeman - Shawshank Redemption
Morgan Freeman - Se7en

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Jack Nicholson - One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest

Louis Fletcher - One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest

Robert Deniro - Taxi Driver

Bill Murray - Lost in Translation

Gunner Hansen - Texas Chainsaw Massacre

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Jonny depp - fear and loathing in las vegas
Jack Nicholson - One Who Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest
Anthony Hopkins - Silence of the lambs
Dustin Hoffman - midnight cowboy
Ed Norton/Brad Pitt - Fight Club
Richard E. Grant - withnail and i
Rory Cochrane - dazed and confused
Jason lee - mallrats
Jason lee - chasing amy
Ed Norton - American History X

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1. Morgan Freeman in seven
2. Samuel L Jackson in pulp fiction
3. Tim Robbins in Shawshank
4. Sean Aston in ROTK
5. Tom Hanks in Road to Perdition
6. Russel Crowe in Gladiator
7. Kevin Spacey in Usual Suspects
8. Sigourney Weaver in Alien
9. Ewen McGreggor in trainspotting
10. Jake Gyllenhaal in Donnie Darko

Feb 6th, 2004 07:51 PM

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you are all focussing majorly on male characters erm

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Orlandoswifey
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1. Johnny Depp - Pirates of the Carribbean.
2. Orlando Bloom - POTC.
3. Orlando Bloom -Lord of the Rings [all 3]
4. Sean Astin - Lord of the Rings.
dunno anymore. don't watch many movies without orlando in,

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quote:
Originally posted by lil tears
you are all focussing majorly on male characters

Ok lil'S just for you heres my all time top ten performances by female performers:

1. Kathy Bates - Misery

2. Hilary Swank - Boys Don't Cry

3. Naomi Watts - Mulholland Drive

4. Julianne Moore - Far From Heaven

5. Lara Belmont - The War Zone

6. Susan Sarandon - Dead Man Walking

7. Emily Watson - Breaking The Waves

8. Laura Linney - Mystic River

9. Nicole Kidman - The Others / The Hours

10. Charlie Theron - Monster

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Thank you

Feb 6th, 2004 08:33 PM

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quote:
Originally posted by lil tears
you are all focussing majorly on male characters

Jodie Foster - Taxi Driver

Monica Bellucci - Irreversible

Lois Fletcher - One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest

Michele Pfiefer - Scarface

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1. Kathy Bates - Misery
2. Michele Pfiefer - What Lies Beneath
3. Sigourney Weaver - Alien Quadrilogy

Not much female performances that I think are great. Sorry, just my opinion.

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Feb 6th, 2004 10:28 PM

2501
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jodie foster in silence of the lambs

Feb 6th, 2004 11:03 PM

Evil Dead
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I'm shocked nobody has mentioned Russel Crowe in "A Beautiful Mind"..................like the guy or not, that was a brilliant performance.

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hitmanyr2k
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Like someone said before, there aren't many female performances I consider "great" enough to crack my Top 10. The ones who come close...

Sigourney Weaver - Aliens
Jamie Lee Curtis - Halloween

Can't think of anymore after that.

Feb 7th, 2004 12:28 AM