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A place to talk about movies--old and new, good and bad, high art and high cheese. It's the place to place your kittens on the award winners, gossip about upcoming fims and discuss DVD releases and extras. Spoiler policy: White font all plot-related discussion until a movie's been in wide release two weeks, and keep the major HSQ in white font until two weeks after the video/DVD release.

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DavidS - Nov 30, 2006 8:13:28 pm PST #6064 of 10001

"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Speaking of movies with great casts I've got King of New York on the TiVo right now. Talk about your serious pulp fictions. Plus, Christopher Walken, Laurence Fishburne (absolutely badass), David Caruso (one of his best movie roles, though his brief stint on TV as a NYC cop was and always will be his best role), Wesley Snipes, Giancarlo Esposito, Steve Buscemi...

I wonder if Walken's wife cast that movie. She's the top casting agent for the East Coast and does all the HBO series shot out there.

Aims - Nov 30, 2006 9:03:48 pm PST #6065 of 10001

Shit's all sorts of different now.

Kathy Bates
Carol Burnett
Joan Cusack

Frankenbuddha - Dec 01, 2006 3:48:12 am PST #6066 of 10001

"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"

Veronica Cartwright (in the history of cinema, nobody freaks out like Veronica Cartwright).

Hitchcock trained her well.

Character actor, character actors.

Dick Miller
Timothy Carey
Brad Dourif
William Sanderson
Charles Napier

Fred Pete - Dec 01, 2006 4:14:47 am PST #6067 of 10001

Ann, that's a ferret.

Sakall
Edward Everett Horton
Betty Garrett

Volans - Dec 01, 2006 4:15:51 am PST #6068 of 10001

move out and draw fire

Is Philip Seymor Hoffman a character actor? William Macy? Brian Cox?

Alan Rickman.

Joan Cusack for sure.

Frankenbuddha - Dec 01, 2006 4:37:58 am PST #6069 of 10001

"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"

Alan Cummings.

DavidS - Dec 01, 2006 4:38:18 am PST #6070 of 10001

"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Is Philip Seymor Hoffman a character actor?

Was, I think now. He's sort of moved up. Kind of in the Dustin Hoffman class, if that distinction is useful.

William Macy?

Is. Even though he does play a lot of leads. The Shoveler!

Brian Cox?

Is. God, he's good in Rushmore and Manhunter.

Frankenbuddha - Dec 01, 2006 4:39:35 am PST #6071 of 10001

"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"

Is. Even though he does play a lot of leads.

By that definition, than so is Frances MacDormand.

lisah - Dec 01, 2006 5:14:14 am PST #6072 of 10001

Punishingly Intricate

I used to love Lili Taylor but I think 6 Feet Under ruined her for me. Hated that show and hated her in it.

I caught most of Bridget Jones' Diary on tv the other day and was reminded of how much I enjoy Shirley Henderson and, for that matter, Jim Broadbent.

beekaytee - Dec 01, 2006 6:16:42 am PST #6073 of 10001

Compassionately intolerant

I love this conversation! Character actors are my favorite actors.

Ileanna Douglas

She's so great in Action.

And in To Die For.

Lilli Taylor and Guy Pearce (does he count? he's the definition of 'character') are great in A Slipping Down Life. It's a character study of characters. And has the distinction of featuring Bruno Kirby.(RIP) He's one of my favorite character's as well.

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