Urban75 Home About Offline BrixtonBuzz Contact

worlds greatest actor (ch4, sunday 9pm-1am) - your thoughts?

Olivier may well come first.

Brando se...no wait. Olivier second, Brando first (all about Godfather innit ;))

Crowe could well make it up there thinking...hmmm.

:confused:

I need more people to discuss this with face to face like, I could go on all night.

edit: and noticeably get it wrong! :rolleyes: :o

(these programmes were designed for an argumentative mouth like me ;))
 
TheLostProphet said:
Olivier may well come first.

Brando se...no wait. Olivier second, Brando first (all about Godfather innit ;))

Crowe could well make it up there thinking...hmmm.

:confused:

I need more people to discuss this with face to face like, I could go on all night.

(these programmes were designed for an argumentative mouth like me ;))
Click to expand...
you need to edit - olivier 4th ;)
 
spanglechick said:
Olivier at 4, and no more brits to come.
Click to expand...

Well deserved - Olivier.

But surely Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee haven't been mentioned yet. But then nor have Bela Logosi and Boris Karloff. :eek:
 
now i cocked up - no more englishmen - @ number 3: Anthony Hopkins

i don't know about this. :(

edit - i missed the first twenty or so... depp may have been up there.
 
spanglechick said:
crowe?
Click to expand...

For Virtuosity alone he's had his Oscar revoked as well as his right to star in any more films. Russell Crowe will be publicly auctioned next month in order to raise funds for those who suffered irreparable damage after viewing the aforementioned train wreck. Denzel Washington has, as yet, not been apprehended for his crimes.
 
TheLostProphet said:
For Virtuosity alone he's had his Oscar revoked as well as his right to star in any more films. Russell Crowe will be publicly auctioned next month in order to raise funds for those who suffered irreparable damage after viewing the aforementioned train wreck. Denzel Washington has, as yet, not been apprehended for his crimes.
Click to expand...
virtuosity is shite, true - but he's made worse...

anyway, point is - he's done some amazing stuff (Romper stomper, the Insider, A beautiful mind, gladiator) - real range and chameleon stuff. but depp is also worthy - i'm just surprised RC didn't place in the top 80... not popular in the buisness tho - maybe it counted against him.
 
I guess he's got his Oscar, but his attitude of 'nah fuck it, i'm off to tour with my band' may have had an influence on some of the higher echelons of the thespians ;)

Just noticed Depps pencilled in for The Rum Diaries - another H.S Thompson piece :cool:
 
ah ok - twas only a top 50.

anyway, the full list:

(apols for the C&P)

50. James Dean
49. Dennis Hopper
48. Burt Lancaster
47. Sidney Poitier
46. Vivien Leigh
45. Orson Welles
44. Greta Garbo
43. Steve McQueen
42. Alison Steadman
41. Helena Bonham-Carter
40. Denzel Washington
39. Tom Hanks
38. Charlie Chaplin
37. Charles Laughton
36. Gary Oldman
35. Frank Sinatra
34. Rod Steiger
33. John Mills
32. Gena Rowlands
31. Gene Hackman
30. Brad Pitt
29. Kate Winslet
28. Judy Garland
27. Humphrey Bogart
26. Meryl Streep
25. John Gielgud
24. Peter Sellers
23. Cary Grant
22. Albert Finney
21. Dustin Hoffman
20. Maggie Smith
19. Sean Penn
18. Edward Norton
17. Bette Davis
16. Montgomery Clift
15. Daniel Day-Lewis
14. Christoper Walken
13. James Stewart
12. Richard Burton
11. Alec Guinness
10. Spencer Tracy
9. Katherine Hepburn
8. Judi Dench
7. Jack Nicholson
5. = Robert De Niro
5. = Al Pacino
4. Laurence Olivier
3. Anthony Hopkins
2. Johnny Depp
1. Marlon Brando

so no crowe at all... anyone else missing?
 
Hmmm.

Personal inclusions would have included...

John Cusack
Bill Murray
Marlene Dietrich

How Sinatra gets in is a bit beyond me though.

Ooh, possibly Morgan Freeman as well - if you need a supporting actor, he's yer man.

And with that, farewell and adieu to you fair urban posters. I'm off to bed.

:)
 
spanglechick said:
so no crowe at all... anyone else missing?
Click to expand...
A selection from the AFI list who are all worthy of inclusion in my opinion:

Fred Astaire
Henry Fonda
Clark Gable
Jimmy Cagney
Gary Cooper
Gregory Peck
 
spanglechick said:
hmmm - i'd dispute that.

about schmidt
chinatown
witches of eastwick
the postman always rings twice
easy rider
little shop of horrors

some real variety there - much more so than de niro, certainly...
Click to expand...

Since when has Jack Nicholson been in Little Shop Of Horrors :confused:
 
TheLostProphet said:
You kind of forget how much he's done; and how very few, if any, have been flops or poor performances.
Click to expand...
He hasn't been in that much and there have been quite a lot of his films that haven't done well at the US box office. They probably didn't cost much, but the following did poorly:

Arizona Dream
Nick of Time
Astronaut's Wife
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Ninth Gate
Libertine
Man Who Cried
Cry Baby

I haven't seen any of these, however, a quick review of one film guide suggests that I haven't missed much.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

Similar threads

breadandcircuse
Brilliant acting/actors. Who is the greatest?
3 4 5 6 7
Replies
195
Views
3K
breadandcircuse
breadandcircuse
W
Greatest rivalry in a movie or tv drama?
Replies
28
Views
567
stavros
S
editor
Actor and comedian Brian Murphy dies aged 92 (1970s sitcoms Man About The House and George And Mildred)
Replies
14
Views
441
danski
danski
editor
War of the Worlds 2025 on Amazon Prime - avoid at all costs!
2 3 4
Replies
91
Views
2K
farmerbarleymow
farmerbarleymow
Boo Radley75
Greatest Ever Film Scenes
3 4 5 6 7
Replies
180
Views
4K
Nanker Phelge
Nanker Phelge
Back
Top Bottom