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Post by pupdurcs on May 5, 2024 20:34:18 GMT
This happens a fair amount, when a pair of iconic actors/movie stars team up for a movie that just kind of goes nowhere and ends up an almost forgotten part of their filmography. Thought we could use this thread to talk about them.
Two great examples that come to mind.
Secrets In Their Eyes
For different reasons, it can be argued that Julia Roberts and Nicole Kidman can be considered the two most iconic female movie stars of their era/generation. But this thriller, directed by Billy Ray and also starring Chiwitel Ejiofor ( who replaced the originally attached Denzel Washington, who probably was the reason Roberts and Kidman were interested to the project in the first place) came and went and became forgotten about pretty quickly.
Another one is Misconduct with Al Pacino and Anthony Hopkins, which turned out to be a massive dud that most people barely remember exists. Which was a shame for what was an iconic pairing.
Anymore examples?
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Post by ibbi on May 5, 2024 20:41:45 GMT
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Post by pacinoyes on May 5, 2024 20:50:11 GMT
Gere, Christie, Hackman, Washington, Lumet.....Blah ![](https://images.wolfgangsvault.com/m/xlarge/ZZZ060012-PO/power-poster-jan-31-1986.webp) Irons, Streep, Close, Ryder, Redgrave, Banderas, ![:gonemad:](//storage.proboards.com/6692321/images/1i_vReyDmEdV6yn5zMWP.gif) ![](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMTg1NTQ1Njc1N15BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwNTg1NTkwMzE@._V1_.jpg)
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Post by pupdurcs on May 5, 2024 20:51:20 GMT
To be honest, DeNiro has quite a few of these, because his supreme repuation as an actor attracted a lot of great actors/stars to projects he was attached to, even when he started becoming a lot less selective. A few more from Bobby. Grudge Match with Sylvester Stallone:
Last Vegas with Michael Douglas & Morgan Freeman
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Post by pupdurcs on May 5, 2024 21:03:28 GMT
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Post by HELENA MARIA on May 5, 2024 22:48:54 GMT
![](https://www.indiewire.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/scarecrow-al-pacino-gene-hackman.jpg?w=600&h=337&crop=1) This movie deserves more love.Such an underrated gem.Don't you agree pacinoyes ?
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Post by pupdurcs on May 5, 2024 22:57:24 GMT
![](https://www.indiewire.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/scarecrow-al-pacino-gene-hackman.jpg?w=600&h=337&crop=1) This movie deserves more love.Such an underrated gem.Don't you agree pacinoyes ? This is a weird one, because cinephiles have tried to elevate this this film into a major classic, but I don't think it's ever really happened. It's a very good movie and of course has Hackman & Pacino in the peak of their careers. I don't think this film quite fits this thread though. It's not a major film, for audiences or critics, but it's still a fondly remembered little movie by informed critics and cinephiles, primarily because of the two lead actors.
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Post by pacinoyes on May 5, 2024 23:03:28 GMT
![](https://www.indiewire.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/scarecrow-al-pacino-gene-hackman.jpg?w=600&h=337&crop=1) This movie deserves more love.Such an underrated gem.Don't you agree pacinoyes ? Love the film and imo it's in Pacino's top 10 performances.......with all the great co-stars he's had - Brando, De Niro, Streep, Duvall, Lemmon - a lot of GOATs - I think in some ways he meshed so beautifully with Gene.......I always want wallsofjericho - this boards big Hackman fan - to talk about it but he never does .....it's kind of odd that he doesn't dammit
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Post by finniussnrub on May 5, 2024 23:11:45 GMT
![](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51aAjDajsCL._AC_UF894,1000_QL80_.jpg) Also comically misleading poster.
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Post by countjohn on May 5, 2024 23:18:54 GMT
De Niro and Streep in Falling in Love. Both more or less in their primes starring in a glossy romantic drama, sounds like the kind of thing that would be a classic but no one talks about it.
Brando and Elizabeth Taylor in Reflections in a Golden Eye too, but that's actually a good movie.
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Post by pupdurcs on May 5, 2024 23:19:35 GMT
![](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51aAjDajsCL._AC_UF894,1000_QL80_.jpg) Also comically misleading poster. Abso-fucking-lutely! Took me years to track down this film (. And it's a shame, because it's pretty good. I think it's become obscure because of copyright issues, so for years it wasn't exactly clear who held all the rights to the movie. So you couldn't get regular re-releases, and updated mastering and copies. Douglas stole the show here, Olivier was fun in what was basically a dry run for his performance in Spartacus, and Lancaster had the least interesting part of the three actors, but he played it as well as possible.
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Post by The_Cake_of_Roth on May 5, 2024 23:25:03 GMT
Righteous Kill
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Post by sirchuck23 on May 5, 2024 23:47:43 GMT
![](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51TY0G3EGPL._AC_UF894,1000_QL80_.jpg) Two actors who became huge from their work in the 90s. A great acting pairing that unfortunately came about in a film no one will remember about their filmographies.
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Post by finniussnrub on May 6, 2024 0:07:42 GMT
This definitely deserves a mention as well: ![](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMjI5NDY1Mzg5NF5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwMTIzODI1NA@@._V1_.jpg)
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Post by wallsofjericho on May 6, 2024 5:48:35 GMT
![](https://www.indiewire.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/scarecrow-al-pacino-gene-hackman.jpg?w=600&h=337&crop=1) This movie deserves more love.Such an underrated gem.Don't you agree pacinoyes ? Love the film and imo it's in Pacino's top 10 performances.......with all the great co-stars he's had - Brando, De Niro, Streep, Duvall, Lemmon - a lot of GOATs - I think in some ways he meshed so beautifully with Gene.......I always want wallsofjericho - this boards big Hackman fan - to talk about it but he never does .....it's kind of odd that he doesn't dammit It's coming soon. Stay tuned 🍺🍺
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Post by wallsofjericho on May 6, 2024 5:54:31 GMT
Clarke Cable and Burt Lancaster in Run Silent, Run Deep. Paul Newman and Henry Fonda in Sometimes a Great Notion.
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Post by cherry68 on May 6, 2024 16:19:23 GMT
Brando, De Niro, Norton in The score.
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Post by taranofprydain on May 8, 2024 21:37:15 GMT
De Niro and Jane Fonda in Stanley and Iris
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Post by stephen on May 8, 2024 21:42:43 GMT
This definitely deserves a mention as well: Christoph Waltz and Caleb Landry Jones didn't forget.
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Post by finniussnrub on May 8, 2024 23:18:26 GMT
This definitely deserves a mention as well: Christoph Waltz and Caleb Landry Jones didn't forget. I find it hilarious both honed in on what is now a relatively obscure film, but I suppose, few sing the praises of post-70's Brando, where this is within what most consider Brando's second "run".
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Post by pupdurcs on May 8, 2024 23:23:56 GMT
Christoph Waltz and Caleb Landry Jones didn't forget. I find it hilarious both honed in on what is now a relatively obscure film, but I suppose, few sing the praises of post-70's Brando, where this is within what most consider Brando's second "run". I feel like many actors who really take the craft seriously ( like Waltz & Landry Jones) look back at the work of past greats, even the lesser known stuff, so they can have an informed opinion about them, as opposed to just relying on the myth-making "legend" of their best known stuff, an being told that everything they did was great and amazing. Which is a good thing, imho.
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Post by finniussnrub on May 8, 2024 23:35:35 GMT
I find it hilarious both honed in on what is now a relatively obscure film, but I suppose, few sing the praises of post-70's Brando, where this is within what most consider Brando's second "run". I feel like many actors who really take the craft seriously ( like Waltz & Landry Jones) look back at the work of past greats, even the lesser known stuff, so they can have an informed opinion about them, as opposed to just relying on the myth-making "legend" of their best known stuff, an being told that everything they did was great and amazing. Which is a good thing, imho. That's very true, and I'll say whenever someone speaks of Brando as some unimpeachable force in acting, I always think "Have you seen more than just his classics?".
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Post by taranofprydain on May 9, 2024 0:25:28 GMT
I can't say that Brando is exactly a favorite actor. In fact, most of the time, I don't care for him. He's fine in The Godfather, On the Waterfront, The Men, A Streetcar Named Desire,The Ugly American, Reflections in a Golden Eye, A Dry White Season, The Freshman, Don Juan DeMarco, The Score (not that that film is much good).
But then you have to account for his grotesque lead in Last Tango in Paris, and so much else that wasn't the most memorable acting to very bad: Desiree, The Missouri Breaks, Guys and Dolls, The Appaloosa, The Young Lions, The Chase, The Night of the Following Day.
And he gets outacted by co-stars in The Formula, Superman, Apocalypse Now, Bedtime Story, Julius Caesar, Sayonara, A Countess in Hong Kong.
It's a very frustrating career, and after seeing Last Tango, I felt that the film revealed far too much of his own ego, which affected what I thought of him even more. It wasn't pretty.
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Post by RiverleavesElmius on May 10, 2024 2:12:51 GMT
I can't say that Brando is exactly a favorite actor. In fact, most of the time, I don't care for him. He's fine in The Godfather, On the Waterfront, The Men, A Streetcar Named Desire,The Ugly American, Reflections in a Golden Eye, A Dry White Season, The Freshman, Don Juan DeMarco, The Score (not that that film is much good). But then you have to account for his grotesque lead in Last Tango in Paris, and so much else that wasn't the most memorable acting to very bad: Desiree, The Missouri Breaks, Guys and Dolls, The Appaloosa, The Young Lions, The Chase, The Night of the Following Day. And he gets outacted by co-stars in The Formula, Superman, Apocalypse Now, Bedtime Story, Julius Caesar, Sayonara, A Countess in Hong Kong. It's a very frustrating career, and after seeing Last Tango, I felt that the film revealed far too much of his own ego, which affected what I thought of him even more. It wasn't pretty. His performance in LAST TANGO is perhaps the single most remarkable performance by an American actor in film history. You clearly know 0.0 about good acting.
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Post by pupdurcs on May 11, 2024 0:40:48 GMT
Marlon Brando & Yul Brynner In Morituri. Two huge iconic movie stars in a movie I never hear anyone talk about at all.
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