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Post by pacinoyes on Jul 8, 2018 21:24:46 GMT
I'm thinking Streep and Pacino but that seems too easy - I must be drawing a blank - and I guess it depends how you look at it too, the ones below would seem like "great cast!" would seem like the first thing you'd say but some are pretty small too (Doubt)? PSH maybe (Talented Mr. Ripley, Doubt, Boogie Nights, Magnolia, etc.)
Doubt
August Osage County
Deer Hunter
Angels in America
The Hours
Adaptation (maybe not here?)
Marvin's Room
Glengarry Glen Ross
Heat
Angels in America
Godfather I/II
Dick Tracy
The Irishman
Once Upon A Time in Hollywood
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Post by wallsofjericho on Jul 8, 2018 21:36:53 GMT
Maybe Jason Robards.
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Post by stephen on Jul 8, 2018 22:06:22 GMT
Robert Duvall comes to mind.
M*A*S*H
The Godfather
The Godfather: Part II
Network
Apocalypse Now
Plus I'd argue The Road and Thank You for Smoking as well. Certainly, those movies are stronger offerings than some of what you listed above as both ensemble pieces and overall films.
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Post by idioticbunny on Jul 8, 2018 22:19:10 GMT
I mean, John Cazale if we're going by percentage of great ensemble films. Because that'd be 100%.
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Post by pacinoyes on Jul 8, 2018 22:22:31 GMT
Hmmmmmm, if you count The Road and Thank You For Smoking, then I'm throwing in The Insider and Any Given Sunday pal!
Julianne Moore has 4 strong ones at least - The Hours, Short Cuts, Boogie Nights, Magnolia......I keep trying to find somebody who pops up in multiple Altman's but no luck.
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Post by FrancescoAbides on Jul 8, 2018 22:22:59 GMT
Tom Hanks comes to mind
Forrest Gump
Saving Private Ryan
Bridge of Spies
Cloud Atlas
The Green Mile
Apollo 13
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Post by stephen on Jul 8, 2018 22:26:05 GMT
Hmmmmmm, if you count The Road and Thank You For Smoking, then I'm throwing in The Insider and Any Given Sunday pal! Julianne Moore has 4 string ones at least - The Hours, Short Cuts, Boogie Nights, Magnolia......I keep trying to find somebody who pops up in multiple Altman's but no luck. That's fine. I could throw in The Conversation, To Kill a Mockingbird and even Lonesome Dove and Bob will still come out ahead.  Tommy Lee Jones and Woody Harrelson are also contenders. |
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Post by bob-coppola on Jul 8, 2018 22:57:26 GMT
Hmmmmmm, if you count The Road and Thank You For Smoking, then I'm throwing in The Insider and Any Given Sunday pal! Julianne Moore has 4 string ones at least - The Hours, Short Cuts, Boogie Nights, Magnolia......I keep trying to find somebody who pops up in multiple Altman's but no luck. That's fine. I could throw in The Conversation, To Kill a Mockingbird and even Lonesome Dove and Bob will still come out ahead. Tommy Lee Jones and Woody Harrelson are also contenders. He's definetly a contender. I feel like I've seen him in 9 out 10 movies since 2012. |
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Post by Pittsnogle_Goggins on Jul 8, 2018 23:44:53 GMT
Kevin Bacon
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Post by jakob on Jul 9, 2018 2:07:33 GMT
Michael Stuhlbarg is a newer addition to this list.
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Post by mikediastavrone96 on Jul 9, 2018 6:37:35 GMT
Samuel L. Jackson is a contender:
Django Unchained
Do the Right Thing
Goodfellas
Hard Eight
The Hateful Eight
Jackie Brown
Jurassic Park
Pulp Fiction
True Romance
And that's a conservative list, he has a ton more films that you could argue for their inclusion, like some of the MCU films, The Incredibles, Coming to America, more of his Spike Lee collaborations, etc.
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Post by stabcaesar on Jul 9, 2018 7:12:45 GMT
Maggie Smith? California Suite Gosford Park A Room With A View Downtown Abbey It hardly counts when she herself operates on an entire different league, ie California Suite and Downton Abbey. |
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Post by pupdurcs on Jul 9, 2018 9:17:27 GMT
Samuel L. Jackson is a contender: Django UnchainedDo the Right ThingGoodfellasHard EightThe Hateful EightJackie BrownJurassic ParkPulp FictionTrue RomanceAnd that's a conservative list, he has a ton more films that you could argue for their inclusion, like some of the MCU films, The Incredibles, Coming to America, more of his Spike Lee collaborations, etc. I don't think Jackson is merely a contender. I think he's the obvious answer to this thread question. All the films you've pointed out, and there are probably even more, because he's so prolific, and loves doing ensemble work, even though he can headline a film. Even something random in Jackson's filmography like Kingsman has a really great ensemble (Colin Forth, Mark Strong, Michael Caine etc) |
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Post by fiosnasiob on Jul 9, 2018 12:02:33 GMT
That's true, when it's purely based on names/talents sometimes you have to look to more random and less successful (awards wise) movies, some have fantastics cast, I mean, for Meryl, The Manchurian Candidate cast destroy stuff like Doubt, August Osage County...pretty easily, (Meryl, Denzel, Bruno Ganz, Liev Schreiber, Jeffrey Wright, Jon Voight, Vera Farmiga, etc...) that's a stellar cast.
Lucky Number Slevin is on TV as I write this message, Bruce Willis was also involved in many movies with terrific cast. But that's the case of many actors anyway.
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Post by cherry68 on Jul 9, 2018 16:49:03 GMT
Joe Pesci?
Once upon a time in America
Goodfellas
JFK
Gary Oldman
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Post by Deleted on Jul 9, 2018 16:51:24 GMT
I immediately thought of Keith Carradine and Shelley Duvall.
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Post by Mattsby on Dec 29, 2019 4:09:28 GMT
Maggie Smith? California Suite Gosford Park A Room With A View Downtown Abbey Don't forget Murder by Death; Peter Falk, Peter Sellers, Alec Guinness, etc. Side note - I've always loved this line-reading in the movie.... |
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Post by Mattsby on Dec 29, 2019 4:14:07 GMT
Donald Sutherland has been in a slew - The Dirty Dozen, Murder by Decree, 1900, JFK, Space Cowboys, Cold Mountain and a bunch others you could argue.
also Jack Lemmon's 90s shows everyone up - JFK, Glengarry Glen Ross, and Short Cuts, those came in successive years not including The Player where he has a cameo. And then Hamlet in '96, 12 Angry Men, etc....
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