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Post by pacinoyes on Sept 1, 2018 18:12:48 GMT
We always talk about Director/Actor - but you rarely hear much talk about great acting combos because you can't easily replicate it - even less "actress combinations" you damn sure aren't going to get Streep and Huppert in 4 or 5 films together for example.
Who are some though - some on equal level or even just some guys you like together that may be one famous actor, one minor one. Sort of like a team or partners.
DeNiro/Keitel and Brando/Malden are two obvious ones. Douglas and Lancaster made at least 5 movies together just off the top of my head and are really a rare thing because they are equivalent stars, like Redford/Newman.
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Post by mikediastavrone96 on Sept 1, 2018 18:22:46 GMT
Pacino and Cazale was the first one to come to mind.
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Post by TheAlwaysClassy on Sept 1, 2018 18:25:42 GMT
Pacino and Cazale was the first one to come to mind. Same here. |
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Post by The_Cake_of_Roth on Sept 1, 2018 18:36:23 GMT
Depardieu and Auteil
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Post by Mattsby on Sept 1, 2018 18:52:38 GMT
Cassavetes + Falk, if just for Mikey and Nicky but also Husbands, Etude in Black.....   |
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Post by pacinoyes on Sept 1, 2018 19:18:33 GMT
Pacino and Cazale was the first one to come to mind. I don't think a lot of people realize how much they did together in total - in 8-9 years they did 3 movies and 3 major plays. Pacino I think actually uses the term "acting partner" in the documentary on Cazale to describe him. One of the plays they did in 75-76 was what is acknowledged as the best version of The Local Stigmatic, later filmed of course. They likely would have done so much more had he lived.  |
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Post by stephen on Sept 1, 2018 19:28:44 GMT
De Niro and Pesci come to mind. I didn't much care for De Niro's work in Casino, but Pesci has been absolute dynamite all three times they worked together with Scorsese, and Bob coaxed a very fine one-scene wonder from Joe in The Good Shepherd. It's only through the grace of The Pesh that I have any sort of curiosity in regards to The Irishman.
Even though their two collaborations have been rather mixed, to say the least, I think Russell Crowe and Denzel Washington have such a fantastic chemistry as rivals that I really wish that they'd get a proper go-around again. Virtuosity isn't good despite their best efforts, and American Gangster didn't really use them to their best potential against each other. Imagine a version of 3:10 to Yuma where Denzel was playing the Bale role, with Crowe in full-on badass villain mode (or vice versa). It's not exactly what you were asking about, but I needed to mention it.
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Post by Kings_Requiem on Sept 1, 2018 20:54:36 GMT
Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly
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Post by Viced on Sept 1, 2018 21:20:58 GMT
Lee Marvin & Ernest Borgnine (six movies together)  Robert Duvall & James Caan (five movies together) -- weird that they haven't worked with each other since the '70s since they seem like BFFs...  Edward G. Robinson & Humphrey Bogart (five movies together) -- though I've only seen two of 'em.... love that EGR led the first 4 before Bogart became a big star... then came back for Key Largo once Bogart was well established and showed who's really the boss.  Robert Mitchum & Deborah Kerr (three movies together)  |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 1, 2018 22:16:01 GMT
Woody Allen and Diane Keaton! How am I the first person to mention them?  |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 1, 2018 22:55:14 GMT
 Jean Harlow & Clark Gable (The Platinum Blonde & The King) Six Movies: The Secret Six, Red Dust, Hold Your Man, China Seas, Wife vs. Secretary, SaratogaThe fiery Harlow was always the best match for the macho Gable. Sexy and funny, they were a dynamic duo. |
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Post by cherry68 on Sept 2, 2018 6:17:47 GMT
Hepburn and Tracy.
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Post by pacinoyes on Sept 2, 2018 17:58:44 GMT
22 times together : Lee and Cushing  |
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Post by stephen on Sept 2, 2018 18:14:01 GMT
Powell and Loy should also get a mention.
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Post by Johnny_Hellzapoppin on Sept 2, 2018 21:53:00 GMT
Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone just works, even if two out of three films sucked.
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Post by cherry68 on Sept 2, 2018 22:02:43 GMT
Laurel & Hardy.
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Post by SeanJoyce on Sept 6, 2018 4:06:29 GMT
Casting gold was struck with The Maltese Falcon, and leading man Bogart went on to team up with several permutations of his co-stars in many follow-up movies. For the sake of this topic, he, Lorre and Greenstreet all appeared together in the following year's Casablanca and shortly thereafter Passage to Marseille. Don't see how we can talk about Cushing and Lee while neglecting Boris and Bela, the two icons of a generations who made countless movies together. Somebody mentioned Hepburn and Tracy, but in my mind Hepburn and Grant ( Holiday, Bringing Up Baby, The Philadelphia Story) was pretty formidable. People don't often associate them together, but I really love the 3 movies that Lee Marvin and Jack Palance made together. Attack! is one of the more psychologically complex war movies of the 50s, The Professionals is a first-rate, crackerjack western and Monte Walsh is a beautiful paean to the dying western with some beautiful work by both men (Palance especially.) Speaking of Lee Marvin (and God bless Viced for mentioning his comradeship with Borgnine), we'd be remiss if we didn't mention his screen dalliances with Angie Dickinson: The Killers, Point Blank and Death Hunt are all terrific.
Depending on whether or not Scorsese knocks it out of the park with The Irishman, all company could be joined by DePac.
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Post by stephen on Sept 6, 2018 4:21:23 GMT
Casting gold was struck with The Maltese Falcon, and leading man Bogart went on to team up with several permutations of his co-stars in many follow-up movies. For the sake of this topic, he, Lorre and Greenstreet all appeared together in the following year's Casablanca and shortly thereafter Passage to Marseille. Don't see how we can talk about Cushing and Lee while neglecting Boris and Bela, the two icons of a generations who made countless movies together. Somebody mentioned Hepburn and Tracy, but in my mind Hepburn and Grant ( Holiday, Bringing Up Baby, The Philadelphia Story) was pretty formidable. People don't often associate them together, but I really love the 3 movies that Lee Marvin and Jack Palance made together. Attack! is one of the more psychologically complex war movies of the 50s, The Professionals is a first-rate, crackerjack western and Monte Walsh is a beautiful paean to the dying western with some beautiful work by both men (Palance especially.) Speaking of Lee Marvin (and God bless Viced for mentioning his comradeship with Borgnine), we'd be remiss if we didn't mention his screen dalliances with Angie Dickinson: The Killers, Point Blank and Death Hunt are all terrific.
Depending on whether or not Scorsese knocks it out of the park with The Irishman, all company could be joined by DePac.
Welcome back! Bogart always had great chemistry with his recurring co-stars. Lorre, Greenstreet, Bacall, Edward G. Robinson . . . I'd venture to say that in terms of the classic era, Bogie could be paired with anyone and it would work. It was his great strength as an actor, to be able to play off anyone and it work. Some may call him a limited actor, but I think he was just the quintessential baseline. I've always preferred Hepburn/Grant over Hepburn/Tracy myself, so good call there. De Niro/Pacino is currently at one hit and one massive misfire (we can't really count The Godfather: Part II because they shared no screentime), so even if The Irishman manages to be good, it's still got a hell of a blemish with Righteous Kill. |
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Post by countjohn on Sept 6, 2018 4:26:20 GMT
Powell and Loy should also get a mention. Myrna Loy was also great with Gable. |
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Post by SeanJoyce on Sept 6, 2018 4:28:47 GMT
Thankee!
Disagree, counts.
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Post by pacinoyes on Sept 4, 2019 10:18:24 GMT
Not yet mentioned in this thread - many times co-stars: Von Sydow and Ullman - here in The Night Visitor (1971):  |
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Post by TerryMontana on Sept 4, 2019 11:22:20 GMT
If I'm not mistaken, Liz Taylor and Richard Burton made 11 films together.
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Post by TerryMontana on Sept 4, 2019 11:29:33 GMT
Also Walter Matthau and Jack Lemmon co-starred in 10 movies, comedies mostly.
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I guess the weren’t quite as storied onscreen after all but I’ll take whatever excuse I can to re-post this image:  |
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