Best Movie Cast Ever

[Jesse_DD]

I recently re-watched The Thin Red Line. The cast is unbelievable in that movie. Is there a better cast? (Sorry no women :P ) Maybe The Godfather.


Sean Penn
Adrien Brody
James Caviezel
Ben Chaplin
George Clooney
John Cusack
Woody Harrelson
Elias Koteas
Jared Leto
Nick Nolte
John C. Reilly
John Savage
John Travolta

[Almighty Colin]

Paul Newman .... Butch Cassidy
Robert Redford .... The Sundance Kid

[Buff]

Heat:

Robert De Niro Al Pacino
Val Kilmer Tom Sizemore
Jon Voight Diane Venora
Amy Brenneman Ashley Judd
Mykelti Williamson Wes Studi
Ted Levine Natalie Portman
Danny Trejo Jerry Trimble
William Fichtner Niki Harris

Godfather II:

Al Pacino Robert De Niro
Robert Duvall Talia Shire
Diane Keaton Lee Strasberg
John Cazale Michael V. Gazzo
G.D. Spradlin Troy Donahue
Bruno Kirby Richard Bright
Dominic Chianese Marlon Brando

[SykkBoy]

Glengarry Glen Ross

Alec Baldwin
Jack Lemmon
Kevin Spacey
Al Pacino
Ed Harris
Alan Arkin
Jonathon Pryce

[CuriousToyBoy]

The Glengarry Glenross cast did rock, in a GREAT movie, as did Heat.

Thin Red Line cast was impressive, but that movie like lost me. Just goes to show that a cast alone does not a movie make.

Way back when in the days when huge casts were more financially obtainable, remember tha classic war tomes, like "The Longest Day", "The Great Escape" and "Von Ryan's Express", or even "The Dirty Dozen" ?

TOO many to even begin to list.

I think those days will be hard to ever replicate on the same scale.

:ph34r:

[Opti]

Originally posted by CuriousToyBoy@Sep 11 2004, 09:03 AM
Way back when in the days when huge casts were more financially obtainable, remember tha classic war tomes, like "The Longest Day", "The Great Escape" and "Von Ryan's Express", or even "The Dirty Dozen" ?
A Bridge Too Far is another for that list!

Dirk Bogarde .... Lt. Gen. Frederick 'Boy' Browning
James Caan .... SSgt. Eddie Dohun
Michael Caine .... Lt. Col. J.O.E. Vandeleur
Sean Connery .... Maj. Gen. Roy Urquhart
Edward Fox .... Lt. Gen. Brian Horrocks
Elliott Gould .... Col. Robert Stout
Gene Hackman .... Maj. Gen. Stanislaw Sosabowski
Anthony Hopkins .... Lt. Col. John Frost
Hardy Krüger .... Maj. Gen. Ludwig
Ryan O'Neal .... Brig. Gen. James Gavin
Laurence Olivier .... Dr. Jan Spaander
Robert Redford .... Maj. Julian Cook
Maximilian Schell .... Lt. Gen. Wilhelm Bittrich
Liv Ullmann .... Kate Ter Horst
Denholm Elliott .... RAF meteorologist officer


There is one with Telly Savalas and Ernest Boignine (sp?) I've seen on late night TV and got caught up watching the whole thing too many times :) Might be the dirty dozen I think.. Not sure what it is about american ww2 movies but I like them... the old midday movie westerns got me in too.. I must be an angry young fightin' man underneath this soft exterior! :P


If we can count cameos by dead people as being in the cast.. Dead Men Dont Wear Plaid should get a mention too.


*edit: Guns of Navarone might be the one I was thinking of ;-)

[dig420]

'The Player' had a cast of thousands..

http://imdb.com/title/tt0105151/fullcredits

[CuriousToyBoy]

Originally posted by dig420@Sep 11 2004, 12:59 PM
'The Player' had a cast of thousands..

http://imdb.com/title/tt0105151/fullcredits
Yeah but EVERYONE wants to be in a Robert Altmann flic, and they ALL do it for nothing.

And I don't think in the context of this thread EVERYONE of real note appearing only have small cameos really is in the same zip code.

Opti, you got far too much time on your hands dude, but you proved my point...

What would THAT cast have cost to assemble at today's prices?

Oceans 11 (the remake) also had a REASONABLE cast of MODERN top liners, but hardly in the same class as the others getting guernseys in this thread.

I think "The Great Escape" and "A Bridge Too Far" have to get the nod for the depth on international stars - US, British and European.

Just my 2c

:ph34r:

[Vick]

There is Casablanca - then there is every thing else

Humphrey Bogart .... Rick Blaine
Ingrid Bergman .... Ilsa Lund Laszlo
Claude Rains .... Capt. Louis Renault
Sydney Greenstreet .... Signor Ferrari
Peter Lorre .... Guillermo Ugarte
Conrad Veidt .... Maj. Heinrich Strasser
Paul Henreid .... Victor Laszlo



Maltese Falcon

Humphrey Bogart .... Sam Spade
Mary Astor .... Brigid O'Shaughnessy
Peter Lorre .... Joel Cairo
Barton MacLane .... Det. Lt. Dundy
Lee Patrick .... Effie Perine
Sydney Greenstreet .... Kasper Gutman
Ward Bond .... Det. Tom Polhaus
Jerome Cowan .... Miles Archer
Elisha Cook Jr. .... Wilmer Cook



Pulp Fiction

John Travolta .... Vincent Vega
Samuel L. Jackson .... Jules Winnfield
Bruce Willis .... Butch Coolidge
Ving Rhames .... Marsellus Wallace
Quentin Tarantino .... Jimmie Dimmick
Harvey Keitel .... Winston 'The Wolf' Wolfe
Eric Stoltz .... Lance
Uma Thurman .... Mia Wallace
Steve Buscemi .... Buddy Holly
Christopher Walken .... Capt. Koons
Tim Roth .... Pumpkin (Ringo)
Amanda Plummer .... Honey Bunny (Yolanda)
Bronagh Gallagher .... Trudi
Rosanna Arquette .... Jody

[Jesse_DD]

Originally posted by Opti+Sep 10 2004, 03:56 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Opti @ Sep 10 2004, 03:56 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteBegin-CuriousToyBoy@Sep 11 2004, 09:03 AM
Way back when in the days when huge casts were more financially obtainable, remember tha classic war tomes, like "The Longest Day", "The Great Escape" and "Von Ryan's Express", or even "The Dirty Dozen" ?
A Bridge Too Far is another for that list!

Dirk Bogarde .... Lt. Gen. Frederick 'Boy' Browning
James Caan .... SSgt. Eddie Dohun
Michael Caine .... Lt. Col. J.O.E. Vandeleur
Sean Connery .... Maj. Gen. Roy Urquhart
Edward Fox .... Lt. Gen. Brian Horrocks
Elliott Gould .... Col. Robert Stout
Gene Hackman .... Maj. Gen. Stanislaw Sosabowski
Anthony Hopkins .... Lt. Col. John Frost
Hardy Krüger .... Maj. Gen. Ludwig
Ryan O'Neal .... Brig. Gen. James Gavin
Laurence Olivier .... Dr. Jan Spaander
Robert Redford .... Maj. Julian Cook
Maximilian Schell .... Lt. Gen. Wilhelm Bittrich
Liv Ullmann .... Kate Ter Horst
Denholm Elliott .... RAF meteorologist officer


There is one with Telly Savalas and Ernest Boignine (sp?) I've seen on late night TV and got caught up watching the whole thing too many times :) Might be the dirty dozen I think.. Not sure what it is about american ww2 movies but I like them... the old midday movie westerns got me in too.. I must be an angry young fightin' man underneath this soft exterior! :P


If we can count cameos by dead people as being in the cast.. Dead Men Dont Wear Plaid should get a mention too.


*edit: Guns of Navarone might be the one I was thinking of ;-)[/b][/quote]
Opti - yes! Good call!!


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"Thin Red Line cast was impressive, but that movie like lost me. Just goes to show that a cast alone does not a movie make."

Yeah, I agree that the movie is maybe a 3/5 to me. And most of the individuals are in the movie for about 5 minutes. But, still great group as a whole.

[Vick]

Silence of the Lambs

Dr. Hannibal Lector - Anthony Hopkins
Clarice Starling - Jodie Foster


African Queen
Charlie Allnut - Humphrey Bogart
Rose Sayer - Katharine Hepburn

[CuriousToyBoy]

Let's not forget "Castaway"

Tom Hanks
Helen Hunt
A Volleyball named Wilson.

He he.

:yowsa: :biglaugh:

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