Post by The Mad Plumber on Nov 4, 2010 20:33:44 GMT -5
I've gotten to thinking about a book we several years ago. I think it was produced by TIME. The book profiled one hundred prolific actors from film history. I believe entries included the likes of Jimmy Stewart, Marilyn Monroe, Robert De Niro, John Wayne, and possibly Robin Williams. I think fields or genres include "tough guys", "leading ladies", and so on. I might have the book tucked away somewhere, but I'm not really willing to go digging around for it. Instead, I thought I would plug this board for who they thought would make up a roster of one hundred prolific actors today.
Now, I'm really not looking for users to plug one hundred actors for their posts. Just plug ten that you think would fall somewhere in a proper roster. Maybe you can just put extra effort in just plugging one. Tell us who you think belongs in the roster.
George Clooney
Probably forgotten is his humble days as a factory foreman on the sitcom Roseanne, and he probably still wishes forgotten his embarrassing association with Batman and Robin. The smugly handsome George Clooney has risen to first billing and rounded his portfolio with several black comedies and a Coen Brothers film to boot.
Tom Hanks
He's come a long way from his debut role in the propaganda film Mazed and Monsters and his cross-dressing on Bosom Buddies. I suspect that it is solely by his presence that comic films such as The Money Pit and The 'Burbs have had any success. He's since moved on to dramatic roles, most notably his performance in Spielberg's Saving Private Ryan.
John Candy
Candy is a most favored actor of my youth, with his face being associated with several nostalgic comic favorites such as Uncle Buck, Volunteers, and Spaceballs. Apparently, he seems to have been a favorite for John Hughes to also star in Planes, Trains and Automobiles and to cameo in Home Alone. Even pathetic losers like Who's Harry Crumb? have a certain charm that owe a lot to Candy.
Jack Nicholson
I think Nicholson already made the roster from the TIME book I mentioned, and it's no wonder. Nicholson built a strong career out of playing such memorable anti-heroes such as MacMurphy and Gittes. Also, you have to applaud the incredible energy he poured into Burton's Joker.
James Earl Jones
From what I'm to understand, the man actually stutters when unprepared for his lines. I've yet to see The Great White Hope, but I still have to admire the man's epic voice. The man was Darth Vader, dammit! I've got a Southwestern Student Handbook that features a photograph of James Earl Jones as Othello! I wonder where that came from.
Bill Murray
Murray probably boasts the most prolific post-SNL résumé of all the original alumni. I still will best remember him as Peter Venkman, but I have to give him his props for his move to dramatic or semi-dramatic films.
Harrison Ford
I love the biographies where Ford recalls directors telling him that he'll never make it in Hollywood. I consider it a shame that most people don't appreciate his anti-heroic role as Allie Fox in The Mosquito Coast. Nevertheless, the man has a wealthy career of action hero vehicles, including Raiders of the Lost Ark, Star Wars, and Witness.
Sigourney Weaver
I really lament that they seem to make too many Hollywood actresses out of ditzy, dopey blondes. That's why I got to love Sigourney Weaver for not only being a beautiful woman, but for also having a prolific face and being able emote and act. And I got to love that butt, too.
Clint Eastwood
I don't much care for westerns, but I do greatly appreciate the spin on them that Leone and Eastwood made on the genre. It seems even in his youth, the man had a leathery sand-cut face. His squinted eyes and gravely voice have been parodied by many stand-up comedians. Furthermore, the man actually made a successful evolution to director. It's odd how he's the star of a series of exploitation films as the Magnum-packing champion against liberal excess, and yet he's also the director of a film that highlights a period of police corruption.
Will Ferrell
I'm a little reluctant to propose this name. I'm not a fan of his era of Saturday Night Live, but I have to admit that he was one of the better performers of that era. Furthermore, Blades of Glory was predictable and disappointing. Still, I've said this in another thread: the man seems to know the science of turning s**t into gold.
Now, I'm really not looking for users to plug one hundred actors for their posts. Just plug ten that you think would fall somewhere in a proper roster. Maybe you can just put extra effort in just plugging one. Tell us who you think belongs in the roster.
George Clooney
Probably forgotten is his humble days as a factory foreman on the sitcom Roseanne, and he probably still wishes forgotten his embarrassing association with Batman and Robin. The smugly handsome George Clooney has risen to first billing and rounded his portfolio with several black comedies and a Coen Brothers film to boot.
Tom Hanks
He's come a long way from his debut role in the propaganda film Mazed and Monsters and his cross-dressing on Bosom Buddies. I suspect that it is solely by his presence that comic films such as The Money Pit and The 'Burbs have had any success. He's since moved on to dramatic roles, most notably his performance in Spielberg's Saving Private Ryan.
John Candy
Candy is a most favored actor of my youth, with his face being associated with several nostalgic comic favorites such as Uncle Buck, Volunteers, and Spaceballs. Apparently, he seems to have been a favorite for John Hughes to also star in Planes, Trains and Automobiles and to cameo in Home Alone. Even pathetic losers like Who's Harry Crumb? have a certain charm that owe a lot to Candy.
Jack Nicholson
I think Nicholson already made the roster from the TIME book I mentioned, and it's no wonder. Nicholson built a strong career out of playing such memorable anti-heroes such as MacMurphy and Gittes. Also, you have to applaud the incredible energy he poured into Burton's Joker.
James Earl Jones
From what I'm to understand, the man actually stutters when unprepared for his lines. I've yet to see The Great White Hope, but I still have to admire the man's epic voice. The man was Darth Vader, dammit! I've got a Southwestern Student Handbook that features a photograph of James Earl Jones as Othello! I wonder where that came from.
Bill Murray
Murray probably boasts the most prolific post-SNL résumé of all the original alumni. I still will best remember him as Peter Venkman, but I have to give him his props for his move to dramatic or semi-dramatic films.
Harrison Ford
I love the biographies where Ford recalls directors telling him that he'll never make it in Hollywood. I consider it a shame that most people don't appreciate his anti-heroic role as Allie Fox in The Mosquito Coast. Nevertheless, the man has a wealthy career of action hero vehicles, including Raiders of the Lost Ark, Star Wars, and Witness.
Sigourney Weaver
I really lament that they seem to make too many Hollywood actresses out of ditzy, dopey blondes. That's why I got to love Sigourney Weaver for not only being a beautiful woman, but for also having a prolific face and being able emote and act. And I got to love that butt, too.
Clint Eastwood
I don't much care for westerns, but I do greatly appreciate the spin on them that Leone and Eastwood made on the genre. It seems even in his youth, the man had a leathery sand-cut face. His squinted eyes and gravely voice have been parodied by many stand-up comedians. Furthermore, the man actually made a successful evolution to director. It's odd how he's the star of a series of exploitation films as the Magnum-packing champion against liberal excess, and yet he's also the director of a film that highlights a period of police corruption.
Will Ferrell
I'm a little reluctant to propose this name. I'm not a fan of his era of Saturday Night Live, but I have to admit that he was one of the better performers of that era. Furthermore, Blades of Glory was predictable and disappointing. Still, I've said this in another thread: the man seems to know the science of turning s**t into gold.
