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Frank Abagnale, Sr. Catch Me If you can
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5.32%
"the" Bruce Dickinson SNL skit
19
20.21%
Gabriel The Prophecy
3
3.19%
Captian Koons Pulp Fiction
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11.70%
Vincenzo Coccotti True Romance
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24.47%
Max Schreck Batman Returns
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4.26%
Max Zorin View to a Kill
3
3.19%
Nick The Deer Hunter
25
26.60%
Duane Hall Annie Hall
0
0%
Twikkoff's sidekick Twikkoff
1
1.06%
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Best Christopher Walken Performance?

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Old 04-07-03 | 04:00 PM
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Best Christopher Walken Performance?

Even though it was a very small part, as Vincenzo Coccotti
Old 04-07-03 | 04:08 PM
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Re: Best Christopher Walken Performance?

Originally posted by Rypro PG-13
Even though it was a very small part, as Vincenzo Coccotti
I concur
Old 04-07-03 | 04:14 PM
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Any Walken poll that doesn't include his appearance in Disney's "The Country Bears" just cannot be considered valid, IMHO.
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He ruled them all. But True Romance was the best.
Old 04-07-03 | 06:07 PM
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What? No Joe Dirt? Tie Between 2 show stopping cameos, Pulp Fiction and True Romance.
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Where is King of New York???
Old 04-07-03 | 07:20 PM
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True Romance all the way. The whole Sicilian Island scene with Dennis Hopper was incrediable
Old 04-07-03 | 07:27 PM
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I like him as Johnny Smith in The Dead Zone.

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Old 04-07-03 | 08:25 PM
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His performance in Batman Returns always holds a special place in my heart, since that was the movie that introduced me to Mr. Walken.

His Pulp Fiction and True Romance ones are classics.

Hard to pick between those 3.
Old 04-07-03 | 08:35 PM
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I got a fever...and the only prescription is more cowbell!
Old 04-07-03 | 09:12 PM
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Can't think of a bad one. Even the Denver When You're Dead bits were fantastic.
Old 04-07-03 | 09:54 PM
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Great performances in Biloxi Blues and At Close Range as well.

and

Mouse Hunt, Sleepy Hollow, but my favorite would have to be when he played half eggplant.
Old 04-07-03 | 10:58 PM
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I refuse to participate in this poll. It's like choosing which of your children you love the most, or which cast member of Friends you'd most like to torture.
Old 04-07-03 | 11:35 PM
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Dead Zone.
Old 04-08-03 | 05:22 AM
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I voted for The Deer Hunter (I'll never forget his last scene in that one) but he was great in The Dead Zone and a little-known film called The Opportunists. The man gets better with age.
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I was always very fond of the movie Brainstorm, and his performance in it.
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Charlie Barrett in Suicide Kings. He spends most of the movie tied to a chair a still manages to be menacing.
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Tie between King of New York & The Dead Zone
Old 04-08-03 | 11:05 AM
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The Comfort of Strangers.
(not available on dvd yet)
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I enjoyed him in The Dead Zone.
Old 04-08-03 | 12:34 PM
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This is a horrible poll!

King of New York
Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead
At Close Range


I'd put those 3 above or at least as good as any in the poll.
Old 04-08-03 | 01:17 PM
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I voted for Captain Koons but was torn between that and True Romance.

I too think this poll unfair! You need an option to vote for all of his performances!
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Old 04-08-03 | 01:56 PM
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what about Joe Dirt?
Old 04-08-03 | 02:16 PM
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The Dead Zone - and why is it not a choice?
Old 04-08-03 | 02:23 PM
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I see "A View To A Kill" killing the competition.

Love all his performances, but went with "True Romance".

BTW, you mispelled Twikoff.

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