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George Clooney and Steven Soderbergh
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2.04%
Kurt Russell and John Carpenter
4
8.16%
Tom Hanks and Robert Zemeckis
2
4.08%
Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg
1
2.04%
Arnold Schwarzenegger and James Cameron
6
12.24%
John Goodman and the Coen Bros.
0
0%
Tom Cruise and Cameron Crowe
0
0%
Sylvester Stallone and Renny Harlin
4
8.16%
Michael Keaton and Tim Burton
0
0%
Other (Please specify)
31
63.27%
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Who is the best actor/director team of all time?

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Old 05-07-03 | 07:34 PM
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Scorcese/De Niro

How you could've left those two out of the poll is mind-boggling.
Old 05-07-03 | 08:36 PM
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Originally posted by Matt Millheiser
Based upon the selections listed, I take it you dont watch a lot of foreign/independent/classic film.

My vote would be for Kurosawa and Mifune, NO CONTEST, based on:

- Rashomon
- Seven Samurai
- Throne of Blood
- High and Low
- Yojimbo
- Red Beard

Not too mention almost a dozen other *great* films the pair did together. Including Sanjuro. ESPECIALLY Sanjuro.
I could not agree more. I assume anyone who posts in this forum is not only a movie fan, but a much bigger movie fan than the average person, b/c the average person does not post in movie message boards. So how on earth can the person who started this thread not even list the single greatest actor/director team of all-time. And probably the most influential one also.
Old 05-07-03 | 08:39 PM
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I would also added John Woo/Chow Yun-Fat

The Killer
Hard-Boiled
A Better Tomorrow 1 & 2
Once A Thief
Old 05-07-03 | 08:51 PM
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other:Lynch and Maclachlan (Blue Velvet,Dune,Twin Peaks)
Old 05-07-03 | 11:56 PM
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Mifune / Kurosawa
Von Sydow / Bergman
Andersson Sisters / Bergman
Ullmann / Bergman
Karina / Godard
Grant / Hitchcock
Masina / Fellini
Mastroianni / Fellini


Madonna / Ritchie (just kidding)
Old 05-08-03 | 01:49 AM
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I thought of two more while out tonight, and I was kicking myself for not including them:

Bob Rafelson/Jack Nicholson(one of the more unheardalded pairings)

Head
Five Easy Pieces
King of Marvin Gardens
The Postman Always Riogs Twice
Man Trouble
Blood and Wine

And another short lived pairing, but absolutely one of my favorites, George Roy Hill/Paul Newman

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
The Sting
Slap Shot
(talk about not having a clinker in the bunch, that's 3 absolute classics right here!)

And though I haven't seen any Bergman films, the Bergman/Max Von Sydow pairing is also quite reknown.
Old 05-08-03 | 04:34 AM
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Couldn't decide...

Herzog/Kinski
Kurosawa/Mifune
Scorsese/DeNiro
Old 05-08-03 | 06:52 AM
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Fincher/Pitt for me
Old 05-08-03 | 08:32 AM
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You've got to be kidding me. You do know that the motion picture wasn't invented in the 1970's, don't you?

I think I'll go with John Ford/John Wayne, but there are literally dozens of better answers than any of the ones you proposed.
Old 05-08-03 | 08:54 AM
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Woody Allen/Diane Keaton
Woody Allen/Mia Farrow
John Cassavetes/Gena Rowlands
Old 05-08-03 | 08:59 AM
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John Woo/Chow Yun Fat
Old 05-08-03 | 09:21 AM
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I'd probably go with Scorsese/DeNiro.

Another great team that probably did more to shape movies than anyone else would have to be D.W. Griffith and Lillian Gish.
Old 05-08-03 | 11:13 AM
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Woo/Fat for me
Old 05-08-03 | 11:36 AM
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Another vote for David Lynch / Kyle Maclachlan.

Christopher Guest and his entire cast(s)?

Quentin Tarantino and Samuel Jackson might be elligible if they make a few more films together.

Todd Haynes and Julianne Moore seem to have a good thing going.

P.T. Anderson / Philip Baker Hall
Old 05-08-03 | 02:02 PM
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Originally posted by wendersfan
You've got to be kidding me. You do know that the motion picture wasn't invented in the 1970's, don't you?
I think this question could be asked of those saying "DeNiro/Scorcese". While that duo has put together some good movies they don't touch these pairs, IMO:

Stewart/Hitchcock
Wilder/Lemmon

Like I said, while they have been a successful team, I think DeNiro/Scorsece are overrated.

Favorites of mine:
Dreyfuss/Spielberg
Stoltz/Crowe
Old 05-08-03 | 04:42 PM
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the stugge brothers
Campbell/Raimi
Old 05-08-03 | 05:18 PM
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Wayne & Ford get my vote.
Old 05-08-03 | 05:48 PM
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Another vote for The Stugge Brothers.
Old 05-08-03 | 09:16 PM
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Originally posted by ToddSm66
John Ford / John Wayne
Me too.

followed by

Gen. Steward/Hitchcock

Kinski/Herzog
Old 05-08-03 | 10:52 PM
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Billy Wilder and Jack Lemmon, of course.
Old 05-09-03 | 05:35 AM
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John Carpenter And Kurt Russell
Old 05-09-03 | 07:32 AM
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Luc Besson & Gary Oldman/Jean Reno!

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