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A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
12
11.01%
The Wild One (1953)
0
0%
On the Waterfront (1954)
25
22.94%
Sayonara (1957)
0
0%
One-Eyed Jacks (1961)
1
0.92%
Mutiny on the Bounty (1962)
1
0.92%
The Godfather (1972)
46
42.20%
Last Tango in Paris (1972)
9
8.26%
Apocalypse Now (1979)
7
6.42%
Other
8
7.34%
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Old 07-06-04 | 02:08 PM
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The Godfather, the first few minutes alone is enough
Old 07-06-04 | 02:27 PM
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Although he doesn't show up until the end of the movie, Apocalypse Now is my favorite Brando performance.

I've seen horrors... horrors that you've seen. But you have no right to call me a murderer. You have a right to kill me. You have a right to do that... but you have no right to judge me. It's impossible for words to describe what is necessary to those who do not know what horror means. Horror. Horror has a face... and you must make a friend of horror. Horror and moral terror are your friends. If they are not then they are enemies to be feared. They are truly enemies. I remember when I was with Special Forces. Seems a thousand centuries ago. We went into a camp to inoculate the children. We left the camp after we had inoculated the children for Polio, and this old man came running after us and he was crying. He couldn't see. We went back there and they had come and hacked off every inoculated arm. There they were in a pile. A pile of little arms. And I remember... I... I... I cried. I wept like some grandmother. I wanted to tear my teeth out. I didn't know what I wanted to do. And I want to remember it. I never want to forget it. I never want to forget. And then I realized... like I was shot... like I was shot with a diamond... a diamond bullet right through my forehead. And I thought: My God... the genius of that. The genius. The will to do that. Perfect, genuine, complete, crystalline, pure. And then I realized they were stronger than we. Because they could stand that these were not monsters. These were men... trained cadres. These men who fought with their hearts, who had families, who had children, who were filled with love... but they had the strength... the strength... to do that. If I had ten divisions of those men our troubles here would be over very quickly. You have to have men who are moral... and at the same time who are able to utilize their primordial instincts to kill without feeling... without passion... without judgment... without judgment. Because it's judgment that defeats us.

Sad to see The Wild One with 0 votes...it deserves a little attention as well.
Old 07-06-04 | 02:43 PM
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Streetcar, followed closely by Waterfront, and I do like his performance in Apocalypse Now as well.
Old 09-01-04 | 12:31 AM
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Best actor of all time.
Old 09-01-04 | 12:39 AM
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I would have to say The Godfather. I just love the scene between him and Al Pacino in the back yard.

I would have to agree with Ruderic. And I am truly saddened by the lack of press and tributes to this man who inspired so many by his incredible talent.
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1)LAST TANGO IN PARIS
2)DESERE
3)BURN!
4)GODFATHER
Old 09-01-04 | 11:40 AM
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The Brave tied with The Island of Dr. Moreau, OBVIOUSLY.
Old 09-01-04 | 12:32 PM
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Last Tango in Paris, without a doubt.
Old 09-01-04 | 09:13 PM
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Waterfront, followed by Godfather IMHO.
Old 09-02-04 | 02:24 PM
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Though Streetcar is probably his most important performance, I had to vote for On the Waterfront, as it was the one I immediately thought of when I saw the title of this thread (and the film is one of my all-time favorites as well.)
Old 09-02-04 | 02:34 PM
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Brando considered his role in Gillo Pontecorvo's "Queimada" to be his best and favorite.
Old 09-02-04 | 05:44 PM
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The Godfather got my vote.
Old 09-02-04 | 06:08 PM
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Definitely On The Waterfront
a bit overrated in The Godfather in my opinion
Old 09-02-04 | 10:16 PM
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By the way, I forgot to mention my vote isfor Godfather.

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