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Alien
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(insert Tarantino film here)
The obvious and already stated: Crash, Sin City, etc... Interview with the Vampire Empire Records Quick and the Dead and ... One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest |
if you count the cameos that appear as well....The Player would win hands down in terms of sheer star power
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Fast Times at Ridgemont High
Sean Penn Nicolas Cage Eric Stoltz Jennifer Jason Leigh Judge Reinhold Phoebe Cates Forest Whitaker Anthony Edwards |
Originally Posted by thegingerbreadm
if you count the cameos that appear as well....The Player would win hands down in terms of sheer star power
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Big Lebowski - Jeff Bridges, John Goodman, Steve Buscemi, Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Saddam Hussein, Tara Reid
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Oh, I almost forgot Short Cuts:
Andie MacDowell Bruce Davison Jack Lemmon Julianne Moore Jennifer Jason Leigh Chris Penn Fred Ward Robert Downey Jr. Madeleine Stowe Tim Robbins Lily Tomlin Tom Waits Francis McDormand Peter Gallagher Lyle Lovett Huey Lewis ..among others. -JP |
SNEAKERS
Robert Redford Sidney Poitier Dan Aykroyd River Phoenix Mary McDonnell Ben Kingsley James Earl Jones David Strathairn |
Just watched <b>True Romance</b> again last night...totally forgot about that one in my first post. What a great cast (someone already listed the actors). Jack Black also had a bit part that was cut out (but remains on the DVD).
= J |
I saw another great Altman ensemble last night..
A Prairie Home Companion: Woody Harrelson Tommy Lee Jones Kevin Kline Lindsay Lohan Virginia Madsen John C. Reilly Maya Rudolph Meryl Streep Lily Tomlin -JP |
Nine Lives
Kathy Baker Amy Brenneman Glenn Close Stephen Dillane Dakota Fanning William Fichtner Lisa Gay Hamilton Holly Hunter Jason Isaacs Joe Mantegna Ian McShane Mary Kay Place Sydney Tamiia Poitier Aidan Quinn Miguel Sandoval Amanda Seyfried Sissy Spacek Robin Wright Penn Runaway Jury John Cusack Gene Hackman Dustin Hoffman Rachel Weisz Bruce Davison Bruce McGill Jeremy Piven Nick Searcy Leland Orser Jennifer Beals Bill Nunn Nora Dunn Dylan McDermott Luis Guzman Orlando Jones JFK Kevin Costner Tommy Lee Jones Kevin Bacon Laurie Metcalf Gary Oldman Michael Rooker Jay O. Sanders Sissy Spacek Jack Lemmon Joe Pesci Edward Asner Brian Doyle-Murray Walter Matthau John Candy Donald Sutherland Ray LePere Pruitt Taylor Vince Vincent D'Onofrio Wayne Knight |
I was thinking JFK too. The Village had a great cast also.
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Yeah JFK was the first film that came to mind.
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Originally Posted by NatrlBornThrllr
Oh, I almost forgot Short Cuts:
Andie MacDowell Bruce Davison Jack Lemmon Julianne Moore Jennifer Jason Leigh Chris Penn Fred Ward Robert Downey Jr. Madeleine Stowe Tim Robbins Lily Tomlin Tom Waits Francis McDormand Peter Gallagher Lyle Lovett Huey Lewis ..among others. -JP anyway, i would also like to add, Bob Roberts (1992)... Tim Robbins Giancarlo Esposito Alan Rickman Ray Wise Brian Murray Gore Vidal David Strathairn James Spader Pamela Reed Helen Hunt Peter Gallagher Susan Sarandon Fred Ward Fisher Stevens John Cusack Bob Balaban Jeremy Piven and Jack Black... http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...obroberts3.jpg |
Originally Posted by Tarantino
Ensemble in this case would mean a great cast of actors...a cast so great that you normally would only see one or two in a movie at a time, but in rare cases, you get a huge cast of acclaimed actors in one picture.
I bought Money for Nothing once for like...5 bucks and I bought it blind. One of the worst movies I've ever seen, hands down. Glengarry Glen Ross... (Al Pacino, Kevin Spacey, Jack Lemmon, Alan Arkin, Ed Harris, Jonathan Pryce, and Alec Baldwin) Magnolia... (Tom Cruise, John C Rielly, Phillip Baker Hall, Julianne Moore, Phillip Seymour Hoffman, and William H Macy) Crash... (Sandra Bullock, Matt Dillon, Terrance Howard, Brendan Frasier, Larenz Tate, Don Cheadle, Ryan Phillippe, and yes...Tony Danza) = J |
Thought of some more great casts
Tombstone
Kurt Russell Val Kilmer Sam Elliott Bill Paxton Powers Boothe Michael Biehn Charlton Heston Jason Priestley Jon Tenney Stephen Lang Thomas Haden Church Dana Delany Michael Rooker Billy Bob Thornton Paul Ben-Victor Robert John Burke Billy Zane Wyatt Earp (as Billy Claiborne) John Corbett Terry O'Quinn Robert Mitchum (voice of the Narrator) In Good Company Dennis Quaid Topher Grace Scarlett Johansson Marg Helgenberger David Paymer Clark Gregg Philip Baker Hall Selma Blair Malcolm McDowell (uncredited) 11:14 Henry Thomas Barbara Hershey Clark Gregg Hilary Swank Shawn Hatosy Colin Hanks Ben Foster Patrick Swayze Rachael Leigh Cook The Negotiator Samuel L. Jackson Kevin Spacey David Morse Ron Rifkin John Spencer J.T. Walsh Paul Giamatti A Few Good Men Tom Cruise Jack Nicholson Demi Moore Kevin Bacon Kiefer Sutherland Kevin Pollak J.T. Walsh Christopher Guest Matt Craven Xander Berkeley Noah Wyle Cuba Gooding Jr. |
Hmmm, I don’t think anyone mentioned what to me are the most obvious ensemble cast lists, namely The Godfather and The Godfather II.
Lest we “old-timers” get left out of this thread, here are some star-power assemblages from some classic films. I’ve included most names recognizable to American audiences. Murder on the Orient Express (1974) Albert Finney, Lauren Bacall, Martin Balsam, Ingrid Bergman, Jacqueline Bisset, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Sean Connery, John Gielgud, Wendy Hiller, Anthony Perkins, Vanessa Redgrave, Rachel Roberts, Richard Widmark, Michael York How the West Was Won (1962) Carroll Baker, Lee J. Cobb, Henry Fonda, Carolyn Jones, Karl Malden, Gregory Peck, George Peppard, Robert Preston, Debbie Reynolds, James Stewart, Eli Wallach, John Wayne, Richard Widmark, Walter Brennan, Andy Devine, Raymond Massey, Agnes Moorehead, Harry Morgan, Thelma Ritter, Mickey Shaughnessy, Russ Tamblyn, Spencer Tracy, Harry Dean Stanton, Lee Van Cleef The Longest Day (1962) Eddie Albert, Paul Anka, Richard Beymer, Richard Burton, Red Buttons, Sean Connery, Fabian, Mel Ferrer, Henry Fonda, Steve Forrest, Jeffrey Hunter, Curt Jurgens, Peter Lawford, Roddy McDowall, Sal Mineo, Robert Mitchum, Kenneth More, Edmond O'Brien, Robert Ryan, Tommy Sands, George Segal, Rod Steiger, Robert Wagner, Stuart Whitman, John Wayne, Richard Dawson The disaster flix of the 70’s (Airport, Towering Inferno, Earthquake et. al) also sported some impressive cast lists. In addition, there were quite a few propaganda films made during WWII that contained dozens of stars in mostly cameo appearances (Thank Your Lucky Stars, Hollywood Victory Caravan, Stage Door Canteen, Hollywood Canteen). And let’s not forget those MGM musicals such as Ziegfeld Follies and Till the Clouds Roll By which featured dozens of the studio’s artists in loosely-connected specialty numbers. |
Most of the ones i thought of have been mentioned but one i really like is Beautiful Girls:
Timothy Hutton Natalie Portman(a very young Nat) Matt Dillon Mira Sorvino Uma Thurman Annabeth Gish Lauren Holly Michael Rapaport Martha Plimpton even Rosie O'Donnell & David Arquette arent bad in it ;) |
Here's another vote for Heat. What an amazing cast...
Robert DeNiro Al Pacino Natalie Portman Ashley Judd Val Kilmer Dennis Haysbert Tom Sizemore Jon Voight William Fichtner Jeremy Piven Danny Trejo = J |
In the Bedroom, Three Kings, and to a lesser extent of ensembles (The Score, though a so-so movie).
Good call on U-Turn, was thinking of that the other night. |
Saving Private Ryan
Apocolypse Now |
The first thing that came to mind was Glenagrry Glen Ross.
Also The Usual Suspects |
Originally Posted by riley_dude
Alien
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Platoon
The Breakfast Club Monty Python and the Holy Grail The Right Stuff Nashville (or pretty much any Altman film) |
Originally Posted by OwlAtHome
The movie may not be the greatest (though it's a favorite of mine). John Cusack gives one hell of a perfomance. The first time I saw it a lot of the actors were not so well known as they are today and they are some great charachter actors:
John Cusack Michael Madsen Benicio Del Toro Michael Rapaport Maury Chaykin James Gandolfini Philip Seymour Hoffman Whats the name of the movie? |
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