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Old 06-25-10, 11:50 PM
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Movies that actors should leave off their resume?

Name one film that an actor should leave off their resume.

A few off the top of my head...

Robert De Niro - Rocky and Bullwinkle
Al Pacino - 88 Minutes
Michael Caine- Jaws: The Revenge
Cate Blanchett - Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
Renee Zellweger - The Return of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre
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On the contrary, if I ever met Dennis Quaid I' probably spend all my time gushing about how much I love Gorp.
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I thought Blanchett was the best thing in Crystal Skull.
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Re: Movies that actors should leave off their resume?

Originally Posted by JumpCutz
Name one film that an actor should leave off their resume.

A few off the top of my head...

Robert De Niro - Rocky and Bullwinkle
Al Pacino - 88 Minutes
You could add "Righteous Kill" to both of those.
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Toshiro Mifune - "Seven Samurai" and "Rashomon"
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Cate Blanchett - Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
Yeah that makes a lot of sense. Leave a movie that made almost $800 million worldwide off your resume?
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Alain Delon - 'Le Samourai'

Marlon Brando - 'The Godfather'

Daniel Day-Lewis - 'There Will Be Blood'
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bill murray - garfield
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Originally Posted by whoopdido
Yeah that makes a lot of sense. Leave a movie that made almost $800 million worldwide off your resume?
True.

But the film itself is an embarrassment.
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Josh Brolin - Jonah Hex
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Originally Posted by JumpCutz
Robert De Niro - Rocky and Bullwinkle
Al Pacino - 88 Minutes
De Niro and Pacino (excepting Insomnia) could leave the last decade off of their resumes.
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Anyone associated with Batman & Robin would like to leave that off their resume, I'm sure.
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Re: Movies that actors should leave off their resume?

Originally Posted by Groucho
What? That's so cool! I never heard of this before.

Reminds me of James Cameron's hand in Piranha 2.
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Originally Posted by Zen Peckinpah
On the contrary, if I ever met Dennis Quaid I' probably spend all my time gushing about how much I love Gorp.
Gentlemen I salute you!
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Originally Posted by riotinmyskull
bill murray - garfield
didn't he make that joke in Zombieland?
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Ralph Fiennes - The Avengers
Sean Connery - Highlander 2
Marlon Brando - The Island of Dr. Moreau
Clint Eastwood - Space Cowboys
Morgan Freeman - Dreamcatcher
Gene Hackman - Superman IV
Michael Caine - Jaws: The Revenge
Willem Dafoe - Speed 2: Cruise Control
Kevin Spacey - Fred Claus

Veteran actors in complete crap! Sometimes the $$$ is just too good to pass up.
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Re: Movies that actors should leave off their resume?

If I was Jon Heder, I would totally omit Napoleon Dynamite from my resume. Then, every time someone reviewed it there'd be that awkward moment when they realize something obvious is missing and they scratch their head trying to figure out what it is. Then, when they realize it, they'd feel awkward about asking if I was aware that the movie for which I was synonymous wasn't on my own resume. I'd have fun with that.
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Re: Movies that actors should leave off their resume?

Originally Posted by comanche_doyle
didn't he make that joke in Zombieland?
I think he redeemed himself for making Garfield as the one thing he regretted.
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Then, every time someone reviewed it there'd be that awkward moment when they realize something obvious is missing and they scratch their head trying to figure out what it is.
There's already something obvious missing from Napoleon Dynamite. A fucking movie.
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Re: Movies that actors should leave off their resume?

Originally Posted by NoirFan
De Niro and Pacino (excepting Insomnia) could leave the last decade off of their resumes.
Good choices. Though it doesn't seem like either actor cares anymore. I almost wish some director like Tarantino would give them a challenging role.
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Well, to be fair, Pacino did The Merchant of Venice in 2004, which had no commercial value and was a labor of love.
He has a passion for doing Shakespeare (see Looking for Richard).
He did The Merchant of Venice again for free in Central Park last year. So he does care about the craft of acting

I think he just doesn't care about acting in movies like he used to
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I imagine most people involved in Showgirls want to forget they were a part of it.

Not a movie, but also anyone with the Star Wars Holiday Special probably want it burned from memory.

And then there's Tim Robbins and Lea Thompson in Howard the Duck.

If I remember right, Michelle Pfeiffer didn't care at all for Grease 2 so she probably wouldn't mind dropping it.
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Re: Movies that actors should leave off their resume?

My understanding is that an actor's resume exists to establish how much they were paid for previous work, thus giving producers an idea of their price. The only thing they want to leave off are films that didn't pay well -- which is why big-name actors will sometimes appear unbilled in small films.
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Re: Movies that actors should leave off their resume?

Originally Posted by terrible chong
Clint Eastwood - Space Cowboys
Clint has made worse crap than that. What's that movie where he hangs out with a monkey the whole time?

Plus, the Donald Sutherland jokes are hilarious.


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