Favorite De Niro movie

[JonLP24]

Robert De Niro. I have only a few days left for my star so taking advantage

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	Casino
	1 (10%)
	Heat
	2 (20%)
	Taxi Driver
	3 (30%)
	Goodfellas
	2 (20%)
	Meet the Parents 1 or 2
	0 (0%)
	The Good Shepard
	0 (0%)
	Godfather 2
	1 (10%)
	Raging Bull
	0 (0%)
	Midnight Run
	0 (0%)
	Other (please don't say the Deer Hunter)
	1 (10%)
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[shenmue]

1. Why not Deer Hunter?

[JonLP24]

3. It was a joke

I didn't like The Deer Hunter because of long drive up the mountain, the long wedding, and the Russian roulette. I think I understand and got some parts right when it comes to joy felt to go to war come back a more depressed person.

[shenmue]

10. I liked it a lot

[JonLP24]

12. Even the Russian roulette?

If it didn't have those ridiculous or long extended scenes I probably would have enjoyed it more.

[shenmue]

13. Well obviously it was gross, but it was part of the plot

[kwassa]

22. The steel mill part was so true ...

I worked one summer in a steel mill while in college. The film depicted it accurately, and I even knew a group of guys that would vacation together and drive from Ohio to Colorado to go deer hunting. The Polish wedding was also accurate, though the one I attended was much smaller. The Vietnam part was bullshit, however.

[Orrex]

33. The mountains, not so much.

I've been all over western PA, and I've never found the towering, rocky peaks seen in the film!

[NRaleighLiberal]

2. Awakenings

Taxi Driver second place

[JonLP24]

4. I like that movie too

So many good choices but 9 only 9 slots & other.

[Bleacher Creature]

5. Showtime (with Eddie Murphy)

Kidding!

[sarge43]

6. The King of Comedy. n/t

[JonLP24]

7. That is probably one of the few films I haven't seen ever

I should check it out. There were many that I liked that didn't have enough room on the list.

[hibbing]

11. Rupert Pupkin

Thought maybe I would be the first to post that one. De Niro's performance was incredible. It is one weird movie, I can't stand Jerry Lewis, but it was a perfect role for him playing the asshole that I get the impression he was in real life.


Peace

[rogerballard]

17. Great movie...

kudos to Jerry Lewis as well, played a great prick. I wonder now if he was not like that in "real life"?

[OilemFirchen]

8. "Mean Streets" by a mile. (n/t)

[kwassa]

21. Agree. He was amazing in it.

[OilemFirchen]

23. I should've said "in a New York minute". Missed opportunity, once again.

What a mook.

Here's a fascinating bit of trivia:

The great British director Michael Powell was one of the film's most ardent early champions, but it seems to have also had fans in lower places. 'Henry Hill (the gangster turned FBI informant whose story Scorsese filmed in GoodFellas) told me that the real-life head of the Mob played in the film by Paul Sorvino never went to the movies, he didn't have a phone. He lived like a medieval lord in this villa in Brooklyn. And one night they sort of kidnapped him and took him to see Mean Streets - it was their favourite film because it depicted their lifestyle accurately, they thought. At the same time, the head of the FBI task force that caught this whole Mob told me that the task force's favourite film was Mean Streets . . .'

http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/film-the-word-on-the-streets-mean-streets-was-the-making-of-martin-scorsese-sheila-johnston-finds-1472492.html

[CurtEastPoint]

9. Flawless (1999)

[Glorfindel]

14. "Stardust," of course.

Practically perfect...

[sarge43]

19. This scene. "Hold on, Cuddles."

[NightWatcher]

15. Tie between Heat and Ronin.

[Upthevibe]

16. I voted for Casino...I loved Goodfellas too...

He's an amazing actor and it's really hard to choose. I've seen Casino a million times!

[rogerballard]

18. Is this allowed in a poll thread?

[Paladin]

20. "Ronin"

Outstanding, fast-paced espionage movie set in France. De Niro's portrayal of a hardened, experienced ex-spy is really something to behold.

[SonofDonald]

30. I agree n/t

[Wolf Frankula]

24. I Loved Donnie Brasco.

Never whack a Fed.

Wolf

[SonofDonald]

29. Yeah that's a good one but...

That was Al Pacino.

[Wolf Frankula]

35. Sorry, my mistake.

Wolf

[NanceGreggs]

25. "A Bronx Tale"

Written by (and co-starring) Chazz Palminteri.

[bagelsforbreakfast]

26. Anyone remember GREETINGS or HI MOM ?

Early DeNiro and fun.

[Alice11111]

27. He played the Creature, in Frankenstein, which he

coproduced with Kenneth Branaugh. He has a Huge acting range, from comedy to The Godfather, which is my fav. Close 2nd, Taxi. I liked Meet the Parents.

[SonofDonald]

28. Ronin, best of his best n/t

[chelsea0011]

31. If you get a chance to see Jacknife, do it. It is a pretty damn good movie.

But Mean Streets is one of the great ensemble movies. And there should be some love for King Of Comedy. Man, he is a great actor.

[Mendocino]

32. The Mission

[Orrex]

34. Either The Fan or Rocky & Bullwinkle

Obviously.

[JonLP24]

37. I loved The Fan I forgot about that movie

"A simple thank you would have been nice."

[Calista241]

36. He was also good in Ronin

And Ronin has a pretty epic car chase.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

38. Since no one else has said it yet, "Brazil"

On the wall at 2:13? That's a poster of a New York Central Hudson, streamlined by Henry Dreyfuss for the 1938 Twentieth Century Limited.

It is positioned in front of the Trylon and Perisphere, the Theme Center of the 1939 New York World's Fair.

It's this picture: