Best Steve Martin Film?

[Longgrain]

Sorry, copycat thread...:P

[Longgrain]

1. I'm going with Little Shop of Horrors

He only had a minor role but what a film!

[Turn CO Blue]

2. The Dentist

When I was younger, just a bad little kid,
my mama noticed funny things I did,
like shootin' puppies with a B B gun.
I'd poison guppies, and when I was done
I'd find a pussycat and bash in its head.
That's when my mama said (What did she say?),
she said, "My boy, I think someday
you'll find a way to make your natural tendencies pay.

You'll be a dentist.
You have a talent for causin' things pain.
Son, be a dentist.
People will pay you to be inhumane.

[MissBrooks]

3. The Jerk is a classic...

I liked LA Story also.

[Zomby Woof]

4. for comedy, The Jerk

For a heavier role, "The Spanish Prisoner". Straight a character as he has ever played, and a great Mamet film.

[truthpusher]

5. here's a filmography...

I personally liked 'All of Me' and 'Bowfinger'


• The Pink Panther (2005)

• Shopgirl (2005)

• Cheaper by the Dozen (2003)/Cheaper by the Dozen (1950) (2004)

• Cheaper by the Dozen/Home Alone (2004)

• Bringing Down the House (2003)

• Cheaper by the Dozen (2003)

• Looney Tunes: Back in Action (2003)

• Novocaine (2001)

• Fantasia 2000 (2000)

• Joe Gould's Secret (2000)

• Bowfinger (1999)

• The Out-of-Towners (1999)

• The Spanish Prisoner (1998)

• Sgt. Bilko (1996)

• Father of the Bride Part II (1995)

• Mixed Nuts (1994)

• A Simple Twist of Fate (1994)

• And the Band Played On (1993)

• Housesitter (1992)

• Leap of Faith (1992)

• Father of the Bride (1991)

• Grand Canyon (1991)

• L.A. Story (1991)

• My Blue Heaven (1990)

• Parenthood (1989)

• Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (1988)

• Planes, Trains and Automobiles (1987)

• Roxanne (1987)

• Little Shop of Horrors (1986)

• Three Amigos! (1986)

• Movers and Shakers (1985)

• All of Me (1984)

• The Lonely Guy (1984)

• The Man With Two Brains (1983)

• Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (1982)

• Pennies From Heaven (1981)

• Steve Martin Live! (1980)

• The Jerk (1979)

• The Muppet Movie (1979)

• Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1978)

• The Funnier Side of Eastern Canada (1974)

[Zomby Woof]

7. the Father of the Bride movies were painfully bad

Aping, mugging, clichéd tripe. I don't blame him so much as the crappy material he had to work with. "Hit" movie crowd-pleasing crap!

[Longgrain]

13. Oh Sgt. Pepper!

Anyone else have a secret love for this film?

I'm probably asking for flame bait now ain't I? ;-)

[flamingyouth]

6. I really love LA Story

[DawgHouse]

8. He hates these cans!

Although The Jerk is my all time fav Martin film, I did enjoy Parenthood very much too.

[cruadin]

9. Roxanne (sp?) n/t

[Longgrain]

12. Now how could I have forgotten Roxanne!

Such a :dunce: sometimes...

[DODI]

10. Parenthood

[Heimdallr]

11. "The Funnier Side of Eastern Canada"? Awww, fook, I need a' drink, ah do

What the HELL is that?

Pennies from Heaven or the Man with Two Brains, perhaps..... Esp. that drunk driving test on the Austrian border.

[NightTrain]

14. All Of Me, Parenthood, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels....

[Longgrain]

15. I'm surprised no one's voted for

My Blue Heaven yet :shrug: My second favorite Steve film.

[LaPera]

16. DEAD MEN DON'T WEAR PLAID-- Very funny film.

Saw it in Mexico City years ago and just bought it recently on DVD---Absolutely his best film or one of his top three.

[no_hypocrisy]

17. Pennies From Heaven.

The adaptation of the BBC version with Steve Martin allowed him to highlight his talent for drama, tap, and . . . lip-syncing. I think this film is his best.