Name some movies that were perfectly cast.

[blondeatlast]

Top of the head thing--if you have to think about it, they weren't perfectly cast, IMHO.

To start, for me:

Clueless
Snatch
Romy and Michelle's High School Reunion

Edit: damn spelling!

[begin_within]

1. Wizard of Oz, Rebel Without a Cause, Psycho, Five Easy Pieces, El Norte, Fahrenheit 9/11 and...

probably the best casting of all time:

"Whatever Happened to Baby Jane" (1962)

[blondeatlast]

2. Every one a gem. "Watever Happened" is top of the line, I so agree. nt

[bridgit]

3. Chinatown...

[buddhamama]

4. "The Usual Suspects" n/t

[gardenista]

73. agreed. that's the first I thought of.

[L A Woman]

5. GREASE

A bunch of thirty-year-olds playing high schoolers, and no matter how many times you watch it, you believe it. Classic casting. :-)

[Phentex]

32. I remember people making more of a stink

that ONJ was older than JT. I still think she looks ridiculous in that part.

[ooga booga]

6. Bruce Almighty

Bruce Almighty may not be on the 100 great movies list, but I enjoyed it.

Clearly, Jim Carrey and Steve Carells (sp?) took those parts where no one else could. Jennifer Aniston was fantastic as Bruce's girlfriend. I think she played it just right. AND -- last but not least -- I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE seeing Morgan Freeman cast as God. He was marvelous! As soon as I saw that Morgan Freeman was God, I couldn't stop grinning. It just worked SO WELL.

I saw a trailer for Evan Almighty where God decides to have Evan build an ark and become a modern day Noah. I wasn't exactly hooked by the trailer. It seemed that the script was much weaker on this new one, but I'll probably go see it just to see Morgan Freeman playing God again.

[blondeatlast]

23. Have to agree, and I'm no Carrey fan. nt

[querelle]

7. GWTW

Hard to imagine anyone else other than Vivien Leigh and Clark Gable in the leads for that film. Every major actress in Hollywood tried out for the part of Scarlett before Leigh was cast. Can you imagine how the film would have turned out with Bette Davis, Joan Crawford, or Tallulah Bankhead as Scarlett?

Q

[carlydenise]

11. GWTW

No one could have played Scarlett O'hara better than Vivian Leigh. Mammy was totally awesome, I think she was the funniest, best character in the movie

[ooga booga]

8. Casablanca

If I remember correctly they wanted Clark Gable to play Rick, and he turned it down. Bogart almost didn't take it, because he thought that he was only being offered the parts that Gable turned down.

Now, think about that. Can you imagine Casablanca without Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Claude Rains, etc. I sure can't!

[Catshrink]

26. ITA

Casablanca was my first thought also. I can't imagine anyone else as Ilsa.

[NewWaveChick1981]

9. Sixteen Candles, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Star Wars

I know there are more, so if I think of them, I'll edit.

[mzteris]

10. Breakfast at Tiffany's n/t

[Chorophyll]

12. Moonstruck

For Cher and Vincent Gardenia, especially. But even the minor characters were perfect.

[blondeatlast]

24. Definitely. nt

[ok_cpu]

13. The Godfather II

Other than Pacino's weak start, GF I was perfectly cast too.

[SoyCat]

14. O Brother Where Art Thou, History of the World Part I,

Blazing Saddles, Raising Arizona, I could keep on going...

[VespertineIconoclast]

59. I definitely agree with you on O Brother Where Art Thou.

From the minor to major roles, that movie is one of my favorites because of how well the story flows. :)

[Darth_Kitten]

15. Adventures of Robin Hood.....

Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, etc etc......

probably THE best cast movie as everyone was perfect in their roles.

[Aristus]

16. "The Princess Bride".

"Hkhkhello, my nemm ess Inigo Montoya. You keeled my futher. Preepurr to die!"



"Is not my fault being bigger an' stronger dan everyone elz. I doan even exercize."

[philosophie_en_rose]

57. I agree. It's a timeless movie.

I watched it recently. Aside from some minor details (like the rodents), the movie has not aged at all. It's a wonderful movie.

[philosophie_en_rose]

58. Pride and Prejudice (The A&E/British Version) & LOTR (with some exceptions)

The cast of P&P was perfect. (especially compared to the insipid new version. Jena Malone does a hideous English accent).

LOTR had a great cast. They were lucky to find Viggo to replace one-note Stuart Townsend. But Hugo Weaving and Liv Tyler might have been replaced.

[dolo amber]

17. Raising Arizona

:thumbsup:

[YankeyMCC]

18. Lord of the Rings

[SacredCow]

19. Sordid Lives n/t

[Prisoner_Number_Six]

20. The Fifth Element

Contact
Syriana
Fast Times At Ridgemont High
Ferris Bueller's Day Off

To name a few off the top of my head...

[MiniMandaRuth]

21. TO kill A Mockingbird.

At least I think.

[NNadir]

31. That's the best casting job of which I can think.

It would be very hard to imagine anyone else in the roles each cast member played.

An outstanding choice.

[sarge43]

70. The Sting

Not only Newman and Redman, but all the support players, too - Shaw, Brennan, Durning, Gould and especially Dimitra Arliss, Loretta the hit woman.

[achtung_circus]

46. Absofuckinglutely.

[WhollyHeretic]

22. The Graduate

The first Harry Potter movie

[XemaSab]

25. I think there are some roles in Harry Potter that are

BRILLIANTLY cast throughout the series, but I wouldn't say the whole series is PERFECTLY cast.

Since it's from a book of course everyone has their own ideas about what the characters look like. :shrug:

[WhollyHeretic]

34. I thought the casting in the first movie was terrific

A couple were physically different from the way I pictured them; Ron, the twins and Hermione. So I guess perfect wouldn't be the right the description but I thought they captured the spirit of all the characters wonderfully unlike a couple of the recent choices. I think the new Dumbledore is horrible, way to angry.

[Downtown Hound]

68. I agree about the new Dumbledore

he reminds me of an old man yelling at the neighborhood kids to get the hell off his lawn. The old Dumbledore captured the role perfectly.

[Mr. Blonde]

27. Fight Club

American History X, Pulp Fiction, Sin City, Once Upon a Time in the West, The Big Lebowski

[fidgeting wildly]

Big Lebowski...

Genius casting!

[ikojo]

28. Lord of the Rings movies...nt

[jus_the_facts]

29. Stephen King's ~ The Stand

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0108941/





Gary Sinise .... Stu Redman

Molly Ringwald .... Frannie Goldsmith

Jamey Sheridan .... Randall Flagg

Laura San Giacomo .... Nadine Cross
Ruby Dee .... Mother Abigail Freemantle

Ossie Davis .... Judge Richard Farris

Miguel Ferrer .... Lloyd Henreid

Corin Nemec .... Harold Lauder
Matt Frewer .... Trashcan Man
Adam Storke .... Larry Underwood
Ray Walston .... Glen Bateman

Rob Lowe .... Nick Andros
Bill Fagerbakke .... Tom Cullen

Peter Van Norden .... Ralph Brentner
Rick Aviles .... Rat Man
Max Wright .... Dr. Herbert Denninger

Ray McKinnon .... Charlie Campion
Bridgit Ryan .... Lucy Swann
Kellie Overbey .... Dayna Jurgens

Patrick Kilpatrick .... Ray Booth

Shawnee Smith .... Julie Lawry
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar .... "The Monster!" shouter
Chuck Adamson .... Barry Dorgan
Tony Adler .... Dying janitor
Sam Anderson .... Whitney Horgan
Steven Anderson .... Army officer
Jesse Bennett .... Vic Palfrey
Johnny Biscuit .... Norm Bruett
John Bloom .... Deputy Joe-Bob Brentwood
J. Scott Bronson .... Man in convoy
Ervin Butler .... Basketball boy
Hope Marie Carlton .... Sally Campion
David Kirk Chambers .... Brad Kitchner
Laura Conover .... Nurse

Bill Corso .... Corpse in Lincoln Tunnel
Kevin Doyle .... Sarge
John Dunbar .... Dave Roberts
Troy Evans .... Sheriff Baker
Warren Frost .... George Richardson
Cynthia Garris .... Susan Stern
Mick Garris .... Henry Dunbarton
Jeff Gelb .... NY radio announcer
Leo Geter .... Chad Norris
Sandra Lee Gimpel .... Woman in store
Alan Gregory .... Al Bundell
Mary Ethel Gregory .... Alice Underwood
Thomasyn Harlow .... Cynthia

Jim Haynie .... Deputy Kingsolving
Ryan Healey .... Teenager #4
Tom Holland .... Carl Hough

Sherman Howard .... Dr. Dietz
Ken Jenkins .... Peter Goldsmith
David Jensen .... Maj. Jalbert
Richard Jewkes .... Dick Ellis
Kevin Kennedy .... Dave Zellman
Michelle King .... Reporter

Stephen King .... Teddy Weizak
Robert Knott .... Lou Carsleigh

John Landis .... Russ Dorr
Brittney Lewis .... Arlene
Richard Lineback .... Poke
Mike Lookinland .... Sentry #1
Elizabeth Lough .... Young woman

Jordan Lund .... Bill Hapscomb

Bruce MacVittie .... Ace-High
Frank Magner .... Vince Hogan

Dan Martin .... Rich Moffat
Patrick McKinley .... Flu buddy man
William Newman .... Dr. Soames
Wendy Phillips .... Lisa Hull

Sam Raimi .... Bobby Terry
Vince Rodriguez .... Lisa's driver
Sarah Schaub .... Gina McCone
Tressa Sharbough .... Marcy Halloran
Julie Simper .... Lila Bruett
Taylor Smith .... Baby Lavon
David Sosna .... Man
Billy L. Sullivan .... Joe

George Sullivan .... Sergeant
Millie Teri .... Weeping woman
Michael D. Weatherred .... Mike Childress
Rob Weller .... Game-show host
Mike Westenskow .... Paul Burlson
Derryl Yeager .... Man in street
Bob Yerkes .... Old man in store (as Brayton Yerkes)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:

Kathy Bates .... Rae Flowers (uncredited)

Ed Harris .... Gen. Starkey (uncredited)
Dennis W. Zerull .... Masked soldier (uncredited)



http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0108941/

[Tikki]

43. Oh yeah....and, also, Stephen King's...

"IT"......




Tikki

[Monkey see Monkey Do]

30. True Romance

I can't think of anyone better than Slater & Arquette in the lead roles(*) and the rest of the cast are pretty much perfect.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0108399/

(*)and having seen Tarantino's stab at doing Clarence in My Best Friend's Birthday it could have been so, so worse.

[jus_the_facts]

33. Forrest Gump

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0109830/

[MattSh]

35. Y Tu Mama Tambian, and....

Dancer in the Dark. (Somewhat obscure).

The Sound of Music. (I've always loved this one).

[Starbucks Anarchist]

36. Glengarry Glen Ross.

Also, Fahrenheit 9/11 -- that guy who played Bush really made me believe he was a giant moron. :D

[nytemare]

37. "One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest", "Silence of the Lambs"

And, recently, "The Departed"

[Alexander]

38. Bonfire Of The Vanities

Just kidding. :evilgrin:

[terrya]

47. Hahaha

My favorite in "Bonfires" is when the older Jewish judge in the book turns into...Morgan Freeman. :-)

[Dulcinea]

39. The Silence of the Lambs.

Who better than Anthony Hopkins as Hannibal Lecter?

[mikeargo]

40. All the President's Men

Not just Woodward and Bernstein (Redford and Hoffman) and Ben Bradlee (Jason Robards), but even the minor roles.

[5thGenDemocrat]

41. The Right Stuff

Not only perfectly cast, but a perfect, truly inspirational movie.
Two things: One, though it doesn't get much more macho as a topic than the Mercury space program, the women in the movie are as well drawn and memorable as the men are. Two, though we agree on a mere handful of topics under the sun, my buddy Andy the Right Wing Republican loves The Right Stuff as much as I do.
John
If you've never seen TRS, do so ASAP.

[Tikki]

42. Mystery Train......n/t

[jus_the_facts]

45. That movie is a TRIP....literally....

:thumbsup: :thumbsup:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097940/

[terrya]

44. The original "The Manchurian Candidate"

From Laurence Harvey to Frank Sinatra to Janet Leigh to Angela Lansbury to James Gregory...just a perfect cast.

[jus_the_facts]

48. JAWS

[SKKY]

49. The Doors...

I only say that to emphasize just how surprised I was with Val Kilmer's performance. I personally thought he was
phenomenal.

[carlydenise]

53. That was an awesome movie!

I can't believe how well they cast the characters, they all look exactly like the band members, it was almost freaky. I was a little kid in the late 60's, but I thought Jim Morrison was awesome. Too bad he died so young.

[Kat45]

50. The Departed. Goodfellas

[RFKHumphreyObama]

51. To Kill A Mockingbird

Trading Places

[Rabrrrrrr]

52. Conan the Barbarian; The Thing; Star Trek II; Citizen Kane; Stripes

Ghostbusters; Blazing Saddles; Iris; Maltese Falcon; To Have And Have Not; Lawrence of Arabia; The Wild Bunch

[Fuzz]

54. Shawshank Redemption was pretty good casting

[ncrainbowgrrl]

74. good call!

:hi:

[Bullwinkle925]

55. "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid", "The Maltese Falcon",

"Who's Afraid of Virginia Wolf", "Gone With the Wind".

First ones that came to mind.

[Patiod]

60. Redford and Newman rocked

I also love Tombstone

Val Kilmer was amazing as Doc Holliday

[benny05]

56. Good Night and Good Luck n/t

Both as movie and on Countdown every night!

[Boojatta]

61. My Dinner with Andre

Okay, the casting wasn't quite perfect. A couple of the actors were miscast. However, other than those two, the movie had perfect casting.

[Skittles]

62. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

no one there who was not PERFECTION

[longship]

63. No contest.... Dr. Strangelove.

Peter Sellers -- President Murken Muffley, Lt. Lionel Mandrake, Dr. Strangelove
George C. Scott -- Gen. 'Buck' Turgidson
Sterling Hayden -- Brig. Gen. Jack D. Ripper
Keenan Wynn -- Col. 'Bat' Guano
Slim Pickens -- Maj. T.J. 'King' Kong
Peter Bull -- Russian Amb. Alexi de Sadesky

Even the bit players were great, including James Earl Jones in a very early part as the bombadier.

This is as close to a flawless movie as one can get. Even the final scene in the War Room, where Sellers goes over the top as Dr. Strangelove and the rest of the cast (especially Peter Bull) is visibly stifling outright laughter, the film just works.

Brilliant cast and direction.

[Omphaloskepsis]

64. Pleasantville

Tobey Maguire, Reese Witherspoon, William H. Macy, Joan Allen, and Jeff Daniels. Don Knotts, Jane Kaczmarek and J.T. Walsh

[Recovered Repug]

65. Office Space. One of the best comedy ever, imho.

[Broken_Hero]

66. Xmen

Spiderman I and II...Superman the movie, superman II...hmm, Conan the Barbarian, Sin City...Daredevil....quite a few actually...Fight Club...

[yellowdogintexas]

67. Godfather I and II, Zorro (Antonio Banderas ! )

Gone With The Wind
To Kill a Mockingbird
Auntie Mame..Roz Russel was BORN to play Mame Dennis
Casablanca
The African Queen
The Sting
In the Heat of the Night

[Downtown Hound]

69. Raiders of the Lost Ark

Everyone from Harrison Ford as Indianan Jones to Karen Allen as Marion to the villains was perfect.

Also: Patton. George C. Scott literally became Patton.

[ChoralScholar]

71. The American President

and the resemblance to characters living or dead was awesome.

[Elidor]

72. The Lion in Winter

Better casting has never been done.

[ncrainbowgrrl]

75. Real Genius, In and Out, My Cousin Vinny