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charlie and algernon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-01-08 05:16 PM
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movie with the greatest cast?
watching A Bridge too Far which has an incredible wealth of talent

Anthony Hopkins
Sean Connery
Gene Hackman
Elliot Gould
Laurence Olivier
Robert Redford
Michael Caine
James Caan
and a cameo by Richard Attenborough!

:wow: :wow:
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XemaSab Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-01-08 05:19 PM
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1. Ghostbusters
Harold Ramis
Dan Ackroyd
Ernie Hudson
Bill Murray
Rick Moranis
Sigourney Weaver
Annie Potts
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ok_cpu Donating Member (826 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-01-08 05:20 PM
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2. Glengarry Glen Ross
Al Pacino
Jack Lemmon
Alec Baldwin
Alan Arkin
Ed Harris
Kevin Spacey
Jonathan Pryce
Bruce Altman
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woo me with science Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-02-08 08:33 AM
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15. agree nt
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av8rdave Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-01-08 05:22 PM
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3. Heat
Al Pacino, Robert DeNiro, Val Kilmer

With that cast, you don't need anyone else!
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PBS Poll-435 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-01-08 06:39 PM
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4. Best in Show or For Your Consideration
Catherine O'Hara and Eugene Levy are comic geniuses.

And Parker Posey is always HILARIOUS.
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mokawanis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-01-08 06:45 PM
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5. The Departed
Leonardo DiCaprio
Jack Nicholson
Mark Wahlberg
Martin sheen
Matt Damon
Alec Baldwin
and a lot of other good actors
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loveable liberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-01-08 11:41 PM
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12. seconded nt
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Deja Q Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-01-08 06:48 PM
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6. Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex

Woody Allen ... The Fool / Fabrizio / Victor Shakapopulis / Sperm #1
John Carradine ... Dr. Bernardo
Lou Jacobi ... Sam Musgrave
Louise Lasser ... Gina
Anthony Quayle ... The King
Tony Randall ... The Operator
Lynn Redgrave ... The Queen
Burt Reynolds ... Switchboard
Gene Wilder ... Dr. Doug Ross
Jack Barry ... Himself
Erin Fleming ... The Girl
Elaine Giftos ... Anne Ross
Toni Holt ... Herself
Robert Q. Lewis ... Himself
Heather MacRae ... Helen Lacey
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tigereye Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-01-08 06:49 PM
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7. Altman's Gosford Park had a pretty great cast
as did The Player. In fact many Altman films had amazing casts!
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Orsino Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-01-08 07:04 PM
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8. Branagh's Hamlet
Riz Abbasi ... Attendant to Claudius
Richard Attenborough... English Ambassador
David Blair ... Attendant to Claudius
Brian Blessed ... Ghost of Hamlet's Father
Kenneth Branagh ... Hamlet
Richard Briers ... Polonius
Michael Bryant ... Priest
Peter Bygott ... Attendant to Claudius
Julie Christie ... Gertrude
Billy Crystal ... First Gravedigger
Charles Daish ... Stage Manager
Judi Dench ... Hecuba
Gérard Depardieu... Reynaldo
Reece Dinsdale ... Guildenstern
Ken Dodd ... Yorick
Angela Douglas ... Attendant to Gertrude
Rob Edwards ... Lucianus
Nicholas Farrell... Horatio
Ray Fearon ... Francisco
Yvonne Gidden ... Doctor
John Gielgud ... Priam
Rosemary Harris ... Player Queen
Charlton Heston ... Player King
Ravil Isyanov ... Cornelius
Derek Jacobi ... Claudius
Rowena King ... Attendant to Gertrude
Jeffery Kissoon ... Fortinbras's Captain
Sarah Lam ... Attendant to Gertrude
Jack Lemmon ... Marcellus
Ian McElhinney ... Barnardo
Michael Maloney ... Laertes
Duke of Marlborough Fortinbras's General
John Mills ... Old Norway
Jimi Mistry ... Sailor Two
Sian Radinger ... Prologue
Melanie Ramsey ... Prostitute
Simon Russell Beale Second Gravedigger
Andrew Schofield... Young Lord
Rufus Sewell ... Fortinbras
Timothy Spall ... Rosencrantz
Thomas Szekeres ... Young Hamlet (as Tom Szekeres)
Ben Thom ... First Player
Don Warrington ... Voltimand
Perdita Weeks ... Second Player
Robin Williams ... Osric
Kate Winslet ... Ophelia
David Yip ... Sailor One
Frank Morgan ... Pyrrhus (uncredited)
Melanie Ramsay ... Prostitute (uncredited)
Orlando Seale ... Boatman (uncredited)
Jimmy Yuill ... Alexander (uncredited)
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pitohui Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-01-08 07:44 PM
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9. blue velvet EOM
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flvegan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-01-08 07:52 PM
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10. Cannonball Run I or II
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begin_within Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-02-08 10:07 AM
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25. A fun cast!
Burt Reynolds
Roger Moore
Farrah Fawcett
Dom DeLuise
Dean Martin
Sammy Davis Jr
Adrienne Barbeau
Terry Bradshaw
Jackie Chan
Bert Convy
Jamie Farr
Peter Fonda
Bianca Jagger
Jimmy 'The Greek' Snyder
Mel Tillis
Valerie Perrine

(Cannonball Run)
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Glorfindel Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-01-08 09:17 PM
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11. "The Lion in Winter" surely ranks in the top 10
Peter O'Toole ... Henry II
Katharine Hepburn ... Eleanor of Aquitaine
Anthony Hopkins ... Richard
John Castle ... Geoffrey
Nigel Terry ... John
Timothy Dalton ... King Philip of France
Jane Merrow ... Alais
Nigel Stock ... Capt. William Marshall

As does "As Good as it Gets"
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WinkyDink Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-02-08 12:24 AM
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13. "The Longest Day".
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begin_within Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-02-08 09:45 AM
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19. Great choice:
Eddie Albert
Paul Anka
Richard Beymer
Richard Burton
Red Buttons
Sean Connery
Fabian
Mel Ferrer
Henry Fonda
Steve Forrest
Gert Fröbe
Jeffrey Hunter
Curd Jürgens
Alexander Knox
Peter Lawford
Roddy McDowall
Sal Mineo
Robert Mitchum
Kenneth More
Edmond O'Brien
Robert Ryan
George Segal
Rod Steiger
Richard Todd
Tom Tryon
Peter van Eyck
Robert Wagner
Stuart Whitman
John Wayne

all in one movie.
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mitchum Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-02-08 08:32 AM
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14. The Godfather
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charlie and algernon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-02-08 09:16 AM
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17. that's my second choice
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nuxvomica Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-02-08 09:14 AM
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16. Casablanca
Humphrey Bogart
Ingrid Bergman
Paul Henreid
Claude Rains
Peter Lorre
Conrad Veigt
S.Z. "Cuddles" Sakall
Dooley Wilson
Madeleine Lebeau
Leonid Kinsky

Also, "Touch of Evil"

Orson Welles
Charlten Heston
Janet Leigh
Marlene Dietrich
Akim Tamiroff
Joseph Calleia
Ray Collins
Zsa Zsa Gabor
Mercedes McCambridge
Dennis Weaver
Joanna Moore
Keenan Wynn
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Richardo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-02-08 09:22 AM
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18. It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World
Spencer Tracy
Buster Keaton
Buddy Hackett
Mickey Rooney
Milton Berle
Jonathan Winters
Sid Caesar
Ethel Merman
Edie Adams
Dorothy Provine
Jimmy Durante
Dick Shawn
Phil Silvers
Peter Falk
Rochester
Jim Backus
Stan Freberg
Terry Thomas
Jerry Lewis
Jack Benny
Don Knotts
Jesse White
Norman Fell (!)
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begin_within Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-02-08 09:47 AM
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20. The 1996 Hamlet
Richard Attenborough, Brian Blessed, Kenneth Branagh, Julie Christie, Billy Crystal, Judi Dench, Gérard Depardieu, John Gielgud, Rosemary Harris, Charlton Heston, Derek Jacobi, Jack Lemmon, Michael Maloney, John Mills, Rufus Sewell, Timothy Spall, Robin Williams and Kate Winslet.
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begin_within Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-02-08 09:51 AM
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21. Murder on the Orient Express had
Albert Finney
Lauren Bacall
Martin Balsam
Ingrid Bergman
Jacqueline Bisset
Jean-Pierre Cassel
Sean Connery
John Gielgud
Wendy Hiller
Anthony Perkins
Vanessa Redgrave
Richard Widmark
Michael York
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begin_within Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-02-08 09:52 AM
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22. Short Cuts
even though I thought the movie was boring, the cast included:

Tim Robbins, Robert Downey Jr., Jack Lemmon, Lily Tomlin, Julianne Moore, Francis McDormand, Tom Waits, Matthew Modine, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Chris Penn, Fred Ward, Madeline Stowe, Anne Archer, Buck Henry and Lyle Lovett
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begin_within Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-02-08 10:01 AM
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23. 300,000 people appear in "Ghandi"
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begin_within Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-02-08 10:06 AM
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24. "Swimming to Cambodia" has a cast of 1
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begin_within Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-02-08 10:19 AM
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26. If you combine the 1960 and 2001 versions of "Ocean's Eleven," you get
Angie Dickinson - she appears in both!
Frank Sinatra
Dean Martin
Sammy Davis, Jr.
Peter Lawford
Cesar Romero
Joey Bishop
Red Skelton
Pinky Lee
Shirley MacLaine
George Clooney
Bernie Mac
Brad Pitt
Elliott Gould
Casey Affleck
Carl Reiner
Matt Damon
Andy Garcia
Julia Roberts
Eydie Gormé
Steve Lawrence
Wayne Newton
Siegfried and Roy
Don Cheadle

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