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chris solo
06-12-2003, 04:53 PM
Can you name some other movies that Star Wars actors have been in?
Natalie Portman: The Professional
Movie about an assassin(she must have been 10 yrs. old)
Kenny Baker: Time Bandits
Mark Hammel: The Guyver (or something like that)
cheesy sci-fi alien suit movie
Harrison Ford: Indiana Jones Trilogy
Carrie Fisher: Blues Brothers
Billy Dee Williams: Batman Returns
Ewan McGregor: Trainspotting
What was the name of the movie that Ewan McGregor and Cameron Diaz were in together when he tries to kidnap her?
Can you think of some movies? (Harrison Ford has a million of them). style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/blink.gif
Jedi Killer
06-12-2003, 04:58 PM
Carrie Fisher was great in The Burbs (one of my all time favorite movie) and she was funny in Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back as that nun (love that scene)
Padme
06-12-2003, 05:30 PM
Originally posted by chris solo@Jun 12 2003, 02:53 PM
What was the name of the movie that Ewan McGregor and Cameron Diaz were in together when he tries to kidnap her?
The name of that movie is "A Life Less Ordinary".
DblDwn
06-12-2003, 05:35 PM
Originally posted by Jedi Killer@Jun 12 2003, 12:58 PM
Carrie Fisher was great in The Burbs (one of my all time favorite movie) and she was funny in Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back as that nun (love that scene)
Nice call on the Burbs (my favorite Tom Hanks movie).
Natalie Portman was also Pacino's step-daughter in Heat (beat you Mann style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tongue.gif )
Padme
06-12-2003, 05:39 PM
Yeah Natalie Portman also played Jack Nicholson's daughter in "Mars Attacks." She also played in "Home is Where the Heart is", with Ashley Judd.
Friggin A dbldwn
Natalie POrtman almost got an oscar nomination twice for Beautiful Girls and Anywhere But Here.
Liam Neeson did a little movie called Schindler's List
Ian McDiarmid did Sleepy Hollow.
DblDwn
06-12-2003, 05:44 PM
Originally posted by Mann@Jun 12 2003, 01:41 PM
Friggin A dbldwn
style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif I had to throw that in there buddy.
Nice call on Mars Attacks for Natalie Portman Padme and Schindler's List for Liam Neeson Mann.
Liam Neeson was also the director of Jim Carey's Hotel Satan video in the Dirty Harry movie The Dead Pool.
Padme
06-12-2003, 05:46 PM
Ewan Mcgregor played in "Emma" with Gwyneth Paltrow.
DblDwn
06-12-2003, 05:52 PM
Not a movie I know but did anyone ever see the episode of ER when Hathaway is at the convenience store that gets robbed and Ewan plays one of the robbers?
Sam the Man has been in a movie or two also. The last 10 years are obvious but does anyone remember him in Goodfellas?
James Earl Jones has been in I think just about every movie ever made in the history of Hollywood, or so it seems at times.
John Ratzenberger, Cliff Claven from Cheers, was in ESB
I can't remember his name right off hand, but I know someone will, but the guy who played General Veers in ESB played Donovan in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.
Warwick Davis was Wicket in ROTJ, and was a pod race spectator in TPM, and he was also Willow and the Leprechaun.
Jimmy Smits was in Running Scared (pretty good Billy Crystal and Gregory Hines cop movie from the mid-80's) as well as on LA Law and, of course, NYPD Blue.
Jedi Killer
06-12-2003, 05:52 PM
Liam was also in ROB ROY. never saw it though. I also like Natalie in The Professional. one of my favs
DblDwn
06-12-2003, 05:55 PM
Christopher Lee was in several Dracula movies, as the Count ironically enough (hmm? interesting coincidence that I never thought of), as well as playing The Man with the Golden Gun in the Bond movie of the same name, he was also in Airport '77 and obviously the LOTR trilogy
DblDwn
06-12-2003, 05:59 PM
What was that Arnold Christmas movie that Jake Lloyd was in? Jingle All The Way wasn't it?
just some trivia
SLJ was in more movie than any actor of the 90's. He did 44.
DblDwn
06-12-2003, 06:01 PM
Temeura (that's spelled wrong) Morrison, who played Jango was in Speed 2
Originally posted by DblDwn@Jun 12 2003, 08:59 PM
What was that Arnold Christmas movie that Jake Lloyd was in? Jingle All The Way wasn't it?
correct. It displayed Jake Lloyd had not acting talent.
DblDwn
06-12-2003, 06:02 PM
Originally posted by Mann@Jun 12 2003, 02:01 PM
SLJ was in more movie than any actor of the 90's. He did 44.
That's why he's the Man style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif
DblDwn
06-12-2003, 06:04 PM
Alec Guiness was in The Bridge on the River Kwai and Lawrence of Arabia to name a couple.
Padme
06-12-2003, 06:04 PM
Lets not forget about Harrison Ford. He played in American Graffiti,
Apocalypse Now, Patriot Games, Sabrina, The Fugitive, Clear and Present Danger, Air Force One. There are just a few. style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tongue.gif
Darth Vegas
06-12-2003, 06:07 PM
Originally posted by Mann+Jun 12 2003, 01:02 PM--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Mann @ Jun 12 2003, 01:02 PM)</div><div class='quotemain'> <!--QuoteBegin-DblDwn@Jun 12 2003, 08:59 PM
What was that Arnold Christmas movie that Jake Lloyd was in? Jingle All The Way wasn't it?
correct. It displayed Jake Lloyd had not acting talent. [/b][/quote]
Do you know very many 7 year olds that are really good actors? Or ten year olds for that matter? style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/rolleyes.gif
DblDwn
06-12-2003, 06:09 PM
Frank Oz, the voice and soon to be forgotten puppeteer of Yoda, was in Spies Like Us and Trading Places.
Yep, and those are usually picked for movies. Jake Lloyd is bad TK.
Haley Joel Osment is an example of a good actor around Jake Lloyd's age.
DblDwn
06-12-2003, 06:11 PM
Originally posted by TK-007@Jun 12 2003, 02:07 PM
Do you know very many 7 year olds that are really good actors? Or ten year olds for that matter? style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/rolleyes.gif
Jonathon Lipnicki was pretty decent in Jerry Maquire ???
Harrison Ford was also in Force 10 from Navarone, Frantic, Regarding Henry, Six Days Seven Nights, Mosquito Coast, and, after tomorrow, Hollywood Homicide.
Darth Vegas
06-12-2003, 06:13 PM
Originally posted by DblDwn@Jun 12 2003, 01:09 PM
Frank Oz, the voice and soon to be forgotten puppeteer of Yoda, was in Spies Like Us and Trading Places.
He's also directed some pretty good flicks like "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels" and the name escapes me at the moment, that recent Deniro jewel thief flick.
the score, and it wasn't a jewel, it was a staff.
DblDwn
06-12-2003, 06:15 PM
Originally posted by TK-007+Jun 12 2003, 02:13 PM--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(TK-007 @ Jun 12 2003, 02:13 PM)</div><div class='quotemain'> <!--QuoteBegin-DblDwn@Jun 12 2003, 01:09 PM
Frank Oz, the voice and soon to be forgotten puppeteer of Yoda, was in Spies Like Us and Trading Places.
He's also directed some pretty good flicks like "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels" and the name escapes me at the moment, that recent Deniro jewel thief flick. [/b][/quote]
I love Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, maybe Steve Martin's best movie along with Parenthood (IMO), and The Score is a pretty good flick as well.
Darth Vegas
06-12-2003, 06:15 PM
Originally posted by DblDwn+Jun 12 2003, 01:11 PM--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(DblDwn @ Jun 12 2003, 01:11 PM)</div><div class='quotemain'> <!--QuoteBegin-TK-007@Jun 12 2003, 02:07 PM
Do you know very many 7 year olds that are really good actors? Or ten year olds for that matter? style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/rolleyes.gif
Jonathon Lipnicki was pretty decent in Jerry Maquire ???
[/b][/quote]
Sure, but would he have been good as Anakin Skywalker?
I think not, Jake Lloyd displayed all of the characteristics GL wanted in Skywalker, they auditioned thousands of kids.
JOhnathon Lipniki? No i don't think so. He's better than Jake Lloyd though.
Thousands of Kids? sure, My brother would have been a better Anakin, but did he get a call, nope. I heard no casting calls for Anakin until Episode II when it was on the news.
DblDwn
06-12-2003, 06:19 PM
Originally posted by Jedi Killer@Jun 12 2003, 12:58 PM
Carrie Fisher was funny in Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back as that nun (love that scene)
Mark Hamill was also in that movie. That is classic when THE hand gets sliced off and he says, "Not again".
Just curious, I'm going off the top of my head for these because I have a freakish memory but is anyone doing a google search or anything? Be honest.
DblDwn
06-12-2003, 06:21 PM
Originally posted by TK-007@Jun 12 2003, 02:15 PM
Sure, but would he have been good as Anakin Skywalker?
No, I don't think a spikey haired Anakin with glasses was the right look for that one
carrie Fisher was in Austin POwers.
Darth Vegas
06-12-2003, 06:31 PM
Originally posted by DblDwn+Jun 12 2003, 01:21 PM--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(DblDwn @ Jun 12 2003, 01:21 PM)</div><div class='quotemain'> <!--QuoteBegin-TK-007@Jun 12 2003, 02:15 PM
Sure, but would he have been good as Anakin Skywalker?
No, I don't think a spikey haired Anakin with glasses was the right look for that one [/b][/quote]
LOL! I didn't even think of it that way, but dang, that would be funny, they could've made him a special Vader mask with prescription lenses! style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif
Darth Vegas
06-12-2003, 06:32 PM
Originally posted by DblDwn+Jun 12 2003, 01:15 PM--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(DblDwn @ Jun 12 2003, 01:15 PM)</div><div class='quotemain'> Originally posted by TK-007@Jun 12 2003, 02:13 PM
<!--QuoteBegin-DblDwn@Jun 12 2003, 01:09 PM
Frank Oz, the voice and soon to be forgotten puppeteer of Yoda, was in Spies Like Us and Trading Places.
He's also directed some pretty good flicks like "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels" and the name escapes me at the moment, that recent Deniro jewel thief flick.
I love Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, maybe Steve Martin's best movie along with Parenthood (IMO), and The Score is a pretty good flick as well. [/b][/quote]
Yes the Score, I thought that was a pretty darn good movie.
It got me started on an Edward Norton craze. The man is a genius.
Darth Vegas
06-12-2003, 06:34 PM
Originally posted by Mann@Jun 12 2003, 01:19 PM
JOhnathon Lipniki? No i don't think so. He's better than Jake Lloyd though.
Better than what GL wanted for Anakin? No, the kid only did what GL wanted him to do, he wanted someone that acted like a kid, he wanted someone that was unstudied, unpredictable, that's why he picked Jake Lloyd, not because he was the next Shirley Temple.
Darth Vegas
06-12-2003, 06:34 PM
Originally posted by Mann@Jun 12 2003, 01:33 PM
It got me started on an Edward Norton craze. The man is a genius.
Yes he is, I loved his performance! Brilliant!
He picked Jake Lloyd because:
the kid does LOOK like a star
the kid does LOOK like a younger Luke
the kid was an Unknown.
The Irish Jedi
06-12-2003, 07:49 PM
Ray Park was in x-men and did the headless horseman stunts
Mark Hamill is in Village of the Damned
Hayden Christensen is in Life As A House
Liam Neason is in Micheal Collens
Carrie Fisher is in When Harry Met Sally
If any of these or already meantioned then SORRY! style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/crying.gif
Jedi Killer
06-13-2003, 12:50 AM
ever see Bladerunning with Ford in it? its decent and very ahead of its time for SFX
Erick Landrider
06-13-2003, 02:21 AM
All this time, and no-one has mentioned Dr. Zhivago (sp?) Alec Guiness played Zhivago's half brother
Mulan Rouge-Ewan McGregor
The Big Red 1-Mark Hamil (my dad's an old movie buff, he had it)
Fiels of Dreams-James Earl Jones-
DblDwn
06-13-2003, 03:59 AM
Do we really have to start naming JEJ's movies? Field of Dreams (good call), Dr. Strangelove, The Sandlot, Hunt For Red October, Patriot Games, Clear and Present Danger, Conan the Barbarian, etc.
Nice call on Bladerunner by the way. Harrison was also in Random Hearts, What Lies Beneath, and K*19, with Liam as a matter of fact.
Darth Vegas
06-13-2003, 10:46 AM
Originally posted by Mann@Jun 12 2003, 01:35 PM
He picked Jake Lloyd because:
the kid does LOOK like a star
the kid does LOOK like a younger Luke
the kid was an Unknown.
And because he was unstudied and unpredictable, that's Lucas own words dude.
Jedi Killer
06-13-2003, 11:03 AM
your so much about Lucas's own words. jeeeeeeez, you kiss the ground that man walks on!
I never liked this Ewan movie, but how about Black Hawk Down.
I think he was poorly casted and was trying his hardest not to let out that gay scottish accent
Originally posted by TK-007+Jun 13 2003, 01:46 PM--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(TK-007 @ Jun 13 2003, 01:46 PM)</div><div class='quotemain'> <!--QuoteBegin-Mann@Jun 12 2003, 01:35 PM
He picked Jake Lloyd because:
the kid does LOOK like a star
the kid does LOOK like a younger Luke
the kid was an Unknown.
And because he was unstudied and unpredictable, that's Lucas own words dude. [/b][/quote]
Dude, that's not a good thing. To bring an unstudied actor into a majr movie where he plays a major role is not always good. I mean it works if they come off as a natural in the role, getting someone to play a part that they relate to. I know man, I've worked with Film directors. I took a class and in fact, just to add some humor to this, they used Jake Lloyd as an example of a bad choice. He was a cute kid and all, but he had little talent and they had thousands of trained young actors to choose from.
Example: Steven Speilberg wanted to do the Harry POtter film. Granted his version was bad, he wanted to cast a proffessional Haley Joel Osment. The studio didn't want him, so they choose an unknown. the unknown was very wooden in the first film and was noticeably uncomfortable. The other young actors had some experience, but he was considered very wooden. He got better in the sequel, but Jake Lloyd had no sequel to fall back on. This was the youn anakin's one shot, and Lucas blew it by casting someone with no talent.
Unpredictable? the kid did EXACTLY what was written in the script to do. exactly his direction. He does word for word the things he's supposed to do. His movements are very conventional and not extraordinary. Haley would have been a better choice (seeing as Haley WAS a blonde at one point).
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE</div><div class='quotemain'>your so much about Lucas's own words. jeeeeeeez, you kiss the ground that man walks on! [/b][/quote]
This is true, he does back up Lucas waaaay too much.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE</div><div class='quotemain'>I never liked this Ewan movie, but how about Black Hawk Down.[/b][/quote]
Black Hawk Down is excellent. What an experience!
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE</div><div class='quotemain'>I think he was poorly casted and was trying his hardest not to let out that gay scottish accent [/b][/quote]
I loved him in the role. He and Eric Bana had the best roles. And scottish is not a "gay" accent my friend. It's quite cool, and it's offensive to the people that read this board to say that.
Darth Vegas
06-13-2003, 12:51 PM
Originally posted by Jedi Killer@Jun 13 2003, 06:03 AM
your so much about Lucas's own words. jeeeeeeez, you kiss the ground that man walks on!
Well I wouldn't be the first person to be a really big fan of a director, granted the mans had his success and his failure, SW is an obvious success.
Why should I not like what the man himself has to say about his films, films that I happen to enjoy?
Jors_Dedon
06-13-2003, 01:06 PM
Tem Morrison is also in Six Days Seven Nights, which I haven't even seen all of... and also Vertical Limit I believe.
Originally posted by TK-007+Jun 13 2003, 03:51 PM--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(TK-007 @ Jun 13 2003, 03:51 PM)</div><div class='quotemain'> <!--QuoteBegin-Jedi Killer@Jun 13 2003, 06:03 AM
your so much about Lucas's own words. jeeeeeeez, you kiss the ground that man walks on!
Well I wouldn't be the first person to be a really big fan of a director, granted the mans had his success and his failure, SW is an obvious success.
Why should I not like what the man himself has to say about his films, films that I happen to enjoy? [/b][/quote]
you think that he is all knowing and that he can do no wrong Bond. Lucas isn't as perfect as you make him to be. He does make some bad choices, mainly because he's not a very good director anymore.
Jedi Killer
06-13-2003, 01:16 PM
i dont think he's ever been a good director. look at his best films that he wrote for but didnt film (ESB, Willow, all 3 Indys) those are classics
American Graffiti is all in all his best movie.
Darth Vegas
06-13-2003, 02:38 PM
Originally posted by Mann@Jun 13 2003, 08:13 AM
Lucas isn't as perfect as you make him to be. He does make some bad choices, mainly because he's not a very good director anymore.
You of course are entitled to your own opinion, and that's all that is.
I never said he was perfect, I said that he made the perfect choice for what he wanted Anakin to be by casting Jake Lloyd, it was of course entirely his descision, it is entirely HIS film, not yours, not anybody elses, the man knows what he's doing with his own work.
To a certain extent, I happen to agree with that particular choice.
Erick Landrider
06-13-2003, 03:06 PM
I have the strangest feeling of Deja Vu. style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wink.gif
I have siad it many times, I think Anakins character was far to young in TPM. You haveto re-introduce the 'new' Anakin in AOTC. An older Anakin would have allowed Lucas to keep the same actor a character we know at the start. The whole innocence thing that Lucas went for didn' work with me all that well. But (to Bond proof it) Lloyd is the only real low part of TPM. I can still enjoy TPM with minimal grimacing at Anakin.
Lloyd and Ahmed Best's annoying Jar JAr. other than that, TPM isn't half bad. But too major roles that stink makes me hate the film.
Erick Landrider
06-15-2003, 09:16 PM
Oh yeah Jar-Jar. How could I forget another low-point like him? Oh yeah, because I tried to repress him from my memory.
Erick Landrider
06-15-2003, 09:18 PM
Mark Hamil was on Seaquest for a couple episodes.
Harrison ford has Hollywood Homicide. Sounds bad.
MarchHatter
06-19-2003, 12:19 AM
Have these been mentioned:
mcgregor: rogue trader
kenny baker: time bandits!!!!!
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