Best cast ever??

[ToiletBug]

Towering Inferno??

Paul Newman
Steve McQueen
Fred Astaire
William Holden
Faye Dunaway
Jennifer Jones
Robert Wagner
Robert Vaughn
Susan Blakely


That cast is so god damn perfect I cant trake it. To have Newman, McQueen, Astaire, and Holden in the same movie is the best top 4 in movie history for male actors in a movie. Am I forgetting something?

[Jig Saw 123]

The Dark Knight even though it hasnt been released yet...


Christian Bale
Michael Caine
Heath Ledger
Gary Oldman
Aaron Eckhart
Maggie Gyllenhaal
Morgan Freeman
Eric Roberts
Michael Jai White
Anthony Michael Hall
Melinda McGraw

[Addi88]

http://www.movieposter.com/posters/archive/main/21/A70-10871

[Katsumoto]

The Departed

[pablo_super1!]

Black HAwk Down

[JasonBourne]

Originally posted by Katsumoto
The Departed

Great cast.

[Le_Big_Mac]

Pulp Fiction

[SpikeDurden]

Magnolia, Boogie Nights, 12 Angry Men, Apocalypse Now, The Godfathers, The Harry Potter series, the Ocean's films, the Lord of the Rings...



and many more.

[damien22]

Originally posted by Addi88
http://www.movieposter.com/posters/archive/main/21/A70-10871

[JJFlamingo]

For me it's a tossup:

True Romance

or

It's A Mad Mad Mad Mad World

[Mopar Fanatic]

The Rat Pack

[ToiletBug]

do u guys really think towering inferno isnt up thetre?

[Badbird]

I was just thinking of this the other day.

My first reaction is True Romance:

Christian Slater
Patricia Arquette
Michael Rapaport
Val Kilmer
Bronson Pinchot
Dennis Hopper
Gary Oldman
Brad Pitt
Tom Sizemore
Christopher Walken
Samuel L. Jackson
James Gandolfini
Chris Penn

I mean... holy shit.

[God of War]

HEAT

Al Pacino ... Lt. Vincent Hanna

Robert De Niro ... Neil McCauley

Val Kilmer ... Chris Shiherlis

Jon Voight ... Nate

Tom Sizemore ... Michael Cheritto

Diane Venora ... Justine Hanna

Amy Brenneman ... Eady

Ashley Judd ... Charlene Shiherlis

Mykelti Williamson ... Sergeant Drucker

Wes Studi ... Detective Casals

Ted Levine ... Bosko

Dennis Haysbert ... Donald Breedan

William Fichtner ... Roger Van Zant

Natalie Portman ... Lauren Gustafson

[bigred760]

Originally posted by ToiletBug
do u guys really think towering inferno isnt up thetre?

Oh it's definitely up there, especially when it was released.

Like The Great Escape.

I'm thinking Ocean's Thirteen right now:

Clooney
Pitt
Damon
Pacino
Garcia
Barkin
Cheadle
Mac
Gould
Carl Reiner
Casey Affleck
Scott Caan
Eddie Izzard
Julian Sands
Vincent Cassell
.
.
.
and Oprah :D

[Johnny Bubonic]

should best cast at least equal good film? Or at least elevation of the material?

Is so take off Towering inferno and Ocean's anything if it's contending with true romance, Godfathers and heat.

Can i get an OUTSIDERS?

[LordSimen]

Originally posted by Badbird
I was just thinking of this the other day.

My first reaction is True Romance:

Christian Slater
Patricia Arquette
Michael Rapaport
Val Kilmer
Bronson Pinchot
Dennis Hopper
Gary Oldman
Brad Pitt
Tom Sizemore
Christopher Walken
Samuel L. Jackson
James Gandolfini
Chris Penn

I mean... holy shit.

Badbird knows what he's talking about here. :D

Definitely agree with True Romance.

[Frank the Tank]

Originally posted by God of War
HEAT

Al Pacino ... Lt. Vincent Hanna

Robert De Niro ... Neil McCauley

Val Kilmer ... Chris Shiherlis

Jon Voight ... Nate

Tom Sizemore ... Michael Cheritto

Diane Venora ... Justine Hanna

Amy Brenneman ... Eady

Ashley Judd ... Charlene Shiherlis

Mykelti Williamson ... Sergeant Drucker

Wes Studi ... Detective Casals

Ted Levine ... Bosko

Dennis Haysbert ... Donald Breedan

William Fichtner ... Roger Van Zant

Natalie Portman ... Lauren Gustafson

I'll agree with Heat. Hell, their's still more. There's Jeremy Piven, Henry Rollins, Tom Noonan, Danny Trejo, Hank Azaria, Kevin Gage, and of course Tone Loc.

I'm gonna base this on name value.l

I'm suprised no one's said Sin City yet:

Bruce Willis
Mickey Rourke
Clive Owen
Nick Stahl
Jessica Alba
Devin Aoki
Alexis Bledel
Powers Boothe
Rosario Dawson
Benicio Del Toro
Michael Clarke Duncan
Carla Gugino
Josh Hartnett
Rutger Hauer
Nicky Katt
Jaime King
Michael Madsen
Brittany Murphy
Marley Shelton
Nick Stahl
Elijah Wood

Short Cuts is another one:

Andy MacDowell
Bruce Davidson
Jack Lemmon
Julianne Moore
Matthew Modine
Fred Ward
Jennifer Jason Leigh
Chris Penn
Lili Taylor
Robert Downey Jr.
Madeline Stowe
Tim Robbins
Lily Tomlin
Tom Waits
Frances McDormand
Peter Gallagher
Lyle Lovett
Huey Lewis
Charles Rocket

Crash is another one I'm suprised wasn't mentioned.

Sandra Bullock
Don Cheadle
Tony Danza
Keith David
Loretta Divine
Matt Dillion
Michael Pena
Jennifer Esposito
William Fichtner
Brendan Frasier
Terrence Howard
Ludacris
Thandie Newton
Ryan Phillippe
Larenz Tate

Nowhere is a Gregg Araki film that mixes Indie faves with some very odd cameos:

James Duval
Rachel True
Debi Mazar
Kathleen Robertson
Jordan Ladd
Christina Ricci
Guillermo Diaz
Ryan Phillippe
Heather Graham
Scott Caan
Mena Suvari
Beverly D'Angelo
Charlotte Rae (Mrs. Garrett from Facts Of Life)
Denise Richards
Traci Lords
Shannon Doherty
Rose McGowan
John Ritter
Christopher Knight (Bobby Brady)
Eve Plumb (Jan Brady)
Staci Keanan (Step By Step)

Glengarry Glen Ross is one that doesn't have a large cast like the previous ones. It just has six actors all giving amazing performances.

Al Pacino
Kevin Spacey
Jack Lemmon
Alec Baldwin
Alan Arkin
Ed Harris

[Rick-James]

TOMBSTONE

Bill Paxton
Sam Elliott
Powers Boothe
Charlton Heston
Thomas Haden Church
Kurt Russell
Billy Bob Thornton
Robert John Burke
Michael Biehn
Val Kilmer
Stephen Lang
Michael Rooker
Robert Mitchum (voice)

[echo_bravo]

Probably The Godfather for me.

[Backstabba]

If we're talking about cast and not "quality of preformances in said movie",

X Men: The Last Stand (Stay with me here...)

Hugh Jackman
Ian McKellen
Famke Janssen
Patrick Stewart
Ellen Page
James Marsden
Halle Berry
Anna Paquin
Kelsey Grammer
Rebecca Romijn
Ben Foster

etc.

True Romance and Sin City are definitely up there too.

King Arthur had a great cast too....(again, just stay with me)

Clive Owen
Keira Knightley
Ioan Gruffind (spelled wrong?)
Stellan Skarsgaard
Ray Winstone
Mads Mikkelson

Mystic River

Sean Penn
Kevin Bacon
Tim Robbins
Laura Linney
Macy Gray Harden
Emily Rossum
Laurence Fishburne

Those are off the top of my head.
I know some of you don't agree with the first 2....
But I don't really care.
;)

[Johnny Bubonic]

daaaaaamn. Frank the Tank, you did your homework. I don't think think i need to revisit this thread after that explosion.

So Echo Bravo, I'm going to take a cue from your avatar and post some MF Doom lyrics:

"Strange Ways"
They pray four times a day, They pray five
Who ways are strange when it;s time to survive
Some will go of their own free will to die
Others take them with you when they blow sky high
What's the difference?All you get is lost children
While the bosses sit up behind a desk, It cost billions -
-to blast humans in half,into calves and arms
Only one side is allowed to have bombs
That's like making a soldier drop his weapon
Shooting him, and telling him to get to steppin'
Obviously, they came to portion up his fortune
Sounds to me like that old robbery extortion

theres a crazy 1minute 36 second documentary to this song here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hC4HCjJXlEU&mode=related&search=


Later, jerk-offs...

[LaRock]

Originally posted by Rick-James


TOMBSTONE

Bill Paxton
Sam Elliott
Powers Boothe
Charlton Heston
Thomas Haden Church
Kurt Russell
Billy Bob Thornton
Robert John Burke
Michael Biehn
Val Kilmer
Stephen Lang
Michael Rooker
Robert Mitchum (voice)




First thing I thought of. There are some other casts with bigger names, but this one just worked so damn well.

[echo_bravo]

Originally posted by Johnny Bubonic
daaaaaamn. Frank the Tank, you did your homework. I don't think think i need to revisit this thread after that explosion.

So Echo Bravo, I'm going to take a cue from your avatar and post some MF Doom lyrics:

"Strange Ways"
They pray four times a day, They pray five
Who ways are strange when it;s time to survive
Some will go of their own free will to die
Others take them with you when they blow sky high
What's the difference?All you get is lost children
While the bosses sit up behind a desk, It cost billions -
-to blast humans in half,into calves and arms
Only one side is allowed to have bombs
That's like making a soldier drop his weapon
Shooting him, and telling him to get to steppin'
Obviously, they came to portion up his fortune
Sounds to me like that old robbery extortion

theres a crazy 1minute 36 second documentary to this song here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hC4HCjJXlEU&mode=related&search=


Later, jerk-offs...

Nice! Awesome post there dude.:D

[Brando @$$ Fat]

Short Cuts
Bruce Davison
Robert Downey Jr.
Peter Gallagher
Jennifer Jason Leigh
Jack Lemmon
Huey Lewis
Lyle Lovett
Frances McDormand
Andie McDowell
Matthew Modine
Julianne Moore
Chris Penn
Tim Robbins
Lily Tomlin
Tom Waits

[Hominid]

The Godfather Trilogy

Marlon Brando
Al Pacino
Robert DeNiro
James Cann
John Cazale
Diane Keaton
Andy Garcia
Robert Duvall
Abe Vigoda
George Hamilton
Lee Strasberg
Eli Wallach
Sterling Hayden
Bridget Fonda
Talia Shire
Danny Aiello
Dominic Chianese
Bruno Kirby
Richard S. Castellano
Michael V. Gazzo
Richard Bright
Joe Mantegna



Oh and some bitch who got in the third one because she was related to the director...

[sweEt_Mauritius]

Gone With the Wind

Vivien Leigh
Clark Gable
Olivia de Havilland
Leslie Howard
Hattie McDaniel
Butterfly McQueen
Jane Darwell
Thomas Mitchell

The Last Picture Show (1971):

Jeff Bridges
Timothy Bottoms
Cybill Shepherd
Ben Johnson
Cloris Leachman
Ellen Burstyn
Eileen Brennan
Randy Quaid


All About Eve (1950):

Bette Davis
Anne Baxter
George Sanders
Gary Merrill
Hugh Marlowe
Celeste Holm
Marilyn Monroe
Thelma Ritter

[athf1980]

One of my fav. cast is the cast from One Flew over the cuckoo nest.

[Frank the Tank]

Originally posted by Johnny Bubonic
daaaaaamn. Frank the Tank, you did your homework. I don't think think i need to revisit this thread after that explosion.






I did no homework. I'm just lazy and looked up the films on IMDB.

[Cronos]

i'm probably forgetting a number of ones but for now i'd have to say it's very very close between True Romance, Heat and Sin City

[Bourne101]

The Departed

Jack Nicholson
Leonardo DiCaprio
Matt Damon
Mark Wahlberg
Martin Sheen
Ray Winstone
Vera Farmiga
Anthony Anderson
Alec Baldwin

Ocean's Thirteen

George Clooney
Brad Pitt
Matt Damon
Elliott Gould
Bernie Mac
Al Pacino
Don Cheadle
Casey Affleck
Eddie Jemison
Scott Caan
Shaobo Qin
Carl Reiner
Eddie Izzard
Michael Mantell
Ellen Barkin
Andy Garcia
David Paymer
Julian Sands
Vincent Cassel

[Bonham]

Originally posted by Badbird
I was just thinking of this the other day.

My first reaction is True Romance:

Christian Slater
Patricia Arquette
Michael Rapaport
Val Kilmer
Bronson Pinchot
Dennis Hopper
Gary Oldman
Brad Pitt
Tom Sizemore
Christopher Walken
Samuel L. Jackson
James Gandolfini
Chris Penn

I mean... holy shit.

And a scene with Jack Black was cut from the film.

[Johnny Bubonic]

how about best user name ever---->ToiletBug

seriously. I am new to the post so let me know how we decide this other then just rattling off the same few films.


is it:
the departed?
Heat?
Oceans13?
Godfather?
True Romance?
Tombstone?
Sin City?
Crash?
Nowhere?
Towering Inferno?
The Muppet Movies?(I kid)

we need consensus. and criteria to judge 'best'. Maybe we all decide on the three best then go on over to IMDB and let the ranking split the difference. If we do it that way I'm rolling with True Romance, just nudging out Heat.

Yo, Toiletbug, it's your thread, what say you?

**and how did Ryan Phillipe make it onto 2 of the contenders?!

[bigred760]

Originally posted by Johnny Bubonic
we need consensus..

Yeah . . . that'll never happen, especially if it's taken to imdb.

I don't think there will ever be a consensus because it's mostly opinion at this point. One man's Pacino is another man's DeNiro. These are all great casts and it's up for debate, rather than consensus.

[Pride]

All The Kings Men

Sean Penn ... Willie Stark
Jude Law ... Jack Burden
Anthony Hopkins ... Judge Irwin
Kate Winslet ... Anne Stanton
Mark Ruffalo ... Adam Stanton
Patricia Clarkson ... Sadie Burke
James Gandolfini ... Tiny Duffy
Jackie Earle Haley ... Sugar Boy
Kathy Baker ... Mrs. Burden
Talia Balsam ... Lucy Stark

[go2]

how about

jfk
kevin costner
sissy spacek
kevin bacon
tommy lee jones
vincent d'onofrio
walter matthau
jack lemon
gary oldman
joe pesci
donald sutherland
laurie metcalf
michael rooker
john candy
pruittt taylor vince
jay o.sanders
sally kirkland
ed asner
tony plana
wayne knight
lolita davidovich
martin sheen


u-turn
sean penn
nick nolte
jennifer hopez
powers boothe
claire danes
joaquin phoenix
jon voight
billy bob thornton


any given sunday
al pacino
cameron diaz
dennis quaid
james woods
jamie foxx
l l cool j
matthew modine
jim brown
bill bellamy
lela rochon
lauren holly
ann margret
aaron eckhart
andrew bryniarski
elizabeth berkley
charlton heston
john c.mcginley
duane martin
oliver stone
nikki novak


mars attacks
jack nicholson
glenn close
pierce brosnan
danny devito
annette bening
martin short
sarah jessica parker
michael j.fox
rod steiger
tom jones
jim brown
lukas haas
natalie portman
pam grier
lisa marie
sylvia sydney
jack black
ray j
paul winfield
christina applegate
joe don baker


austin powers 3
mike myers
beyonce
seth green
michael york
robert wagner
mindy sterling
verne troyer
michael caine
fred savage
josh zuckerman
tommy tiny lister
masi oka
clint howard
michael mcdonald
greg grunberg
nikki ziering
tom cruise
gwyneth paltrow
kevin spacey
danny devito
steven spielberg
quincy jones
brytney spears
nathan lane
katie couric
ozzy osbourne
sharon osbourne
jack osbourne
kelly osbourne
john travolta
burt bacharach
rob lowe

jay and silent bob strike back
jason mewes
kevin smith
ben affleck
jeff anderson
brian o'halloran
shannon elizabeth
eliza duskhu
ali larter
will ferrell
jason lee
judd nelson
george carlin
carrie fisher
seann william scott
jon stevart
jules asner
steve kmetko
tracy morgan
gus van sant
chris rock
jamie kennedy
wes craven
shannen doherty
mark hamill
marc blucas
diedrich bader
john quesada
scott mosier
joey lauren adams
alanis morissette
morris day
jason biggs
matt damon
james van der beek





a lot more that i can name but it will take to long some other movies are
the scream trilogy,grindhouse,fear and loathing,dazed and confused and many more.

[Antonio141]

THE BIG CHILL: Tom Berenger, Glenn Close, Jeff Goldblum, William Hurt, Kevin Kline, Mary Kay Place, Meg Tilly and JoBeth Williams.

[RandalGraves]

Ocean's 11-13
Bobby
Mars Attacks

[ToiletBug]

How the West Was Won

[EZM22]

A cast is only good if everyone in it gives strong performances.

Based on this alone, my pick is GLENGARRY GLEN ROSS. An amazing cast of actors with some great dialogue, it's a cant' miss.

Tarantino movies also have very strong casts, PULP FICTION comes to mind, although JACKIE BROWN also had some great performances in there (even Robert DeNiro, who spends all his screen time stoned out of his mind, and then becomes a psychotic at the end).

[franky4fingerz]

the thin red line anyone?

[Badbird]

I've got three more nominations:

3000 Miles to Graceland:

Kurt Russell
Kevin Costner
Courteney Cox
Christian Slater
Kevin Pollak
David Arquette
Jon Lovitz
Howie Long
Thomas Haden Church
Ice-T


Strange Days:

Ralph Fiennes
Angela Bassett
Juliette Lewis
Tom Sizemore
Michael Wincott
Vincent D'Onofrio
Glenn Plummer
William Fichtner


And I know I said True Romance earlier, but the best cast ever has to be...

LAST ACTION HERO:

Arnold Schwarzenegger
F. Murray Abraham
Charles Dance
Frank McRae
Tom Noonan
Anthony Quinn
Mercedes Ruehl
Bridgette Wilson

With cameos by:

Ian McKellen
Joan Plowright
Tina Turner
Angie Everhart
Danny DeVito
Chris Connelly
James Belushi
Chevy Chase
Karen Duffy
Leeza Gibbons
M.C. Hammer
Little Richard
Robert Patrick
Maria Shriver
Sharon Stone
Jean-Claude Van Damme
Melvin Van Peebles
Damon Wayans
Sylvester Stallone (in cardboard form as The Terminator)

[redorblue01]

Originally posted by Antonio141
THE GODFATHER: Ya can't go wrong with Brando, Pacino, Duvall, James Caan, Diane Keaton, John Cazale, Talia Shire, Sterling Hayden, etc.

[Backstabba]

Originally posted by franky4fingerz
the thin red line anyone?

Oh man! The fact I forgot that makes me feel like a idiot.

You can't go wrong with a cast that includes..

Nick Nolte
John Travolta
John Cusack
Jim Cavizel (?)
John C. Reily
Sean Penn
Adrien Brody
Elias Koteas (is that right?)
Woodey Harrelson
Dash Mihok (is THAT right?)
Thomas Jane
Jared Leto
Nich Stahl
George Clooney

And a bunch of other people I forgot.
That cast was just soooo damn bloated. And you could have an amazing movie with the parts that were CUT out!

Gary Oldman
Mickey Rourke
Viggo Mortensen
Bill Paxton
Billy Bob Thorton

...And more.

If I could get a directors cut of any movie, it'd be The Thin Red Line.

[franky4fingerz]

bobby

[Drewza89]

I am going with One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest not because of star power, but because of how well the cast worked together. They couldn't have done a better job casting it.

Jack Nicholson
Danny DeVito
Christopher Lloyd
Vincent Schiavelli
Will Sampson
Scatman Crothers
Louise Fletcher
Brad Dourif