This is just an impossible task. But, I have to finish...so, here's the Top 5. What do ya'll think? Which Peter Sellers should have been on this list? Why did I leave off Travis Bickle? Who would be your number 1?
5. Dr. Frank-N-Furter...a scientist. Rocky Horror Picture Show
"Come up to the lab."
4. Auntie Mame...as played by Rosiland Russell in Auntie Mame.
"Life is a banquet, and most poor suckers are starving to death!"
"Life is a banquet, and most poor suckers are starving to death!"
3. Jean Louise Finch aka Scout...To Kill A Mockingbird
This is tough, because really, you could chose anyone from this cast.
Atticus, Jem, Calpurnia, Tom Robinson, Mayella Ewell...and of course Boo Radley.
I chose Scout because, really, miscast that role and the whole movie falls apart.
"Hey Boo."
2. Dorothy Gale from Kansas...The Wizard of Oz
Recast this role and it becomes camp. Who but Judy could rend our hearts into such a bittersweet, teary eyed mess at the very thought of her singing Somewhere Over The Rainbow?
"There's no place like home."
This is tough, because really, you could chose anyone from this cast.
Atticus, Jem, Calpurnia, Tom Robinson, Mayella Ewell...and of course Boo Radley.
I chose Scout because, really, miscast that role and the whole movie falls apart.
"Hey Boo."
Recast this role and it becomes camp. Who but Judy could rend our hearts into such a bittersweet, teary eyed mess at the very thought of her singing Somewhere Over The Rainbow?
"There's no place like home."
1. The Tramp.
Much to my embarassment, I didn't even think of The Tramp on my own. ( Thank you Miss Pink! )
Really, who is more iconic then he? No one. I grew up watching old Chaplin films rented from the library and projected in 8mm. All you young 'uns have no excuse not to be watching Chaplin's brilliance on DVD. If you're not...shame on you, and get to it!
Much to my embarassment, I didn't even think of The Tramp on my own. ( Thank you Miss Pink! )
Really, who is more iconic then he? No one. I grew up watching old Chaplin films rented from the library and projected in 8mm. All you young 'uns have no excuse not to be watching Chaplin's brilliance on DVD. If you're not...shame on you, and get to it!
Nothing need be said, if you just smile.
For Numbers 5 - 10 and Honorable Mentions scroll to post below!
7 comments:
I agree with the Tramp as number 1. I'm 18 and I never thought I would like a Charlie Chaplin film, but I looooved City Lights! Any movie that can pull at my heartstrings AND make me laugh is a good one. I loved it so much that I decided to watch Chaplin (the 1992 movie)..and I loved that one too. Robert Downey jr is brilliant
I could never choose just 10, especially not pick an absolute favorite, but I'm sure Dorothy would be in mine.
Dorothy has to be on everyone's list, doesn't she?
okay, top female characters i would've killed to play,
besides scout, hehe
Matilda - The Professional (Natalie Portman)
Alabama Worley - True Romance (Patricia Arquette)
Mia Wallace - Pulp Fiction (Uma Thurman)
Sarah - Labyrinth (Jennifer Connelly)
Kim - Edward Scissorhands (Winona Ryder)
Iris - Taxi Driver (Jodi Foster)
Sally - Caberet (Liza Minnelli)
Buttercup - The Princess Bride (Robin Wright-Penn)
Nancy - Sid and Nancy (Chloe Webb)
Marla - Fight Club (Helena Bonham Carter)
Lydia - Beetlejuice (Damn Winona Ryder)
Clementine - Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (Kate Winslet)
Cat Woman - Batman Returns (Michelle Pfeiffer)
Bonnie - Bonnie and Clyde (Faye Dunaway)
Judy - Rebel Without a Cause (Natalie Wood)
Anna - The King and I (Deborah Kerr)
Cher - Clueless (Alicia Silverstone)
Lily - Legend (Mia Sara)
Satine - Moulin Rouge (Nicole Kidman)
Inga - Young Frankenstien (Terri Garr)
Penny Lane - Almost Famous (Kate Hudson)
Margo - All about Eve (Bette Davis)
Maude - Harold and Maude (Ruth Gordon)
Anne - The Miracle Worker (Anne Bancroft)
Columbia - Rocky Horror Picture Show (Little Nell)
Marion - Requiem for a Dream (Uggg, Jennifer Connelly again...)
Idgie - Fried Green Tomatoes (Mary Stuart Masterson)
Roberta - Now and Then (Christina Ricci)
Gretchen - Donnie Darko (Jena Malone)
Manndy - Velvet Goldmine (Toni Collette)
I am sure you can give me more.........
many have been omitted because, well, i just don't even have the balls to think about casting anyone else.
I gotta add as few more men:
Chance the Gardner - Being There
or Guy Grand - The Magic Christian (for Peter Sellers)
Fielding Melish - Take the Money and Run
HAL --2001 A Space Odyssey
Reverend Shannon - Night of the Iguana
One more:
One of the greatest female roles has to be Giulietta Masina as Cabiria in Fellini's "Nights of Cabiria".
Dialogue is Italian, but her physical acting is so great, it doesn't matter if you ignore the subtitles.
I guess that's why she is considered the female Chaplin.
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