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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 11:19 AM Original message |
Poor casting decisions |
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terrya (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 11:23 AM Response to Original message |
1. Morgan Freeman as the old Jewish judge in "Bonfire of the Vanities" |
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lost-in-nj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 11:25 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Morgan Freeman |
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Left Is Write (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 12:05 PM Response to Reply #2 |
40. I completely agree! Morgan Freeman is NOT Alex Cross. |
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bluethruandthru (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 12:09 PM Response to Reply #40 |
48. I'll second/third? that! |
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NewJeffCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 12:18 PM Response to Reply #40 |
54. No, he is not - 4th'd |
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Shakespeare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 11:43 AM Response to Reply #1 |
15. That entire movie was a casting disaster. |
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bertha katzenengel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 11:27 AM Response to Original message |
3. Jodie Foster the Fabulous in "Sommersby" |
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MissMillie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 01:31 PM Response to Reply #3 |
73. not that I doubt that it's happened |
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bertha katzenengel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 03:05 PM Response to Reply #73 |
89. i doubt we ever will, but knowing (well, "knowing") she's gay |
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evlbstrd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 11:27 AM Response to Original message |
4. John Travolta in Hairspray. |
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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 11:32 AM Response to Reply #4 |
9. I do not understandy why they couldn't have Harvey Fierstein do the role |
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evlbstrd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 12:32 PM Response to Reply #9 |
61. I don't get it, either. |
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Left Is Write (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 12:05 PM Response to Reply #4 |
41. Worst miscast in history. Most infuriating miscast in history. |
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evlbstrd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 12:33 PM Response to Reply #41 |
62. Very near the top, at least. |
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mikeytherat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 11:30 AM Response to Original message |
5. Mickey Rooney as Mr. Yunioshi in "Breakfast at Tiffany's" |
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begin_within (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 01:05 PM Response to Reply #5 |
65. He was awful. It could have been a fairly good film without him in it. |
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MAGICBULLET (606 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 11:30 AM Response to Original message |
6. Sofia Coppola in Godfather Part III |
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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 11:31 AM Response to Original message |
7. Sophia Coppola as Mary in the Godfather III |
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NewJeffCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 11:54 AM Response to Reply #7 |
23. The lack of Robert Duvall also hurt the movie |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 11:58 AM Response to Reply #23 |
29. Hey, George Hamilton has portrayed TWO redneck heavyweights... |
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gmoney (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 11:55 AM Response to Reply #7 |
26. I thought she was a pretty good choice in a backhanded sort of way... |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 12:06 PM Response to Reply #26 |
42. Your explanation has always been my defense of her acting in Godfather III |
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DS1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 11:32 AM Response to Original message |
8. Edward Furlong in Terminator 2. |
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kay1864 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 12:14 PM Response to Reply #8 |
52. Ah yes, Kate Capshaw... |
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DS1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 12:19 PM Response to Reply #52 |
55. She'd better be one excellent tasker |
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kay1864 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 12:26 PM Response to Reply #55 |
59. Wasn't it Lenny Bruce who said... |
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skygazer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 11:34 AM Response to Original message |
10. Elizabeth Berridge in Amadeus |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 11:38 AM Response to Reply #10 |
12. I don't know. |
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bertha katzenengel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 12:00 PM Response to Reply #10 |
30. Oh, my god, you are so right! |
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EstimatedProphet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 11:35 AM Response to Original message |
11. Bo Derek |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 11:41 AM Response to Original message |
13. Sean Connery as James Bond |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 11:43 AM Response to Original message |
14. Dustin Hoffman as Lenny Bruce in "Lenny" was horrible... |
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Shakespeare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 11:44 AM Response to Reply #14 |
16. I think Fosse realized his mistake there.... |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 11:57 AM Response to Reply #14 |
28. Philip Seymour Hoffman as Lester Bangs in Almost Famous |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 12:02 PM Response to Reply #28 |
35. That is a very good analogy |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 11:45 AM Response to Original message |
17. Jake Lloyd and Hayden Christensen as Anakin Skywalker |
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SoxFan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 12:23 PM Response to Reply #17 |
58. Lloyd was a disaster |
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NewJeffCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 11:46 AM Response to Original message |
18. Demi Moore as the lead in "Striptease" |
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gmoney (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 11:47 AM Response to Original message |
19. Bill Paxton is the wrong guy for just about everything... |
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DS1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 11:55 AM Response to Reply #19 |
25. He was the most convincing Marine I've ever seen on screen |
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ceile (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 01:39 PM Response to Reply #25 |
78. "Game over man, game over" |
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mikeytherat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 11:57 AM Response to Reply #19 |
27. He was also good as one of the "Red Shirts" in "The Terminator" |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 12:02 PM Response to Reply #19 |
36. I agree with one notable exception... |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 12:30 PM Response to Reply #36 |
60. Good call |
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Left Is Write (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 12:06 PM Response to Reply #19 |
44. I think he worked nicely in Twister and Titanic.... |
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dropkickpa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 12:06 PM Response to Reply #19 |
46. I like him in Big Love |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 01:22 PM Response to Reply #19 |
68. Well that's just great! Now what the fuck are we supposed to do?... |
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RandomKoolzip (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 11:50 AM Response to Original message |
20. Drew Barrymore in ANYTHING. |
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bertha katzenengel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 12:02 PM Response to Reply #20 |
34. She was perfect in E.T. And I thought she was good in "Boys On the Side" |
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HuskerDU (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 11:52 AM Response to Original message |
21. Belushi and Ackroid in Neighbors. |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 11:55 AM Response to Reply #21 |
24. But that's what I like about "Neighbors"... |
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HuskerDU (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 12:01 PM Response to Reply #24 |
33. John is just funnier as the 'Animal House' type with Dan as the |
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gmoney (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 12:03 PM Response to Reply #24 |
37. They started with the roles reversed... |
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HuskerDU (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 12:07 PM Response to Reply #37 |
47. Sometimes it is better to follow a cliched formula that works. |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 11:52 AM Response to Original message |
22. The scenery-chewing Jack Nicholson as Frank Costello in "The Departed"... |
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pagerbear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 12:00 PM Response to Original message |
31. Marlon Brando in "Guys and Dolls" |
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begin_within (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 01:09 PM Response to Reply #31 |
67. I also didn't like him in Apocalypse Now. |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 12:00 PM Response to Original message |
32. Keanu Reeves in anything.... |
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gmoney (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 12:06 PM Response to Reply #32 |
43. He can be OK when he's playing Keanu |
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mainegreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 12:17 PM Response to Reply #32 |
53. I think he was just about the perfect selection for A Scanner Darkly. |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 12:21 PM Response to Reply #53 |
57. Granted, I haven't seen it yet.... |
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MAGICBULLET (606 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 12:04 PM Response to Original message |
38. Will Smith as Ali |
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Seashell Eyes (498 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 12:05 PM Response to Original message |
39. Johnny Depp in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory |
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begin_within (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 01:08 PM Response to Reply #39 |
66. Also Johnny Depp in "Ed Wood" |
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racaulk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 12:06 PM Response to Original message |
45. Halle Berry as Storm in the "X-Men" movies |
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dropkickpa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 12:10 PM Response to Reply #45 |
49. Iman |
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Hong Kong Cavalier (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 01:25 PM Response to Reply #45 |
70. Angela Bassett was my preferred choice. |
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kay1864 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 12:12 PM Response to Original message |
50. Julia Roberts in Closer |
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Mad_Dem_X (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 01:33 PM Response to Reply #50 |
75. Julia Roberts in anything |
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kay1864 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 01:38 PM Response to Reply #75 |
77. Agreed |
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terrya (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 12:12 PM Response to Original message |
51. Diana Ross as Dorothy in "The Wiz" |
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SoxFan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 12:20 PM Response to Original message |
56. Anna Paquin as Rogue |
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vireo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 12:36 PM Response to Original message |
63. Matt Dillon in Factotum |
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begin_within (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 01:03 PM Response to Original message |
64. 34-year-old Diana Ross playing Dorothy in "The Wiz" |
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grace0418 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 01:24 PM Response to Original message |
69. Tom Cruise, Brad Pitt and Antonio Banderas in Interview with a Vampire. |
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Rabrrrrrr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 01:26 PM Response to Reply #69 |
72. Tom Cruise in every movie he's ever done after Risky Business. |
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terrya (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 01:32 PM Response to Reply #69 |
74. Actually, Brad Pitt wasn't that bad. |
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grace0418 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 01:43 PM Response to Reply #74 |
80. Brad was the least horrible choice of the three. |
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NewJeffCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 02:18 PM Response to Reply #80 |
82. actually |
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Rabrrrrrr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 01:25 PM Response to Original message |
71. Rush Limbaugh in Equus. |
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Mad_Dem_X (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 01:34 PM Response to Reply #71 |
76. ! |
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myrna minx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 02:36 PM Response to Reply #71 |
85. I was not ready to read that. |
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Rabrrrrrr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 04:31 PM Response to Reply #85 |
91. No one's ready to read that. |
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myrna minx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 04:39 PM Response to Reply #91 |
92. It's one of those things you cannot "unsee". |
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terrya (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 02:41 PM Response to Reply #71 |
87. I burst out laughing when I read that. |
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kay1864 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 01:41 PM Response to Original message |
79. Kim Basinger in anything |
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Algorem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 02:09 PM Response to Original message |
81. Carrot Top as star of CSI Miami .What are they thinking? |
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Rob H. (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 02:28 PM Response to Original message |
83. Kate Bosworth as Lois Lane in "Superman Returns" |
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soleft (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 02:29 PM Response to Original message |
84. Shelly Duvall in The Shining |
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kay1864 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 02:39 PM Response to Reply #84 |
86. So true, so true |
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KG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 02:45 PM Response to Original message |
88. Coleen Camp in anything |
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kay1864 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 03:07 PM Response to Reply #88 |
90. Except for "Clue" |
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