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Khephra

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Fri Feb-13-04 09:00 PM
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Best Johnny Depp role?

It's a three way tie for me. Pirate Black, Edward, or the character in "Once Upon A Time In Mexico".

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Fri Feb-13-04 09:01 PM
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1. Raoul Duke in Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas!!!

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Nashyra

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Fri Feb-13-04 09:01 PM
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2. Black Pearl

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plurality

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Fri Feb-13-04 09:02 PM
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4. I second that motion!

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veganwitch

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Fri Feb-13-04 10:14 PM
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46. you!!!

Edited on Fri Feb-13-04 10:17 PM by veganwitch

no more fear and loathing either. im going to make you watch nothing but la confidential and chicken run.

*smootch*

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WannaJumpMyScooter

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Fri Feb-13-04 09:04 PM
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6. Agreed.

Nuff said.

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supernova

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Fri Feb-13-04 09:07 PM
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8. The Rum Diary

They're getting ready to do The Rum Diary. JD and Benicio again. Woo Hoo! :D

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plurality

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Fri Feb-13-04 09:10 PM
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12. sweetness, when can we expect this gem?

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supernova

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Fri Feb-13-04 09:18 PM
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18. Not sure, was going to be after The Libertine

John Malchovic (sp) is directing Stephen Jeffreys' play with JD as the decadent Rochester. But the UK Inland Revenue just restructured their tax writeoffs for movies (this week!!) so that project is somewhat up in the air at the moment due to funding issues.

Anyway, the schedule was supposed to be:

The Libertine
The Rum Diary
Charlie & the Chocolate Factory (still to be finalized at this time)

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plurality

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Fri Feb-13-04 09:30 PM
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31. damn, i'll have to keep an eye out for it.

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codegreen

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Fri Feb-13-04 09:10 PM
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13. OMG that is so cool! i had heard Sean Penn was getting the role

but a Depp reprisal? i cannot wait!

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Burma Jones

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Fri Feb-13-04 09:19 PM
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20. I agree

although I really did like Jack Sparrow and Ed Wood

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Zomby Woof

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Fri Feb-13-04 09:02 PM
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3. Jack Sparrow!

Although he was great as George Jung in "Blow" too.

A great actor in any role.

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supernova

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Fri Feb-13-04 09:02 PM
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5. Awww, you're gonna make me choose?

Damn, Kheph

That's almost impossible!!

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Fri Feb-13-04 09:10 PM
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14. Arr Matey

Johnny Depp is an amazing actor. He's had a lot of really great roles so narrowing it down isn't easy to do. I'd have to vote for Jack Sparrow, Don Juan and The Inspector in From Hell.

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Khephra

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Fri Feb-13-04 09:07 PM
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7. Awww, come on!

No one loves him in "Once Upon a Time...."?

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supernova

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Fri Feb-13-04 09:08 PM
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9. "If that's not interagency cooperation...

I don't know what is." :P

Agent Sands is the star of my own personal dirty movie. :7

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Khephra

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Fri Feb-13-04 09:30 PM
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33. "No..."

"I'lll shoot the cook. I'm already parked out back."

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supernova

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Fri Feb-13-04 09:37 PM
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36. Are you a MexiCAN or a MexiCAN'T?

:D

What did you think if the music JD wrote for Agent Sands?

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Khephra

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Fri Feb-13-04 10:31 PM
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48. Brilliant

There are few films I want on dvd, but this is one.

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havocmom

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Fri Feb-13-04 10:03 PM
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42. he was great in Once Upon a Time in Mexico

but I also loved Benny and Joone. His tribute to Chaplin was really something.

Then there was Don Juan de Marco....

Face it, he is the great one of his generation. And getting better all the time.

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Catch22Dem

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Fri Feb-13-04 09:09 PM
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10. I say this with a staunch record of heterosexuality

Edited on Fri Feb-13-04 09:10 PM by Catch22Dem

That is one SEXY motherfucker!!!

Favorite role? Blow, Pirates, Donnie Brasco. Oh, and "21 Jump Street." LOL

ON EDIT: Forgot 21 Jump Street

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Khephra

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Fri Feb-13-04 09:17 PM
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17. My record of hetrosexuality is a bit shakey

Edited on Fri Feb-13-04 09:17 PM by khephra

Depp isn't a role-model for me, but he's what I wish I could be...and I guess that leads to a certain attraction.

Plus, he's talented as fuck.

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Tempest

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Fri Feb-13-04 09:09 PM
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11. No contest! William Blake

In Dead Man.

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Lizz612

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Fri Feb-13-04 09:14 PM
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15. Oh man!

"Have you read my poetry?"
Crazy movie!Not what i was expecting when I rented it. After I told my friend about he watched it. But before he did he umm.. partook :smoke: and he said it was a strange combination.

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supernova

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Fri Feb-13-04 09:20 PM
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24. Dead Man=Masterpiece

You could watch that movie a 100 times and still not catch everything. LOL!

I have another fan friend who is campaigning for Criterion to do a Dead Man DVD.

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Tempest

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Fri Feb-13-04 09:28 PM
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28. It's already out on DVD

I have a copy.

And Neil Young's soundtrack is probably the best ever done to match up with a film.

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supernova

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Fri Feb-13-04 09:30 PM
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32. Who did it?

The DVD, I mean. Because it isn't a Criterion with all the in-depth extras.

I have the Criterion F&L with Johnny reading faxes between him and Hunter. Histerical!

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VOX

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Fri Feb-13-04 09:59 PM
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40. Miramax Home Entertainment

Don't know the specifics (don't have the DVD yet).
But per Amazon, it's got:
Theatrical trailer
Deleted Scenes
Outakes
Dead Man Theme music video
Widescreen format

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chookie

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Fri Feb-13-04 10:07 PM
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43. Agreed -- a masterpiece

It is alternatingly hilarious and deeply moving.

My favorite scene, of course, is the camp scene with Iggy Pop and Billy Bob Thorton.

The soundtrack by Neil Young -- like the greatest ones, is integral to the movie, an organic part. For me, ranks up there with Maurice Jarre's stuff.

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tridim

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Fri Feb-13-04 09:15 PM
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16. Gilbert Grape

and Ed Wood are my faves but he's great in everything.

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Khephra

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Fri Feb-13-04 09:19 PM
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19. Shoot...I forgot about Wood

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NashVegas

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Fri Feb-13-04 10:12 PM
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45. Gilbert Grape

I cried watching that. But I do that for half of Halstrom's movies, damn him.

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Insider

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Fri Feb-13-04 11:06 PM
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51. gilbert grape

hands down

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Whitacre D_WI

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Fri Feb-13-04 09:19 PM
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21. No love for Edward Scissorhands?

:shrug:

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Red_Storm

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Fri Feb-13-04 09:19 PM
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22. 21 Jump Street

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Khephra

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Fri Feb-13-04 09:22 PM
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25. They're trying to make a big budget update of that

And they want Depp to reprise his role, but he'd be the head mentor.

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Fri Feb-13-04 09:24 PM
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26. That was one of my favorite shows way back in the 80'S.......

No need to bring it back.....wouldn't be the same.....

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supernova

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Fri Feb-13-04 09:28 PM
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Uggh! Say it isn't so!

He hated doing 21JS and made no secret about it at the time. I was too stuck up at the time to watch it. I couldn't figure out what all the fuss was about. Little did I know...

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Red_Storm

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Fri Feb-13-04 09:33 PM
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34. i'm not saying the show.......

was an extraordinary work of art but at the time it seemed pretty cool and I watched it religiously........

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Khephra

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Fri Feb-13-04 09:35 PM
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35. Get the right director and script and anything is possible

Just look at "Pirates". Who expected that film to be so great?

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Red_Storm

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Fri Feb-13-04 09:39 PM
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37. true...........I think he is still an under rated actor............

despite the many great roles he has done.....

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kodi

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Fri Feb-13-04 09:19 PM
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23. ed wood.

a masterpiece in angora

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zbdent

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Fri Feb-13-04 09:26 PM
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27. Nobody's mentioned his role in Benny and Joon?

I thought that it was a nicely understated role. Did a wonderful Buster Keaton.

Maybe it will be as the deliciously dark Willy Wonka in the near future.

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Fri Feb-13-04 09:28 PM
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29. Yaar, they're all good

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Fri Feb-13-04 09:47 PM
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39. whoa! how did we get two?

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Fri Feb-13-04 10:00 PM
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41. Its about Depp

Twice as good as you can possible expect.

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Ilsa

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Fri Feb-13-04 09:45 PM
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38. Sci-Fi Channel keeps running him in The Ninth Gate

with Frank Langella. Very sexy there, also.

He really oozes sex appeal. Made a great romantic pirate. He was so sweet in Scissorhands

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Fri Feb-13-04 10:12 PM
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44. anything with long funky black hair..

edward scissorhands, pirates of the carribean, didnt see Once upon... but he looked hot.

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Fri Feb-13-04 10:28 PM
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47. edward scissorhands

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VOX

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Fri Feb-13-04 10:54 PM
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50. Like 'em all, but Ed Wood is my favorite...

I get such a kick out of that guy's blind optimism!

:toast:

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Terwilliger

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Fri Feb-13-04 11:14 PM
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52. Ed Wood!

That was a great role, and he sunk himself into it!

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muchacho

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Fri Feb-13-04 11:34 PM
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53. Fear and loathing

Hunter S. Thompson

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Madrone

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Fri Feb-13-04 11:58 PM
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54. Fear and Loathing here too!

NEver seen Once Upon a Time.. or Ed Wood, so I can't comment on some of these - but F&L ROCKED.

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Sat Feb-14-04 12:10 AM
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55. Edward Scissorhands

Maybe its my D-rock days showing but any actor that has about 50 words total in a film yet still dominates ever scene he is in is one talented sob.

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