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erpowers Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-13-08 02:07 PM
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Sean Penn is a Great Actor
I am watching "I Am Sam" and Penn is doing a great job. I also think he did a great job in "All the Kings Men". On another note Michelle Pfieffer is doing a great job in the movie also.
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flvegan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-13-08 02:17 PM
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1. Ya but hes a librul i'll take Stephen Baldwin anyday!
Biodome ruls!
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AlCzervik Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-13-08 02:19 PM
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2. Carlito's way, that might my favorite performance of his and one you don't hear much about
or have forgotten.
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Tallison Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-13-08 04:48 PM
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12. YES!!! Glad someone else noticed him in that
Edited on Sat Sep-13-08 04:49 PM by Tallison
Tepid movie, but desperately good performance by Penn. You can sense the gears in his character's head cranking in every scene.
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chelsea0011 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-13-08 02:28 PM
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3. I don't kinow if I'd consider it his best role but I've always liked Falcon and the Snowman.
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undeterred Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-13-08 02:37 PM
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4. Dead Man Walking was a great performance.
Susan Sarandon got her Oscar for that, but he deserved one also.
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emilyg Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-13-08 03:06 PM
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6. Yep.
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Tallison Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-13-08 04:53 PM
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14. Redneck and psychopath roles are hard to pull off...
Edited on Sat Sep-13-08 04:53 PM by Tallison
without resorting to stock, which is why Sean Penn made that film - same with Javier Bardin in 'No Country.'
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undeterred Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-13-08 04:59 PM
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16. Susan was playing Sister Helen Prejean, who of course
is a memorable character, but the fact that Sean could stir up some empathy for the killer/prisoner shows the depth and breadth of his talent.
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Tallison Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-13-08 05:48 PM
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17. In that vein, I think of Billy Bob in Singblade, too
Such good performances, they're almost at their best in the absence of dialogue, but sustaining audience interest in what's going on in their heads.
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undeterred Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-13-08 05:55 PM
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18. Yeah, he's an amazing actor and writer.
If it weren't for that story about he and Anjolina Jolie wearing a vial of each others blood around their necks I'd almost wonder what he was like as a person.
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Cleita Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-13-08 02:42 PM
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5. My all time favorite of him is of the stoner in
"Fast Times at Ridgemont High". He is one of the best of Hollywood's "A" list actors.
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peekaloo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-13-08 03:09 PM
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7. next up Harvey Milk.
should be a good one.
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dysfunctional press Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-13-08 04:46 PM
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11. they had a trailer for it when we saw 'burn after reading' last night...looks good.
burn after reading is pretty good- but definitely not the best from the coen brothers.
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peekaloo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-14-08 08:54 AM
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22. I agree about BAR. No memorable, snappy dialogue.
I liked it though.

Saw another trailer about the Nixon/Frost interviews that seemed rather intriguing.
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dysfunctional press Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-14-08 10:12 AM
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24. based on what i saw in the trailer, anothy hopkins made a more believable nixon, appearance-wise...
although langella seems to have the voice down better.

i find it very distracting when they do bio-type pics of people who are very familiar, and the actors/actresses don't look much like them...:shrug: i'm shallow that way.
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marmar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-13-08 03:14 PM
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8. "Dude, is he going to shit, or is he going to kill us?"
Yes, he's one of our greatest contemporary actors.....but he'll always be Jeff Spiccoli to me.
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ThePhoenix Donating Member (303 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-13-08 04:39 PM
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9. Sweet and Lowdown
Is one of my favorite films with Sean Penn, Samantha Morton was also great In that film.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0158371/fullcredits#cast
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fishwax Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-13-08 04:44 PM
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10. that movie is definitely underrated
it's one of my favorite woody allen movies, and I agree that Penn was great in it :applause:

Welcome to DU, ThePhoenix :toast:
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npk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-13-08 04:50 PM
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13. What about the Oliver Stone movie he was in.
I believe the name if the movie was U-Turn. He plays the part of man passing through some backwards town, when his car breaks down. He runs into a hillbilly, played by Billy Bob Thornton who works on his vehicle, but ends up taking him for a ride. I for some reason really like this movie. Even though I don't like many of Oliver Stones movies.
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Tallison Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-13-08 04:55 PM
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15. If you haven't seen 'At Close Range' with Penn and Chris Walken...
do. It's from 1986, and they play off each other's chops brilliantly.
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Balbus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-13-08 05:56 PM
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19. Yes, he is.
But controlling a boat? Not so hot...
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ladjf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-13-08 10:30 PM
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20. and an intelligent, articulate, courageous and patriotic America.
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burythehatchet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-13-08 11:16 PM
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21. Mystic RIver was a heart whreching performance
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codjh9 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-24-08 10:03 AM
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25. Yeah, he was great in there.
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NYCGirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-14-08 09:01 AM
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23. If you want to see another great performance watch the ORIGINAL "All the King's
Men". Much better film, with a towering performance by Broderick Crawford as Willie Stark.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0041113/
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