Here is an aggregation of the top 10 movie lists we discussed Memorial Day weekend. Links go to the Internet Movie Database (imdb).
If there are any transcription errors, let Geof know by comment or email.
Sunday, June 3, 2007
Some Stats
5556 actors appeared in our 119 movies.
That averages 46 actors per picture. As an example, Amadeus lists 85.
Only 267 appeared in more than one of our favorite movies, leaving 5289 appearing once.
Scribe note: If you look up any of these actors, they all have been in many movies and TV shows. This gave me a new appreciation of how big and broad the movie business is.
19 directors directed more than one of our 119 favorites.
Here are the 32 actors with more than 2 appearances:
These 3 appeared in 4 movies:
Jim Broadbent
Robert Duvall
Ewan McGregor
These 29 actors appeared in 3 movies:
Richard Alexander
Karen Allen
Ward Bond
Nicolas Cage
Jeff Corey
Judi Dench
Rick Ducommun
Harrison Ford
John Goodman
Harold Goodwin
Daryl Hannah
Chuck Hayward
Dan Hedaya
Dennis Hopper
Jeffrey Jones
Mae Marsh
Charles McGraw
Steve McQueen
Alfred Molina
Boyd 'Red' Morgan
Bryan Pringle
Gil Perkins
John Qualen
Robert Redford
Keanu Reeves
Pat Roach
Donald Sutherland
M. Emmet Walsh
John Wayne
That averages 46 actors per picture. As an example, Amadeus lists 85.
Only 267 appeared in more than one of our favorite movies, leaving 5289 appearing once.
Scribe note: If you look up any of these actors, they all have been in many movies and TV shows. This gave me a new appreciation of how big and broad the movie business is.
19 directors directed more than one of our 119 favorites.
Here are the 32 actors with more than 2 appearances:
These 3 appeared in 4 movies:
Jim Broadbent
Robert Duvall
Ewan McGregor
These 29 actors appeared in 3 movies:
Richard Alexander
Karen Allen
Ward Bond
Nicolas Cage
Jeff Corey
Judi Dench
Rick Ducommun
Harrison Ford
John Goodman
Harold Goodwin
Daryl Hannah
Chuck Hayward
Dan Hedaya
Dennis Hopper
Jeffrey Jones
Mae Marsh
Charles McGraw
Steve McQueen
Alfred Molina
Boyd 'Red' Morgan
Bryan Pringle
Gil Perkins
John Qualen
Robert Redford
Keanu Reeves
Pat Roach
Donald Sutherland
M. Emmet Walsh
John Wayne
Actors in Multiple Films
These actors are in 3 or 4 of our favorite movies.
Our Favorite Directors
Adam
| Black Hawk Down | 2001 | Adam |
| Clueless | 1995 | Adam |
| Mean Girls | 2004 | Adam |
| Goodfellas | 1990 | Adam, Liv* |
| The Big Lebowski | 1998 | Adam, Matt* |
| Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure | 1989 | Adam |
| Primer | 2004 | Adam |
| O Brother, Where Art Thou? | 2000 | Adam, Kirsten |
| Saving Private Ryan | 1998 | Adam |
* From the person's honorable mentions list.
Chuck
Chuck thought about his favorite directors first:
Greenaway, Bertolucci, Kasdan, Russell, Lynch, Cohen brothers, and Lean.
Then he picked his favorites of their movies.
He also added: any movie with Alan Bates.
* From the person's honorable mentions list.
Greenaway, Bertolucci, Kasdan, Russell, Lynch, Cohen brothers, and Lean.
Then he picked his favorites of their movies.
He also added: any movie with Alan Bates.
| The Pillow Book | 1996 | Chuck |
| The Conformist | 1970 | Chuck, Fred |
| Grand Canyon | 1991 | Chuck |
| The Boy Friend | 1971 | Chuck |
| Wild at Heart | 1990 | Chuck |
| Raising Arizona | 1987 | Chuck |
| Lawrence of Arabia | 1962 | Chuck, Jim, John, Ron |
| The Bridge on the River Kwai | 1957 | Chuck |
| The Last of the Mohicans | 1992 | Chuck, Jim |
| Diva | 1981 | Chuck |
| Honorable mentions | ||
| Prospero's Books | 1991 | Chuck* |
| 1900 | 1976 | Chuck* |
| The Sheltering Sky | 1990 | Chuck*, Fred, Marlene |
| The Big Chill | 1983 | Chuck*, Kirsten, Marlene*, Matt* |
| Silverado | 1985 | Chuck* |
| Women in Love | 1969 | Chuck* |
| Savage Messiah | 1972 | Chuck* |
| Fantasia | 1940 | Chuck* |
| el Topo | 1970 | Chuck* |
| Forbidden Planet | 1956 | Chuck*, Geof, John |
| Pi | 1998 | Chuck* |
* From the person's honorable mentions list.
Danea
| The Ghost and Mrs. Muir | 1947 | Danea |
| Roman Holiday | 1953 | Danea |
| Barry Lyndon | 1975 | Danea |
| Enchanted April | 1992 | Danea, Kath |
| The Seven Year Itch | 1955 | Danea |
| Cinema Paradiso | 1988 | Danea |
| King of Masks | 1993 | Danea |
| Scent of Green Papya | 1993 | Danea |
| Ballets Russes | 2005 | Danea |
| The Wolfman | 1961 | Danea |
| Next 10 | ||
| Round Midnight | 1986 | Danea* |
| Mrs. Miniver | 1942 | Danea*, Jim |
| Easter Parade | 1948 | Danea* |
| Bringing Up Baby | 1938 | Danea* |
| Topper | 1937 | Danea* |
| It Happened One Night | 1934 | Danea* |
| Christmas in Connecticut | 1945 | Danea* |
| Miracle on 34th Street | 1947 | Danea* |
| The Bishop's Wife | 1947 | Danea* |
| American in Paris | 1951 | Danea* |
* From the person's honorable mentions list.
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