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Old 04-23-2009, 06:47 AM
 
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Le Vin en Rose-she won the oscar-forgot her name
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Old 04-23-2009, 06:16 PM
 
Location: In the north country fair
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My favorite: John Hurt--The Elephant Man
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Old 04-24-2009, 06:24 AM
 
Location: Oxford, England
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Le Vin en Rose-she won the oscar-forgot her name
Marion Cotillard
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Old 04-24-2009, 06:25 AM
 
Location: Oxford, England
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My favorite: John Hurt--The Elephant Man
Fantastic choice, fantastic actor.
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Old 04-24-2009, 09:31 AM
 
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Liz Taylor as Cleopatra (1963)

George C Scott as Patton (1970)

Alec Guinness as Hitler The Last 10 Days (1973)
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Old 04-24-2009, 09:37 AM
 
Location: Chicago- Hyde Park
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Leon as David Ruffin in Temptations
Jamie Foxx as Ray Charles and Tookie Williams
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Old 04-26-2009, 12:48 PM
 
Location: Back in the gym...Yo Adrian!
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Steve McQueen as Papillon

Paul Giamatti as John Adams
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Old 04-26-2009, 03:27 PM
 
Location: Tennessee
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In no special order:

Leonardo DiCaprio as Frank Abagnale in "Catch Me If You Can"
Russell Crowe as John Nash in "A Beautiful Mind"
Gary Cooper as Lou Gehrig in "Pride of The Yankees"
Sam Sheppard as Chuck Yeager in "The Right Stuff"
Kurt Russell and Val Kilmer as Wyatt Earp and Doc Holliday in "Tombstone"
Mark Harmon as Ted Bundy in "The Deliberate Stranger" (a TV movie)
Faye Dunaway as Joan Crawford in "Mommie Dearest"
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Old 04-29-2009, 01:22 AM
 
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What are the greatest acting performances of actors playing the parts of actual historiac figures in Biographical films?

A couple of examples"

Charlize Theron in "Monster"

Paul Muni in "Pasteur".


Daniel Day-Lewis as "Christy Brown" in My Left Foot.
Peter O'Toole as "Lawrence of Arabia"
Daniel Day-Lewis as "Gerry Conlon" in In The Name Of the Father.
Ben Kingsley as "Ghandi"
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Old 05-07-2009, 08:24 AM
 
Location: Phoenix, AZ
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In no special order:

Leonardo DiCaprio as Frank Abagnale in "Catch Me If You Can"
Russell Crowe as John Nash in "A Beautiful Mind"
Gary Cooper as Lou Gehrig in "Pride of The Yankees"
Sam Sheppard as Chuck Yeager in "The Right Stuff"
Kurt Russell and Val Kilmer as Wyatt Earp and Doc Holliday in "Tombstone"
Mark Harmon as Ted Bundy in "The Deliberate Stranger" (a TV movie)
Faye Dunaway as Joan Crawford in "Mommie Dearest"
Faye Dunaway gave an astounding performance as Joan Crawford! By far the best potrayal ever!
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