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Post by mikef6 on Sept 12, 2018 1:59:43 GMT
Another one-man show, Philip Baker Hall as a fictional version of a retired and disgraced Richard Nixon in Robert Alman’s “Secret Honor” (1984).   |
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Post by bravomailer on Sept 12, 2018 2:03:41 GMT
Heard about [The Sunset Limited] a while back but hadn't seen it yet. Worth a look?
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Post by kijii on Sept 12, 2018 4:17:45 GMT
Another one-man show, Philip Baker Hall as a fictional version of a retired and disgraced Richard Nixon in Robert Alman’s “Secret Honor” (1984). Looks interesting. I will try to find it. It seems well cast to me in that Philip Baker Hall seems like an interesting actor for playing Nixon. After seeing Oliver Stone's Nixon, I think that the Bard might have written an excellent tragedy about Nixon. He was a man with a tragic flaw...(maybe revenge), just as Othello's flaw was jealousy, Macbeth's was blind ambition for power, and Hamlet's might have been indecisiveness and inability to commit to a course of action. |
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Post by timshelboy on Sept 12, 2018 9:25:30 GMT
I know Segal and Dennis got nominated/won "support" Oscars but I think you could make a case for WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF?
They might fit as an Ensemble Cast BUT there were two uncredited extra folks Agnes Flanagan … Roadhouse Waitress (uncredited) Frank Flanagan … Roadhouse Manager (uncredited)
 for the one actor film list Oh sorry re V WOOLF I didn't check - I was going to suggest CLOSER and CARNAGE on same grounds but they too had bit players I have forgotten about
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Post by BATouttaheck on Sept 12, 2018 12:25:50 GMT
timshelboy no sorry needed... this is just a little … "are there any ?" and "if so what are they ?" mini-game. Woolf is one of the closest to a multi cast movie with no extras that as been suggested. (so far) 
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Post by kijii on Sept 12, 2018 14:30:09 GMT
The Fox (1967) comes close. Sandy Dennis, Anne Heywood, and Keir Dullea all seem like lead performers in this movie. ...but, then we have Estate Agent (as Glyn Morris) in a very small role.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 12, 2018 20:26:59 GMT
I know Segal and Dennis got nominated/won "support" Oscars but I think you could make a case for WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF?
They might fit as an Ensemble Cast BUT there were two uncredited extra folks Agnes Flanagan … Roadhouse Waitress (uncredited) Frank Flanagan … Roadhouse Manager (uncredited)
for the one actor film list ....and, I'm reading this thread right up to now, and? That's where I'm trying to decide? "Only lead actors" as a concept, next to "ensemble cast". Also the way the studio's would 'edit' things to 'cash in' on a name. Two or three Brando flicks come to mind: "The Yong Lions", "The Chase", and "Reflections In A Golden Eye". I guess they are all ensemble pics with the 'lead actor' in name only? I suppose he's the 'clear lead' in "The Chase", but? Anyways, there's "Lifeboat". I mean, is John Hodiak the clear 'lead'? Good thread. I'll continue now, and probably find out everything I wrote is BS, LOL. |
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Post by Primemovermithrax Pejorative on Sept 12, 2018 20:35:55 GMT
FIGURES IN A LANDSCAPE has more than just two people but I don't care, I am mentioning it anyway.
Speaking of Malcolm McDowell,
THE CALLER 1987 does fit the category. Only two people in that one.
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Post by marshamae on Sept 12, 2018 21:05:02 GMT
THE SUBJECT WAS ROSES
FRANK ALBERTSON
PATRICIA NEAL
MARTIN SHEEN
WELL OK there’s an MC and two people in a nightclub.
Irish dysfunction, only child trying to have happy reunion with parents. Worth seeing for the performances.
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Post by manfromplanetx on Sept 12, 2018 22:21:54 GMT
The Caretaker (1963) Clive Donner . A brilliant three character film with a screenplay from Harold Pinter adapted from his own stage play Starring with outstanding performances, Alan Bates, Donald Pleasence, Robert Shaw. BFI online and Wikki do not list, uncredited Harold Pinter as IMDb does. Pinter did a very small Hitchcock-like non-speaking cameo in the film. He is seen walking away from the camera and with back to the camera, Pinter is accosted by the tramp Davies (Pleasence) in a very brief street scene. Three leads, Pleasence Bates and Shaw Harold Pinter standing at the back. 
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Post by Deleted on Sept 13, 2018 13:18:56 GMT
Venus in Fur, 2013
Mathieu Amalric
Emmanuelle Seigner
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Post by Nalkarj on Sept 13, 2018 15:42:18 GMT
I dunno, BATouttaheck, I think Sleuth is a film with just leads. I don’t think you-know-who counts , as he’s never on-screen, and of course Alec Cawthorne et al. don’t count!  Not the Branagh remake, though, which adds a few other minor characters. |
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