Interference's Favorite Actors/Actresses/Directors - Voting Thread

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Top 10 Directors:

1. Stanley Kubrick (Eyes Wide Shut)
2. Steven Spielberg (Jaws)
3. Akira Kurosawa (Seven Samurai)
4. Tim Burton (Ed Wood)
5. Christopher Nolan (Memento)
6. David Lynch (Blue Velvet)
7. Oliver Stone (Platoon)
8. Alfred Hitchcock (Rear Window)
9. Ridley Scott (Blade Runner)
10. Michael Mann (The Insider)

Top 10 Actors:

1. Al Pacino (The Godfather)
2. Christian Bale (American Psycho)
3. Gary Oldman (Leon the Profesional)
4. Jack Nicholson (The Last Detail)
5. Orson Welles (The Third Man)
6. Tom Cruise (Born on the Fourth of July)
7. Johnny Depp (Ed Wood)
8. Clint Eastwood (Play Misty for Me)
9. Michael Caine (Get Carter)
10. Sylvester Stallone (Rocky)

Top 10 Actresses:

1. Michelle Pfeiffer (Batman Returns)
2. Natalie Portman (Leon the Professional)
3. Angelina Jolie (Gia)
4. Emmanuelle Beart (La Belle noiseuse)
5. Elisabeth Shue (Leaving Las Vegas)
6. Winona Ryder (Edward Scissorhands)
7. Patricia Arquette (True Romance)
8. Uma Thurman (Pulp Fiction)
9. Paulette Goddard (Modern Times)
10. Faye Dunaway (Bonnie and Clyde)
 
Top 10 Directors.

1. Peter Jackson-Lord of the Rings Trilogy
2. Steven Speilber- Schindler's List
3. Aikra Akirosawa- Seven Samurai
4. Stanley Kubrick- A ClockWork Orange
5. Martin Scorsese- Taxi Driver
6. Francis Ford Coopola- Apocalypse Now
7. Alfonso Cuarón- Children of Men
8. David Cronenberg- A History of Violence
9. Walt Disney- Sleeping Beauty
10. Oliver Stone- Platoon

Top Ten Actors~~~~~~~

1. Ralph Finnes- Schindler's List (Amon Goeth)
2. Liam Nesson- Schinler's List- (Oskar Schindler)
3. Ben Kinksley- Ganndhi (Ganndhi)
4. Robert De Nero- Heat (Neil McCauley)
5. Al Pacino- ScarFace (Tony Montona)
6. Tom Hanks
7. Daniel Day Lewis
8. Jack Nicholsen- The Departed (Francis 'Frank' Costello)
9. Harrison Ford- Indian Jones and The Raiders of the Lost Ark
10. Denzel Washington- Training Day (Alonzo)

Top 10 Actresses~~~~~~~

1. Jodie Foster
2. Kate Winslet
3. Scarlett Johanson
4. Angelina Jolie
5. Keira Knightly
6. Meryle Streep
7. Kathy Bates
8. Rachel Weisz
9. Natalie Portman
10. Julian Moore
 
I keep wanting to post in here, but I justcan't come up with a list, but I've still got time...one will be forthcoming
 
Less than 10 days, folks. We need more lists!

(I think I pushed the deadline out too far :hmm: )
 
So...I can do Actors and I can do directors, but I don't think I can do Actresses, is it all right if i just submit the two, or should I try and make up an actresses one?
 
I can probably do actors & actresses but not directors :shrug: :reject:


LemonMacPhisto said:
Less than 10 days, folks. We need more lists!

(I think I pushed the deadline out too far :hmm: )

Not for me you didn't. Just too busy to even think about it yet. Not to mention I have to start a Desert Island entry :crack: And most of you are already done with that one. Damn you kids and your free time and lack of responsibility! :angry:
















j/k :wink:
 
Directors:
1) Stephen Spielberg - Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
2) Robert Zemeckis - Forrest Gump
3) Christopher Guest - A Mighty Wind
4) Hayao Miyazaki - Spirited Away
5) Adam McKay - Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy
6) George Lucas - Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
7) Wes Anderson - The Royal Tenenbaums
8) Frank Darabont - The Shawshank Redemption
9) Sam Mendes - American Beauty
10) Richard Donner - Conspiracy Theory

Actors:
1) Kevin Spacey - American Beauty
2) Liam Neeson - Michael Collins
3) Tom Hanks - The Green Mile
4) Colin Firth - Pride and Prejudice
5) Tony Shalhoub - Monk
6) Hugh Laurie - House
7) Hugh Grant - Love Actually
8) Beat Takeshi (Takeshi Kitano) - Battle Royale
9) Keifer Sutherland - Flatliners
10) Humphrey Bogart - The Maltese Falcon

(We're allowed to pick tv shows right? I mean I also have favorite movies for the two actors I used tv shows for, but I'd rather choose the tv shows)

Actresses:
1) Julia Roberts - Runaway Bride
2) Jamie Lee Curtis - A Fish Called Wanda
3) Kirsten Dunst - Spider-Man
4) Jodie Foster - Silence of the Lambs
5) Helen Hunt - Pay it Forward
6) Whoopi Goldberg - Sister Act
7) Maggie Smith - Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
8) Reese Witherspoon - Just Like Heaven
9) Mandy Moore - A Walk to Remember
10) Keira Knightly - POTC

Ok, so that's that...my lists aren't that good sorry :reject:
 
I would like to do TV shows right after this, so it would be better to save them for that.
 
OK then, well, my aim is not to confuse you so please forgive me, switch Tony Shalhoub's movie to Thir13en Ghosts and everyone after Hugh Laurie movie up one space and add in Will Ferrell so:


1) Kevin Spacey - American Beauty
2) Liam Neeson - Michael Collins
3) Tom Hanks - The Green Mile
4) Colin Firth - Pride and Prejudice
5) Tony Shalhoub - Thir13en Ghosts
6) Hugh Grant - Love Actually
7) Beat Takeshi (Takeshi Kitano) - Battle Royale
8) Keifer Sutherland - Flatliners
9) Humphrey Bogart - The Maltese Falcon
10) Will Ferrell - Stranger Than Fiction
 
bono_212 said:
OK then, well, my aim is not to confuse you so please forgive me, switch Tony Shalhoub's movie to Thir13en Ghosts and everyone after Hugh Laurie movie up one space and add in Will Ferrell so:


1) Kevin Spacey - American Beauty
2) Liam Neeson - Michael Collins
3) Tom Hanks - The Green Mile
4) Colin Firth - Pride and Prejudice
5) Tony Shalhoub - Thir13en Ghosts
6) Hugh Grant - Love Actually
7) Beat Takeshi (Takeshi Kitano) - Battle Royale
8) Keifer Sutherland - Flatliners
9) Humphrey Bogart - The Maltese Falcon
10) Will Ferrell - Stranger Than Fiction

I like your list :up:

Yes, the TV thread will definitely have a shorter deadline, that's for sure... :wink:
 
Directors:

1. Orson Welles (Touch of Evil)
Am I really the only one who bothered to mention the greatest and most influential director of all time?
2. Martin Scorsese (Taxi Driver)
3. Alfred Hitchcock (Vertigo)
4. Samuel Fuller (The Naked Kiss)
5. Sergio Leone (Once Upon a Time in America)
6. Hayao Miyazaki (Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind)
7. Terence Malick (Days of Heaven)
8. Vincente Minnelli (Some Came Running)
9. Anthony Minghella (The English Patient)
10. Wong Kar-Wai (Days of Being Wild)

Actors:

1. Marlon Brando (Last Tango in Paris)
2. Cary Grant (Bringing Up Baby)
3. Daniel Day-Lewis (Gangs of New York)
4. James Stewart (Vertigo)
5. Paul Newman (Nobody's Fool)
6. Robert De Niro (Raging Bull)
7. Jack Nicholson (Reds)
8. Gene Kelly (Singin' in the Rain)
9. Denzel Washington (Malcolm X)
10. Gary Oldman (Bram Stoker's Dracula)

Actresses:

1. Katharine Hepburn (Bringing Up Baby)
2. Diane Keaton (Reds)
3. Kate Winslet (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind)
4. Cate Blanchett (Heaven)
5. Juliette Binoche (Three Colors: Blue)
6. Elizabeth Taylor (Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?)
7. Betty Hutton (The Miracle of Morgan's Creek)
8. Barbara Stanwyck (The Lady Eve)
9. Carole Lombard (Twentieth Century)
10. Barbra Streisand (Funny Girl)
 
This was much harder than I thought. There were a lot of great male actors, and I had to stop thinking of names because my list was getting too long. There are a few more female actresses that I didn't have room for. Oh well...

DIRECTORS

Jonathan Demme (Philadelphia, Silence Of The Lambs)
Oliver Stone (JFK)
Cameron Crowe (Jerry Maguire/Almost Famous)
Ron Howard (Apollo 13/Beautiful Mind...)
Robert Zemeckis (Forrest Gump/Contact/Back To The Future(s)
Michael Mann (The Insider)
Sam Mendes (American Beauty)
Peter Weir (Dead Poet's Society)
Woody Allen (can't pick just one)
Martin Scorcese (can't pick just one)


ACTORS
Sean Penn (Dead Man Walking, I Am Sam, The Interpreter, Mystic River,...)
Tom Hanks (Philadelphia,...)
Russell Crowe (The Insider, Gladiator, Beautiful Mind...)
Johnny Depp (can't pick just one)
Gary Oldman (Bram Stoker's Dracula,...)
Jack Lemmon (Some Like It Hot, Missing)
Paul Newman (Cool Hand Luke, The Sting, The Color Of Money...)
Jack Nicholson (can't pick just one)
Al Pacino (can't pick just one)
Robert Deniro (can't pick just one)

Honorable mentions because you only wanted 10 :madspit:
John Malkovich (In The Line Of Fire), Anthony Hopkins (Silence Of The Lambs, Remains Of The Day), Hugh Grant, Kevin Costner, Bill Murray, Kevin Spacey, Harrison Ford, Kevin Kline, Cary Grant (To Kill A Mockingbird), Robin Williams, Tim Robbins, Morgan Freeman,...

ACTRESSES
Meryl Streep (Bridges Of Madison County, countless others)
Jodi Foster (The Accused, Silence Of The Lambs, Contact...)
Susan Sarandon (Dead Man Walking/Bull Durham)
Julia Roberts (Pelican Brief...)
Cate Blanchett (Elizabeth)
Audrey Hepburn (Breakfast At Tiffanys / Roman Holiday)
Nicole Kidman (The Interpreter/Moulin Rouge)
Shirley Maclaine (Terms Of Endearment)
Gwyneth Paltrow (Shakespeare In Love/Sliding Doors)
Meg Ryan (French Kiss)

Honorable mention: Hilary Swank (Boys Don't Cry), Annette Bening, Glenn Close, Diane Keaton, Kate Winslet, Reese Witherspoon, Emma Thompson,...

There. I did it.
 
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I'm not very up to speed in this area so I'll just name ten actors.

1. Michael Caton (The Castle)
2. Jake Gyllenhaal (Donnie Darko)
3. Steve Carrell (40 Year Old Virgin)
4. Jim Carrey (Liar Liar, The Mask)
5. Robin Williams (Good Morning Vietnam, Dead Poet's Society, Bicentennial Man)
6. Geoffery Rush (Shine)
7. Will Ferrel (Anchorman)
8. Bill Murray (Ghostbusters)
9. Dan Akroyd (Blues Brothers)
10. U2 (Rattle and Hum)
 
LemonMacPhisto said:

The submission period will last until July 16th, 11:59 PM (ET). Mods, can you sticky this thread until then, please? Thank you.
Hmmm.... the last 3 entrants look to be a tad late, we may have to have a judge's ruling and replace their #1 actor with William Shatner as a penalty. :D
 
Re: Re: Interference's Favorite Actors/Actresses/Directors - Voting Thread

Hewson said:
Hmmm.... the last 3 entrants look to be a tad late, we may have to have a judge's ruling and replace their #1 actor with William Shatner as a penalty. :D


:sad: :sad: :sad:

I tried! I thought I had another week. I was confusing the deadline with the one for the Desert Island. And I've been a little busy. Maddy's having her birthday party at our house today with 25 teenagers. And I was only off by a few hours. I think I should be cut some slack :crack: Please........................ :pray:








:wink:
 
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You know, since not as many people did this one, then I'll extend it to the end of the day today.

Vote for Shat in the TV thread coming after this one! :happy:
 
This was really hard!

Directors:

1. Baz Luhrman - Moulin Rouge
2. Mel Gibson - Braveheart
3. Victor Flemming - Gone with the wind
4. Alexander Korda - That Hamilton Woman (laurence Olivier, Vivien Leigh, stars)
5. Robert Zemeckis - Forrest Gump, Back to the future
6. Kenneth Branagh - Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
7. Steven Spielberg - Jaws, Schindler's list, Saving Private Ryan and on and on
8. Quentin Tarantino - Kill Bill, Pulp Fiction
9. Robert Wise - The Sound of Music
10. Alfred Hitchcock - The Birds, Rebecca (I still haven't seen all his movies)

Actors:

1. Ewan McGregor - Moulin Rouge
2. Mel Gibson - Braveheart
3. Tom Hanks - Forrest Gump
4. Gary Sinise - Forrest Gump
5. Jimmy Stewart - It's a wonderful life
6. Kenneth Branagh - Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
7. Harrison Ford - Sabrina
8. Robert Redford - Barefoot in the park
9. Jack Nicholson - As good as it gets
10. Greg Kinnear - As good as it gets


Actresses:

1. Nicole Kidman - Moulin Rouge
2. Vivien Leigh - GWTW, That Hamilton woman
3. Linda Fiorentino - Dogma
4. Sally Field - Steel Magnolias, Forrest Gump
5. Natalie Portman - Where the heart is
6. Uma Thurman - Kill Bill
7. Julia Ormond - Sabrina
8. Helen Hunt - As good as it gets
9. Jane Fonda - Barefoot in the park
10. Julie Andrews - The sound of music

Honorable mentions:

Directors- Gene Saks- barefoot in the park

actors - Richard Roxburgh, John Leguizamo, Jim Broadbent - Moulin Rouge

Mykelti Williamson - Forrest Gump
and more, maybe I'll post some more tomorrow
:crack: :crack:
 
Yes! One more submission. :wink:

I'll tally up everything and have the results tomorrow.

Hopefully more people will participate in the next thread, thanks to all who took the time to contribute. :up:
 
Picking actresses was tough for me. I could go on and on about the actors though :wink:

Directors
1. Ridley Scott
2. Martin Scorsese
3. Ron Howard
4. Steven Spielberg
5. James Cameron
6. Mel Gibson
7. Oliver Stone
8. Tim Burton
9. Jerry Bruckheimer
10. Cecil b Demille




Actors
1. Russell Crowe
2. Geoffrey Rush
3. Johnny Depp
4. Joaquin Phoenix
5. Alan Rickman
6. Jeremy Irons
7. Harrison Ford
8. Tom Hanks
9. Christian Bale
10. Gerard Butler


Actress
1. Angelina Jolie
2. Cate Blanchett
3. Michelle Pfeffer
4. Helen Mirren
5. Drew Barrymore
6. Helena Bonham Carter
7. Sandra Bullock
8. Toni Collette
9. Kathleen Turner
10. Catherine Zeta Jones
 
My first post but consider me late. I know this won't be tallied but I wanted to do it anyway. Just a favorite list. Nothing serious...

Directors

1.) Oliver Stone - Nixon
2.) Ingmar Bergman - Persona
3.) Sam Peckinpah - The Wild Bunch
4.) Richard Lester - How I Won the War
5.) Ron Shelton - Bull Durham
6.) Francesco Rosi - Salvatore Guiliano
7.) Akira Kurosawa - Ran
8.) Federico Fellini - Amarcord
9.) Hayao Miyazaki - Porco Rosso
10.) The Dardenne Brothers - L'Enfant

Actors

1.) Robert Duvall - Tender Mercies
2.) Robert De Niro - Raging Bull
3.) Kevin Bacon - JFK
4.) Sidney Poitier - A Patch of Blue
5.) Henry Fonda - Young Mr. Lincoln
6.) Toshiro Mifune - High and Low
7.) Erland Josephson - Scenes From a Marriage
8.) Gene Hackman - Hoosiers
9.) Hugh Grant - Four Weddings and a Funeral
10.) Al Pacino - People I Know

Actresses

1.) Emma Thompson - Sense and Sensibilty
2.) Meryl Streep - The Deer Hunter
3.) Liv Ullmann - Scenes From a Marriage
4.) Barbara Stanwyck - The Lady Eve
5.) Bette Davis - Jezebel
6.) Jeanne Moreau - Jules and Jim
7.) Louise Brooks - Pandora's Box
8.) Alexandra Maria Lara - Downfall
9.) Natalie Portman - Beautiful Girls
10.) Joan Allen - Nixon
 
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