Posted on 03/24/2011 9:09:47 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Out of more than half a million films made by Hollywood the character portrayed by Tom Hanks ranked top in the biggest ever poll of moviegoers.
The 1994 film was a box office hit and critically acclaimed with Hanks’ performance earning him the Oscar for Best Actor.
Audiences adored Gump as they followed his life from a child to adulthood as he took part in many of the pivotal events of the 1960s and 1970s.
The film, which took more than £500m at the box office, was based on the 1986 novel written by American author Winston Groom.
The film was also known for many of Gump’s phrases, such as “My momma always said, “Life was like a box of chocolates. You never know what you’re gonna get.”
While Gump was the runaway winner, British secret agent James Bond was named as the second greatest film character.
007 has endured for almost 50 years after being created by author Ian Fleming.
Daniel Craig is the latest film Bond following in the footsteps of Sean Connery, Roger Moore and Pierce Brosnan.
Scarlett O’Hara was rated as the third most memorable character.
The performance by British star Vivien Leigh as the feisty southern belle in the epic “Gone with the Wind” made her the only female character in the top five.
Anthony Hopkins performance as Hannibal Lecter helped the cannibalistic serial killer rate fourth in the poll.
Indiana Jones, played by Harrison Ford, was named as the fifth most popular character.
More than 500,000 people took part in the survey carried out by ABC TV and People magazine.
(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...
Typically, polls reflect the polees who are likely in the age group that has seen only more recent vintage films. The old Limbaugh adage: history began the day I was born.
The fact that most movies may originate from books and/or short stories does not negate my point.
Greatest charachter of all time??? Forrest Gump?
Oh no so solly! Alla time make haha! Tony Randall 7 Faces of Dr. lao. [ just being a bit silly with this all time greatest thing...]
But I seriously loved Gump and Jennay...I didn’t see it as others have...as a leftie flick. I see it as a repudiation of lefties: the peace lover boyfriend smacking Jenny around gets his...she sees the futility of drugs, and finally realizes she has to find someone to care for her son...and its not some lezbo lefty or the like either...
No I didn’t see the left glorified...quite the opposite message really...IMHO.
RE: Morons.
“Momma tells me, stupid is as stupid does.” (Forrest Gump)
Yul Brenner in The Magnificent Seven
“Whupped ‘em again, eh Josy?”
UHF was an underrated comedy. I'd love to see Weird Al team up with the Zucker brothers (Airplane, Naked Gun) and do, well, about anything.
But, I still like Belushi. He understood what today's "comics" (Jack Black, Will Ferrell) don't get.... less is more. One raised eyebrow beats the hell out of overplaying a scene, every time.
Heck, the best laugh Jack Benny every got was from dead silence. ("your money or your life!!" ....................................................................................................................................................................)
Next to Blazing Saddles, it's my favorite Mel Brooks movie.
Tuco: When you have to shoot, shoot. Don't talk.
It's no contest.
There are some who call him... Tim...
Any character that Steve McQueen played.
It's Lt. Frank Drebin! and his delivery of the famous line... "Hey! You call this slop?"
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An average movie these days costs $100 million to produce and market. Now, if you have $100 million to invest, would you rather invest it in an unknown property that has a 50% chance (if that) of turning a profit, or a known property with an 80% chance?
My screenwriting professor said...
Ah, that explains it. Hollywood fail to see your genius?
...he's in meetings all the time when a television episode will be discussed in terms of a predecessor.
And over a hundred years ago Georges Polti wrote a book saying that there are only 36 plots. Yeah, development execs use a shorthand and a familiarity with what works and doesn't work.
I'm Thinking! I'm Thinking!
one of the great lines of all time.
another is from Bob Newhart's bit about a cheap airline "I'm sorry sir but I can't hear you over the roar of our engines.... Oh! Wait, they've stopped.
Dad and I still do this routine, constantly, much to Mom's chagrin. Leslie Nielsen would be so proud.
Paul Newman - Cool Hand Luke
Your selection is good, kid. But as long as mine is around yours will always be second best.
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