There are a million which should come before Gump.
THIS CHARACTER DEFINED THE SIGNS OF HIS TIMES.
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.
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Hans Grueber. Die Hard.
High Anxiety was a take off of High Society...Grace Kelly, Frank Sinatra, Bing Crosby..
HS was a remake of the earlier Katherine Hepburn and Cary Grant movie The Philadelphia Story..
Jeez, E.T. and his “Phone Home” was a far better character than Gump and his “Life is just a box of chocolates...”
"Too much bondage, not enough discipline!"
Oh please, He was MUCH better in Galaxy Quest.
"HERE'S YOUR PAPER!!!"
Wow!
Amazing that he showed up at post 85.
He is definitely in the top 5.
Other characters that should have been near the top of the list are definitely Darth Vader and Jaws.
Jake and Elwood Blues. Best dang movie ever.
Yep. Killer as Doc Holiday. Amazing. And Col. Hans Lands in Inglorious Bastards.
Newhart was another good one that understood the whole "less is more" deal. With his "phone call" sketches, it wasn't what was said that was funny, it was the side of the call that you didn't hear.
Slapstick is OK, Sight gags are OK, but anyone can do physical comedy. Making people roll around on the floor with laughter, though, by not saying a word....... that's genius.
Fredo stole the movie in II, Cazale really was a fantastic actor who left us way too soon.
And how could you forget Ferris Bueller?
I would put Archie as Number One, Captain Kirk at Number two.
Everyone knows exactly what's going on, but they might have been talking about something as benign as getting an extra ticket to the baseball game. Less is more.
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