Best Ensemble Cast (or Magnificent Seven tribute thread)

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Thu, 01/22/2009 - 23:24
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What's some good movies that had big ensemble casts? Ocean's Eleven i guess is the most well known. Pick ones that got at least 4 people in them.

Also, is The Magnificent Seven the greatest ensemble cast ever? Yul Bynner, Steve McQueen, James Coburn, Charles Bronson and Robert Vaughn. I don't know how the hell that german guy got in there but still that's a hell of a cast!
Do you think they could even make a movie like that today without it being corny?
Discuss the film's brilliance!

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Fri, 01/23/2009 - 04:37
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The magnificent seven are not even qualified to shine The seven samurai's tabi.

Also :
The dirty dozen
The long riders (with the Carradine, Keach, Quaid and Guest brothers)

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Sun, 01/25/2009 - 16:27
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True Romance...

Christian Slater
Patricia Arquette
Dennis Hopper
Val Kilmer
Brad Pitt
James Gandolfini
Gary Oldman
Bronson Pinchot
Christopher Walken
Chris Penn
Tom Sizemore
Michael Rappaport
Samuel L. Jackson

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Sun, 01/25/2009 - 16:28
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...granted, Christian Slater and Patricia Arquette were clearly the leads, with everyone else playing less significant roles, but still...an insanely good cast.

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Sun, 01/25/2009 - 16:41
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Boogie Nights had a pretty great cast.

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Sun, 01/25/2009 - 17:02
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Robert Altman's Short Cuts

Cast

* Fred Ward - Stuart Kane
* Andie MacDowell - Ann Finnigan
* Bruce Davison - Howard Finnigan
* Tim Robbins - Gene Shepard
* Julianne Moore - Marian Wyman
* Matthew Modine - Dr. Ralph Wyman
* Anne Archer - Claire Kane
* Jennifer Jason Leigh - Lois Kaiser
* Christopher Penn - Jerry Kaiser
* Lili Taylor - Honey Bush
* Robert Downey Jr. - Bill Bush
* Madeleine Stowe - Sherri Shepard
* Tom Waits - Earl Piggot
* Lily Tomlin - Doreen Piggot
* Frances McDormand - Betty Weathers
* Peter Gallagher - Stormy Weathers
* Jarrett Lennon - Chad Weathers
* Annie Ross - Tess Trainer
* Lori Singer - Zoe Trainer
* Jack Lemmon - Paul Finnigan
* Lyle Lovett - Andy Bitkower
* Buck Henry - Gordon Johnson
* Huey Lewis - Vern Miller
* Dirk Blocker - Diner Customer

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Sun, 01/25/2009 - 18:49
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Magnolia, as much as I dislike that movie, had an epic cast. True Romance is a great mention. I just watched Grand Hotel last night, and that was supposedly like the very first movie that had an allstar cast. Great flick, that is.

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