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kelnet · November 6th, 2009, 10:20 PM

The Five Easy Pieces thread got me thinking about this one.
Who would you consider has put together the most impressive string of movies?
Do you go with Jack, as in the aforementioned thread?
How about Clint Eastwood? Meryl Streep? Tom Hanks? Mel Gibson? Katherine Hepburn?
Who has had the best string of four or five?

neocaster · November 6th, 2009, 10:42 PM

Behind the camera, Alfred Hitchcock or John Ford. In front of it, John Wayne.

kelnet · November 6th, 2009, 11:53 PM

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Originally Posted by neocaster

Behind the camera, Alfred Hitchcock or John Ford. In front of it, John Wayne.

Which movies? Four or five great ones in a row?

Hellbilly Mike · November 7th, 2009, 12:02 AM

Ok they aren't in a row, but I gotta say Paul Newman, And I'll list Hud, Cool Hand Luke, Butch and Sundance, The Sting. Thats a pretty good string in ten years.

thunderbyrd · November 7th, 2009, 12:48 AM

director - spielberg.which 4 or 5? just jump in anywhere.

Groovey Records · November 7th, 2009, 01:07 AM

Eastwood still kicking ass and taking names

brokenjoe · November 7th, 2009, 04:31 AM

Robert De Niro in the early '70s.

EdgarHF · November 7th, 2009, 11:06 AM

Humphrey Bogart -- in a two year span

High Sierra
The Maltese Falcon
Casablanca

Then he had this little string

1946 The Big Sleep
1947 Dead Reckoning
The Two Mrs. Carrolls
Dark Passage
1948 The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
Key Largo

denny · November 7th, 2009, 12:03 PM

Steve Martin ... hands down.

From the goofy "Jerk", through "The Man with Two Brains", "Roxanne" and "LA Story", even his latest stuff, great acting, writing, directing, love his movies.

neocaster · November 7th, 2009, 02:42 PM

It's hard to pick a good run for Hitchcock, but I like:
1955 The Trouble With Harry
1956 The Man Who Knew Too Much
The Wrong Man
1958 Vertigo
1959 North by Northwest

John Ford:
1950 Rio Grande
1951 This is Korea (Documentary)
1952 The Quiet Man
What Price Glory
1953 The Sun Shines Bright

John Wayne:
1966 El Dorado
1967 The War Wagon
1968 The Green Berets
Hellfighters
1969 True Grit
The Undefeated

kelnet · November 7th, 2009, 03:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hellbilly Mike

Ok they aren't in a row, but I gotta say Paul Newman, And I'll list Hud, Cool Hand Luke, Butch and Sundance, The Sting. Thats a pretty good string in ten years.

Yeah, but he had more clunkers than great ones in that span.

It was just interesting seeing in the other thread the list of Jack Nicholson films in a short span, with only two really non-hits in there.
Like him or not, Leonardo diCaprio had a good string with Gangs of New York, Catch Me if You Can, The Aviator, and The Departed.
De Niro did Mean Streets, Godfather II, Taxi Driver, and then unfortunately, The Last Tycoon and New York, New York. He has had a career of alternating good and bad.
Marlon Brando, though, started off with a pretty good string: Streetcar Named Desire, Viva Zapata, Julius Caesar, The Wild One, and On the Waterfront. Hardly a dud in the bunch.

getbent · November 7th, 2009, 03:12 PM

Duvall for variety:
To Kill a Mockingbird
The Godfather 1 and 2
Joe Kidd
True Grit
Mash
THX1138
Network
The Conversation
The Great Santini
Apocalypse Now
Tender Mercies
Angelo My Love (wow!)
The Stone Boy (a favorite)
Colors
Lonesome Dove
Open Range
Second Hand Lions
The Apostle (another great one)

EdgarHF · November 7th, 2009, 04:07 PM

Another string and a true string at that.

Charlie Chaplin

The Gold Rush
The Circus
City Lights
Modern Times
The Great Dictator
Monsieur Verdoux
Limelight

November 6th, 2009, 10:20 PM	#1 (permalink)
kelnet Friend of Leo's Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Port Moody, BC Posts: 2,769	Great Movie String The Five Easy Pieces thread got me thinking about this one. Who would you consider has put together the most impressive string of movies? Do you go with Jack, as in the aforementioned thread? How about Clint Eastwood? Meryl Streep? Tom Hanks? Mel Gibson? Katherine Hepburn? Who has had the best string of four or five?

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Hellbilly Mike TDPRI Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: Colorado Springs, Colorado Age: 42 Posts: 70	Ok they aren't in a row, but I gotta say Paul Newman, And I'll list Hud, Cool Hand Luke, Butch and Sundance, The Sting. Thats a pretty good string in ten years. __________________ "I blame the vain" D. Yoakam

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neocaster Friend of Leo's Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Chester County, PA Age: 36 Posts: 4,068 11 Photos	Behind the camera, Alfred Hitchcock or John Ford. In front of it, John Wayne.

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EdgarHF Tele-Meister Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Chicago Age: 55 Posts: 295	Humphrey Bogart -- in a two year span High Sierra The Maltese Falcon Casablanca Then he had this little string 1946 The Big Sleep 1947 Dead Reckoning The Two Mrs. Carrolls Dark Passage 1948 The Treasure of the Sierra Madre Key Largo

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denny Tele-Holic Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: North of Dallas, TX Age: 52 Posts: 508	Steve Martin ... hands down. From the goofy "Jerk", through "The Man with Two Brains", "Roxanne" and "LA Story", even his latest stuff, great acting, writing, directing, love his movies.

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neocaster Friend of Leo's Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Chester County, PA Age: 36 Posts: 4,068 11 Photos	It's hard to pick a good run for Hitchcock, but I like: 1955 The Trouble With Harry 1956 The Man Who Knew Too Much The Wrong Man 1958 Vertigo 1959 North by Northwest John Ford: 1950 Rio Grande 1951 This is Korea (Documentary) 1952 The Quiet Man What Price Glory 1953 The Sun Shines Bright John Wayne: 1966 El Dorado 1967 The War Wagon 1968 The Green Berets Hellfighters 1969 True Grit The Undefeated

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getbent Moderator Doctor of Teleocity Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: San Benito County, California Posts: 13,671 37 Photos	Duvall for variety: To Kill a Mockingbird The Godfather 1 and 2 Joe Kidd True Grit Mash THX1138 Network The Conversation The Great Santini Apocalypse Now Tender Mercies Angelo My Love (wow!) The Stone Boy (a favorite) Colors Lonesome Dove Open Range Second Hand Lions The Apostle (another great one) __________________ We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are

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EdgarHF Tele-Meister Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Chicago Age: 55 Posts: 295	Another string and a true string at that. Charlie Chaplin The Gold Rush The Circus City Lights Modern Times The Great Dictator Monsieur Verdoux Limelight

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