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  • #31
    Re: Greatest minor characters in film?

    Originally posted by Grandmaster View Post
    I've never seen it yet I thought, "WTF? You mean they ripped off..." and then I couldn't remember what film it was (I saw it as a youngster) - but there was a sub-character who was petrified of lightning because it ALWAYS hit him. Good comedy relief.
    The Great Outdoors.

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    • #32
      Re: Greatest minor characters in film?

      The motel clerk (Dennis Weaver) in Touch of Evil. His character reminds me of someone, 'though I can't put my finger on who...

      "Forget it, Jake. It's Hollywood."

      My YouTube channel.

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      • #33
        Re: Greatest minor characters in film?

        Originally posted by DerringerHenry View Post
        The Great Outdoors.
        http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PhAzLlSZFcc

        Thanks for that. A classic.
        Cufk, Tish, Sips.

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        • #34
          Re: Greatest minor characters in film?

          Telly Savalas in Capricorn One.


          http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8jJxKTFXPc
          "Only nothing is impossible."
          - Grant Morrison

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          • #35
            Re: Greatest minor characters in film?

            Originally posted by wcmartell View Post
            Charlize Theron in NORTH COUNTRY.


            - Bill

            You mean Frances McDormand in NORTH COUNTRY?
            "I ask every producer I meet if they need TV specs they say yeah. They all want a 40 inch display that's 1080p and 120Hz. So, I quit my job at the West Hollywood Best Buy."
            - Screenwriting Friend

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            • #36
              Re: Greatest minor characters in film?

              Charlie Sheen in Ferris Bueller's Day Off "Drugs?"
              Ned Ryerson in Ground Hog Day

              Grace, the Secretary in Ferris Bueller's Day Off
              Captain Koons in Pulp Fiction "This watch..."
              Louis Tully in Ghostbusters
              She in Machete
              Neville Longbottom in Harry Potter

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              • #37
                Re: Greatest minor characters in film?

                Milton in OFFICE SPACE
                Major 'King' Kong (Slim Pickens) in DR STRANGELOVE

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                • #38
                  Re: Greatest minor characters in film?

                  Originally posted by cvolante View Post
                  Ned Ryerson in Ground Hog Day
                  Good one.
                  "I ask every producer I meet if they need TV specs they say yeah. They all want a 40 inch display that's 1080p and 120Hz. So, I quit my job at the West Hollywood Best Buy."
                  - Screenwriting Friend

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                  • #39
                    Re: Greatest minor characters in film?

                    Shame on you people for not noting DeJesus from "The Big Lebowski" (John Turturro graduated from my grade school in Queens).

                    Along with Crazy Lee, TC and Coffer from "The Wild Bunch"
                    McMurphy's fellow inmates from "One Who Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest"
                    Mr. Poppins from "You Can't Take it With You"
                    The Colonel from "Meet John Doe" (love that Heel-lot speech)
                    Mulborg from "The Rum Diary" ("F*** you, Lotterman! You're in a B-f***ing movie, and I am the DEATH MACHINE!)
                    Easy Andy from "Taxi Driver" (Andy Samberg looks like him!!!)
                    Chester from "D.O.A.", 1950 version ("Look at him. Soft in the belly. Can't take it.")
                    Jay and Silent Bob in the View Askew saga
                    C-3PO and R2-D2 in the Star Wars saga
                    Red from "Nightfall" ("The tougher they are, the more fun they are...tra la la")
                    AJ Maggot and Franco from "The Dirty Dozen"
                    Sgt. Hartman from "Full Metal Jacket"
                    Sgt. Waters from "A Soldier's Story"
                    Big Figure and Moloch from "Watchmen: The Film"
                    Doug Klump and Burt Shlubb from "Frank Miller's Sin City"
                    Sgt. Donny "The Bear Jew" Donowitz from "Inglorious Basterds"
                    Last edited by Madbandit; 03-19-2012, 04:33 PM.
                    "A screenwriter is much like being a fire hydrant with a bunch of dogs lined up around it.- -Frank Miller

                    "A real writer doesn't just want to write; a real writer has to write." -Alan Moore

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                    • #40
                      Re: Greatest minor characters in film?

                      The guy in the car when he robs the convenience store in RAISING ARIZONA.

                      "Son, you got a panty on your head".
                      Last edited by brubenow; 03-19-2012, 04:57 PM.

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                      • #41
                        Re: Greatest minor characters in film?

                        Originally posted by brubenow View Post
                        The convenience store cashier in RAISING ARIZONA.

                        "Son, you got a panty on your head".
                        Or the other store clerk...

                        "...unless round is funny."

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                        • #42
                          Re: Greatest minor characters in film?

                          Ellie Fredricksen in UP.

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                          • #43
                            Re: Greatest minor characters in film?

                            Originally posted by Biohazard View Post
                            Or the other store clerk...

                            "...unless round is funny."

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                            • #44
                              Re: Greatest minor characters in film?

                              the kid with the banjo on the porch in Deliverance
                              http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEhwIqmmEJY

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                              • #45
                                Re: Greatest minor characters in film?

                                Darrell, Flo, TNT and Jake - U Turn.

                                Otis - Superman.

                                Milton - Office Space.

                                Train ghost - Ghost.

                                Store Clerk - Dusk 'til Dawn

                                Jack - An American Werewolf in London.
                                M.A.G.A.

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