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ChocolateLady 
"500 Chocolate Delights"
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 Posted - 11/18/2006 : 14:44:31
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And of course, there's the biggest casting mistake of all time - Dick Van Dyke as a cockney in Mary Poppins.
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Cheese_Ed 
"The Provolone Ranger"
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Posted - 11/18/2006 : 17:27:01
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GHcool 
"Forever a curious character."
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Posted - 11/18/2006 : 18:38:13
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I was apparently the only one puzzled by the casting of Tim Burton's Big Fish. No one else I know who saw the movie thought much about it. Did it come up in the reviews much? Albert Finney, Danny De Vito, Ewan McGregor, and Helena Bonham Carter *all* cast as American Southerners? For a movie which presents a rather sentimental, sepia-toned, romantic view of The Great American South, Big Fish seems to have a paucity of actual Southerners in its main cast.
It never bothered me because they all did a pretty convincing job. I felt the same about Cold Mountain starring Jude Law, Nicole Kidman, etc.
Jude is going southern again in "All the King's Men". I saw him interviewed by Jay Leno and what shocked me was that he didn't know that the movie was based on the Pulitzer Prize winning novel by Robert Penn Warren. He said something like "well, I hear the book is very popular here and Willie Stark is some kind of American icon" - well, DUH!
And Sean Penn does NOT look like Willie Stark. He's a skinny little squeeking guy and not a big sweating roaring guy that is described in the book.
I saw All the King's Men. Jude doesn't even bother ridding himself of his English accent this time. They make some reference to the fact that he came from England or something (Anthony Hopkins plays the man that brought him up). Anyway, Jude and Sean Penn were excellent in this underrated film. |
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Conan The Westy
"Father, Faithful Friend, Fwiffer"
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Posted - 11/18/2006 : 21:16:45
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I also enjoy watching Santiago, Chile born Cote de Pablo play the part of Israeli ex-Mossad agent, Ziva David on NCIS. She doesn't do a bad job, but her accent isn't Israeli - trust me on this one.
How did you like Eric Bana in Munich? (It has to be a step up from The Hulk.) |
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Airbolt
"teil mann, teil maschine"
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Posted - 11/18/2006 : 22:13:32
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Originally posted by ChocolateLady
And of course, there's the biggest casting mistake of all time - Dick Van Dyke as a cockney in Mary Poppins.
LOL - Diagnosis - Murder ( of the cockney accent! )
See also - Don Cheadle in Oceans 11 
Apparently Hugh Jackman's London accent is better than Christian Bale's in " The Prestige " ironically enough.
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benj clews 
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Posted - 11/18/2006 : 22:16:31
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Apparently Hugh Jackman's London accent is better than Christian Bale's in " The Prestige " ironically enough.
But Hugh Jackman had an American accent I thought? Curious to know what a "London accent" is, BTW  |
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lemmycaution 
"Long mired in film"
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Posted - 11/18/2006 : 23:14:04
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Clark Gable as Parnell?
Frankly, my boyo, I don't give a damn! |
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Airbolt
"teil mann, teil maschine"
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Posted - 11/19/2006 : 00:38:02
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Apparently Hugh Jackman's London accent is better than Christian Bale's in " The Prestige " ironically enough.
But Hugh Jackman had an American accent I thought? Curious to know what a "London accent" is, BTW
I was quoting a review of a film i haven't seen - rumbled!
In cinema terms London is a mixture of
*Barrow Boys speaking Cockney - they live " Dahn the Old Kent Road" and all carry "Shootahs"
*Toffs and Fops of the Hugh Grant variety -terribly well spoken - they all live in Notting Hill and tend to have US Girlfriends
There are no other sorts of people in London !( Holllywood Version ) |
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ChocolateLady
"500 Chocolate Delights"
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Posted - 11/19/2006 : 06:51:18
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Originally posted by Conan The Camper
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I also enjoy watching Santiago, Chile born Cote de Pablo play the part of Israeli ex-Mossad agent, Ziva David on NCIS. She doesn't do a bad job, but her accent isn't Israeli - trust me on this one.
How did you like Eric Bana in Munich? (It has to be a step up from The Hulk.)
I didn't see it. The press wasn't thrilled so it didn't run for very long in the theatres and I missed it. I wasn't all that anxious to see it anyway, since "Sword of Gideon" had already done the story and was a good film (not great, but without the Spielberg hype), but considered better than Munich.
If it comes on TV I may watch it. I'm thinking it will appear on the small screen sometime around our Memorial Day.
Even so, anything would be a step up for Bana after The Hulk.
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duh
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Posted - 11/19/2006 : 12:18:14
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While we are in the South what about Michael Caine taking the Southern accent and giving it a going over in " Hurry Sundown " .
I enjoyed Michael Caine very much in "Second Hand Lions" even though his Brit accent flared up from time to time.
A famous British actor well know for her dead-on portrayal of a southerner was Vivian Leigh as Scarlett O'Hara in Gone With The Wind.
The actor who played Charlie Chan in all those Charlie Chan movies was a caucasion guy, wasn't he?
Joel Grey as the Korean martial arts guru in "Remo Williams"; he did an excellent job but I couldn't forget that he wasn't really Korean.
Kevin Costner was famously miscast as Robin Hood in "Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves." Although I liked the idea of a brunette Marian, I also thought Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio was miscast.
I've never watched "King David" but read that Richard Gere was horribly miscast as David.
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ChocolateLady
"500 Chocolate Delights"
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Posted - 11/19/2006 : 13:05:58
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Joel Grey as the Korean martial arts guru in "Remo Williams"; he did an excellent job but I couldn't forget that he wasn't really Korean.
Which reminds me of Marlon Brando's playing the part of Japanese interpreter, Sakini in "Teahouse of the August Moon". Marvelous movie, despite the iffy Brando accent and highly obvious make-up to "slant" his eyes.
Which reminds me, I don't think that Richard Gere needed that extra stuff on his lids when he did "Rhapsody in August".
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Conan The Westy
"Father, Faithful Friend, Fwiffer"
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Posted - 11/19/2006 : 18:09:16
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Kevin Costner was famously miscast as Robin Hood in "Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves." Although I liked the idea of a brunette Marian, I also thought Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio was miscast.
Amen to that. What surprises me is that no one has included Morgan Freeman's character in "Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves". The bigots who wrote the original legends obviously deliberately omitted the black Arab member of the Merry Men. Racist jerks!  |
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Chris C
"Four words, never backwards."
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Posted - 11/19/2006 : 21:14:52
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Not quite a nationality issue, but Michael Caine in "Get Carter" as a Geordie [that's someone from the Newcastle area].
His accent is pure Sowf Lund'n and anyone who understands anything about English accents knows there is no way anyone with his accent could ever have lived in Newcastle. It's also a stark contrast with the authentic Geordie (or at least northern) accents of most of the cast.
For me its an irritating blot on an otherwise superb film.
Whip - sorry, but I've got to correct you on this one. Caine plays a London gangster who goes north to avenge his brother's death. Check the IMDB plot summary here. I do agree, though, that it's a great movie.
Missing from the list of dodgy accents is Sean Connery as an Irish cop in "The Untouchables".
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benj clews
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Posted - 11/19/2006 : 21:19:06
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Originally posted by Chris C
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Originally posted by Whippersnapper
Not quite a nationality issue, but Michael Caine in "Get Carter" as a Geordie [that's someone from the Newcastle area].
His accent is pure Sowf Lund'n and anyone who understands anything about English accents knows there is no way anyone with his accent could ever have lived in Newcastle. It's also a stark contrast with the authentic Geordie (or at least northern) accents of most of the cast.
For me its an irritating blot on an otherwise superb film.
Whip - sorry, but I've got to correct you on this one. Caine plays a London gangster who goes north to avenge his brother's death. Check the IMDB plot summary here. I do agree, though, that it's a great movie.
I think yes- he's a London gangster, but only in the sense that he's a gangster in London. If I recall correctly, he heads to Newcastle (i.e. back home) for the funeral of his brother. |
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Chris C
"Four words, never backwards."
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Posted - 11/19/2006 : 21:24:09
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Originally posted by Conan The Camper
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Originally posted by duh
Kevin Costner was famously miscast as Robin Hood in "Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves." Although I liked the idea of a brunette Marian, I also thought Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio was miscast.
Amen to that. What surprises me is that no one has included Morgan Freeman's character in "Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves". The bigots who wrote the original legends obviously deliberately omitted the black Arab member of the Merry Men. Racist jerks!
The current BBC TV "Robin Hood" series features an Arab member of the gang - who also happens to be a woman. |
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Hollywood Miscasting of other nationalities
