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Brian Earl Spilner
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Ie. Actors with just one scene in a movie.



By default I think this wins due to the fact that he stole the whole damn movie and is the reason it's so memorable.
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9:27p, 10/12/22
Sofia Coppola, nailed an infant being baptized in The Godfather. Without her the key scene of the whole movie falls flat.

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I took this to mean a one take, no edits scene thread topic
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9:36p, 10/12/22
This scene haunts me every time I see it. And the closing scene too. But CA, MF and MM are all just so good in this. And yeah, big spoiler if you haven't seen Gone Baby Gone.

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9:52p, 10/12/22
My reading of OP was the best performance by an actor that had only one scene in the move.
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In reply to jkag89 • 9:59p, 10/12/22
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jkag89 said:
My reading of OP was the best performance by an actor that had only one scene in the move.


This.
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In reply to The D • 10:04p, 10/12/22
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That's just the diet version of the Glengarry Glenn Ross scene.
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Slight cheat because I think he has one tiny scene right before this one, but screw it.
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One of the coolest movie openings ever.

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In reply to MosesHallDeadPot94 • 10:16p, 10/12/22
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Those are just movie speeches.

I have no idea how my OP could possibly be interpreted that way.
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which of course, begets this




I know Spilner, you wanted Anakin this is a "cheat code", but I love this performance by Harrison Ford.



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In reply to The Porkchop Express • 10:54p, 10/12/22
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Admittedly it's a very good scene by Harrison Ford. But yeah sorry, he's dead, and regular people don't get force ghosts. Should've been Anakin.
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In reply to Brian Earl Spilner • 12:43a, 10/13/22
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Brian Earl Spilner said:
Admittedly it's a very good scene by Harrison Ford. But yeah sorry, he's dead, and regular people don't get force ghosts. Should've been Anakin.
I mean Kylo literally says "you're just a memory". Han is no way a Force Ghost in that scene.
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7:23a, 10/13/22
Matt Damon then in Eurotrip
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Really wanted to put Will Ferrell from Wedding Crashers, but he's technically in 3 scenes. However, that was one of the cameos that truly had me rolling in laughter and is still one of the funniest moments in a comedy. "Ma! The meatloaf! ****!"
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I don't know about BEST, but Christian Slater as a random security guy in that one Star Trek movie (Undiscovered Country?) was one of the most unexpected.
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In reply to The Porkchop Express • 8:06a, 10/13/22
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The Porkchop Express said:
Brian Earl Spilner said:
Admittedly it's a very good scene by Harrison Ford. But yeah sorry, he's dead, and regular people don't get force ghosts. Should've been Anakin.
I mean Kylo literally says "you're just a memory". Han is no way a Force Ghost in that scene.
Which is why it's a cheat. JJ just waved his hand in the air and said "Let's get a Han force ghost in there. Just call him a memory, whatever."

The script was already ridiculous so what's one more thing.
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In reply to EastSideAg2002 • 8:07a, 10/13/22
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Really wanted to throw out Les Grossman, but isn't he sprinkled throughout the movie with more than just that one scene?

Admittedly I haven't seen Tropic Thunder in years.
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In reply to Brian Earl Spilner • 8:09a, 10/13/22
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Brian Earl Spilner said:
The Porkchop Express said:
Brian Earl Spilner said:
Admittedly it's a very good scene by Harrison Ford. But yeah sorry, he's dead, and regular people don't get force ghosts. Should've been Anakin.
I mean Kylo literally says "you're just a memory". Han is no way a Force Ghost in that scene.
Which is why it's a cheat. JJ just waved his hand in the air and said "Let's get a Han force ghost in there. Just call him a memory, whatever."

The script was already ridiculous so what's one more thing.


Have you never seen or talked to someone no longer with us? Man, I saw my grandfather for months after he passed, and a friend as well who took his own life years ago. Really not trying to get into a TROS debate, but I would suspect that this scene resonated with a lot of people who lost someone before they got to day the things they wish they'd said.
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In reply to Brian Earl Spilner • 8:11a, 10/13/22
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Brian Earl Spilner said:
Really wanted to throw out Les Grossman, but isn't he sprinkled throughout the movie with more than just that one scene?

Admittedly I haven't seen Tropic Thunder in years.

My first thought as well but he has more than 1 scene
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In reply to The Porkchop Express • 8:15a, 10/13/22
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Yes I have. Doesn't change my mind.

Let's not have a debate on every single thread? You directed your post to me, so I responded.
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Tanya 93 said:
Matt Damon then in Eurotrip
Scotty didn't know, but Matt Damon made him find out.
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In reply to Brian Earl Spilner • 8:18a, 10/13/22
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Ok, I'm sorry I disagreed with you. Not sure what I was thinking!
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Have always thought this RDJ scene in Chef is excellent.

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I don't know about BEST, but Christian Slater as a random security guy in that one Star Trek movie (Undiscovered Country?) was one of the most unexpected.


I remember seeing that movie and some random guy yelling out what the ****, Christian slater? Really loud.
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