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Unread 10-12-2009, 01:48 PM
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Default Who's the greatest classic "everyman?"
Jimmy Stewart gets my vote, but there's also Gary Cooper and Jack Lemmon.
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Unread 10-12-2009, 02:38 PM
 
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Can I just co-sign your choices?
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Unread 10-12-2009, 03:04 PM
 
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Yeah, great topic but you've got the answer covered! I might add John Garfield for the noir category.

Of the more contemporary actors Tom Hanks is the inheritor. Bill Paxton and William H. Macy would be good examples but perhaps not among the "greatest". I think Gene Hackman would compete but he has played so many villains too. I'm sure it has a lot to do with post-'60s moral complexities. What do they say? About the banality of evil?

A side question: Can we identify the classic "everywoman" in films, classic to contemporary?
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Unread 10-13-2009, 03:16 PM
 
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Joel McCrea, too ?
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Unread 10-13-2009, 04:35 PM
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Yeah, great topic but you've got the answer covered! I might add John Garfield for the noir category.

Of the more contemporary actors Tom Hanks is the inheritor. Bill Paxton and William H. Macy would be good examples but perhaps not among the "greatest". I think Gene Hackman would compete but he has played so many villains too. I'm sure it has a lot to do with post-'60s moral complexities. What do they say? About the banality of evil?

A side question: Can we identify the classic "everywoman" in films, classic to contemporary?
Garfield brings to mind William Bendix. He wasn't noir, but definitely an everyman in his day.

I agree on Hanks. It's tougher to name a modern one for some reason, but I think Hanks fits the bill.

Everywoman, or start a new thread.
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Lakewooder: McCrea sure.
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I'm also gonna add John Wayne and Spencer Tracy.
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Unread 10-13-2009, 04:47 PM
 
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Oldies

Jimmy Stewart
Spencer Tracy

Modern

Tom Hanks
Will Smith
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Unread 10-13-2009, 05:08 PM
 
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Henry Fonda
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Unread 10-13-2009, 07:26 PM
 
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James Stewart is a really good option. Another might be Morgan Freeman.
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Unread 10-13-2009, 11:27 PM
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For homespun authenticity i would have to say karl malden he said he was a method actor any method that works
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