Friday, July 11, 2014

Plus-sized actors…and their movies to hit my eyes!

I got this idea from the book I will end up reading.  I did skip ahead and one of the tips to appreciate fat, on the bottom of the page, is: "Rent movies with some cool fat actors."  Here are four the author mentioned, plus four I thought of independently.  They are listed with the entire list of films I've seen with them; I am a film buff, so they will all grow I'm sure.

Coincidentally, I'm planning to cast three of them in my big project, which I am determined to have be the first movie made entirely outside Los Angeles.

KATHY BATES
Misery; Fried Green Tomatoes; Dolores ClaiborneTitanic; Primary Colors; Rat Race; Around the World in 80 Days (2004); Little Black BookCharlotte's Web (2006); Fred Claus; The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008); Revolutionary Road; The Blind SideValentine's Day

MARLON BRANDO
The Men; A Streetcar Named Desire; On the WaterfrontSayonara; One-Eyed JacksThe Godfather; Last Tango in ParisSuperman; Apocalypse Now

JOHN CANDY
1941Heavy Metal; SpaceballsPlanes, Trains & AutomobilesThe Great Outdoors; The Rescuers Down Under; Home AloneJFK

OLIVER HARDY
With Laurel: Big Business; Laughing Gravy; The Flying Deuces; The Big Noise
Solo: The Wizard of Oz (1925)

VAL KILMER
Top Gun; WillowBatman Forever; The Ghost and the DarknessThe Prince of EgyptPlanes

ROSIE O'DONNELL
Sleepless in Seattle; The Flintstones; Tarzan

QUEEN LATIFAH
ChicagoBringing Down the House; Last HolidayStranger Than Fiction; Hairspray; Valentine's Day

WILLIAM SHATNER
Alexander the GreatWhite Comanche; Star Trek: The Motion Picture; Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan; Airplane II: The SequelStar Trek III: The Search for SpockStar Trek IV: The Voyage Home; Star Trek V: The Final FrontierStar Trek VI: The Undiscovered CountryNational Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1Dodgeball: A True Underdog StoryOver the Hedge; Escape from Planet Earth

ORSON WELLES ([nar]=narration only)
Citizen Kane; Jane EyreThe Stranger; The Third Man; The Long, Hot SummerThe Vikings (nar); Touch of EvilDavid and GoliathKing of Kings (nar); Chimes at MidnightA Man for All Seasons; Catch-22Rikki-Tikki-Tavi (nar); The Muppet Movie

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