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11-04-2011 , 01:58 PM

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nunnehi

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For the younger generation on this thread, (by younger I mean the thirty-somethings), I submit to you Boiler Room and Mallrats.....

I don't really care to do the research on Mallrats, but most of the people in Boiler Room had been working, and relatively known prior to that movie coming out. They weren't superstar famous, except maybe Affleck, but I don't really think this movie applies.

If you were going that route, on a much larger scale you would think Ocean's 11, but his question was more based on the idea that basically everyone was unknown, except for a couple of established people. Then, out of the movie they became known in some form or another. Most of the people in Boiler Room had pretty decent credit lists before being in that movie, even if they wouldn't have been considered mainstream famous.

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11-04-2011 , 02:54 PM

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Platoon is one that comes to mind, but it isn't that movie.

This was the first film I could think of but I'm not much of a movie buff.

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11-05-2011 , 04:54 PM

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slicktorine

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One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest.

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11-06-2011 , 04:16 PM

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dazed and confused had a lot of no names who went on to big careers

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11-09-2011 , 08:04 PM

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First one that came to my mind was Point Blank

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11-11-2011 , 12:32 AM

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First one that came to my mind was Point Blank

Patrick Swayze was a total nobody before that movie.

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11-11-2011 , 01:47 AM

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Top Gun had a ton of people in it

Meg Ryan was a nobody and had a small part
Anthony Edwards (Goose) was a nobody and wound up as a main cast member on ER
Val Kilmer wasn't well known back then, but obv a douche
Tim Robbins was some back-seat pilot

Tom Skerritt, Michael Ironside, James Tolkan are well-known B-listers in lots of movies

And of course Kelly McGillis and Tom Cruise both went on to be gay

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11-11-2011 , 05:22 AM

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was it ConAir?

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11-11-2011 , 01:33 PM

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I'm not sure how famous many of them were at the time but True Romance had a ridiculous cast:

Christian Slater
Patricia Arquette
Michael Rapaport
Bronson Pinchot
Saul Rubinek
Dennis Hopper
James Gandolfini
Gary Oldman
Christopher Walken
Chris Penn
Tom Sizemore
Brad Pitt
Val Kilmer
Samuel L. Jackson

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11-11-2011 , 01:36 PM

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Why is everyone making guesses of movies that didn't release anywhere near 1963?

Is the OP ever coming back to reveal his movie?

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11-11-2011 , 01:50 PM

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Originally Posted by spadebidder

Why is everyone making guesses of movies that didn't release anywhere near 1963?

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Originally Posted by dex 1

Hi Folks - I'm 58 years old & I like movies...so I've had plenty of time to see a lot of them.

What I noticed about this movie was that most of the supporting cast were unknown actors at the time of this movie.

Believe it or not....this movie had 2 well known actors in it at the time. And I would say that 8 or 9 others from the cast ended up having careers in the movies or T.V.

Some of these ended up having BIG MOVIE or BIG T.V. careers. While some just became working actors that would have parts in the movies or T.V. that would be successful enough that most people would know their names.

Can anybody else think of any movies where they have seen this phenomenon?

The one I'm talking about came out in 1967. Anybody want to take a guess at that one?

I'd be interested in seeing what other movies people could come up with.

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11-11-2011 , 02:04 PM

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spadebidder

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Ah, thanks.

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11-11-2011 , 06:44 PM

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Shakespeare movies usually tap a lot of young talented British actors.

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11-12-2011 , 07:09 PM

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Originally Posted by daveT

Patrick Swayze was a total nobody before that movie.

Back off Warchild, this ain't Point Break, it's Point Blank (1967):

Lee Marvin
Angie Dickinson
Keenan Wynn
Carroll O'Connor
Lloyd Bochner
Michael Strong
John Vernon
Sharon Acker
James Sikking

A lot of TV with that group.

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11-12-2011 , 08:25 PM

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Everyone on that list had worked a ton before that movie, so I don't think it applies, hikeeba.

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11-12-2011 , 08:28 PM

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This thread is tilting the crap out of me.

Where the hell is OP to end this?

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11-12-2011 , 08:50 PM

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nunnehi

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Yeah, that's pissing me off, too...lol.

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11-15-2011 , 03:49 AM

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Another one was Silverado.

Scott Glenn
Kevin Kline
Rosanna Arquette
Linda Hunt
and Kevin Costner

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11-17-2011 , 07:20 PM

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FUOP

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11-17-2011 , 07:35 PM

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FUOP

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11-18-2011 , 01:49 PM

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Fast Times at Ridgemont High

Sean Penn
Jennifer Jason Leigh
Judge Reinhold
Phoebe Cates
Forest Whitaker
Anthony Edwards
Eric Stoltz
Nicolas Cage

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11-18-2011 , 03:45 PM

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my guess is Easy Rider

I skimmed the thread real fast so not sure if answer already given

edit meh - 1969

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11-22-2011 , 10:57 PM

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guess who's coming to dinner?

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11-23-2011 , 12:04 AM

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Originally Posted by Wetdog

Another one was Silverado.

Scott Glenn
Kevin Kline
Rosanna Arquette
Linda Hunt
and Kevin Costner

Danny Glover(didn't become "famous" until after this movie)
Jeff Fahey
Lynn Whitfield
Earl Hindman(Wilson from Home Improvement)

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11-23-2011 , 01:02 AM

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Silverado is a very good example of what FUOP was asking about, with adult actors.

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