His best role….
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Dustbowler — 19 years ago(August 15, 2006 08:17 PM)
He was great in Hard Rain. I was rooting for him the whole way. You have to love him as Cousin Eddie(he made Vegas Vaction watchable). He did a great job as The Monster in TNT's version of Frankenstein(amazing performance as a dark character).
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sportsnight1 — 19 years ago(August 28, 2006 07:57 PM)
quick change, without a doubt! its a very hard job to be funnier than bill murray, but randy gets the laughs with worried and innocent lines, great job!
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Woodyanders — 19 years ago(March 18, 2007 12:50 PM)
My all-time favorite Randy Quaid part is Cousin Eddie in the "Vacation" films." I likewise dug his roles in "The Last Picture Show," "The Last Detail," "Bound for Glory," "Midnight Express," "Parents," and "Freaked."
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brandomarlon2003 — 18 years ago(May 07, 2007 12:36 PM)
He was in a low-budget 1989 black comedy called "Parents". He played a Ward Cleaver like father. Slowly, his young son starts to realize that his parents are actually cannibals. It is not a great movie nor a bad movie. Just very strange and unpleasant but BOY Quaid's performance was sensational.
He was also great as the robotic bodyguard in "Pluto Nash" and he made a fine villain in "Hard Rain".
He frequently gets typecast as the loveable slob such as Cousin Eddie but as someone said he gave his Russell Cassb68e character in "ID4" more depth and humanity.
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brandomarlon2003 — 18 years ago(May 30, 2007 02:45 PM)
I also just watched him in a low-budget, direct to video thriller called "Last Rites". He plays a serial killer named Jeremy Dillon. He is on Death Row and waiting to be electrocuted. He is put into the electric chair and a bolt of lightening strikes him and Quaid's character does not die. After healing from the lightening burns, Dillon (Quaid) has psychic abilities and forewarns the authorities of crimes that are due to happen. He claims to have no memory of his past crimes and acts totally nice compared to the beginning of the film. The movie itself is not much but Quaid gives a strong performance.
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Erotophonophilliac — 18 years ago(July 18, 2007 07:58 AM)
Parents is one of those odd black comedies that you keep watching to see just how dark it can get. For me the whole movie was worth it for the moment when the son refuses to eat meat (human) at the family meal and Quaid growls "You're no son of mine" at him. Deadpan, dark, dangerous and damned funny.
And he's hilarious in both Freaked and Kingpin
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tannermorgan — 18 years ago(September 09, 2007 08:26 PM)
"Midnight Express"he made me uncomfortable and paranoid watching that performance; very good. As for comedy, his character in the two good "Vacation" movies (the first one and Christmas), was his best, bar none. Cousin Eddie is a classic comedic sideman, right up there with Carl Spackler, Barry, and Frank "The Tank" Ricard. His work in "Quick Change" was hilarious, with dramatic undertones that gave the character the depth needed to stand up alongside Bill Murray's. Yeah.