is john cazale the only actor whose….
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johnyjoe — 19 years ago(September 02, 2006 11:53 PM)
perhaps if you can find another good actor that only made seven movies, all with world-class actors and directors, you'd find the same thing, however, most actors have dozens of films out, and it would be impossible for them all to be in the top 250.
I would just like to state that John Cazale would have been considered a world class actor had he lived a longer life. It's not that he was surrounded by fame (at the time The Godfather was being made, no one was really that famous), it's that he was an extremely talented man.
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kaiser858 — 14 years ago(July 31, 2011 02:33 AM)
If you had no idea who Cazale was and you heard Pacino or Streep talk about how great and actor John Cazale was you would make seeing him work one of your priorities in cinema.
Watch this documentary made in 2009, "I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale" and listen to all the top level actors and directors and producers talk about Cazale and you will change your opinion that he basically got lucky because of his supporting cast. And not only actors from his generation but top actors that were babies when Cazale made movies that have been inspired by him. -
FirestoneDustheap — 20 years ago(September 24, 2005 03:35 PM)
Yes, he is the only actor with multiple credits (playing multiple roles, not just in one movie) to have all his movies in the top 250 and the only one to have all his movies up for best picture. American Way doesn't count because it's a short and shorts don't even qualify for the top 250 list.
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Kyle_Richards — 20 years ago(January 09, 2006 02:09 PM)
Yeah, I realized after watching Deer Hunter and reading that he died basically RIGHT after that. It's something else that all of the movies he's been in are terrific. My personal favorite is Dog Day Afternoon, thats a damn good movie. I've yet to see the Conversation though, might as well complete my Cazale viewings.
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liquidmetalrob — 20 years ago(February 04, 2006 01:13 PM)
John Cazale was a great guy. Also all his films have at least an 8.0/10 rating. Hearing Cavatina at the end of Battlestar Galactica just now reminded me of The Deer Hunter. R.I.P. John.
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syphus — 20 years ago(February 20, 2006 06:20 AM)
It sounds impressive till you find out he died young and only made 7 movies. Had he lived I think he would have gotten very big probably about Robert Duvall or James Caan status but like all stars would have probably made a few stinkers. All his co-stars in the Godfather films have done some real stinkers, Cazale just lucked out in the film dept to be in 7 real good ones.
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dldutton — 20 years ago(February 23, 2006 12:01 PM)
One of the extraordinary things about this amazing actor is the fact that all five of the the feature films in which he appeared were nominated for a Best Picture Oscar, and three of them won that award. He himself deserved nominations for all of those performances,in my opinion especially for Dog Day Afternoon and Godfather II. His resemblance to Brando in the later scenes in that film are chilling and uncanny. When people talk about the brief life and comet-like career of James Dean, I always think of John Cazale,and the similar impact he had.
My favorite Cazale moment is the one in Dog Day Afternoon when Pacino asks him what country he would like to escape to, and he says "Wyoming." His reaction when Pacino tells him that Wyoming's not a foreign country is more than priceless. I've been to Wyoming, so I can understand his confusion. (Joke if you're from Wyoming, please don't shoot me.) -
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nou — 20 years ago(February 28, 2006 05:49 AM)Yes, John Cazale has a short list of films he's been in, perhaps he might have eventually made some clunkers if he didn't pass away and simply leave a fantastic resume and legacy, we'll never know though will we!?! So here's another way to put it: IS THERE ANOTHER ACTOR WHO'S BEEN IN FIVE ==CONSECUTIVE== "ACADEMY AWARD" NOMINATED FILMS?
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ddyfad — 19 years ago(August 02, 2006 05:58 AM)
Even aside from the success of his films, the number of great performances he gave (five) divided by the number of films he made (five) gives a perfect one - which could be said to make him the most consistently great film actor ever!
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ddyfad — 19 years ago(August 12, 2006 09:27 AM)
I didn't really know anything about him as a person. I'm glad to learn that he was one of the good guys offscreen! The award renaming would be a lovely gesture that I'm sure would be popular with a lot of actors. If enough people backed the suggestion, who knows?
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mightyman — 19 years ago(March 03, 2007 04:07 PM)
I love john cazale, so don't take this the wrong way. Three best pic noms in two years was beaten by John C. Reilly for Chicago, the Hours, and Gangs of New York. All nominated the same year. None as good as any of Cazale's films however.