HELLO I AM AN AL PACINO POLL

is this already posted on the thread? i'm too lazy to look. i basically love the fact that his recent stated reason for his shouty overacting is that he did it one time and no one told him to stop acting like an ass, so he just is going to keep doing it until some director finally tells him to reign it in a little. i like that kind of thing, it's like a marlon brando "fuck you i will do what i want" that really doesn't actually make for, like, quality family entertainment always but it's kind of hilarious nonetheless.

I'm not sure he ever shouts in Ocean's 13.

yeah, he's pretty restrained

I guess Mike Newell told him to can it on Donnie Brasco then (a sterling perf that gets no poll love).

guys, i'm just quoting the man, y'all can feel free to take your counterexamples to 1-800-AL-PACINOS-PHONE

and yeah, Angels in America is in his top 5 or 6 for sure. "NOWWWW you can have some pills!"

shit how did i miss this poll. no love for Brasco?

Thank fuck no-one voted for "Scent of a Woman"

that would mean the lurker is either blind or misunderstood poll question.

Then again, blind? No way.

wait so this is "name movie Pacino is hottest in?" or just "best pacino movie" ? question ain't clear.

i can't believe i never saw this poll, i would have voted serpico in a trice.

The best film missing from that list is Looking for Richard, I suspect.
-- Dr Morbius, Monday, 9 April 2007 16:48 (2 months ago) Bookmark Link

This is correct, I love that film. It has some of my favourite ever bits of filmic fun esp. when they are in Stratford upon Avon and the fire brigade turn up because iirc the film lights have set off the fire alarms at Shakespeares house and when they at a castle and comedy Englisher people are trying to look around while he's filming.

I also missed this poll and also would have voted Serpico. It's clearly a conspiracy.

You people must be shittin' me. Any Given Sunday???

I finally just saw Dog Day Afternoon, and it was fantastic. I am a huge fan of movies that take place in one small setting; I even tend to like not-so-good movies that use a small amount of space to good use (se: Panic Room, Phonebooth... embarrassing!). Also, that was the first I've seen Durning in any other role than Tommy's dad on Rescue Me, and I was so proud that I recognized him! HE looks completely different now! I have a newfound level of appreciation for Pacino.

Also, that was the first I've seen Durning in any other role than Tommy's dad on Rescue Me

waht

sorry, rephrase... first i've recognized him. i have probably seen him in other stuff. but also i don't see many movies.

although, after going through his huge number of movies, i've only seen like one of those! and i don't even remember him in the one i have seen... o brother. or maybe i do, now that i think about it. i forget.

Turned 70 yesterday, btw (didn't see the 60Mins interview, or the HBO Kevorkian pic).

"THIS WHOLE POLL IS OUT OF ORDER!!!"

http://kcinvestmentproperty.files.wordpress.com/2008/01/al-pacino.jpg

Loved him in To Kill A Mockingbird.

Atticus! Atticus!

(Sorry)

Pac' goin' ham

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eoyxeaBguTk

i will not go down... that way!

UNTIL THIS CITY! YOUR CITY! OUR CITY! HIS CITY! IS A PALACE AGAIN! IS A PALACE AGAIN!

HELLO I AM ANAL PACINO POLL

Atticus! Atticus!

uh...

dan

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attica_Prison_riot

Please see post before and after, Shakey.

lol sorry, that is what I initially thought the thread title was

basically I am trying to avoid work

hahaha I R dum

ahaha holy shit. yes. YES.

http://i.imgur.com/iXanu.jpg

hes playing phil spector

i didn't vote for it ... but ... and justice for all is one of the all-time best lawyer movies and it's a little sad that it got no votes at all (while tripe like frankie and johnny and dick tracy did).

lol @ powers boothe

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ok_SM-aSb4

He's so fuckin ham going ham in Devil's Avocate, it is the best thing to watch.

http://blog.zap2it.com/frominsidethebox/al-pacino-phil-spector-hbo.jpg

i will watch the shit out of this

same

you didn't see Spencer Tracy playing Joe Meek when he was Al's age.

(in part cuz he was already dead)

People I Know wisely left off the list. Quote from Ebert on the DVD case: "One of Al Pacino's best performances." Not sure what Roger was thinking--whatever Kael said about later Jack Lemmon is in full effect here. Pacino's exhausting to watch.

Stephen Holden: "Eli is the latest flaming creature to be posted in Mr. Pacino's vivid gallery of driven, bleary-eyed maniacs operating in a twilight zone of harried agitation where terminal exhaustion threatens to tumble into madness."

That pretty much nails it. ("Vivid" notwithstanding, he didn't intend that as praise.)

http://www.evilchili.com/videos/7511/

On set:

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Bb0CFicCcAAKPKD.jpg

I always forget that it's Pacino in the first two Godfather movies. Like that photo, I'm like Oh! Michael! and then wait, I mean, Pacino. Everything about him just screams Michael Corleone. You know? That sounds kinda silly now that I say it out loud...hmph

I understand that perfectly. He plays characters before 1975, and you remember the characters. After that, it's an endless procession of bleary-eyed maniacs operating in a twilight zone of harried agitation where terminal exhaustion threatens to tumble into madness.

Not sure why The Panic in Needle Park was omitted here. No story to speak of--not even an attempt--and if you're as squeamish as I am when it comes to needles, you'll spend five minutes looking away from the screen. Holds up pretty well. Pacino has almost nothing in common with bug-eyed late Pacino, but I can see where the early version has his own set of mannerisms (there are little inflections here that are identical to what he does as Michael Corleone). Kitty Wynn is memorably bedraggled--had to be reminded, when I checked her IMDB page, that she was also in The Exorcist. One-minute part for Paul Sorvino, plus a character actor, Sully Boyar, I recognize from various films (Dog Day Afternoon most prominently). There's another kid who I could have sworn was Bud Cort, but no.

http://image1.findagrave.com/photos/2010/219/11368041_128126184771.jpg

Good long profile:
http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/09/15/caught-act

The birthday girl, Kam, in blue satin shorts and a diamanté tiara, waved Pacino and Sola over to the leather banquette where her posse of svelte girlfriends and their men were huddled. While Sola plunged into the crowd of chatty celebrants, Pacino took a barstool at a table behind them and ordered a plate of barbecued chicken. As he ate, the standup comedian Billy Bellamy, who is credited with coining the phrase “booty call,” appeared. “We’re blessed, man,” Bellamy said. “I’m blessed. You killed in that Liberace shit, man.”

“That was Michael Douglas,” Pacino said, wiping barbecue sauce off his fingers.