PETER Boyle poll

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Damn he was in a lot! I removed most TV, horror DTVs, etc.

Poll Results

Option	Votes
Young Frankenstein (1974) .... The Monster	10
Joe (1970) .... Joe Curran	3
Taxi Driver (1976) .... Wizard	2
The Dream Team (1989) .... Jack McDermott	1
Johnny Dangerously (1984) .... Jocko Dundee	1
Outland (1981) .... Sheppard	1
Beyond the Poseidon Adventure (1979) .... Frank Mazzetti	1
Turk 182! (1985) .... Det. Ryan	1
The Friends of Eddie Coyle (1973) .... Dillon	1
Doctor Dolittle (1998) .... Calloway	1
The Candidate (1972) .... Marvin Lucas	0
Slither (1973) .... Barry Fenaka	0
Yellowbeard (1983) .... Moon	0
Hammett (1982) .... Jimmy Ryan	0
F.I.S.T (1978) .... Max Graham	0
Where the Buffalo Roam (1980) .... Carl Lazlo, Esq.	0
Hardcore (1979) .... Andy Mast	0
Swashbuckler (1976) .... Lord Durant	0
The Brink's Job (1978) .... Joe McGinnis	0
Walker (1987) .... Cornelius Vanderbilt	0
Red Heat (1988) .... Cmdr. Lou Donnelly	0
"Everybody Loves Raymond" .... Frank Barone (203 episodes, 1996-2005)	0
Scooby Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed (2004) .... Old Man Wickles	0
The Adventures of Pluto Nash (2002) .... Rowland	0
Monster's Ball (2001) .... Buck Grotowski	0
Species II (1998) .... Dr. Herman Cromwell	0
That Darn Cat (1997) .... Pa	0
While You Were Sleeping (1995) .... Ox Callaghan	0
The Santa Clause (1994) .... Mr. Whittle	0
The Shadow (1994) .... Moe Shrevnitz	0
Malcolm X (1992) .... Captain Green	0
Honeymoon in Vegas (1992) .... Chief Orman	0
Death and the Compass (1992) .... Erik Lonnrot	0
Kickboxer 2: The Road Back (1991) .... Justin	0
Solar Crisis (1990) .... Arnold Teague	0
Speed Zone! (1989) .... Police Chief Spiro T. Edsel	0
All Roads Lead Home (2008) .... Poovey	0

― abanana, Tuesday, 3 March 2009 22:28 (sixteen years ago)

taxi driver too cliché? the flynn bathtub piece was great.

― The Devil's Avocado (Gukbe), Tuesday, 3 March 2009 22:30 (sixteen years ago)

Is Hammett any good?

― Alex in SF, Tuesday, 3 March 2009 22:32 (sixteen years ago)

PUHHINONDARITHHHH

― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 3 March 2009 22:33 (sixteen years ago)

There's some nice flicks on this list.

Johnny Dangerously (1984) .... Jocko Dundee
Outland (1981) .... Sheppard
Where the Buffalo Roam (1980) .... Carl Lazlo, Esq.
Hardcore (1979) .... Andy Mast
Taxi Driver (1976) .... Wizard
Young Frankenstein (1974) .... The Monster
The Candidate (1972) .... Marvin Lucas
Joe (1970) .... Joe Curran

― Alex in SF, Tuesday, 3 March 2009 22:34 (sixteen years ago)

hammett was heavily reshot by copolla, so barely seems like a wenders film.
it's watchable but pretty second-rate and weird (because of the re-editing/reshooting)
wonder if there's an original cut

― velko, Tuesday, 3 March 2009 22:36 (sixteen years ago)

of what i've seen it's gotta be hardcore

― now is the time to winterize your manscape (will), Tuesday, 3 March 2009 22:41 (sixteen years ago)

I have no memory of him in "X" (altho to be fair I only really remember Denzel Washington)

― Wes HI DEREson (HI DERE), Tuesday, 3 March 2009 22:47 (sixteen years ago)

Don't you remember Spike Lee as Denzel's diminutive friend?

― Alex in SF, Tuesday, 3 March 2009 22:50 (sixteen years ago)

I have been actively trying to forget him!

― Wes HI DEREson (HI DERE), Tuesday, 3 March 2009 22:50 (sixteen years ago)

aw he was great!

― horseshoe, Tuesday, 3 March 2009 22:51 (sixteen years ago)

Was Joe his first big role? That's pretty impressive.

― nickn, Wednesday, 4 March 2009 02:30 (sixteen years ago)

f you for not including this
http://s5.tinypic.com/2i1jme0.jpg

― and what stillman (and what), Wednesday, 4 March 2009 02:32 (sixteen years ago)

aw, clyde bruckman

― horseshoe, Wednesday, 4 March 2009 02:34 (sixteen years ago)

real answer is "duelling brandos" skit on snl back in the day </morbs>

― velko, Wednesday, 4 March 2009 03:02 (sixteen years ago)

He would've been such a great monk.

(Voted for Joe, btw.)

― M.V., Wednesday, 4 March 2009 03:32 (sixteen years ago)

I love him in Joe, The Candidate, Eddie Coyle (soon on DVD), Frankenstein and that X-Files ep (you know who Clyde Bruckman was, right?). Besides "Dueling Brandos" you left out the TV film where he played Joe McCarthy.

― Dr Morbius, Wednesday, 4 March 2009 14:27 (sixteen years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

― System, Wednesday, 18 March 2009 00:01 (sixteen years ago)

All of the above, and The Dream Team, which I voted for.

― Pete Scholtes, Wednesday, 18 March 2009 02:00 (sixteen years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

― System, Thursday, 19 March 2009 00:01 (sixteen years ago)

nine years pass...

Watched Joe last night for the first time in a long while. Conceptually/thematically, a key Nixonland film. But it felt like it just plodded along. Boyle's not bad, but I don't think he comes anywhere close to what he later did in The Candidate and Taxi Driver. Avildsen's Save the Tiger is far from perfect, and Lemmon has one or two monologues that are close to unwatchable (mostly I think he's good), but I think it's the better of the two films.

― clemenza, Wednesday, 12 December 2018 22:25 (seven years ago)

well, Joe is a writer's movie (Norman Wexler) more than Avildsen's, and from what I can remember the script is fresher and less formulaic than Save the Tiger.

― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 12 December 2018 22:44 (seven years ago)

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