NuPwrSoul said:

One of the most Underrated Actors in Hollywood for 10 Plus Years.He stole "Devil in a Blue Dress' From Denzel Washington 10 years back.He was solid in the HBO"Rat Pack".I dig The FOx Football Commericals He does.the Cat is scary Versatile but you know the rules:One at a time,One at a time.Cats like Him&Larenz Tate should be getting More Juice out in Hollywood IMHO.Props to you for mentioning Brother Cheadle.

mistermaxxx said:

He is not underrated..everyone knows and now recognizes and accepts his talent.

rdhull said:

not in Main-Stream White HollyWood Pal.He ain't getting Denzel,Lawrence,Wesley,Morgan&Samual Love Man.that is when you are getting the roles.doing bits&Hustle roles with George Clooney&whatnot ain't pushing th emain Envelope.

mistermaxxx said:

Thats Cheadles choice...he said he prefers the smaller roles etc. He doesn't want all that grandstanding roles in film etc. He likes being under the radar so to speak. He fels this way he can ad more puch to a movie etc and have amore powerful presence and performance. He gets much dap in the Hollywoord community "now".


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rdhull said:

He ain't turning down a Bigger Pay Check Man.if George Clooney can land a Directing gig you know Don is overdue?

mistermaxxx said:

Mouse was tha shit! I loved Mouse. "EZ well if you didn't want him dead, why'd you leave him with me?" I told you to tie him up that's all. "I didn't have time for all that."

rdhull said:

I dunno I thought it was dogged that he was not included in the marketing posters/images for Oceans Eleven.

NuPwrSoul said:

That wass his choice and was documented as that...he said he wanted no credit etc for what reason I cant remember..I think he said something about not being hapy with his performance.

rdhull said:

Word? I guess it was the accent--shit was a bit over the top.

NuPwrSoul said:

yep He was very Hungry in that role.I just feel the Cat should be Bigger than He is.

NuPwrSoul said:

Well it WAS, wasn't it? I love that film, but his accent just throws me off sometimes. They could have just got one of the cast of Snatch or Lock Stock to do it. I hate it how they get American "stars" to put on lame accents when there are more than enough capable British black actors who could handle the role.

JAMIESTARR said:

Thanks Jamie Starr,you are correct.I just watched the film again,and the song that plays during that scene (that Jnoel described) is indeed "Magnet And Steel".I love this song so much that I started a thread about it the other day

Don Cheadles performances in Boogie Nights and Out Of Sight, back to back. I dare you.

Ellie said:

Does that go for Brits who do American accents for tv and films too?

I dunno, you tell me. Do you find British actors' fake US accents annoyingly innacurate?

Ellie said:

Id say more often than not, brits do a pretty good job:

For example:

A large part of the cast of HBOs Band Of Brothers are British actors playing American soldiers.Also Eamonn Walker who portrays Sayeed on OZ is British.

Kate Winslet did a pretty good job in Titanic.

However as much as I love Emma Thompson , I found her accent in Primary Colors slightly less than convincing (this ,of course might be my fault). Ironicly,I had no idea her castmate Adrian Lester was British ,tho.

Ellie said:

Not necessarily annoyingly innacurate in general, no. I don't find American actors' fake British accents annoyingly innacurate in general either.

DavidEye said:

I have both soundtracks. I really love the "Best of My Love" dance scene. MArkyMArk can boogie down.

June7 said:

Here are the songs that appear on Volume 2 of the soundtrack...

"Mama Told Me (Not To Come)" by Three Dog Night
"Fooled Around And Fell In Love" by Elvin Bishop
"You Sexy Thing" by Hot Chocloate
"Boogie Shoes" by KC & The Sunshine Band
"Do Your Thing" by Charles Wright & The Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band
"Driver's Seat" by Sniff 'N' The Tears
"Feel Too Good" by The Move
"Jessie's Girl" by Rick Springfield
"J.P. Walk" by Sound Experience
"I Want To Be Free" by Ohio Players
"Joy" by Apollo 100


Curiously,neither CD contains "Lonely Boy" by Andrew Gold!

June7 said:

Agreed.Lee has a real knack for picking the right songs for certain scenes.Remember in 'Summer of Sam',when the song "Baba O'Reilly" by The Who is playing? That's actually my favorite part of the entire film.

Speaking of 'Summer Of Sam',I've always felt that Lee was heavily inpsired by 'Boogie Nights' when he filmed it.The similarities are obvious.Both films take place in 1977,and they use many of the same songs ("Best Of My Love","Got To Give It Up",etc).Both films are VERY sexual,with unusually explicit sex scenes( in 'Boogie Nights',Mark Wahlberg exposes himself...in 'SOS',John Leguizamo shows off his erection in one scene).There are many other similarities.
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