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Bildungsromanne:

Stephane Audran in BABETTE’S FEAST

Minnie Driver in BEAUTIFUL

Pilar Padilla in BREAD & ROSES

Toni Collette in CLOCKWATCHERS

Mary Steenburgen in CROSS CREEK

Sandra Oh in DOUBLE HAPPINESS

Michelle Rodriguez in GIRLFIGHT

Minnie Driver in GOVERNESS

Illeana Douglas in GRACE OF MY HEART

Maria de Medeiros in HENRY & JUNE

Kate Winslett in HOLY SMOKE

Emma Thompson in HOWARDS END

Holly Hunter in LIVING OUT LOUD

Sandra Bullock in MISS CONGENIALITY

Meryl Streep in OUT OF AFRICA

Nicole Kidman in PORTRAIT OF A LADY

Goldie Hawn in PRIVATE BENJAMIN

Audrey Hepburn in ROMAN HOLIDAY

Davis & Sarandon in THELMA & LOUISE

Susan Traylor, VALERIE FLAKE

Barbra Streisand in YENTL

 

About Business:

Alan Arkin in 13 CONVERSATIONS ABOUT ONE THING
Giovanni Ribisi in BOILER ROOM
Molly Parker in CENTER OF THE WORLD
The Ensemble in GLENGARRY GLEN ROSS
Marlon Brando & Al Pacino in GODFATHER
Al Pacino & Lee Strasberg in GODFATHER II
Radha Mitchell in HIGH ART
Aaron Eckhart in IN THE COMPANY OF MEN
Kaleil Tuzman in STARTUP.COM

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About Comic Couples:

Cary Grant & Deborah Kerr in AFFAIR TO REMEMBER
Ellen Barkin & Dennis Quaid in BIG EASY
Amy Irving & Antonio Fagundes in BOSSA NOVA
Kevin Costner & Susan Sarandon in BULL DURHAM
Kevin Kline & Tom Selleck in IN AND OUT
Cher & Nicolas Cage in MOONSTRUCK
Brendan Fraser & Rachel Weisz in THE MUMMY
Brendan Fraser & Rachel Weisz in THE MUMMY RETURNS
Daryl Hannah & Steve Martin in ROXANNE
Joe E. Brown & Jack Lemmon in SOME LIKE IT HOT
Greer Goodman & Donal Logue in TAO OF STEVE

 

About Cops:

Dennis Quaid in BIG EASY
Jamie Lee Curtis in BLUE STEEL
Frances McDormand in FARGO
Johnny Depp in FROM HELL
Michael Boatman in GLASS SHIELD
Al Pacino in HEAT
Joe Mantegna in HOMICIDE
Stellan Skarsgard in INSOMNIA
Chris Cooper in LONE STAR
William Petersen in MANHUNTER
Bill Paxton in ONE FALSE MOVE
Keanu Reeves in POINT BREAK
Jodie Foster in SILENCE OF THE LAMBS
Sean Penn in STATE OF GRACE
Harvey Keitel in THELMA & LOUISE
Trevor Howard & Bernard Lee in THIRD MAN
Charlton Heston & Orson Wells in TOUCH OF EVIL
Kris Kristofferson in TROUBLE IN MIND
Harrison Ford in WITNESS

 

About Families:

The Krichinskys in AVALON
The Horners in BOOGIE NIGHTS
The Drayton/Prentices in GUESS WHO'S COMING TO DINNER?
The Kurtzmans in LIBERTY HEIGHTS
The Portokakos Family in MY BIG FAT GREEK WEDDING
The Hekes in ONCE WERE WARRIORS
The Lords in PHILADELPHIA STORY
The Patterson/Popes in RUNNING ON EMPTY
The Waitzkins in SEARCHING FOR BOBBIE FISHER
The Quintanilla Family in SELENA
The Abromowitzes in SLUMS OF BEVERLY HILLS
The Ingalls Family in THIS IS MY LIFE
The Finches in TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
The Waters Family in VISIT
The Kantrowitz’s in WALK ON THE MOON
The Grapes in WHAT’S EATING GILBERT GRAPE?
The Earps in WYATT EARP

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About Fellow Travelers:

Jack Elliott in BALLAD OF RAMBLIN’ JACK ELLIOTT
David Carradine in BOUND FOR GLORY
Adrien Brody in BREAD & ROSES
Gary Cooper in FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS
Henry Fonda in GRAPES OF WRATH
Cameron Diaz in INVISIBLE CIRCUS
Chris Cooper in MATEWAN
Warren Beatty & Diane Keaton in REDS
Maureen Stapleton in REDS
Judd Hirsch & Christine Lahti in RUNNING ON EMPTY
Barbra Streisand in WAY WE WERE
The Friends in WHAT TO DO IN CASE OF FIRE?

 

About Geeks:

Ed Harris in APOLLO 13
Russell Crowe in A BEAUTIFUL MIND
Peter Sarsgaard in CENTER OF THE WORLD
Sam Neill in THE DISH
Dougray Scott & Kate Winslet in ENIGMA
Jeff Goldblum in THE FLY
Tom Herman in STARTUP.COM

 

About Loners:

Martin Sheen in APOCALYPSE NOW
John Travolta in BLOW OUT
Clive Owen in CROUPIER
Jason Miller in EXORCIST
Steve McQueen in GREAT ESCAPE
Robert Shaw in JAWS
Kirk Douglas in LUST FOR LIFE
James Stewart in MAN FROM LARAMIE
Jim Carrey in MAN ON THE MOON
Marlene Dietrich in MOROCCO
Audrey Hepburn in NUN’S STORY
John Wayne in SEARCHER
Julia Ormond in SMILLA’S SENSE OF SNOW
Robert De Niro in TAXI DRIVER
Genevieve Bujold in TROUBLE IN MIND
Montgomery Clift in WILD RIVER
Emma Thompson in WIT
Toshiro Mifune in YOJIMBO

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About Manipulators:

Ben Affleck in BOILER ROOM
Tim Roth in CAPTIVES
Alec Baldwin in GLENGARRY GLEN ROSS
Uma Therman in GOLDEN BOWL 
Aaron Eckhart in IN THE COMPANY OF MEN
Wes Studi in LAST OF THE MOHICANS
Barbara Hershey in PORTRAIT OF A LADY
Kevin Bacon in TELLING LIES IN AMERICA
Jason Patrick in YOUR FRIENDS & NEIGHBORS

 

About Married Partners:

Armin Mueller-Stahl & Joan Plowright in AVALON
Elizabeth Perkins & Aidan Quinn in AVALON
Tantoo Cardinal & Graham Greene in DANCES WITH WOLVES
Kevin Costner & Amy Madigan in FIELD OF DREAMS
Patricia Neal & Gary Cooper in FOUNTAINHEAD
James Fox & Anjelica Huston in GOLDEN BOWL
Hepburn & Tracy in GUESS WHO'S COMING TO DINNER?
Anthony Hopkins & Emma Thompson in HOWARDS END
Bruce Davison & Mark Lamos in LONGTIME COMPANION
Sanaa Lathan & Omar Epps in LOVE & BASKETBALL
Sarita Choudhury & Denzel Washington in MISSISSIPPI MASALA
Antonio Banderas & Tom Hanks in PHILADELPHIA
Marcia Gay Harden & Ed Harris in POLLOCK
Warren Beatty & Diane Keaton in REDS
Judd Hirsch & Christine Lahti in RUNNING ON EMPTY
Joan Allen & Joe Mantegna in SEARCHING FOR BOBBIE FISHER
Anne Archer & Fred Ward in SHORT CUTS
Bruce Davison & Andie MacDowell in SHORT CUTS
Jennifer Jason Leigh & Chris Penn in SHORT CUTS
Matthew Modine & Julianne Moore in SHORT CUTS
Tim Robbins & Madeleine Stowe in SHORT CUTS
Lilly Tomlin & Tom Waitts in SHORT CUTS
Audrey Hepburn & Albert Finney in TWO FOR THE ROAD
Diane Lane & Liev Schreiber in WALK ON THE MOON
Amy Irving & Mandy Patinkin in YENTL

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About Mentors:

Philip Seymour Hoffman in ALMOST FAMOUS
Lupe Ontiveros in CHUCK & BUCK
Graham Greene in DANCES WITH WOLVES
Edward G. Robinson in DOUBLE INDEMNITY
ET in ET
Jaime Tirelli in GIRLFIGHT
Ally Sheedy in HIGH ART
Anthony Quinn in LUST FOR LIFE
Karl Malden in ON THE WATERFRONT
John Wayne in MAN WHO SHOT LIBERTY VALANCE
Michael Caine in MISS CONGENIALITY
Albert Brooks in MY FIRST MISTER
Lou Gossett Jr. in OFFICER & GENTLEMAN
Martin Landau in ROUNDERS
John Turturo in ROUNDERS
Steve McQueen in SAND PEBBLES
Laurence Fishburne in SEARCHING FOR BOBBY FISHER
Ben Kingsley in SEARCHING FOR BOBBY FISHER
Morgan Freeman in SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION
Eddie Murphy in SHREK
Robert Preston in VICTOR VICTORIA

 

About Newshounds:

Dennis Hopper in APOCALYPSE NOW REDUX
Walter Matthau & Patricia Neal in FACE IN THE CROWD
Tom Selleck in IN AND OUT
Arthur Kennedy in LAWRENCE OF ARABIA
James Stewart in REAR WINDOW
Warren Beatty in REDS
Gregory Peck in ROMAN HOLIDAY

 

About Performance:

Terence Stamp in ADVENTURES OF PRISCILLA, QUEEN OF THE DESERT
Andy Griffiths in A FACE IN THE CROWD
Minnie Driver in THE GOVERNESS
Cate Blanchett in THE MAN WHO CRIED
Julie Kavner in THIS IS MY LIFE
Julie Andrews & Robert Preston in VICTOR/VICTORIA

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About Perps:

John Lithgow in BLOW OUT
Warren Beatty & Faye Dunaway in BONNIE & CLYDE
Fred MacMurray & Barbara Stanwyck in DOUBLE INDEMNITY
William H. Macy in FARGO
Annette Benning in GRIFTERS
John Cusack in GRIFTERS
Pat Hingle in GRIFTERS
Angelica Huston in GRIFTERS
J.T. Walsh in GRIFTERS
Robert De Niro in HEAT
Joe Mantegna in HOUSE OF GAMES
Ben Gazarra in KILLING OF A CHINESE BOOKIE
Brian Cox in MANHUNTER
Lee Marvin in MAN WHO SHOT LIBERTY VALANCE
Tippi Hedren in MARNIE
Robert De Niro & James Woods in ONCE UPON A TIME IN AMERICA
Michael Beach, Billy Bob Thorton, & Cynda Williams in ONE FALSE MOVE
Patrick Swayze in POINT BREAK
Zero Mostel & Gene Wilder in PRODUCERS
Samuel L. Jackson in PULP FICTION
Ben Kingsley in SEXY BEAST
Joseph Cotton in SHADOW OF A DOUBT (1943)
Anthony Hopkins in SILENCE OF THE LAMBS
Ray Liotta in SOMETHING WILD
Steve Martin in SPANISH PRISONER
Morgan Freeman in STREET SMART
Davis & Sarandon in THELMA & LOUISE
Orson Welles in THIRD MAN
Steve McQueen in THOMAS CROWN AFFAIR (1968)
Kris Kristofferson in TROUBLE IN MIND
Kevin Spacey in USUAL SUSPECTS
Hill Harper in VISIT
William Holden in WILD BUNCH
Mark Walberg in YARDS

 

About Songbirds:

Diane Keaton in ANNIE HALL
Marlene Dietrich in BLONDE VENUS
Marilyn Monroe in BUS STOP
Marlene Dietrich in FOREIGN AFFAIR
Arlen, Bruce, Dane in GYPSY
Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio in LIMBO
Queen Latifah in LIVING OUT LOUD
Ronee Blakley in NASHVILLE
Jennifer Lopez in SELENA
Julie Andrews in VICTOR VICTORIA
Barbra Streisand in FUNNY GIRL 2001

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About Star-Crossed Lovers:

Warren Beatty & Faye Dunaway in BONNIE & CLYDE
Hilary Swank & Chloe Sevigny in BOYS DON’T CRY
Mary McDonnell & Kevin Costner in DANCES WITH WOLVES
Julie Christie & Donald Sutherland in DON’T LOOK NOW
Nandita Das & Rahul Khanna in EARTH
Geena Davis & Jeff Goldblum in FLY
Ingrid Bergman & Gary Cooper in FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS
Daniel Day-Lewis & Madeleine Stowe in LAST OF THE MOHICANS
Elizabeth Pena & Chris Cooper in LONE STAR
Johnny Depp & Christina Ricci in MAN WHO CRIED
Julie Christie & Warren Beatty in McCABE & MRS MILLER
Ingrid Bergman & Cary Grant in NOTORIOUS
Richard Gere & Deborah Winger in OFFICER & GENTLEMAN
Jennifer Connelly & Scott Tiler in ONCE UPON A TIME IN AMERICA
Robert De Niro & Elizabeth McGovern in ONCE UPON A TIME IN AMERICA
Eva Marie Saint & Marlon Brando in ON THE WATERFRONT
Kim Novak & William Holden in PICNIC
Gwyneth Paltrow & Joseph Fiennes in SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE
Robin Wright (Penn) & Sean Penn in STATE OF GRACE
Rachel Weisz & Vincent Perez in SWEPT FROM THE SEA
Marlene Dietrich & Orson Wells in TOUCH OF EVIL
Lori Singer & Kris Kristofferson in TROUBLE IN MIND
Juliet Binoche & Daniel Day-Lewis in 
UNBEARABLE LIGHTNESS OF BEING
Dan Futterman & Matt Keeslar in URBANIA
Barbra Streisand & Robert Redford in WAY WE WERE
Kelly McGillis & Harrison Ford in WITNESS
Kim Dickins & Bill Pullman in ZERO EFFECT

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About Warriors:

Denzel Washington in COURAGE UNDER FIRE
The Men of the 54th Massachusetts Infantry in GLORY
The Crew of K-19: THE WIDOWMAKER
Omar Sharif & Anthony Quinn in LAWRENCE OF ARABIA
Franka Potente in RUN LOLA RUN
George C. Scott in PATTON
Tom Hanks in SAVING PRIVATE RYAN
Aki Avni in TIME OF FAVOR
Nicolas Cage in WINDTALKERS