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Rabrrrrrr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-25-06 04:20 PM
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Movie roles that rightfully were Wilford Brimley's but were denied him.
Edited on Sat Mar-25-06 04:21 PM by Rabrrrrrr
Rick in Casablanca.

Mary Poppins in Mary Poppins.

The second Death Star from Return of the Jedi.

The person in the car in American Graffiti.

Gretl in Sound of Music.

The T-1000 in Terminator II.

The plate of potatoes in Encounters of the Third Kind.

Rambo.

Mad Max.

The mountain in Brokeback Mountain.

The Statue of Liberty at the end of Planet of the Apes.
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maveric Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-25-06 04:24 PM
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1. "Sonny" from "Dog Day Afternoon".
"Pauley Cicero" from "Goodfellas".
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Darth_Kitten Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-25-06 04:30 PM
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2. LOL - Jack from Titanic.....
or maybe he should have played the Billy Zane character? :shrug:
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Rabrrrrrr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-25-06 04:33 PM
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3. No, he should be the couch that Kate Winslet modeled on!
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JohnKleeb Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-25-06 04:33 PM
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4. Ok
Helen Hirsch in Schindler's List

Mrs. Robinson in the Graduate

LSD in the Producers

Gordy in Stand By Me

Billy Batts in Goodfellas

Clarice Starling in Silence of the Lambs
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Rabrrrrrr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-25-06 04:39 PM
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5. Oh my, that's so funny - I almost included Gordie in my OP!
But I couldn't remember his name, so I left it out.

:thumbsup:
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JohnKleeb Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-25-06 04:45 PM
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6. That was such a cool movie
I liked it a lot, I related to the fat kid even if I dont look fat at all.
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Katherine Brengle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-25-06 04:54 PM
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7. What's the deal with Wilford Brimley?
Other than the cockfighting thing... is it those dia-beat-issss commercials he does? Or the oatmeal thing? Or the Ewok thing?

:shrug:
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