Alright kids, we got some schweet schwag to give away. With the recent release of Brooklyn’s Finest on DVD, the studio reps were gracious enough to hand over a free copy of the DVD for us to enjoy as we see fit. Probably best to give back to our readers who have given so much to us.
So here’s the deal. I ain’t too keen on just picking a name out of a virtual hat; that’s no fun and doesn’t foster much discussion either (which is what things in the third row are supposed to be all about!). So instead, looking over the ginormous and excellent cast for the film on IMDb, here is what I propose: choose one cast member from Brooklyn’s Finest and list your three favorite films by that actor in the comments section below. There are lots to choose amongst; from Don Cheadle to Ellen Barkin and from Will Patton to Lili Taylor and a whole bunch in between.
Put your list below and we’ll choose someone randomly from all entrants. Don’t try to choose what you think we’d like. That won’t improve your chances of winning – put your own choices and defend them if you need to!
RowThree contributors are not eligible, but I encourage you to drop a list in there anyway.
I have no interest in the DVD, but I will chime in because your suggestion is fun:
Don Cheadle:
Boogie Nights
Out of Sight
Devil in a Blue Dress
Lili Taylor Rocks. Besides her great cameos in many John Cusack flics she has had some amazing starring roles in some very unique films.
#3 Girl’s Town
#2 The Addiction
#1 Household Saints
Favorite Vincent D’Onofrio performances (not films):
3) Adventures in Babysitting (Thor, mighty god of thunder. He’s a homo.)
2) Men in Black
1) The Cell
Congrats to djangoscud for winning the DVD! I’ll be contacting you shortly to get in touch with you on how to receive your prize. Thanks for all of the entries and I hope we can do something like this again in the near future!
Feel free to keep this conversation rolling with more top three lists!
My D’Onofrio three:
Full Metal Jacket
The Player
The Salton Sea
DON CHEADLE:
Boogie Nights
Traffic
Hamburger Hill
Ethan Hawke’s a little easy to do with all Linklater films (in which he plays the same character):
Before Sunrise
Before Sunset
Waking Life
If I only get to pick one Linklater film, my Hawke picks would be:
Before Sunrise
Gattaca
and…maybe Training Day
or maybe Hamlet; I have a perverse interest in modernized Shakespeare
that Hamlet is awful.
Hawke best:
1. Before Sunrise
2. Gattaca
3. Reality Bites
And since I doubt there will be love for Richard Gere:
1. Unfaithful
2. The Hoax
3. Days of Heaven
Oh bugger – and I don’t think that version of Hamlet is awful. It’s definitely not the best but also far from the worst. I’m actually a pretty big fan.
Ethan Hawke:
Gattaca
Before Sunset
Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead
Good call on BEFORE THE DEVIL Aaron. can’t believe I forgot that one!
Hawke:
Before Sunrise/Sunset
Tape
Alive
That version of Hamlet hilariously and scarily sets one of the key soliloquies in a BLOCKBUSTER VIDEO. Madness!
I am going with Hunky Richard Gere.
1. Pretty Woman – Yeah, I love it, and not too proud to shout it.
2. Chicago
3. Hachi: A Dogs Tale. (get the tissues ready)
Hmm for Ethan Hawke I would go with
Gattaca
Reality Bites
Hamlet