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    AND he's married to Susan Sarandon....the git!
    
    
    Ian

A very funny movie with terrific performances from
Sarandon and Robbins.

dcl

	See topic 198 for another Robbins film you may be interested
	in seeing (a must see for any Robbins groupie).

    another one: Jacob's Ladder
    A.

    Also, good as the selfish, philandering cop in Short Cuts.
    
    Lorna
    

    
    	RE: .0
    
    	"Miss Firecracker"
    
    							GTI

    Just saw him last night in "The Hudsucker Proxy", where (to quote a
    local paper) "you can watch isolated thoughts drift across his face
    like clouds in a clear blue sky."
    
    Ray

  I believe he was the young pitcher in Bull Durham. That movie was one of
my top 10 favorites of all time. 

  George

    
    Guy who with his wife gives John Cusack and Daphne Zuniga a ride cross 
    country in "The Sure Thing."
    
    Also "Cadillac Man" with Robin Williams
    
    

    So far...
    
    "Eric the Viking"
    "The Hudsucker Proxy"
    "Jacob's Ladder"
    "Bob Roberts"
    "Tapeheads"  (with John Cusack)
    "Cadillac Man"
    "Bull Durham"
    "The Sure Thing" (Didn't realize he was in this)
    "The Player"
    "Miss Firecracker" (didn't remember he was in this either)
    "Short Cuts"
    
    There's probably more.
    
    - Dave

	re -.1: in 'Miss Firecracker', which IMO was an immensely good
	film with character playing from TR as well as Holly Hunter and
	Mary Steenburgen, he was the brother (or cousin), who got out
	from the lunetic hospital. His first appearance in this film was
	where you saw him collecting dead dogs from the roadside (must
	be a _wonderful_ job :-P )..

	This guy obviously has been more in it than I knew of - and yes,
	I see something familiar with Nicolas Cage also - is it inno-
	cense, honesty or something else? Hard to describe.

	Hmmm, I taped 'Jacob's Ladder' last night, looking forward to
	that one...

	Thanks for all the inputs,

	Poul

    
    	"Tapeheads" was EXCELLENT.
    
    							GTI
    

    
    Poul.
    
    'Jacobs Ladder' left a major impression on me.  When I daydream I
    still see scenes from it. Really intense and thought-provoking.  
    Some people hated it though...  McCauley Culkin has a bit part in 
    it if I can remember - and he's NOT irritating :-)
    
    Steve

    
    He's also going to be starring in an upcoming movie based on one of
    Stephen King's books . . .uh . . damn, I forgot the title - one of the
    stories from Night Shift, I think - The Mangler, maybe?
    
    	'Bob Roberts' was a truly terrific film, and 'The Player' and 'Eric
    the Viking' were terrific.  Remember the Beserker dad giving advice to
    the beserker son?
    
    dad	: "Now, you must never let the red rage comsume you until..."
    
    son : "Until the heat of battle!!!  I *know*!!  I KNOW!!  I'ver heard
    it all a *million* times!!!  Arrrrrghhhh!!!" ( proceeds to beserk :-) )
    
    					- Jim

    
 >    He's also going to be starring in an upcoming movie based on one of
 >   Stephen King's books . . .uh . . damn, I forgot the title - one of the
 >   stories from Night Shift, I think - The Mangler, maybe?
 
    Actually, I think its him and Morgan Freeman in the movie version
    of "Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption", the Hope Springs Eternal
    section of Different Seasons.  Bet they pick another title... :^)
    
    My all-time favorite King Story (after the Stand - I guess every SK fan
    needs that disclaimer) - really looking forward to this.
    
    - Sean

    re -.1 ( Sean )
    
    	Thanks!!  I totally forgot which one - they are making a movie from
    the Mangler, though - I'll be looking forward to 'The Rita...' much
    more that *that* one! :-).  For those folks out there who aren't King
    fans, this story is *not* horror - a good story, should be a good
    flick...
    
    					- Jim

    Eric The Viking is one of the worst movies I've ever seen in my life. 
    It's slow paced, the acting is bad, the plot is stupid, and Tim Robbins
    plays a moron.  Just thought I'd warn anyone who hasn't seen it, and
    had any thoughts of renting it!
    
    Lorna
    

    
    	Heck, I remember seeing a movie where Kevin Costner played a
    	moron.
    
    	Change that, it was all of his movies.
    
    							GTI

    re .18, there's a difference between playing a moron, and being a
    moron!  :-)   (just kidding, Kevin)
    
    Actually, I have a problem with the Tim Robbins plays dumb guys.  I
    can't stand his characters when they're supposed to be dumb.  I had a
    similar problem with Cadillac Man where he played a character that was
    so stupid I couldn't stand him.  He should stick to playing intelligent
    characters.  He doesn't do stupid well.
    
    Lorna
    

    Which character did Tim Robbin play in Cadillac Man ?
    I saw this recently and am trying to place his face. 
    
    Royston

    
    Erik the Viking was a wonderfully funny movie ( just wanted to put that
    in, in case anyone was thinking of renting it :-) )
    
    Tim Robbins played the not-so-intelligent boyfriend of a girl who was
    sleeping around with her boss - he takes everyone in a car dealership
    hostage.  He does play a moron, albeit an sympathetic moron.
    
    Lorna, check out The Player, or Bob Roberts for evidence of TR's
    intelligence ( and acting ability ) - if you get upset by idiocy, how
    do you manage dealing with traffic in Mass.? :-)
    
    					- Jim

    re .21, I've seen both Bob Roberts (which I liked) and The Player
    (which I didn't like as much, but Tim Robbins did a good job).  So far,
    I've liked him best in Bob Roberts and Short Cuts (as the jerky cop). 
    I don't think he'll ever be one of my favorite actors, although I like
    him better than I used to.
    
    I can't *believe* you liked Erik The Viking!  I thought it was really
    bad.  :-)
    
    Lorna
    
    

    I also thought Eric the Viking was terrible, but I enjoyed Cadillic Man
    a lot.  Not only for Robin Williams and Robbins (You're a no sh*t kinda
    guy, aren't you?  Uh, YEAH - I'm a no sh*t kinda guy, right!), but Lori
    Petty as Williams' girlfriend was wonderful.  Some surprising little
    twists and turns to the plot moves the story from predictable to
    entertaining.
    
    But no matter what other movies Robbins makes, he'll always be Nuke
    LaLoosh to me!
    
    NAZZ

    
    
    Cadillac Man was terribly underrated.  Just about every review I saw of
    it called it mediocre to bad.  But I loved "Cadillac Man", right down
    to the perpetually barking Pomeranian :-)
    
    Didn't Williams have two girlfiends in that flick that were arguing
    over him?  Or was it an ex-wife and a girlfriend?  I can't remember.
    Is Lori Petty the one with the dark hair who was always holding the
    dog?
    
    Steve
    

    >Is Lori Petty the one with the dark hair who was always holding the
    >dog?
    
    I think that was Fran Drescher (currently starring in the TV series
    "The Nanny").  Real strong New York accent.

    Actually , he had two girlfriends and an estranged wife.  Lori Petty
    was the one who designed her own outfits, Fran Drescher was the one
    with the extremely nasal voice, and Pamela Reed was the wife.
    
    NAZZ

    
    yah... I loved it when both Lori and Fran were being interviewed on
    camara and -of course- Fran was holding the pomeranian (who was still
    barking) and Lori told her to "shut that dog up!"
    
    also when Robin walked into the home of his ex-wife and it sounded like
    he was walking in on her having sex, but she was really on an exersize
    bike.
    
    Steve
    

    He played a great nerd in "The Sure Thing"...
    
    Driving to CA in a VW station wagon singing show tunes...
    
    Great movie...

    
    That was him?
    
    
    Ian

I haven's seen "The Sure Thing", but I'd believe it. His performance of "Try a
little tenderness" (in the team bus) in Bull Durham is a joy forever, if not a
thing of beauty.

Helen

    
    Here's another missed one that you might be surprised by - "Howard
    The Duck"
    
    - Sean

    
    	Was he the scientist in that one?
    
    	I loved that movie ... definitely have to rent it again!!
    
    							GTI

    He was also in Top Gun, believe it or not...
    
    Conor.

    That's right; he was one of the pilots.  It's a little tough to pick
    the individuals out of the crowd, though....