Tag Archives: actor playing multiple roles

The Ninth Gate

IMDB Rating: 6.50
31067 votes

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Based on the book The Club Dumas, written by Arturo Perez-Reverte. Dean Corso, a somewhat sleazy rare book dealer, is hired by a mysterious patron who has just come into possession of one of the only three copies of The Nine Gates of the Kingdom of Shadows (a 17th century occult text said to give its owner unimaginable power). The man hires Corso to track down the other two copies and compare them to his, but complications - both natural and supernatural - arise at every turn.
Actors
Dean CorsoJohnny Depp
Boris BalkanFrank Langella
Liana TelferLena Olin
Also posted in 1999, High IMDB rating, Horror, Mystery, Thriller | Comments (0)

Army of Darkness

IMDB Rating: 7.50
37549 votes

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In this sequel to the Evil Dead films, a discount-store employee ("Name's Ash. Housewares.") is time-warped to a medieval castle beset by monstrous forces. Initially mistaken for an enemy, he is soon revealed as the prophecised savior who can quest for the Necronomicon, a book which can dispel the evil. Unfortunately, he screws up the magic words while collecting the tome, and releases an army of skeletons, led by his own Deadite counterpart. What follows is a thrilling, yet tongue-in-cheek battle between Ash's 20th Century tactics and the minions of darkness.
Actors
AshBruce Campbell
SheilaEmbeth Davidtz
Lord ArthurMarcus Gilbert
Also posted in 1992, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, High IMDB rating, Horror | Comments (0)

Bill & Ted’s Bogus Journey

IMDB Rating: 5.60
13589 votes

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For many years now, at Bill and Ted University of the future, the people of the world have been excellent to each other. But fed-up with Bill and Ted's peaceful world and even more fed up with heavy metal, Chuck De Nomolos decides to do something about it. De Nomolos creates cyborg versions of Bill and Ted, who travel back to 1990 with orders to kill the human versions of Bill and Ted, win the Battle of the Bands, and pave the way for De Nomolos to take over the future. In 1990, Bill and Ted are sent to hell by the cyborgs. Cyborg Bill and cyborg Ted make time with the real Bill and Ted's girlfriends Joanna and Elizabeth and prepare to take the human Bill and Ted's place in the Battle of the Bands. With the help of their friend Rufus, the human Bill and Ted are forced to find a way out of hell, deal with the Grim Reaper, and talk to God himself, in their mission to get to the Battle of the Bands and stop the two cyborgs.
Actors
Ted Logan/Evil TedKeanu Reeves
Bill S. Preston, Esq./Granny Preston/Evil Robot BillAlex Winter
Grim Reaper/English Family MemberWilliam Sadler
Also posted in 1991, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-Fi | Comments (0)

Life of Brian

IMDB Rating: 8.20
59301 votes

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The Monty Pyton team tells the life, death and resurrection (?) of Brian from Nazareth, an unwilling prophet who wants to free his land from the oppression of Rome. When Brian covers a huge wall with the writing "ROMANI ITE DOMUM" (Romans go home), a local revolutionary group begins to take him seriously...
Actors
Wise Man #2/Brian Cohen/Biggus DickusGraham Chapman
Wise Man #1/Reg/Jewish Official/Centurion/Deadly Dirk/ArthurJohn Cleese
Man Even Further Forward/Revolutionary/Jailer/Blood & Thunder Prophet/Frank/Audience Member/CrucifeeTerry Gilliam
Also posted in 1979, Comedy, High IMDB rating | Comments (1)

Blazing Saddles

IMDB Rating: 7.80
30096 votes

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The Ultimate Western Spoof. A town where everyone seems to be named Johnson is in the way of the railroad. In order to grab their land, Hedley Lemar, a politically connected nasty person, sends in his henchmen to make the town unlivable. After the sheriff is killed, the town demands a new sheriff from the Governor. Hedley convinces him to send the town the first Black sheriff in the west. Bart is a sophisticated urbanite who will have some difficulty winning over the townspeople.
Actors
BartCleavon Little
JimGene Wilder
TaggartSlim Pickens
Also posted in 1974, Comedy, Crime, High IMDB rating, Western | Comments (1)

Mary Poppins

IMDB Rating: 7.60
23143 votes

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The movie combines a diverting story, songs, color and sequences of live action blended with the movements of animated figures. Mary Poppins is a kind of Super-nanny who flies in with her umbrella in response to the request of the Banks children and proceeds to put things right with the aid of her rather extraordinary magical powers before flying off again.
Actors
Mary PoppinsJulie Andrews
Bert/Mr. Dawes, Sr.Dick Van Dyke
Mr. George W. BanksDavid Tomlinson
Also posted in 1964, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, High IMDB rating, Musical | Comments (0)

Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery

IMDB Rating: 7.10
52506 votes

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Austin Powers (Myers) is a 60's spy who is cryonically frozen and released in the 1990's. The world is a very different place for Powers. Unfortuantly for Austin, everyone is no longer sex-mad. Although he may be in a different decade, his mission is still the same. He has teamed up with Vanessa Kensington (Hurley) to stop the evil Dr. Evil (Myers), who was also frozen in the past. Dr. Evil stole a nuclear weapon and is demanding a payment of (when he realises its the 90's) 100 billion dollars. Can Austin Powers stop this madman? or will he caught up with Evil's henchman, with names like Alotta Fagina and Random Task? Only time will tell!
Actors
Austin Powers/Dr. EvilMike Myers
Vanessa KensingtonElizabeth Hurley
Basil ExpositionMichael York
Also posted in 1997, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, High IMDB rating | Comments (0)

The Mouse That Roared

IMDB Rating: 7.00
2421 votes

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The best laid plans of mice and men ... A cold war satire emphasising the new emerged American Superpower's use of foreign aid to buy friends and keep then away from the USSR's influence. Peter Sellers, as the scheming Prime Minister of Grand Fenwick, plots with Peter Sellers, as the scheming Grand Duchess, to declare war on the USA, lose and get that foreign aid. Unfortunately, they forget to tell Peter Sellers, as Tully Bascombe, commander of their mediaeval army. This honourable man does his best for his country and through a series of unbelievable circumstances (well, this is a comedy) to win. Now, who has to give aid to whom?
Actors
Grand Duchess Gloriana XII/Prime Minister Count Rupert Mountjoy/Tully BascombePeter Sellers
Helen KokintzJean Seberg
Will BuckleyWilliam Hartnell
Also posted in 1959, Comedy, High IMDB rating, War | Comments (0)