The "Five Favorite Films" Of Interesting People
The "Five Favorite Films" Of Interesting People
“What are your five favorite films?” is the question Rotten Tomatoes has been posing to celebrities for years. Here are some of the most revealing lists they have published. Please, add your own top five in the comments (and explain why they are the best, that makes it way more interesting)!
Robert Pattinson
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"One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest" (1975)
"That character influenced me so much when I was 15 or 16, and bits of it stuck with me.
"The Exorcist" (1973)
"Linda Blair [is] my ideal woman."
"Prenom Carmen (First Name: Carmen)" (1983)
"A Godard film called Prenom Carmen, which sounds like I'm just saying that to be cool, but it's actually one of my favorite films."
"Corky Romano" (2001)
"Like, I actually pissed my pants."
"ivan's xtc." (2002)
"Danny Huston should have gotten nominated for an Oscar for it."
Michael Caine
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"The Maltese Falcon" (1941)
"It was the first time I'd ever seen what they call a film noir."
"Charade" (1963)
"There's a wonderful moment with Cary Grant and her, they're having a row and she says 'you know what's wrong with you, don't you?' He says 'What?' And she says 'nothing.'"
"The Treasure of the Sierra Madre" (1948)
"If you ever heard the voice of god it would be John Huston."
"The Third Man" (1949)
"Orson Welles gives a speech 'For 400 years in Italy, you had warfare, terror, murder and bloodshed, but they produced Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci and the Renaissance. In Switzerland, they had brotherly love, they had five hundred years of democracy and peace -- and what did that produce? The cuckoo clock.'"
"Casablanca" (1942)
"I love the lines, the dialogue. It's full of dialogue!"
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