25 thoughts on “Jessica Lange Movies”

1. HI STEVE Thanks for explaining to me your loose pattern for selecting video subjects. I look forward to the run of videos from you that profile the likes of my Julia and Demi Moore.

   I have never been a big fan of Demi but her actual career has always interested me for its own sake and in fact it took a long time for The Work Horse to respond to my request for a Moore page. However he may have had a hidden agenda for ignoring her for so long as perhaps he blames her for the breakup of the Willis marriage.

   I find Jennifer Lawrence very attractive but so far I am not as impressed with her credentials as a box office star who can open films as I think you and The Work Horse are

   If you look at her top 10 domestic grossing films in Bruce ‘s Lawrence stats table –ie those that crashed Bruce’s magical 100 million dollar barrier – you will see that 7 of them are from franchises and in 2 of the remaining 3 she had just supporting roles.

   I am not saying that she did not well contribute to them but the big franchises once they are up and running can often sell themselves.

   Accordingly the jury is still out for me as to whether outside her franchises Jennifer can sustain a run of stand-alone box office hits over a period in the way that for example my Julia and Babs, Cameron Diaz and Sandra Bullock among modern actresses have done. Sandra for example has not depended on an endless parade of Speed movies nor has my Julia depended on Pretty Woman to keep ringing the box office tills

   If we take just the evidence to date then it seems to me that Jennifer CAN NOT. Her other 10 films in Bruce’s Lawrence table have a combined adjusted domestic box office gross of around $190 million which is approx an average of around approx. a paltry $19 million per movie.

   They were all released in the 10 year period from 2008 with for example Gardne Party in 2008 earning a negligible $0.2 million in adjusted domestic grosses and and this year’s Red Sparrow grossing just some $46 million in the US. 6 of the 10 flops were all made within the Hunger Games period of 2012 -2015

   I support Bette Davis’ contention before her death that the perceived box office credentials of many modern stars did not bear a too close scrutiny and as matters stand outside the Hunger Games/X Men franchises Jennfier Lawrence has only one big hit [Passengers 2 years ago and that one co-starred Chris Pratt]

   As one film journalist put it in releation to certain modern performers being recognised as BOX OFFICE STARS we are “in the era of not just excessive hype but also the mountebank in which one swallow DOES make a summer”

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2. JESSICA LANGE PART 1
   It’s not often that I get the opportunity to give a joint “review” of a newie Lensman video AND a Cogerson fresh page about the same star so I feel like critics back in 1962 must have felt when they got to review mega-Legends Stewart and Wayne together in the one new movie, Liberty Valance!

   I vividly remember taking my young daughter to see Jessica and Jeff Bridges in the 1976 King Kong and worrying that it might frighten her. The reverse was the case though as it bored her and I had to take her home half-way through and catch it again some other time on TV.

   History is repeating itself because she in turn now has a young daughter who too has absolutely no interest in Kong. However my daughter also has a SON and he and I have watched together as home entertainment all the Kong films and that big guy has been one of my grandson’s screen “heroes” along with the Star Wars gang and Depp’s Captain Jack Sparrow of the Caribbean. [What a noisy bunch those pirates are Steve!]

   Jessica recently added to her already impressive awards/nominations CV by getting Golden Globe and Emmy nominations for her portrayal of my Joan in the 2017 TV mini-series Feud with Susan Sarandon as Bette Davis.

   The video is worth a 97.5% rating to me and the new page from this site’s own King Kong which comprehensively sets out Jessica’s stats and formidable CV warrants a solid Lensman ”Vote Up” which I see that Steve himself has already trumped me with.

   Continued———-

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   1. JESSICA LANGE PART 2
      When you 2 guys come out with a “newie” on the one star around the same time I feel that it DEMANDS a 2-part treatment from me. Note how I have alternated top billing between the pair of you over my 2 posts.

      Despite the reservations that Flora and The Flare have about some of the artwork in modern films I unreservedly state that I found most of the posters and stills in Steve’s selection of the movies from Jessica’s distinguished career fascinating and easily worth the 97.5% as I mentioned in in Part One. These are my favourites-

      POSTERS
      Hush, In Secret, The Gambler [emphasising how Jessica’s billing has slipped in recent times] both from King Kong [though posters and stills of Big K K are normally self-selling] 1000 Acres, Neverwas, The Vow, Titus, Big Fish foreign language one , and raunchy ones for Prozac Nation and especially Postman Always Rings Twice.

      I see that Steve has given the latter a 66% rating which seems to be par for the course roughly for that version and classifies it as inferior to the Turner/Garfield outing [85 % from Bruce/89% from Steve if I remember correctly]

      STILLS
      Opening solo of an “acrobatic” Jessica, In Country, lobby cards for Sweet Dreams and Frances, Miss Lange with my namesake Rob Roy, and the separate ones of Jessica with all of the following Nicholson, Nick Nolte, Dustin, Bill Murray and last but not least Kong himself.

      I have a hyper-active Work Horse type friend who like I once was, is a Civil Servant in his full-time job but in his holidays and spare time does paid stand-in assignments for actors and he tells me that he doubled for Murray at one stage and thinks Bill is a marvellous fellow who after the day’s shooting relaxes for a drink with not just the other stars but the ”hired help” as well

      You two agree on 4 of Jessica’s top 6 best reviewed flicks – Tootsie, All the Jazz, Cape Fear and Big Fish. Steve includes in his 6 Frances and Music Box whereas The Work Horse hasBroken Flowers and Sweet Dreams in his 6 Anyway a very enjoyable presentation from each of you within your own field.

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      1. Hi Bob, thanks for reviewing and rating my Jessica Lange video, appreciate the info, trivia, anecdotes and comparison.

         Glad you found the picture gallery pleasing.

         I suppose modern poster art can be just as striking as the classics in it’s own way, but call me old fashioned I like the old painterly artwork.

         I should mention the stunning poster art for King Kong (1976). Kong straddling the two towers has to be one of the most iconic modern posters ever. The artist was John Berkey, he specialized in space art but occasionally did some movie poster work, he also did the famous poster for The Towering Inferno. He died in 2008.
         I wrote about him at Hubpages, one of my first hubs if I recall.

         Jessica Lange has been popular on TV in recent years in the anthology series American Horror Story, which cleverly uses the same group of actors as different characters in different settings (and timelines) each season.

         Only one Lange movie scored 10 out of 10 from my sources and that was Tootsie, and only one scored 9 – Big Fish. There are nine films scoring 8 including All That Jazz, Cape Fear and Frances.

         Tops at IMDB is Big Fish, no.1 at Rotten Tomatoes is All That Jazz. Bruce and I have the same no.1 Tootsie. It’s good to see King Kong in the UMR top 5.

         From IMDB trivia – “Lange beat Meryl Streep for the role of Patsy Cline in Sweet Dreams (1985), according to Streep. Streep said it was one of the few roles she ever went after. Then later said that she couldn’t however, imagine the movie without her (Lange).”

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         1. HI STEVE Probably my standards regarding poster artwork are not of the same measure as those of an expert like yourself. How could they be?

            However I have explained before that my comments and ratings in respect of posters/stills reflect the pleasure they give ME and a big part of that pleasure is the nostalgia that your selections invoke in me particularly relating to Classic Era films Selecting posters that stir people like me is obviously an art in itself.

            It’s the same with the movies themselves that I like – I am not going to be influenced by the fact that some self-appointed guardian of tastes such as Joel has a bee in his bonnet about a certain flick(s) one way or the other

            A young English girl,Janice Nicholls who was just an ordinary member of the public made a household name for herself in the early sixties on the Brit TV programme Thank Your lucky Stars [1961-66] which rated new record releases.

            She achieved recognition by stating and standing by her own ratings whatever the so-called experts said. The oft-repeated catchphrases that drew attention to her were “I know what I like so I give it 5, or I’ll give it 5 but I wouldn’t buy it.”

            She had her own pronunciation of those catchphrases, for example “O’ill give it foive but I wouldn’t bouy it!”

            FROM WIKIPEDIA
            “Janice Nicholls, a 16-year-old Black Country office clerk, became a star overnight when she uttered the immortal words “Oi’ll give it foive”. She remained on the panel for three years and the phrase became part of British colloquial language “.

            That said one can’t watch everything so I find the ratings of you and The Work Horse – but naturally not Joel! – a very useful guide in choosing which movies to watch among those that I haven’t seen.

            Anyway thanks my heroic Flare for the additional information and the Meryl Streep quote. I’ve mentioned before how Julia Roberts and Babs Streisand are probably my two fave actresses in the modern era. Well Meryl in turn is Julia’s all-time fave actress.

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            1. Hello Bob, big Julia Roberts fan eh? I liked her too back when she was a young and pretty woman, but as she got older I started to lose interest, how sexist is that? 😉

               And then I took a fancy to Milla Jovovovich and Kate Beckinsale and Angelina Jolie and Scarlett Johanssonson and Emma Stone and Jennifer Lawrence and [thats enough Steve!].

               No Julia Roberts in this wave of videos but she should appear eventually along with Demi, Meg, Cameron, Sandra and of course, Sharon.

               There is a pattern of sorts to my video subject choosing. The actresses in the current run all started their film careers some time between the late 60s to early 80s. So Julia Roberts will be in the group that started around the mid 80s to late 90s.

            2. Bob Roy, delightful.

3. Is this the first sign of Alzheimer’s approaching or is the ongoing heatwave taking it’s toll??? I honestly have no recollection of having requested a page on Jessica Lange…still I think it was an inspired idea 😉
   Jessica and me was anything but Love at first side. I didn’t like her King Kong, thought her Postman was a travesty on both the Lana Turner as well as the original italian version and, although people still love it to this day, was never a big fan of Tootsie.
   Then came Frances, and although by now I know that the movie took many liberties on the actual events in the life of troubled actress Frances Farmer, Jessica Lange impressed me with her performance. Other favorites are Cape Fear, Blue Sky, Music Box and, because I think she gave a strong performance, Rob Roy, a film that I otherwise found disturbing. I have seen 12 of her movies, but currently I love her most for her television work. I do like all the seasons of American Horror Story, but in Freak Show Lange played a character that idolized Marlene Dietrich, and she had all the poise and style of the original…down to her german accent.
   When I was in NY for the first time more than a decade ago, I almost went to see her on Broadway, starring in The Glass Menagerie. But then I was overuled and we saw Mamma Mia, which at the time I really enjoyed. Today, I often think about this missed opportunity – and if I had the chance again, I’m sure I’d go to see her on stage.

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   1. Must be the heatwave, then: what I wanted to say was of course Love at first sight, not side 😉

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      1. After a mild summer….August is almost unbearable here in the States….so damn humid….you start sweating if you even look outside…lol.

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   2. HI LUPINO

      Good stuff! Thank goodness I am joined on this site by someone who, unlike that Lensman fellow, is not a Philistine but prefers a star in a fine acting role rather than a relatively unchallenging action film – see my posts to Steve today on the latter general subject.

      I agree with you about the two versions of Postman and so it seems do many others. For example

      COGERSON ON NICHOLSON/ LANGE VERSION
      Adjusted domestic box office around $50 million.
      Review rating 68%

      COGERSON ON GARFIELD/TURNER VERSION
      Adjusted domestic box office approx. $230 million
      Review rating 85%

      Steve is even more complimentary to the 1946 film as if I recall correctly he gives it a magnificent 89% in his Lana Turner video. I’m –impatiently! – waiting for Steve’s Lange video to see what rating he gives her Postman.

      I was unaware of an Italian version of that film – can you give me details?

      Best wishes BOB

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      1. Hello Bob,
         Box office success or the lack of it is not always a sign for the quality of a movie (Citizen Cane, Shawshank Redemption, Portrait of Jenny….) but in the case of Nicholson’s Postman, I readily agree with you. I really love the Turner/Garfield movie and agree its a classic of the american noir cycle.
         The italian version of the James M. Cain novel was the directorial debut of famed director Luchino Visconti, it is called “OSSESSIONE”(Obsession) and was produced in 1943. It was damned by the catholic church AND the facsist italian government for different reasons, and it was thought of as being a “lost” film for a while, because Mussolini had its negative destroyed. But if I remember correctly, Luchino Visconti himself managed to safe a print and the movie was available in Europe from the late 50’s on but had its first american showing in the mid seventies. I have seen it only once, decades ago, so I can’t give you any details, but what I remember is that the movie impressed me back then to a point that it took some of the glory of the american version for me. Maybe it is about time to track Ossessione down for a second viewing 🙂

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         1. HI LUPINO

            I agree with you about box office success one way or the other not necessarily being a mark of a movie’s quality and to the fine examples that you quote I would add Henry Fonda’s 12 Angry Men. Bruce gives that one just a $45 million adjusted domestic gross but awards it a whopping 95% rating for artistic quality and indeed ranks it -rightly in my view – as Fonda No 1 best reviewed movie.

            Thanks very much for sharing with me all of the background information at your disposal about OSSESSIONE. Certainly when you see Visconti’s name associated with a film you know that high quality is usually guaranteed whatever the box offic results.

            If you don’t mind my saying so you seem to be a bit of an art house movie buff. I think that by this time Steve may be beginning to write both of us off as a couple of wimps who prefer what he would probably regard as “dry goods” to fawning over some muscle-bulging action hero!.

            Anyway great chatting to you. Have a good weekend.

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            1. BOB,
               I would LOVE to think of myself as a true cineast or art house movie buff, but then another sequel in the Jurassic Park franchise is released, or a piece of fluff like Mamma Mia 2 or even worse a good Horror movie…and here I am, going as mainstream as you can 😉
               Have a great weekend, too!

   3. Hey Lupino…..your forgotten “request” was not on the request page….but at the end of a comment on another page…..so we can forgive you for not remembering….I wrote her down on my request list…..after writing the page it took awhile to figure out who wanted the page…..but it was you….and it was on April 24th….so only 4 months ago.

      When I saw King Kong….I was so young…I do not think I could say if her performance was good or bad….and even now, when I am older and wiser..I am still not sure. Her lines are horrible….I blame the writers for that more than on her. I was also disappointed in Postman Always Rings Twice….but she quickly recovered with her Tootsie and Frances…one of the few times an actress got two acting nominations.

      Thanks for your tally of 12……and thank for the breakdown of her television performances….interesting about Freak Show and the Marlene Dietrich connection….I am sure that was a nice surprise when your first found it.

      Sorry that you got overruled when it comes to her in The Glass Menagerie……Mamma Mia the stage show is one of the few shows I have seen in person….I like you enjoyed it….but rarely think about it. Hindsight is 20/20….lol. Thanks for the feedback.

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      1. Bruce,
         as you may have noticed, I haven’t seen Feud yet, as it is not available in germany currently, not even via amazon. Really would love to see that one. About Mamma Mia…it is really strange, but neither the stage show (nor the movie) “aged” well with me, although I really had a great time as well with the stage show as with the film. Seems to be one of those “feel good” shows that lifts your spirit for a while and maybe even makes you walk home singing, but doesn’t leave a lasting impact on you…like icecream on a hot summer’s day 🙂
         I can’t judge Lange’s performance in King Kong, as I have only seen it once when it hit cinemas, but I remember that I hated what to me seemed like an underlying “feminist message” at the time, totally shifting the focus of my “beloved” original telling of Kong’s story.

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         1. Hey Lupino….well you are not alone….I have not seen Feud either….and I bet it is easier for me to see it than you….hopefully (a) I will watch it…and (b) it will reach the hands of you. I saw King Kong pretty recently…..at this point….her two Oscars gives her a major “benefit of doubt” on her acting skills in that one…..but at the time….her performance…almost derailed her career. Good stuff.

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4. I have 3 seasons of American Horror Story featuring Ms. Jessica but have only watched 2. I don’t know what themed one I have that I haven’t watched but I know Lady GaGa is in it. Jessica was # 831 back on the original Oracle of Bacon Top 1000 Center if the Hollywood Universe list back in 2000 but has since fallen off . She still has a quite a few connections to people on the 2016 list who are;

   4 SAMUEL L. JACKSON Losing Isaiah (1995)
   6 ROBERT DE NIRO Cape Fear (1991)
   6 ROBERT DE NIRO Night and the City (1992)
   16 LIAM NEESON Rob Roy (1995)
   23 JOHN HURT Rob Roy (1995)
   32 ANTHONY HOPKINS Titus (1999)
   36 JOHN GOODMAN Everybody’s All-American (1988)
   36 JOHN GOODMAN Masked and Anonymous (2003)
   36 JOHN GOODMAN Sweet Dreams (1985)
   36 JOHN GOODMAN THE GAMBLER (2014)
   38 NICK NOLTE Cape Fear (1991)
   38 NICK NOLTE Neverwas (2005)
   50 STEVE BUSCEMI Big Fish (2003)
   56 BRIAN COX Rob Roy (1995)
   63 ED HARRIS Masked and Anonymous (2003)
   63 ED HARRIS Sweet Dreams (1985)
   74 WILLIAM HURT Neverwas (2005)
   87 MICKEY ROURKE Masked and Anonymous (2003)
   97 CHARLES DURNING Far North (1988)
   97 CHARLES DURNING Tootsie (1982)
   105 ED LAUTER King Kong (1976)
   107 CHRISTOPHER MCDONALD Broken Flowers (2005)
   108 KATHY BATES Bonneville (2006)
   108 KATHY BATES Men Don’t Leave (1990)
   113 TRACEY WALTER Masked and Anonymous (2003)
   121 BOB HOSKINS Cousin Bette (1998)
   122 GERALDINE CHAPLIN Cousin Bette (1998)
   123 BILL MURRAY Broken Flowers (2005)
   123 BILL MURRAY Tootsie (1982)
   128 TIM ROTH Don’t Come Knocking (2005)
   128 TIM ROTH Rob Roy (1995)
   133 TOMMY LEE JONES Blue Sky (1994)
   139 MICHAEL LERNER The Postman Always Rings Twice (1981)
   143 VAL KILMER Masked and Anonymous (2003)
   147 DENNIS QUAID Everybody’s All-American (1988)
   155 DUSTIN HOFFMAN Tootsie (1982)
   158 CHRISTIAN SLATER Masked and Anonymous (2003)
   161 SHARON STONE Broken Flowers (2005)
   162 DANNY DEVITO Big Fish (2003)
   192 NOEL GUGLIEMI MASKED AND ANONYMOUS (2003)
   204 KEVIN CORRIGAN Men Don’t Leave (1990)
   206 KEVIN COSTNER Frances (1982)
   210 ARMIN MUELLER-STAHL Music Box (1989)
   215 STEVEN BAUER Masked and Anonymous (2003)
   219 DAVID STRAITHAIRN Losing Isaiah (1995)
   220 ELI WALLACH Night and the City (1992)
   222 EWAN MCGREGOR Big Fish (2003)
   253 TOBY JONES COUSIN BETTE (1998)
   269 BRION JAMES The Postman Always Rings Twice (1981)
   273 BOB GUNTON A Thousand Acres (1997)
   274 BRUCE DERN Masked and Anonymous (2003)
   278 SIMON RHEE THE GAMBLER (2014)
   281 SLIM KHEZRI THE GAMBLER (2014)
   282 CHRISTOPHER LLOYD The Postman Always Rings Twice (1981)
   285 GWYNETH PALTROW Hush (1998)
   295 MARK WAHLBERG THE GAMBLER (2014)
   296 BETH GRANT A Thousand Acres (1997)
   297 FRED WARD Masked and Anonymous (2003)
   302 DAVID BOSTON NIGHT AND THE CITY (1992)
   305 JEFF BRIDGES King Kong (1976)
   305 JEFF BRIDGES Masked and Anonymous (2003)
   313 GEORGE KENNEDY Don’t Come Knocking (2005)
   313 GEORGE KENNEDY THE GAMBLER (2014)
   327 HELENE CARDONA BIG FISH (2003)
   336 MICHAEL ROOKER Music Box (1989)
   339 WALLACE SHAWN All That Jazz (1979)
   356 TILDA SWINTON Broken Flowers (2005)
   358 JASON FLEMYNG Rob Roy (1995)
   369 MICHELLE PFEIFFER A Thousand Acres (1997)
   371 GIOVANNI RIBISI MASKED AND ANONYMOUS (2003)
   378 CUBA GOODING JR. Losing Isaiah (1995)
   382 ANJELICA HUSTON Frances (1982)
   382 ANJELICA HUSTON The Postman Always Rings Twice (1981)
   394 JOHN LITHGOW All That Jazz (1979)
   395 PENELOPE CRUZ Masked and Anonymous (2003)
   402 CHEECH MARIN Masked and Anonymous (2003)
   429 DALE DYE Blue Sky (1994)
   430 KEITH CARRADINE A Thousand Acres (1997)
   446 CORBIN BERNSEN King Kong (1976)
   455 SHIRLEY MACLAINE WILD OATS (2016)
   461 MARION COTILLARD Big Fish (2003)
   464 CHRISTINA RICCI Prozac Nation (2001)
   468 JASON ROBARDS A Thousand Acres (1997)
   475 COLM FEORE TITUS (1999)
   485 DEBI MAZAR Hush (1998)
   491 JACK NICHOLSON The Postman Always Rings Twice (1981)
   509 CHRIS PENN Masked and Anonymous (2003)
   510 LUKAS HAAS MUSIC BOX (1989)
   511 JOAN CUSACK MEN DON’T LEAVE (1990)
   513 DAVID CLENNON Sweet Dreams (1985)
   514 ALAN CUMMING Neverwas (2005)
   514 ALAN CUMMING Titus (1999)
   516 JEFFREY WRIGHT BROKEN FLOWERS (2005)
   526 LUKE WILSON Masked and Anonymous (2003)
   537 JENNIFER JASON LEIGH A Thousand Acres (1997)
   549 JULIETTE LEWIS Cape Fear (1991)
   554 ILLEANA DOUGLAS CAPE FEAR (1991)
   558 SAM SHEPARD Country (1984)
   558 SAM SHEPARD Crimes of the Heart (1986)
   558 SAM SHEPARD Don’t Come Knocking (2005)
   558 SAM SHEPARD Frances (1982)
   560 CHANNING TATUM The Vow (2012)
   566 TIMOTHY HUTTON Everybody’s All-American (1988)
   570 JAMES GAMMON Don’t Come Knocking (2005)
   582 ANTONI CORONE CAPE FEAR (1991)
   584 M.C. GAINEY FRANCES (1982)
   587 ERIC STOLTZ Rob Roy (1995)
   602 ALBERT FINNEY Big Fish (2003)
   610 HAL HOLBROOK Hush (1998)
   623 JAMES KAREN Frances (1982)
   651 ROY SCHEIDER All That Jazz (1979)
   655 TOM SKERRITT Bonneville (2006)
   657 BARRY PRIMUS NIGHT AND THE CITY (1992)
   699 HARRY LENNIX TITUS (1999)
   707 HELENA BONHAM CARTER Big Fish (2003)
   709 COLIN FIRTH A Thousand Acres (1997)
   714 JOHN CARROLL LYNCH A THOUSAND ACRES (1997)
   717 HALLE BERRY Losing Isaiah (1995)
   727 ANGELA BASSETT MASKED AND ANONYMOUS (2003)
   739 DIANE KEATON Crimes of the Heart (1986)
   759 KURT FULLER DON’T COME KNOCKING (2005)
   762 JACK WARDEN Night and the City (1992)
   768 PATRICIA CLARKSON EVERYBODY’S ALL-AMERICAN (1988)
   774 MISSI PYLE BIG FISH (2003)
   798 JULIE DELPY Broken Flowers (2005)
   801 IAN MCKELLEN NEVERWAS (2005)
   807 TERI GARR Tootsie (1982)
   809 ROBERT MITCHUM Cape Fear (1991)
   814 ROBERT WISDOM MASKED AND ANONYMOUS (2003)
   821 AARON ECKHART NEVERWAS (2005)
   833 DEMI MOORE WILD OATS (2016)
   843 PATRICIA ARQUETTE FAR NORTH (1988)
   850 JESSE YARBOROUGH WILD OATS (2016)
   856 DOMENICK LOMBARDOZZI THE GAMBLER (2014)
   863 DEEP ROY BIG FISH (2003)
   879 BILLY CRUDUP BIG FISH (2003)
   888 MICHAEL BADALUCCO NIGHT AND THE CITY (1992)
   900 JOE DON BAKER Cape Fear (1991)
   902 PATRICK KEARNS WILD OATS (2016)
   941 MICHAEL RISPOLI NIGHT AND THE CITY (1992)
   973 SYBIL DANNING How to Beat the High Co$t of Living (1980)
   976 TIMOTHY BOTTOMS Blue Sky (1994)
   977 GABRIEL MANN DON’T COME KNOCKING (2005)
   984 MICHAEL KENNETH WILLIAMS THE GAMBLER (2014)
   987 IAN ABERCROMBIE ROB ROY (1995)
   1000 LELAND ORSER THE GAMBLER (2014)

   The following actors were on the original list in 2000 but have fallen off with Jessica. Those actors were;

   48 MARTIN BALSAM Cape Fear (1991)
   76 EDDIE ALBERT How to Beat the High Co$t of Living (1980)
   156 GREGORY PECK Cape Fear (1991)
   249 PAT HINGLE A Thousand Acres (1997)
   258 DABNEY COLEMAN How to Beat the High Co$t of Living (1980)
   258 DABNEY COLEMAN Tootsie (1982)
   307 MATT CLARK Country (1984)
   319 DONALD MOFFAT Far North (1988)
   319 DONALD MOFFAT Music Box (1989)
   456 JACK RILEY Frances (1982)
   473 RENE AUBERJONOIS King Kong (1976)
   490 JOHN P. RYAN The Postman Always Rings Twice (1981)
   582 SUSAN TYRELL Masked and Anonymous (2003)
   598 DON CALFA The Postman Always Rings Twice (1981)
   608 FREDERIC FORREST Music Box (1989)
   656 ALLAN RICH Frances (1982)
   686 MITCHELL RYAN Blue Sky (1994)
   705 CHARLES GRODIN King Kong (1976)
   806 NINA FOCH Hush (1998)
   856 LEE DE BROUX Frances (1982)
   861 JONATHAN BANKS Frances (1982)
   893 RAY BAKER A Thousand Acres (1997)
   893 RAY BAKER Everybody’s All-American (1988)
   945 GEORGE GAYNES Tootsie (1982)
   987 CONSTANTINE GREGORY Titus (1999)

   Jess appeared with 27 Oscar winners (Kathy Bates is a regular on one of those American Horror Story seasons too);

   ANJELICA HUSTON Frances (1982)
   ANJELICA HUSTON The Postman Always Rings Twice (1981)
   ANTHONY HOPKINS Titus (1999)
   BRIE LARSON THE GAMBLER (2014)
   COLIN FIRTH A Thousand Acres (1997)
   CUBA GOODING JR. Losing Isaiah (1995)
   DIANE KEATON Crimes of the Heart (1986)
   DUSTIN HOFFMAN Tootsie (1982)
   EVA MARIE SAINT Don’t Come Knocking (2005)
   GEENA DAVIS TOOTSIE (1982)
   GEORGE KENNEDY Don’t Come Knocking (2005)
   GEORGE KENNEDY THE GAMBLER (2014)
   GREGORY PECK Cape Fear (1991)
   GWYNETH PALTROW Hush (1998)
   HALLE BERRY Losing Isaiah (1995)
   JACK NICHOLSON The Postman Always Rings Twice (1981)
   JASON ROBARDS A Thousand Acres (1997)
   JEFF BRIDGES King Kong (1976)
   JEFF BRIDGES Masked and Anonymous (2003)
   KATHY BATES Bonneville (2006)
   KATHY BATES Men Don’t Leave (1990)
   MARION COTILLARD Big Fish (2003)
   MARTIN BALSAM Cape Fear (1991)
   PATRICIA ARQUETTE FAR NORTH (1988)
   PENELOPE CRUZ Masked and Anonymous (2003)
   ROBERT DE NIRO Cape Fear (1991)
   ROBERT DE NIRO Night and the City (1992)
   SHIRLEY MACLAINE WILD OATS (2016)
   SISSY SPACEK Crimes of the Heart (1986)
   TILDA SWINTON Broken Flowers (2005)
   TOMMY LEE JONES Blue Sky (1994)
   WILLIAM HURT Neverwas (2005)

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   1. Hey Dan
      1. Lange’s return to American Gothic seems to be big news…..I watched one year of that show and was not impressed…or at least not impressed to watch more seasons.
      2. So she has fallen out if the Top 1000….not thinking she is going to be returning…as her movie career has really stalled.
      3. You are correct that first list is pretty massive…….John Goodman and Sam Shepard lead the way with 4 movies each.
      4. Some favorites on the second list….Peck, Balsam and Eddie Albert.
      5. 27 Oscar winning co-stars with only 30 movies is a darn good ratio.
      Great and fun information as always.

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5. You read my mind Bruce. I have a Jessica Lange video planned for the coming week. 🙂

   The first time I saw Lange was in King Kong (1976) a favorite of mine as a teen, though even then I preferred the classic 1933 version which I bought on 8mm film (Super 8).
   She was gorgeous in Kong but Lange decided to be a serious actress after that and I kind of lost track of her.

   I’ve seen 8 of the 30 films on the chart, my favorites are – King Kong, Cape Fear and Big Fish.

   Tootsie tops the charts, I’ve watched that a couple of times but it isn’t a favorite of mine. I’ve only seen bits of All That Jazz.

   It’s been ages since I last watched The Postman Always Rings Twice. That would make an interesting double bill with Body Heat which was released the same year. But which was better? I’ll have to watch them both again.

   Nice work Bruce. Vote Up!

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   1. Hey Steve Lensman
      1. Cool….great minds thinking alike….I will be sure to and your video to our Lange pages.
      2. Like you, I first noticed her in King Kong…heck she was on the Kong board game I had back then. The board game was not really fun…but I bet it is a collector’s item now.
      3. Kong was one of the first movie experiences I really remember…it was a packed theater and people were crying when Kong’s died.
      4. I have 19 of her movies…so I have you topped in this tally round.
      5. I love Big Fish….just re-watched it a few weeks ago.
      6. I like the original Cape Fear more…but DeNiro is intense in the remake.
      7. I will take Body Heat over Postman.
      Good feedback as always.

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      1. Hey Steve…you get that King Kong board game if you are willing to spend between 50 and 100 bucks on it…..I thought it was going to be worth more than that…I guess I do not feel as bad for losing track of it….it was 42 years ago….lol.

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