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[Hulk_Smash]

The answer, I believe, is Jesus of Nazareth (1977).

This mini-series came out before I was born yet I recognize almost every name on this list.

Can you name any TV show or movie that has this beat:

Starring

• Robert Powell as Jesus

Guest Stars

• Anne Bancroft as Mary Magdalene
• Ernest Borgnine as the Roman Centurion
• Claudia Cardinale as the Adulteress
• Valentina Cortese as Herodias
• James Farentino as Peter
• James Earl Jones as Balthazar
• Stacy Keach as Barabbas
• Tony Lo Bianco as Quintillius
• James Mason as Joseph of Arimathea
• Ian McShane as Judas Iscariot
• Laurence Olivier as Nicodemus
• Donald Pleasence as Melchior
• Christopher Plummer as Herod Antipas
• Anthony Quinn as Caiaphas
• Fernando Rey as Gaspar
• Ralph Richardson as Simeon
• Rod Steiger as Pontius Pilate
• Peter Ustinov as Herod the Great
• Michael York as John the Baptist

And

• Olivia Hussey as Mary, mother of Jesus

Also Starring

• Cyril Cusack as Yehuda
• Ian Holm as Zerah
• Yorgo Voyagis as Josep

 

[dorkimoe]

I know 3 of those names. So yes it would be easy to name a movie to top that.

 

[brap]

It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
All the Expendables movies
Cop Land
Movie 43
JFK

 

[Hulk_Smash]

I know 3 of those names. So yes it would be easy to name a movie to top that.

How old are you?

 

[iorek21]

Villeneuve's Dune is one of the most interesting cast I've seen lately

 

[brap]

How old are you?

Probably under the age of 50. I only recognized a few names on there too. I mean jeez I know Donald Pleasence from Halloween, James Earl Jones from Star Wars and Olivia Hussey from Black Christmas. Who the fuck is everybody else?

 

[jadedm17]

How old are you?

Are you gonna ask while not disclosing your age for reference?

Im 32 and im with that response, no idea most of those.

 

[bitbydeath]

Young Guns movies had a ton of actors before they went big.

Young Guns 1

Emilio Estevez
Kiefer Sutherland
Lou Diamond Phillips
Charlie Sheen
Dermot Mulroney
Casey Siemaszko
Terry O'Quinn
Jack Palance
Terence Stamp

Young Guns 2

Emilio Estevez
Kiefer Sutherland
Lou Diamond Phillips
Christian Slater
William Petersen
Alan Ruck
Balthazar Getty

 

[God Enel]

maybe dumb but avengers?

 

[Hulk_Smash]

Are you gonna ask while not disclosing your age for reference?

Im 32 and im with that response, no idea most of those.

41. Most of these actors were famous before my time but the reason why I think they’re star power exceeds most other star casts including the Avengers or Expendables is the sheer accomplished talent that cast had. Imagine having Daniel Day Lewis in your movie. Now imagine six of them and you're getting close to what this cast had. Give me a few minutes and I’ll explain myself further.

 

[Hulk_Smash]

Anne Bancroft: Oscar winner, Best Actress 1952. Best known as Mrs. Robinson in The Graduate.
Ernest Borgnine: Oscar winner, Best Actor 1955. 3x Emmy winner. Best known for The Wild Bunch, Airwolf, and McHale's Navy.
James Earl Jones: If you don't know who he is, you don't belong on GAF.
Ian McShane: Best known for Blackbeard in On Stranger Tides, American Gods, and the bad guy in the John Wick movies.
Laurence Olivier: 4x Oscar winner, 5x Emmy winner. Too many movies to name where he's famous from.
Christopher Plummer: Oscar winner, Best Supporting Actor 2011. Best known for playing Captain Von Trapp in Sound of Music.
Anthony Quinn: 2x Oscar winner, Best Supporting Actor 1952, 1956. Also starred in Jungle Fever, Ghotti, Last Action Hero, A Walk in the Clouds, and Mobsters.
Rod Steiger: Oscar winner, Best Supporting Actor 1967. Best known for On the Waterfront and In the Heat of the Night
Peter Ustinov: 2x Oscar winner, Best Supporting Actor in 1960 and 1964. Best known for Spartacus, Logan's Run, and several voices in Disney's Robin Hood.
Michael York: Best known as Basil Exposition in the Austin Powers movies.
Olivia Hussey: Best known for the TV version of IT and Black Christmas
Ian Holmes: Best known for his role as Bilbo Baggins in the Lord of the Rings movies.

12 Oscars, 10 Emmys, 2 Tonys between the lot of em. And that was back when those awards meant something (especially the Oscar). There are lots more Golden Globes, BAFTAs, and other European awards I didn't list.

I'm surprised ya'll don't know more of these names. All of them are from my dad's generation, yet I instantly recognized most of them. And they're British (I'm not) so that can't be the reason either. (What's funny is that in reading their Wiki biographies how many of them starred in movies with each other since they're mostly British.) Actually, maybe I shouldn't be surprised. Maybe I should be more surprised at me knowing who all these people are. I'm not even that much of a film connoisseur.

The only one I didn't know was Jesus- Robert Powell. No clue who he is. In my head canon, I had Peter O'Toole as Jesus in this version for some reason. I saw the film 20 years ago and that's what my brain conjured up after all these years.

And as far as casts that might rival this one, I wouldn't sleep on Saving Private Ryan, Tombstone, or Black Hawk Down.

 

[nush]

Avengers Infinity War, no question.

 

[Hulk_Smash]

It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
All the Expendables movies
Cop Land
Movie 43
JFK

All solid choices (especially Mad World). Except Cop Land. That one had maybe 6 big names in it (REALLY BIG I'll give you that), but only those 6.

 

[GV82]

How many of those in your example were Not famous before that show though, to me if they were not that well known before that film like Ian McShane, did you really know him prior to 1977 other than a bit Part actor, I was first aware of him in the 80’s lovejoy on British TV.

In the same way you could for example argue that Star Wars a New Hope is star studded now because we know Mark Hamill & Carrie Fisher etc, but back then you didn’t.

In that case I choose Star Wars a New Hope.

 

[bitbydeath]

Sin City is probably the biggest actually, even bigger than Avengers.

Jessica Alba, Benicio del Toro, Brittany Murphy, Clive Owen, Mickey Rourke, Bruce Willis, and Elijah Wood. Featuring Alexis Bledel, Michael Clarke Duncan, Rosario Dawson, Carla Gugino, Rutger Hauer, Jaime King, Michael Madsen, Nick Stahl, and Makenzie Vega among others

Edit: Nick Offerman is in it too apparently.

 

[brap]

Why do people keep mentioning Avengers? Just a bunch of nobodys only zoomers care about.

All solid choices (especially Mad World). Except Cop Land. That one had maybe 6 big names in it (REALLY BIG I'll give you that), but only those 6.

Alright. I'd consider METHOD Man, Edie Falco, Jeanane Garofalo, and Tony Siciro big names but I get it.

 

[Nymphae]

If you're including the guest appearances, the Simpsons might be up there.

Here's an article on 100 of the best celebrity guest voices, I forgot how many good ones there were.

 

[GreyHorace]

I never realized Jesus of Nazareth had such a star studded cast. I think it speaks to the power of Robert Powell's performance as Jesus that I didn't really register all the famous people in it. Mind you though, I've never seen it in full.

If you want star studded casts, you probably can't go wrong with Robert Altman's movies. Particularly his later ones like The Player, Short Cuts and Gosford Park.

There's also Kenneth Branagh's adaptations of Shakespeare's Much Ado about Nothing and Hamlet. Much Ado alone has:

• Emma Thompson as Beatrice.
• Robert Sean Leonard as Count Claudio.
• Kate Beckinsale as Hero.
• Denzel Washington as Don Pedro.
• Keanu Reeves as Don John.
• Michael Keaton as Dogberry.
• Imelda Staunton as Margaret.
• Brian Blessed as Antonio.

Villeneuve's Dune is one of the most interesting cast I've seen lately

I'm really looking forward to this. It's a really great cast and I have faith Villeneuve will do Dune justice after Blade Runner 2049.

 

[TUROK]

Unless you can objectively define what a "star" is, there's no real answer.

But for funsies, the new Dune is stacked to the ass.

Dune (2021 film) - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

 

[Hulk_Smash]

Unless you can objectively define what a "star" is, there's no real answer.

But for funsies, the new Dune is stacked to the ass.

Dune (2021 film) - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

Thats what this is all about. Stacking things to the ass for funsies. Because you’re right. Once you define “Star” it all falls apart.

I mean after all, I could pick some tv show or movie where I know the cast and they’re all stars to me but no one else gives a rip about them.

That’s why I mentioned the fact that I shouldn’t know who they are seeing how old that movie is. And I mentioned all the Oscars which lends credibility but even that only gets you so far.

Tell ya what though, I’m pretty sure Jesus of Nazareth holds some kind of record for number of Oscar winners in one movie.

 

[Gargus]

TV show is easy. The simpsons.

 

[DiscoJer]

I think Saturday Night Live probably beats the Simpsons in terms of guests

Unless you can objectively define what a "star" is, there's no real answer.

But for funsies, the new Dune is stacked to the ass.

Dune (2021 film) - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

The only two I know are Charlotte Rampling, who was in that lesbian scene with Alyssa Milano in that softporn vampire movie, and the guy from Stargate Altlantis/Aquaman

 

[Hulk_Smash]

I think Saturday Night Live probably beats the Simpsons in terms of guests




The only two I know are Charlotte Rampling, who was in that lesbian scene with Alyssa Milano in that softporn vampire movie, and the guy from Stargate Altlantis/Aquaman

I probably shouldn’t have said tv show because shows like SNL andThe Simpsons kinda cheat the usual expectations. I only said that because Jesus of Nazareth started out as a mini-series on TV. But it has since been repackaged as a movie.

Imagine my surprise whenI rented a movie that turned out to be like 5 hours long.

 

[EverydayBeast]

Stars coming together is much more normal now that movies like Avengers lead the way, you got to have a big three to succeed.

 

[420bits]

True Romance got a crazy cast in terms of "modern actors" https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0108399/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

On top of my head everyone should know these guys by name or by looks (i probably forgot a few names)

Christian Slater

Patricia Arquette

Dennis Hopper

Val Kilmer

Gary Oldman

Brad Pitt

Christopher Walken

Samuel L. Jackson

James Gandolfini

Tom Sizemore

Michael Rapaport

Chris Penn And music by Hans Zimmer

 

[dorkimoe]

How old are you?

32

 

[Hulk_Smash]

I just ran across another movie with an absolutely stellar cast.

The 1977 war drama “A Bridge Too Far”, starring:

Gene Hackman
Sean Connery
Anthony Hopkins
Laurence Olivier
Robert Redford
Michael Caine
James Caan
Elliot Gould
Michael Byrne

 

[AV]

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Are you all retarded? How did it takes 9 posts to get to "Avengers"?

 

[Hulk_Smash]

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Are you all retarded? How did it takes 9 posts to get to "Avengers"?

It didn’t. Retard. Avengers have been mentioned... and dismissed.

None of those people started off as stars except maybe two or three. Most of them are only popular because of the IP not because they’re good actors or they were stars for awhile.

I just can’t take that response seriously when most of those actors haven’t been proven outside of Marvel Studios.

And the accolades aren’t there either.

 

[AV]

It didn’t. Retard. Avengers have been mentioned... and dismissed.

None of those people started off as stars except maybe two or three. Most of them are only popular because of the IP not because they’re good actors or they were stars for awhile.

I just can’t take that response seriously when most of those actors haven’t been proven outside of Marvel Studios.

And the accolades aren’t there either.

Yeah you're right, I suppose RDJ, Johansson, Cheadle, Rudd, Cumberbatch, Larson, Lilly, Hiddleston, Slattery, Swinton, Favreau, Portman, Douglas, Hurt, Pfeiffer, Cardellini, Diesel, Cooper, Paltrow, Redford, Brolin and Samuel L. Jackson are only known because of Avengers.

And that's skipping the ones you deemed unworthy by your arbitrary rules. Gimme a break.

 

[Nymphae]

Are you all retarded? How did it takes 9 posts to get to "Avengers"?

The Simpsons is the correct answer here by a mile, are you retarded?

 

[sh2dc]

I will also number as avengers series one of them , If i am not wrong.

total cast was over 20 +

 

[AV]

The Simpsons is the correct answer here by a mile, are you retarded?

If we're doing "people who have appeared once in an episode across the entire show" isn't the winner probably SNL?

 

[Nymphae]

If we're doing "people who have appeared once in an episode across the entire show" isn't the winner probably SNL?

Why wouldn't guest appearances count? Especially in something like The Simpsons where they are often an integral part of episodes. There was no stipulation that the casts be regulars. You'd have to do the research to know if the amount of guest actors on SNL beats out the Simpsons, I have a feeling they would be very close, as many actors have done the show multiple times and there is a lot of overlap in cast between the two shows, but certainly both are miles ahead of any Avengers movie.

 

[AV]

Why wouldn't guest appearances count? Especially in something like The Simpsons where they are often an integral part of episodes. There was no stipulation that the casts be regulars. You'd have to do the research to know if the amount of guest actors on SNL beats out the Simpsons, I have a feeling they would be very close, as many actors have done the show multiple times, but certainly both are miles ahead of any Avengers movie.

I didn't say they didn't, just that if they do, SNL probably wins considering they've got a 208 episode lead.

Weirdly enough, one of the worst movies ever made is probably Endgame's only serious competition in the movie bracket, brappy already mentioned that.

 

[Nymphae]

I didn't say they didn't, just that if they do, SNL probably wins considering they've got a 208 episode lead.

Well you implied that including guest appearances in a cast was potentially not legitimate, and I think it absolutely is. SNL probably does edge it out by a few celebrities despite recurring cast members, repeat hosts, and huge cast overlap, but I would not be surprised if they were very close.

 

[Silent Duck]

Are you all retarded?

We’re on an online forum arguing about star studded movies and you ask if people are retarded.
The answer is yes. Yes, we are.

Also, my answer is Airplane.
It has all the stars that matter.

 

[sh2dc]

We’re on an online forum arguing about star studded movies and you ask if people are retarded.
The answer is yes. Yes, we are.

Also, my answer is Airplane.
It has all the stars that matter.

Airplane was what ? , a movie

 

[Silent Duck]

Airplane was what ? , a movie

Yeah. It was a classic movie. With a lot of stars. I think it qualifies.

 

[sh2dc]

Yeah. It was a classic movie. With a lot of stars. I think it qualifies.

even more than avengers bro ?

 

[AV]

Well you implied that including guest appearances in a cast was potentially not legitimate, and I think it absolutely is. SNL probably does edge it out by a few celebrities despite recurring cast members, repeat hosts, and huge cast overlap, but I would not be surprised if they were very close.

Are we also saying they have to be playing a character? Otherwise surely it'd be a chat show of some kind, but that's kinda losing sight of the question.

 

[Silent Duck]

even more than avengers bro ?

I prefer quality over quantity.

 

[Nymphae]

Are we also saying they have to be playing a character? Otherwise surely it'd be a chat show of some kind, but that's kinda losing sight of the question.

Again not exactly specified, but a talk show seems to me to not really be in the spirit of the inquiry, star studded cast is sort of a pitch term and doesn't really feel applicable to press junket interviews to me personally.

 

[plushyp]

Not the most but I remember those romantic ensemble films were generally quite stacked. Take Love Actually (2003) as an example:

Alan Rickman
Emma Thompson
Hugh Grant
Keira Knightley
Colin Firth
Sienna Guillory
Liam Neeson
Bill Nighy
Chiwetel Ejiofor
Andrew Lincoln
Laura Linney
Michael Fitzgerald
Martin Freeman
Billy Bob Thornton
Rowan Atkinson
Claudia Schiffer
Nina Sosanya
Ivana Miličević
January Jones
Elisha Cuthbert
Shannon Elizabeth
Denise Richards
Julia Davis

Love Actually (2003) - IMDb

Love Actually (2003) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.

www.imdb.com