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Robin’s Underrated Gems: Things to Do in Denver When You’re Dead (1995)
After Pulp Fiction was released in 1994 and became a pop culture phenomenon, it felt like virtually every other film which came out in the ensuing years was a carbon copy. During this time period, many young filmmakers did their … Continue reading
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Before They Were Stars: Willem Dafoe Does a Hula Dance in The Wooster Group
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3vBZYoZdNM Yesterday, I posted footage of Steve Buscemi performing with a New York-based experimental theater company known as the Wooster Group. Well, it turns out that Willem Dafoe was one of the original founders of the Wooster Group and spent … Continue reading
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Before They Were Stars: Steve Buscemi Dances in The Wooster Group
The Wooster Group are an acclaimed New York-based experimental theater company which have been existence since the early 1980s and quite a few famous actors have passed through their ranks. They have their own Youtube channel featuring tons of rare … Continue reading
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Before They Were Stars: Marilyn Monroe in “Dangerous Years”
In spite of being one of the iconic movie stars of all time, Marilyn Monroe had to take quite a few nothing bit parts in B-movies before she found fame. Her first official role was as a waitress in a … Continue reading
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Before They Were Stars: Anjelica Huston in “This is Spinal Tap”
We all know that one of cinema’s all-time greatest payoffs to a visual gag is the Stonehenge sequence in This is Spinal Tap. Watching the film again recently, I’d completely forgotten that a relatively unknown Anjelica Huston had a small … Continue reading
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Before They Were Stars: James McAvoy in “Band of Brothers”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPFjM0v-r1c Wouldn’t it be neat to see Charles Xavier and Magneto teaming up to fight the Nazis during World War II? Well, the closest that came to happening was in the acclaimed HBO mini-series, Band of Brothers, as Michael Fassbender … Continue reading
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Before They Were Stars: The “X-Files” Version
Courtesy of Buzzfeed, here’s a montage featuring clips of ten famous actors who appeared on episodes of The X-Files before they were famous. This montage will be of particular interest to Breaking Bad fans as Bryan Cranston, Aaron Paul and Dean … Continue reading
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Before They Were Stars: 12-Year Old Jason Biggs Does a Voice in “Mike Mulligan and the Steam Shovel”
Mike Mulligan and the Steam Shovel is a very popular children’s book which got its own 25-minute animated adaptation in 1990. A 12-year old Jason Biggs had one of his earliest acting jobs in this short, providing the voice of … Continue reading
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Before They Were Stars: Steve Carell in a Radio Station Commercial
There are quite a few old commercials floating around out there that Steve Carell did during the early years of his career. Here’s another snippet of an ad where Carell makes a brief appearance and plugs WTMJ, a radio station based … Continue reading
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Before They Were Stars: Laura Prepon in a Sneaker Pimps Music Video
You may have vague memories of a British trip-hop group called The Sneaker Pimps, who enjoyed some brief popularity during the 1990s. In 1996, they produced a music video for their single, “6 Underground”, where an unknown 16-year old Laura … Continue reading
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