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Movies where top billing actor only made brief appearance?
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excelsiorlef
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Segal in Executive Decision
Bruce Campbell - Intruder (and this is the most criminal bullshit false advertising as Campbell's role barely even qualifies as a cameo and iirc comes right at the end and has no effect on the plot. That said it's a great slasher flick and the billing got me to watch sooooo)
Bruce Campbell - Intruder (and this is the most criminal bullshit false advertising as Campbell's role barely even qualifies as a cameo and iirc comes right at the end and has no effect on the plot. That said it's a great slasher flick and the billing got me to watch sooooo)
Grizzlyjin
Supersonic, idiotic, disconnecting, not respecting, who would really ever wanna go and top that
Lawrence Fishburne in the newest Predator movie.
Yeah, I noticed that about Godzilla too. They used all his scenes for the marketing, basically.
Yeah, I noticed that about Godzilla too. They used all his scenes for the marketing, basically.
This one is perfect
He is in the movie for literally the first 15 minutes and doesn't really do a whole lot
They were the only good scenes so it made sense to me.
Dr Amazon MD
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Sam Jackson in Deep Blue Sea.
"A fuckin Shark ate me!"
RoryDropkick
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This kinda counts, right?
Won an Oscar too right?
Banjotanooki
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Beneath the planet of the apes had Chalton Heston on the poster but saved him for the last 15 minutes since he really didn't want to be in it yet 20th century fox wegged him for cameo
He was in at least 50% of the movie pretty prominently though, so I don't know if that really counts.
More like a
shocking twist
that was sort of the point though.
excelsiorlef
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This one is perfect
He is in the movie for literally the first 15 minutes and doesn't really do a whole lot
Unlike Intruder this one pissed me off because my Dad and I loved those 80s-90s guys and together it should've been awesome instead it was a boring ass film.
I'd likely have never bothered if it was just a generic Russel film (the movie itself is generic, not all Russel films)
Waste of time.
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Counts, however it was done very consciously for audience reaction
William Hurt won an Oscar for A History of Violence, and I'm pretty sure he was onscreen for even less time than Hopkins.
Dave_6
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This one is perfect
He is in the movie for literally the first 15 minutes and doesn't really do a whole lot
This is the first one that came to mind. I still remember seeing this in the theater and everyone gasped when he was sucked out of the plane lol.
Dr Amazon MD
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I don't think so. He's only in the first part, unless I'm remembering it wrong.
Megadragon15
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Jackie Chan in Vampire Effect.
This one is perfect
He is in the movie for literally the first 15 minutes and doesn't really do a whole lot
The one and only true answer to this question.
BattleMonkey
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Well he never had any mention in the original marketing or release of the films it wasn't till many years later after evil dead did they start slapping his name on it.
MrCunningham
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blame space
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yeah but he acted the fuck out of those 20 minutes
Hmm. Perhaps. I always thought it was around the halfway point, but it's been awhile for me also. I suppose it's possible that it's more like 25% so that would qualify him in that case.
excelsiorlef
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Yep I know but I saw it via the home video marketing. Also Evil Dead had been out for 8 years before they even released intruder to theatres.
HORRORSHØW
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de niro in brazil
to be fair, I blame the direction of the character more than the actor.
thekonamicode
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Did Cranston actually get top billing in Godzilla (2014)? On the movie poster is says "and Bryan Cranston".
MagnaderAlpha
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Yeah, the fact she's up in front(she's the closest to the front, moreso than Skeet) kinda bothered me. Off topic, that whole trend started with Scream(that was reflected in most of the other "teen horror"/CW Horror of the late 90s/early 00s) of the cast all gathered on the poster, condescendingly gazing at those looking at the poster, always pissed me off. It's like, "Yeah, we're cool and people are dying and we know shit. So what of it?".
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The marketing really pushed his role in it by focusing a lot on his scenes, so I think that counts.
x Power Pad Death Stomp x
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That was the point so when she dies in the first 5 minutes of the movie and she was the big star...... no one is safe!!!
Wag
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In the movie his name is the first one that comes up in the credits.
Judi Dench in Shakespeare in Love too. I think it's one of the shortest with seven minutes
wanderingprostheyltite
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lol. not sure if serious.
MrCunningham
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Yeah, but that is typical Hollywood to put the biggest name in the cast up front in the poster. It's a trend that still happens to this day. But Drew Barrymore was meant to be a red herring as well as an homage to Janet Leigh from Psycho.
ViewtifulJC
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Orson Welles is, in fact, the Third Man in this film, but its suppose to be a big reveal and he's only there in the end, like Marlon Brando in Apocalypse Now.
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