Favorite Tough Guys

[ArchAngel71857]

Jason Bourne in Bourne Identity. Matt Damon's diamond in the rough tough guy.

Samuel L. Jackson.

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[John Cole]

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I wanted to show human imbecility in a picaresque film where I would also how the reality of war. The true history of the United Staes was constructed on a violence which neither literature nor the cinema had ever properly shown.



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For a fine critical look at violence in literature and cinema in the United States, see Richard Slotkin's triology that begins with the classic Regeneration Through Violence. link

[andyfox]

I heard Eastwood talk about the cigars on Inside the Actor's Studio. The rest I got from a biography of Sergio Leone by Christopher Frayling; it came out in 2000, so I imagine it's still in print.

[andyfox]

And he was, after all, Liberty Valance.

More of a comedic role, but he was great in Cat Ballou. (I think he might have won a supporting actor Oscar for it.)

[ericd]

Arsenic and Old Lace
Les Miserables
Prisoner of Zenda

[James Boston]

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Saying Joe Pesci is a tough guy is like saying Scrappy Doo was the engine that made the Mystery Machine go.



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There is some truth to that, but when he stabs that guy in the neck with an ink pen in Casino he earned his place on my list. Or, the trunk stabbing scene from Goodfellas.

[joker122]

A tribute to real men.

[47outs]

Al Pacino in Scarface, hands down!

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[Phat Mack]

Have you also watched Prime Cut ?

I thought I'd seen everything he did, but have never heard of this one. I'll look for it.

so the tough guy image he was able to project was based on something very profound.

Yeah. There is something about him that is the real deal.

[mikeyvegas]

Mr. T in Rocky 3. He gave me nightmares as a kid.