The Complete List + Comment
I'm going out of my way to fast forward the tape I've got (all 6 hours of it) to give you the complete list! Voted in 2003 by Channel 4 viewers on UK Television.
And yes, I'm VERY bored at the moment!
100 Michael Douglas
99 Halle Berry
98 Jane Fonda
97 Burt Reynolds
96 Wesley Snipes
95 Uma Thurman
94 Leonardo DiCaprio
93 Kevin Costner
92 Amitabh Bachcnan
91 Julie Christie
90 Gerard Depardieu
89 Gwyneth Paltrow
88 Juliette Binoche
87 Winona Ryder
86 Grace Kelly
85 Daniel Day-Lewis
84 Doris Day
83 Ralph Fiennes
82 Judy Garland
81 Fred Astaire
80 Dennis Hopper
79 Vivian Leigh
78 Oliver Reed
77 Elizabeth Taylor
76 Richard Gere
75 Meg Ryan
74 Angelina Jolie
73 Hugh Grant
72 Geroge Clooney
71 Woody Allen
70 Richard Burton
69 River Phoenix
68 Ingrid Bergman
67 Eddie Murphy
66 Gene Kelly
65 Cameron Diaz
64 James Dean
63 Clark Gable
62 Robert Downey Jr
61 Robert Redford
60 Jude Law
59 John Malkovich
58 Meryl Streep
57 Peter Sellers
56 John Wayne
55 Kate Winslet
54 Arnold Schwarzenegger
53 Harvey Keitel
52 Sydney Poitier
51 Will Smith
50 Charlie Chaplin
49 Bruce Lee
48 John Cusack
47 Jim Carrey
46 John Travolta
45 Bette Davis
44 Michael Caine
43 Jack Lemmon
42 Gene Hackman
41 Jackie Chan
40 Gary Oldman
39 Marilyn Monroe
38 Katherine Hepburn
37 Cate Blanchett
36 Humphrey Bogart
35 Bruce Willis
34 Chistopher Walken
33 Nicholas Cage
32 Tom Cruise
31 Christopher Lee
30 Marlon Brando
29 Julia Roberts
28 Denzel Washington
27 Morgan Freeman
26 Russell Crowe
25 Susan Sarandon
24 Dustin Hoffman
23 Jodie Foster
22 Johhny Depp
21 Nicole Kidman
20 Sigourney Weaver
19 Robin Williams
18 Clint Eastwood
17 Mel Gibson
16 Paul Newman
15 Brad Pitt
14 Steve McQueen
13 Audrey Hepburn
12 James Stewart
11 Samuel L. Jackson
10 Cary Grant
09 Ewan McGregor
08 Sean Connery
07 Anthony Hopkins
06 Jack Nicholson
05 Harrison Ford
04 Kevin Spacey
03 Tom Hanks
02 Robert De Niro
01 AL PACINO
Analysis: Well as was posted earlier on this board, I'm glad Pacino won over De Niro (I certainly voted for Pacino) because De Niro has sold out big time in recent years. I wish the show had used that cafe scene from Heat 'cos it would show the two greatest movie stars acting together (including De Niro's last great performance to date), but anyway.
Ewan McGregor is way too high at no.9, and Brando is way too low at no.30 (I think he and McGregor should swap) because Brando changed screen acting forever and put in some tour de force performances. I'd have thought James Dean would have been higher for that matter, too.
On a personal hero point of view, I'm disappointed to see Alec Guinness not in the list, and Gene Kelly all the way down at no.66 (behind John Travolta?!).
I think Spacey is too high as well. I think he's done some great Channel 4 viewer-type films, like Se7en, Usual Suspects, American Beauty. Overall, though, he hasn't done a body of work to justify this position (in my humble opinion, of course).
My personal dislikes: I hate Mel Gibson (well, I'm an English athiest - so I must be Gibson's sworn enemy!) and I don't think he's a great movie star, even if he is a competent director. And Nic Cage is severely overrated as an actor (although I do agree Leaving Las Vegas was a great performance.) And Woody Allen is exactly the same in every film, so I think people voted for the writer/director, NOT the actor star.
I think there is a bit of reactionary voting (Halle Berry for e.g.), I mean if the poll was taken today Orlando Bloom would be in there, but overall I think it's quite representitive of the public at large's opinion.
So then, what do YOU think?