Greatest movie acting moments

[DannyODay]

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Great responses, everybody! I'm going to take some time shortly to add some of these to the "official" list I'm compiling. Not all could be found on YouTube...dagnabbit.

I wholeheartedly agree about the the Color of Money scene...fantastic! And that Desperate Living clip is unbelievably good. I'll try to keep the YouTube hunt going for the others.

"Goose Bump Moment" is not to be taken literally (or it could)...just a term for that one thing (maybe in a scene) that makes your eyebrows go up and really take note of an acting performance. My mind is already combing over my favorite John Candy moments. I'd love to get more suggestions.

-Danny O Day

[Steve in North Hollywood]

im sure i stand alone in this and its a very misunderstood fascination but believe it or not, i think if given the chance, John Candy wouldve been the best of the crop of funny-turned-serious comedic actors.

sure, the movies are funny+cheesy (planes, trains..., uncle buck, etc.) but when you watch john candy, its touching.  even when he played the guard in national lampoon's vacation.  unfortunately, i cant research a particular moment when i get "goosebumps" but i wanted to at least bring it up.

John Candy G.B.M

The Great Outdoors:  Chet:  "So, when you go to bed tonight... and you hear a noise, whatever you do, don't look out the window... "

You know the rest.

[dave from knoxville]

One of my goosebump moments, that should seem frivolous, but still gets to me, is not really tied to a performance as much as the situation, the last time John Cusack pulls the shower curtain back in his recurring dream in The Sure Thing.

That could be the worst sentence ever.

[nec13]

The "cuckoo clock speech" from The Third Man.

This one is pretty great, too:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dM44eaasx0Y[/youtube]

[jbissell]

The "cuckoo clock speech" from The Third Man.

That's a great one.