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This might be a tough one! I can't imagine there being many movies like this but I thought it was a brilliant poll idea 😁 Movies where a major star is nearly or totally unrecognizable.

Also just wanted to say we're all feeling heaps better. I didn't want to jinx it 🤣 Hopefully that'll be us getting back on track and business as usual! Thank you all for asking after us ❤️

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Bartleby

“The Elephant Man” (1980)

Bartleby

“Bram Stoker’s Dracula” (1992)

Just another Red Shirt

The lmposters, with Stanley Tucci in Oliver Platt. It got overlooked back in the 90s but it is comedy gold. If you don’t watch it for the channel, I recommend giving it a watch anyhow. Also Frailty,with Matthew McConaughey is a good one.

Bartleby

“It” 2017

Bill W

Monster (Charlize Theron; 2003) Destroyer (Nicole Kidman; 2015) Mask (Eric Stoltz; 1985) Bram Stoker's Dracula (Gary Oldman; 1992) Shadow of the Vampire (Willem Dafoe; 2000) The Cell (Vincent D' Onofrio; 2000) Men In Black (Vincent D'Onofrio; 1996)

Bartleby

“Mask” (1985)

James UK

Darkest Hour (2017)

Bartleby

“Sin City” (2005)

Edward Olson

Little Big Man - Dustin Hoffman

Gene Hendricks

Shadow of the Vampire (2000) - Willem Dafoe Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931) - Fredric March plays both roles Alien Nation (1988) - Mandy Patinkin

Edward Olson

Coming to America - won't say who - Don't spoil it!

David Harvey

"Little Big Man" 1970. The lead actor is unrecognizable at the beginning of the film. And it's also a wonderful film with many quirky characters.

Edward Olson

Earth Girls Are Easy - Jim Carrey, Jeff Goldblum, Damon Wayans

Carl Evans

American Hustle (2013) Tropic Thunder (2008)

KG

Bradley Cooper and Vin Diesel in Guardians of the Galaxy. Absolutely no resemblance! 🤣

Dean J

How about Harvey (1950) ... Harvey is almost totally unrecognizable...

Bartleby

And remember Dawn. You still got to watch Platoon Born on the 4th of July and The Deer Hunter before watching Tropic Thunder

Dag Einar Bergli

The Dark Knight (Heath Ledger) (You must watch Batman Begins first) And I'm adding Hellboy (Ron Pearlman)

Bill W

Been trying to get someone, ANYONE, to react to 'Shadow' for years.

Ryan Gallacher

The Elephant Man (1980) John Hurt is unrecognisable

Chicago Artist Jon

Gary Oldman in Bram Stoker’s Dracula, 1992, or Darkest Hour, 2017. Tom Cruise and Robert Downey Jr in Tropic Thunder, 2008.

Gene Hendricks

It's such a great movie! Even more so if you have seen Nosferatu, but that's not necessary.

Bartleby

“Dick Tracy” (1990)

Jeff Forbes

Billy Bob Thornton - Sling Blade

VM Kane

Going a bit older: almost anything with Guinness. 'Kind hearts and coronets' where he plays eight characters, of whom only two look much like him. 'Tunes of glory' in which he' seems a good foot taller than he is in 'Lavender Hill mob'. 'The ladykillers' with his uncannily persuasive Alistair Sim impersonation.

Bartleby

Yes it is! Dick Tracy is a totally unique and highly creative film.

Michael S Schultz

The original SLEUTH with Laurence Olivier and Michael Caine. To say anything else would be cheating

Tic Toc Melody

A major star? Dustin Hoffman: Little Big Man Robert De Niro: Raging Bull John Hurt: The Elephant Man Michael Caine: Sleuth Peter Sellers: Lolita Robert Downey Jr./Tom Cruise: Tropic Thunder (that will obviously win) Bette Davis: The Private Lives Of Elizabeth And Essex

Jinyatta

If you liked The Silence of the Lambs, I think you would like LongLegs. Another case for Detective Dawn!

Tim Coates

Dick Tracy (1990) - multiple

BDev

Murder in the first-Kevin Bacon (1995), Copland-Stallone, Dick Tracy!

Robert Nelson

Coming To America. Eddie Murphy plays several characters - even a white guy!

Tito Leon

movie from 1986 The Fly. this one was a good one

nexus

How come we haven't got the second transformers movie

sean carey

Garry Oldman in Dracula

Nathan Wolff

Hi Dawn, I see that you now have 70,000 subscribers. Congratulations!

DracJeriba

Mark Ruffalo in Foxcatcher (2014)

Duke Pootentooter

Tootsie (1982) The Eyes of Tammy Faye (2021) The Machinist (2004)

N M

Yes to TOOTSIE! ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ Award winning movie AND Unrecognizable Star! (Dustin Hoffman)

N M

See below 👇 👇 👇

Simon

The Batman - Colin Farrell The Elephant Man - John Hurt And yeah, put me down for Tropic Thunder. Les Grossman is the bomb.

Bernie Zwicky

Mrs. Doubtfire 1993 with Robin Williams might be a fun one to watch!

Bill W

The movies where we see the transformation take place IN the movie...do those even count? (Not naming titles, but we know which ones they are.)

Bill W

In The Name of the Father (Billy Bob Thornton) *wink wink, nudge nudge

Bartleby

Yeah Mickey Rourke as Marv is something else. He looks just like the character come alive off the comic book pages. And of course, Nick Stahl

JL Green

"The Batman" (2022) Colin Farrell. Also Nick Nolte "Extreme Prejudice," Val Kilmer in "The Saint" (worst disguises ever lol) and Peter Sellers "Murder By Death. "

David Simon

Tropic Thunder-too many too mention

CinWin

I was going to mention Born On The 4th of July because TC went out in public dressed as his character and no one recognized him. LOL

Bartleby

“Born on the Fourth of July” (1989)

CinWin

Coming To America The Grinch (for Christmas) Foxcatcher All Things Fall Apart Vice Black Mass Mary, Queen of Scots

Danny Noon

Halloween is coming up, we need a horror movie poll ! 🎃🎃🎃🎃

Louis Marzullo

How many poll finalists could feature D. Hoffman?? 🤯

Alan Jones

It's a bit old-school, but The List of Adrian Messenger (1963) features a half dozen or so "disguised cameos" by big stars appearing briefly in character makeup, peppered in on purpose to offer the viewer a game of "spot the stars" as the story unfolds. Of course, you'd need to be familiar with the stars of that era to spot them. As I recall, the main story line is a mystery/thriller which is engaging in its own right, and well-directed by the legendary John Houston. There is an unveiling sequence at the end where the cameo stars "unmask" to reveal who was who. (And there are rumors that some of the stars cheated, and were portrayed by stand-ins except for the unmasking at the end.)

Eric Hill

The 7 Faces of Dr. Lao starring Tony Randall as seven different characters. It’s a Fantasy, Western, Comedy

Alan Jones

I further second (or third, or fourth) Little Big Man, which is a long-time favorite of mine. I would down-vote Lolita. I suspect Dawn would be uncomfortable with the subject matter, but that's just my opinion.

Eric Hill

The Hunchback of Norte Dame with Charles Laughton and Maureen O’Hara

Eric Hill

It , starring Tim Curry

Alan Jones

I can think of three candidates right off: Little Big Man Papillon Tootsie

nexus

No hurry, it's just a post at start of the month she said she'd post it, so was wondering what happened

Shawn Ravenfire

Monster, starring Charlize Theron. (I haven't actually seen it, but I've seen pictures of her in makeup, and she looks amazingly different.)

Shawn Ravenfire

Dr. Strangelove (Peter Sellers in three different roles!)

Louis Marzullo

There's a story behind that one. Dawn watched it a while back & was so underwhelmed that the reaction video was cast into the dustbin of history, never to be seen again... 😄 (She said maybe she'd give it another go in the future, I think.🤞🏻)

Louis Marzullo

Anyone hear from Ragnar Miersch or Robert Inman, perhaps via Discord? I believe they both live in the Florida panhandle area.

Björn Karlsson

A poll with non-english horror movies 🙂🙂

Jay Perry

Comedy Gangster movies. Analyze This, Analyze That, Johnny Dangerously, the original Oceans 11 1960, with the Rat Pack.

CinWin

Oh, if you're looking for new poll topics, "Biopics" but the list is endless so you'd have to break it down to specific topics, such as: MUSIC: Ray Selena Coal Miner's Daughter Walk The Line What's Love Got To Do With It INNOVATORS: Ford vs Ferrari Julie and Julia Flash of Genius SPORTS: Secretariat Moneyball The Blind Side Remember The Titans TV SHOW PERSONALITIES: Julie and Julia (mentioned twice because it's such a great movie) Mr. Roger's Neighborhood Good Night, and Good Luck... ....you get the idea...

JD

Gary Oldman in Hannibal. Although I can think of anyone else who could've played that role.

Bill W

They both recently commented on full length Starship Troopers.

Dag Einar Bergli

Please tell me you meant to say "can't", cause if you're undermining the greatness of Gary Oldman we may have issues :D

Happy Hanukkah

Murder on the Orient Express (1974) Scrooge (1970)

JL Green

Outstanding group. Unfortunately many people are more aware of the film Clue than Murder By Death.

Elliot Nesterman

Glad to hear everyone is doing well. The Hours (2002). Nicole Kidman won the Oscar, BAFTA, and Golden Globe for her performance as Virginia Woolf. Here's one that fits both "unrecognizable" and "halloween:" The Phantom of the Opera (1925). Starring the great Lon Chaney in the title role, it is one of the best silent horror films. Chaney was a huge star in the silents. Because he made many films in which he wore extreme makeup, which he did himself, he was nicknamed "the man of a thousand faces." Another of his films in which he is unrecognizable is The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923). Still one of the best films of the novel.

Billy B

Oppenheimer . He’s not the star . But I didn’t realize Robert Downey Jr was in it . Long legs , nick cage . Movie was meh though. X , Mia Goth plays 2 characters in the movie . Glad y’all are feeling better. Dark chocolate for the cough cure . 😁😉

Louis Marzullo

Murder By Death is a side-splitter! So many great one-liners & exchanges I can quote to this day! 🤣

Duke Pootentooter

Maybe a future poll could focus on "Physical Transformations", where a main character looks significantly different at various points in the movie?

JL Green

I know. Truman Capote constantly correcting Peter Sellers grammar (especially in the Moose head) gets to me every time 😆 🤣 😂. The rapid fire jokes were obviously an inspiration for "Airplane."

John A

Actors who were unrecognizable. John Hurt in "The Elephant Man" (1982) Charlize Theron in "Monster" (2003) Gary Oldman in "Darkest Hour" (2017) Almost unrecognizable. Jon Voight in "Runaway Train" (1985)

Louis Marzullo

Yay, a game! Ok, the middle one is easy & very clever! ("Wilson!!"). The fried shrimp I have no clue but it's cracking me up, so thanks for that! 😂 The first one is irritating b/c I feel like I should've gotten it immediately. 🤔

Duke Pootentooter

Hint: Actor's initials are BP for the first and SC for the third. Louis, we puzzle lovers need to stand united against the boring old PPP (Poll Parameter Police), who apparently don't like fun. 😢 Viva la resistance! ☺️

Bill W

Hey, you piggybacked on my comment...which would be fine normally. But now I get an alert every time the "fun" continues.

Duke Pootentooter

Sorry Bill. I didn't realize you were getting alerts. In the future, I will try to move the puzzles/games over to Discord.

Bill W

Alerts...and no puzzle answers!! 🤣 Anyways im guessing Brad Pitt Benjamin Button. And the ones I was thinking of were The Fly (as Louis said), and Tootsie and Mrs. Doubtfire.

Wayne Kryka

Shadow of the Vampire (William Dafoe)

Korny

Two that don’t have any reactions that I’m aware of are: Leaving Las Vegas with Nicolas Cage and Elisabeth Shue Glengarry Glen Ross with Pacino, Jack Lemmon, Alec Baldwin, Kevin Spacey and Ed Harris

David Strong

Have you ever done JAILHOUSE ROCK choreographed by Elvis Presley, who starred in it and sang and played rhythm guitar 🎸??? What abt Blackboard Jungle featuring "ROCK AROUND THE CLOC:K"⏰️ ???

N M

Prince Harry and William played Stormtroopers in one of the Star Wars films.

CinWin

Yeah, I thought about putting that on the list but it is soooooo lonnnng...I figured it wouldn't have a chance winning a poll.

N M

Wouldn’t be surprised if that actually happened 😝

Louis Marzullo

Dawn saw Oppenheimer in the theater. She even posted a pic of the ticket stubs. I don't think she was too impressed. How about you? ☺️

David Zabel

Fast Times at Ridgemont High has a major star in it you might see if you don't blink. Funny as hell too.

David Zabel

How about movies no one else reacts to? A lot of great ones out there like Fletch, I Love You Man, UHF, Strange Brew, and Revenge of the Nerds.

CinWin

Does Dawn do "In Memory Of..." polls for well-known actors who have recently passed? If so, sadly, there are quite a few just in the past month: Dame Maggie Smith James Earl Jones Kris Kristofferson John Ashton John Amos Chad McQueen Kathryn Crosby...

David Strong

Klaus Kinski was in Herzog'Herzog's Nosferatu. He was in both versions (EEnglish and German) but thr German language on is much better in my opinion.

Bill W

Louis, Nick is amazing. Whenever I see him in a film, I think to myself "Boy, is he ACTING!!" (stolen from Martin Short, roasting Steve Martin)

Louis Marzullo

Haha, never would've gotten "Button" (haven't seen it). I thought BP was Bill Pullman! 🤣 Now, about that 3rd one...

Louis Marzullo

She's always hilarious. Was in a top-5 all-time Taxi episode playing the boss' wife. Her facial expressions alone are LOL-funny!

Bill W

Not an official "roast" of the Dean Martin kind. Steve was getting an AFI or Governor's Award or something like that.

Louis Marzullo

Or the Comedy Central kind, I gather... Have you seen Andy Samberg's SNL impression with Cage sitting right next to him? 🤣😂🤣

Louis Marzullo

Wow, excellent! I did see that one. Dang, Sharlto Copley... If Daniel Day-Lewis & Christian Bale had a baby! 😂

Bill W

Louis, I never saw Button either, but I knew the plot. I just figured out District 9 myself.... I don't believe that one qualifies for a couple reasons.

Duke Pootentooter

Just a reminder that my 3-film list was for a different proposed poll for "Physical Transformations" that show a character looking different in stages throughout the movie, not for Dawn's original post that asked for unrecognizable characters.

Björn Karlsson

I havent seen the Arn movies 🫣🫣 But I know the story. Some of the places from the movie (or the books) is not so far from where I live 🙂

Björn Karlsson

Jan Guillou wrote three books about Arn, and there are two movies based of them (I had to check it up 😆)

Tom Grassia

If you're going with movies no one reacts to, Billy Wilder's "Stalag 17" should be at the top of the list. Black and White. Funny. Dramatic. Thrilling. It's a classic, and only the tiny reactors ever mention it.