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* BAKER'S DOZEN - Movies where the central character doesn't appear in the movie (or doesn't appear until the very end) *

posted 5 years ago by kukuxu (5409)
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The central character in the movie, the most important character, he (or she) doesn't appear in the movie, or at least doesn't appear until the very end.

1. The Sons of Katie Elder (1965) - Katie Elder

EDIT I changed the topic to 'doesn't appear (or doesn't appear until the very end)' since the original 'doesn't appear' is gonna be (probably) too difficult.

[–] PaladinNJ (21772) 5 years ago

1. The Sons of Katie Elder (1965) - Katie Elder
2. Waiting for Guffman (1996) - Guffman
3. THE BLAIR WITH PROJECT (1999) - THE BLAIR WITCH
4. The Usual Suspects
5. The Third Man (1949)
6) Charlie's Angels (2000) - Charlie
7. Friday The 13th 1980 Jason
8. Rebecca (1940)
9. Wizard of Oz
10) Harvey (1950)

[–] kukuxu (5409) 5 years ago

1. The Sons of Katie Elder (1965) - Katie Elder
2. Waiting for Guffman (1996) - Guffman
3. THE BLAIR WITH PROJECT (1999) - THE BLAIR WITCH
4. The Usual Suspects
5. The Third Man (1949)
6) Charlie's Angels (2000) - Charlie
7. Friday The 13th 1980 - Jason
8. Rebecca (1940) - Rebecca
9. Wizard of Oz
10) Harvey (1950)
11. North by Northwest (1959) - George Kaplan

[–] db20db (17744) 5 years ago

Interesting coincidence; I just finished re-watching North by Northwest on TCM.

[–] AnubisRaydeen (7897) 5 years ago

Does Citizen Kane count? We see his arm and hear his voice right away but never really see the character.

[–] AnubisRaydeen (7897) 5 years ago

If CK doesn't count then I thought of another one. Otherwise, I'll wait.

[–] [deleted] 5 years ago

1. The Sons of Katie Elder (1965) - Katie Elder
2. Waiting for Guffman (1996) - Guffman
3. THE BLAIR WITH PROJECT (1999) - THE BLAIR WITCH
4. The Usual Suspects
5. The Third Man (1949)
6) Charlie's Angels (2000) - Charlie
7. Friday The 13th 1980 - Jason
8. Rebecca (1940) - Rebecca
9. Wizard of Oz
10) Harvey (1950)
11. North by Northwest (1959) - George Kaplan
12. The Assassination of Richard Nixon (2004) - We see clips of Nixon.

[–] AnubisRaydeen (7897) 5 years ago

I was going to say All the President's Men. So pretty much the same deal.

[–] PaladinNJ (21772) 5 years ago

1. The Sons of Katie Elder (1965) - Katie Elder
2. Waiting for Guffman (1996) - Guffman
3. THE BLAIR WITH PROJECT (1999) - THE BLAIR WITCH
4. The Usual Suspects
5. The Third Man (1949)
6) Charlie's Angels (2000)
7. Friday The 13th 1980
8. Rebecca (1940)
9. Wizard of Oz
10) Harvey (1950)
11. North by Northwest (1959)
12. The Assassination of Richard Nixon (2004)
13) Rosemary's Baby (1968) - Does the baby count?

[–] tcrum (31863) 5 years ago

I think that's legitimate. The movie is called Rosemarys Baby.

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