Best cameo appearance ever...
...Gene Wilder in this movie.
shareBumpin' it for Gene. Come on, people... "I'm gonna tear them apart!"
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Hmmm, you may be right. Another great one to say the least.
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Does it even count as a cameo? This was Gene Wilder's first role...
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Good points from the last two posters. I'd have to say Nicholson's role in Easy Rider is more than a cameo, though, I would count it as one of the major parts. However, if one does count it as a cameo, then it probably is number one, or a serious contender. And yes, this was Gene Wilder's first role. Maybe it's a retroactive cameo.
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True, that scene was great. But I always defined cameo where a big name comes on for a moment, their appearance is not mentioned anywhere beforehand, and something pivotal happens due to their appearance. For me Gene Wilder became a star after this("The Producers") so it was a humorous debut, not a "cameo."
Oh well, depends on how you differentiate the term I guess. Kind of like this film "Juno" where people are calling an appearance by Rainn Wilson a "cameo." I have never seen "The Office" and can't recall seeing the guy in a movie before. Guess that is a cameo to some, just not for me.
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Alfred Hitchcock made cameo appearances. Wilder's was no cameo role.
shareGene was great in this film.
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Well, I suppose you're all right regarding the definition of a cameo. It feels like a cameo appearance to me, I suppose, because Gene Wilder is famous NOW, but admittedly wasn't at the time. I just love his appearance in this movie and wanted to call attention to it. I'm glad I'm not the only one who thinks it's great. The poster who said Gene Hackman's appearance in Young Frankenstein is the best cameo appearance ever is probably right.
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Don't think I'd call Wilder's role a cameo appearance.
shareSome of my other favorite cameos are Merv Griffin in THE MAN WITH TWO BRAINS and Charlton Heston in one of the WAYNE'S WORLD movies.
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shareI love Gene's scene in this!
You can tell at the very beginning of his scene (hey! that's my car! I'm gonna tear them apart) that it was his first role and he seems a little nervous, but as the scene goes along he seems to get more comfortable and laid back.
He's got such a cute face!
Those adorable cheeks!
Gene is great in this, and I'm glad I got it from Netflix :).
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I don't know if it's the "greatest", but I love Christopher Walken's cameo in Pulp Fiction -- brilliant, hilarious
Gene is decent in B&C but c'mon he only has a couple lines... it's not great
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The previous poster was right. Wilder's appearance wasn't a cameo. It was his debut. My personal favorite cameo is Martin Scorsese's in "Taxi Driver."
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It was his debut performance. I thought it was a little out of place with the serious tone of the movie but he was funny.
shareA couple of posters are confusing supporting roles with cameos. Nicholson's performances in Easy Rider and A Few Good Men were supporting roles, in other words a minor character, but one who is still significant in the plot and has a fair amount of screen time. A cameo means a very small role, even just a brief glimpse of an actor WHO IS ALREADY ESTABLISHED AND WELL KNOWN. Hitchcock had the most famous cameos. Another one that comes to mind is in Quiz Show where Ethan Hawke is clearly plays one of Paul Scofield's college students, has one line, and then disappears, for a total screen time of about 5 seconds (okay, Ethan is not the brightest star in the firmament, but still). Wilder was not, so really it is a small role for someone who later became a star. That is a whole different category. For example, Jack Lemmon in Prisoner of Second Avenue bumps into a beefy young man in the park and assumes he is being mugged, so he chases him down and gets back "his" wallet (in fact he has taken the young man's wallet). The young man is played by Sylvestor Stallone. In Gandhi, there is a scene at the beginning where Gandhi is confronted by some youths who expect him to get off of the sidewalk; Gandhi's response is that he believes we will see there is room enough for all of us. The main thug was played by Daniel Day Lewis.
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A real cameo is an established star who slums in a brief, throw-away role (a) as a favor to the producer or director, or (b) because it's funny/ironic due to the star's past roles and/or public image and how that juxtaposes with the character he's playing (in the brief, throw-away role).
Examples:
James Coburn in 1965's "The Loved One"
Walter Matthau in 1974's "Earthquake"
Tom Cruise in 2007's "Tropic Thunder" (maybe this isn't so brief or throw-away)