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Dennis Quaid - 30/8/2012 1:14:47 PM

filmfan90

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Who doesn't love the Quaid?!

From movies like Dragonheart to Enemy Mine, Dennis Quaid has done his fair share of enjoyable movies. Quaid is definitely an underrated actor, so here's a thread dedicated entirely to him!

I recently saw him in Beneath The Darkness where he plays a genuinely creepy murderous psycho who keeps his dead wife hidden in the house - treating her as though she's very much alive. It's a great performance and easily among his best.

Here's the trailer if you haven't seen it...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJ15jvlzyrs

So what do you guys think of Dennis Quaid? Got any favs of his?

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RE: Dennis Quaid - 30/8/2012 1:37:58 PM

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I was always rather indifferent on Dennis Quaid up until I saw the 1988 thriller D.O.A which pleasantly surprised me.
And I've been meaning to checkout Dreamscape for sometime now,rether its good or not.

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RE: Dennis Quaid - 30/8/2012 8:11:49 PM

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Frequecy is an excellent film with great performances from Quaid and Caviezel. Other than that, Quaid is a bit Tesco Value Harrison Ford.

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RE: Dennis Quaid - 1/9/2012 7:41:09 PM

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Except for The Big Easy for one - a star-making performance he didn't follow through on.

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RE: Dennis Quaid - 1/9/2012 8:37:00 PM

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He's superb in Far From Heaven.

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RE: Dennis Quaid - 1/9/2012 8:47:53 PM

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Ah, true - excellent performance there too. And Innerspace, Great Balls of Fire. His Doc Holliday was very creditable too.

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RE: Dennis Quaid - 3/9/2012 5:45:57 AM

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Frequecy is an excellent film

Those five words are so full of truth and awesome. I didn't realise anyone else loved Frequency

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RE: Dennis Quaid - 3/9/2012 1:54:00 PM

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RE: Dennis Quaid - 6/9/2012 6:50:27 PM

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He had a film called Saviour out about 10 years ago, set during the war in the Balkans. Pretty grim but worth catching.

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RE: Dennis Quaid - 30/9/2012 4:49:45 AM

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Dennis Quaid tends to be somewhat underrated in my opinion. The first of his films to make a real impression on me was The Big Easy, and I agree that his performances in Frequency (which I think is a fine thriller), and particularly Far From Heaven, are excellent.
I recently caught up with one of his very early films, Breaking Away, in which he played a rebellious teenager from the wrong side of the tracks. Even at that early age there is evidence of a very fine talent.
Sure, he's made a few unfortunate career choices, but in a career spanning more than 35 years, name me one actor who hasn't.

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