Looking for an alive Christopher Reeve to star in my next short July 2, 2007 8:14 PM Subscribe
Recommend movies in which one of the main characters is severely disabled, particularly the main character. Million Dollar Baby, didn't like so much. Must be something better? posted by strangeleftydoublethink to media & arts (61 comments total)
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OK, that's a little weird. I'm really not a Tom Cruise fanboy, I swear.
Ooh, ooh, Forrest Gump. Wheeee! posted by ZakDaddy at 8:27 PM on July 2, 2007
What counts as severely disabled? The movie Bad Day at Black Rock stars Spencer Tracy as John J. Macreedy, an amputee. posted by RichardP at 8:27 PM on July 2, 2007
Being There. It's about a mentally slow gardener. He keeps saying offbeat things, and people take them as deep, meaningful metaphors. Peter Sellers is wonderful in it. posted by Ostara at 9:05 PM on July 2, 2007
How about the one with the chick laying in the bed? I think Mary Tyler Moore played her for a while on Broadway with stunt casting. Then Richard Dreyfuss played the part in the movie, and it's a right to die movie, he wants the right to die with dignity. Oh goddammit, go to IMDB and look it up.
The above brought to you by my wife, who can't remember the name of that fucking movie
Based on the examples cited, I doubt the original poster had "mentally disabled" in mind. Something like The Waterdance would be more like it. posted by jjg at 9:10 PM on July 2, 2007
Argh. Webbster beat me to it, because I was too busy transcribing my wife verbatim.
(s)he posted first, I had more fun posted by davejay at 9:10 PM on July 2, 2007
The Bone Collector, although the book is hella better than the movie. All the books in the series are pretty neat...Lincoln Rhyme is a forensics superdetective who solves crimes from his wheelchair and bedroom lab.
Pretty gruesome stuff though. posted by TomMelee at 9:16 PM on July 2, 2007
Rory O'Shea Was Here posted by Soliloquy at 9:49 PM on July 2, 2007
In the John Wayne movie "Hellfighters" there's a pretty important supporting character who is confined to a wheelchair, because of a broken back.
Jay C. Flippen, the actor playing that role, only had one leg; the other we see on film was prosthetic. posted by Steven C. Den Beste at 10:02 PM on July 2, 2007
Does Saw count? The behind-the-curtain villain is nearly immobilized.
For that matter, Star Wars. posted by lostburner at 10:25 PM on July 2, 2007
Oooh, Rear Window (wheelchair bound with a broken leg) and Wait Until Dark (the main character's blindness is the focus of the movie). posted by lostburner at 10:30 PM on July 2, 2007
I'll probably be pilloried for this, but I'd like to suggest "The Ringer". While the lead character is pretending to be disabled, many of the supporting actors actually are disabled. Yes, it stars Johnny Knoxville and yes, it's a Farelly brothers movie, but it's so much more than the sum of its parts. posted by ninazer0 at 12:13 AM on July 3, 2007
Go Now - Robert Carlyle has Multiple Sclerosis. posted by concrete at 1:20 AM on July 3, 2007
Sling Blade is good if you're looking for a movie with someone who has a severe disability. It's a strange movie, but very interesting to watch. posted by I_love_the_rain at 10:04 AM on July 3, 2007
Is everybody assuming the title of the post isn't serious?
Is everybody assuming the title of the post isn't serious?
If it is -- if the OP is looking for an *actor* to hire
Yep, I was confused, because I the title and the actual question are at odds.
Title: Looking for an alive Christopher Reeve to star in my next short
Question: Recommend movies in which one of the main characters is severely disabled, particularly the main character.
Then she mentions Million Dollar Baby as an example, which did not feature a disabled actor, but a disabled character. Unless one of the supporting actors is disabled (???).
I assumed that since the OP didn't correct us, that the answers were on track.
Care to weigh in, OP????? posted by The Deej at 4:51 PM on July 3, 2007
Thirding or so... I thought The Sea Inside was absolutely awesome, all the more so for the transformation the lead actor went through in order to portray Ramon Sampedro, a quadriplegic. It's evident in the flashbacks that he's actually a quite buff and young-looking guy, but I at least totally believed his portrayal of a somewhat older man, imprisoned by his body after an accident but mentally more free than most, and very able to control and influence the people around him. While it's more of a right-to-die picture than a story of living with disability, it's still very moving. posted by Gingersnap at 6:54 PM on July 3, 2007
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