# Movies with the most future stars **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 28, 2006, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-the-most-future-stars/362455 "2006-06-28T05:22:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Push\_You\_Down](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/push_you_down/32/9095_2.png) [@Push\_You\_Down](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Push_You_Down)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2006, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-the-most-future-stars/362455/21 "2006-06-28T18:55:21Z")
> [@HelloNinja](#): > > Don’t forget Jason Segal from “Freaks & Geeks” and “How I Met Your Mother.” I did indeed. ---
**Author:** ![vibrotronica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a9a28c/32.png) [@vibrotronica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vibrotronica)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2006, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-the-most-future-stars/362455/22 "2006-06-28T19:13:04Z")
[The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai: Across the 8th Dimension](http://imdb.com/title/tt0086856/fullcredits) had Peter Weller, Ellen Barkin, John Lithgow, Christopher Lloyd, Rosalind Cash, Clancy Brown, Vincent Schaivelli, and…Yakov Smirnov! Jamie Lee Curtis’ scene was cut from the theatrical release. ---
**Author:** ![Kozmik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8dc957/32.png) [@Kozmik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kozmik)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2006, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-the-most-future-stars/362455/23 "2006-06-28T21:03:09Z")
**The Faculty:** Elijah Wood Josh Hartnett Usher Raymond Jon Stewart ---
**Author:** ![Bridget\_Burke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7cd45c/32.png) [@Bridget\_Burke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bridget_Burke)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2006, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-the-most-future-stars/362455/24 "2006-06-28T21:16:29Z")
> [@vibrotronica](#): > > [The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai: Across the 8th Dimension](http://imdb.com/title/tt0086856/fullcredits) had Peter Weller, Ellen Barkin, John Lithgow, Christopher Lloyd, Rosalind Cash, Clancy Brown, Vincent Schaivelli, and…Yakov Smirnov! Jamie Lee Curtis’ scene was cut from the theatrical release. You beat me to it. I still mourn the fact that _Buckaroo Banzai VS The World Crime League_ was never made. ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2006, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-the-most-future-stars/362455/25 "2006-06-29T03:31:39Z")
**The Big Chill** had these future stars: William Hurt Jeff Goldblum Glenn Close Tom Berenger Kevin Kline Mary Kay Place JoBeth Williams Meg Tilly Kevin Costner’s corpse (It was his finest performance!) ---
**Author:** ![kevegan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e68b1a/32.png) [@kevegan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kevegan)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2006, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-the-most-future-stars/362455/26 "2006-06-29T03:39:28Z")
Christopher Walken, Jeff Goldblum, Sigourney Weaver all appeared in “Annie Hall”. ---
**Author:** ![Pigs\_in\_Space](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9d8465/32.png) [@Pigs\_in\_Space](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pigs_in_Space)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2006, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-the-most-future-stars/362455/27 "2006-06-29T03:59:47Z")
> [@Peter Morris](#): > > _Stand By Me_ Wil Wheaton, River Phoenix, Jerry O’Connell and Kiefer Sutherland. and John Cusack! Alien had Sigourney Weaver, Ian Holm, John Hurt, Yaphet Kotto, Veronica Cartwright, Harry Dean Stanton, and Tom Skerritt, which must be a record. Aliens wasn’t too bad either with Bill Paxton, Paul Reiser and Lance Henriksen. ---
**Author:** ![DragonAsh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/db5fbb/32.png) [@DragonAsh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DragonAsh)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2006, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-the-most-future-stars/362455/28 "2006-06-29T04:03:54Z")
**The Deer Hunter** (1978) had De Niro (granted, after Taxi Driver and Godfather Part II), Christopher Walken, and Meryl Streep. \*\*Apocalypse Now \*\*had Martin Sheen, Larry Fishburne, Harrison Ford (post-Star Wars), and Dennis Hopper. ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2006, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-the-most-future-stars/362455/29 "2006-06-29T04:15:59Z")
**Platoon** had future stars: Willem Dafoe Charlie Sheen Forest Whitaker John C. McGinley Kevin Dillon Johnny Depp Dale Dye ---
**Author:** ![ululate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/59ef9b/32.png) [@ululate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ululate)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2006, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-the-most-future-stars/362455/30 "2006-06-29T12:59:26Z")
> [@vibrotronica](#): > > [The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai: Across the 8th Dimension](http://imdb.com/title/tt0086856/fullcredits) had Peter Weller, Ellen Barkin, John Lithgow, Christopher Lloyd, Rosalind Cash, Clancy Brown, Vincent Schaivelli, and…Yakov Smirnov! Jamie Lee Curtis’ scene was cut from the theatrical release. And for bonus points, Carl Lumbly, Dan Hedaya, and Clancy Brown. Yow. Also, how about John Boorman’s **Excalibur**? Liam Neeson, Gabriel Byrne, Patrick Stewart, Helen Mirren – and also the debut of twentysomething Ciaran Hinds, who’ll never be a household name but in the last several years you’ve seen him as the Russian president in **Sum of All Fears** , the singing theatre owner in **Phantom of the Opera** , the team leader in **Munich** , the sneering bad guy in **Lara Croft** , the snitch in **Veronica Guerin** , and who’s now set to play King Herod in the next big Bible epic – right after the **Miami Vice** flick comes out. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2006, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-the-most-future-stars/362455/31 "2006-06-29T19:12:53Z")
A bit off the subject, as this isn’t a movie, but does anyone remember the TV show “Buffalo Bill”? It starred Dabney Coleman, who was an established star at that time and also had John Fiedler (Mr. Peterson from the “Bob Newhart Show”). In addition to those two familiar actors, the cast included up-and-comers Geena Davis, Joanna Cassidy, Meschach Taylor, Max Wright (Willie Tanner from “Alf”), and Charles Robinson (Mac from “Night Court”). One of the few TV shows which you can watch today and recognize nearly everyone in it. ---
**Author:** ![Miss\_Mapp](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miss_mapp/32/369_2.png) [@Miss\_Mapp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Mapp)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2006, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-the-most-future-stars/362455/32 "2006-06-29T20:54:31Z")
> [@ululate](#): > > Ciaran Hinds, who’ll never be a household name but in the last several years you’ve seen him as the Russian president in **Sum of All Fears** , the singing theatre owner in **Phantom of the Opera** , the team leader in **Munich** , the sneering bad guy in **Lara Croft** , the snitch in **Veronica Guerin** , and who’s now set to play King Herod in the next big Bible epic – right after the **Miami Vice** flick comes out. And is best known to Austen fans as Capt. Frederick Wentworth in _Persuasion_. > [@Bridget Burke](#): > > I still mourn the fact that Buckaroo Banzai VS The World Crime League was never made. Me too. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Mesquite-oh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a183cd/32.png) [@Mesquite-oh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mesquite-oh)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2006, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-the-most-future-stars/362455/33 "2006-06-30T14:31:19Z")
In the category of Movie with the most future stars, the winner is… I don’t know, I can’t tell right now. I would have to sit down and analyze each list (Ex: in the Outsiders, Lieff Garrett would have to be out because he was already famous, Sofia Coppala never was a movie star, but she did win an Oscar, so she can get counted). Maybe a 7 way tie between Outsiders, Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Dazed and Confused, American Graffitti, School Daze, Can’t Hardly Wait, Big Chill, and Adventures of Buckaroo Bonzi. Dang, I got to make a lot of statues. ---
**Author:** ![Askia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/96bed5/32.png) [@Askia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askia)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2006, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-the-most-future-stars/362455/34 "2006-06-30T15:17:32Z")
> [@chriscya](#): > > In the category of Movie with the most future stars, the winner is… By my count, it’s **School Daze.** With the exceptions of Ossie Davis, Sam Jackson, Joe Seneca and former child star Lawrence Fishburne, nobody else in _School Daze_ had much prior movie experience or TV exposure. Even Spike Lee had only shot the super-guerilla _She’s Gotta Have It_ and his student films at that point. Even if you leave Spike, _School Daze_ still has a solid 11 actors who got career starts and went on to other projects. ---
**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2006, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-the-most-future-stars/362455/35 "2006-06-30T18:21:40Z")
More from **School Daze** : Giancarlo Esposito, Erik Dellums (both recurring characters on **Homicide: Life on the Street** ) **Singles** is a treasure trove of breakout stars, though most of them weren’t actors: Bridget Fonda Kyra Sedgwick Bill Pullman Cameron Scott Pearl Jam Alice in Chains Soundgarden If this thread were about individual directors instead of individual movies, Cameron Crowe and Spike Lee would be running neck and neck. Alan Parker would be a close third. ---
**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2006, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-the-most-future-stars/362455/36 "2006-06-30T18:35:09Z")
Oh, let’s not forget **Earth Girls are Easy** : Geena Davis Julie Brown Jeff Goldblum Jim Carrey Damon Wayans No landmark of great cinema, this is best thought of as a student film with a very serendipitous cast. ---
**Author:** ![singular1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ba9def/32.png) [@singular1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/singular1)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2006, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-the-most-future-stars/362455/37 "2006-06-30T18:40:59Z")
> [@Krokodil](#): > > More from **School Daze** : > Giancarlo Esposito, Erik Dellums (both recurring characters on **Homicide: Life on the Street** ) > > **Singles** is a treasure trove of breakout stars, though most of them weren’t actors: > Bridget Fonda > Kyra Sedgwick > Bill Pullman > Cameron Scott > Pearl Jam > Alice in Chains > Soundgarden > > If this thread were about individual directors instead of individual movies, Cameron Crowe and Spike Lee would be running neck and neck. Alan Parker would be a close third. [nitpick] _Campbell_ Scott. [/nitpick] ---
**Author:** ![lars](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/74df32/32.png) [@lars](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lars)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2006, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-the-most-future-stars/362455/38 "2006-06-30T18:55:23Z")
> [@vibrotronica](#): > > [The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai: Across the 8th Dimension](http://imdb.com/title/tt0086856/fullcredits) had Peter Weller, Ellen Barkin, John Lithgow,\*\* Christopher Lloyd\*\*, Rosalind Cash, Clancy Brown, **Vincent Schaivelli** , and…Yakov Smirnov! Jamie Lee Curtis’ scene was cut from the theatrical release. Buckaroo Banzai was 1984. Back in 1975, Lloyd and Schiavelli appeared with Danny DeVito, Brad Dourif, Anjelica Huston, and Louise Fletcher in _One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest_. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_Wright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@Steve\_Wright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_Wright)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2006, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-the-most-future-stars/362455/39 "2006-06-30T19:53:52Z")
The 1957 film _[Hell Drivers](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0051713/)_, besides starring the incomparable Stanley Baker, included in its cast a pre-Bond Sean Connery, pre-_Prisoner_ Patrick McGoohan, pre-_Doctor Who_ William Hartnell, pre-_Carry On_ Sid James, David McCallum near the start of his career, and a whole pile of familiar British actors (Robin Bailey, Alfie Bass, John Horsley, Gordon Jackson, Herbert Lom, George Murcell, Wensley Pithey)\* … one heck of a cast list, in my opinion! \*Well, _I_ know who all those people are … ---
**Author:** ![Levi316](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e19adc/32.png) [@Levi316](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Levi316)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2013, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-the-most-future-stars/362455/40 "2013-09-23T06:58:30Z")
\*\*\*THE MOVIE WITH THE MOST STARS/FUTURE STARS EVER… HAS GOT TO BE … STAR TREK… THEY INCLUDE: WALLACE SHAWN. JAMES WORTHY MICK FLEETWOOD. ANDREA MARTIN STEPHEN HAWKING. SETH MACFARLANE DWAYNE JOHNSON. IGGY POP BRIAN SINGER. CHRISTIAN SLATER KELSEY GRAMMER. KEN JENKINS King ABDULLAH bin AL-HUSSEIN. KIRSTEN DUNST KIRSTIE ALLEY. JASON ALEXANDER CHRISTOPHER LLOYD. ASHLEY JUDD TERRI HATCHER. TOM MORELLO SARAH SILVERMAN. KIM CATTRALL KURTWOOD SMITH. JAMES CROMWELL NIKKI COXX \*\*\* [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-the-most-future-stars/362455.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-the-most-future-stars/362455.md?page=3)