Brad Pitt as an Austrian in Seven Years in Tibet. Pretty much put the kibosh on what could have been a Great Movie.
Yes, but you also get very similar Southern accents across a broad geographic range. For example I defy anyone to tell me the difference between Holly Hunter’s accent (Conyers, Georgia) and any so-called Texas accent. It’s the same accent.
I came to say Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, which I thought was far worse. He seems to have tried it in the first few scenes and then just given it up as a bad job altogether. Quite distracting.
I’m going to have to go with Harrison Ford’s Russian accent in K19. At first you don’t think he’s doing one at all. Then it dawns on you…he is.
The trailer should give you enough of a taste.
Well, no, it’s not, but they are similar enough that they can both pass for generic “southern” to someone who doesn’t know the difference.
How about his Howard Payne in Speed? Atlanta PD Bomb Squad?
What part of Atlanta do they say “maaadmaaan” like that?
The point at which I discovered that Boba Fett was Dr. Ropata was the point at which I decided there were only three Star Wars movies; and they all had Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Sir Alec Guinness, and David Prowse/James Earl Jones in them.
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“And why should the people listen to you?”
“Because, unlike some other Robin Hoods, I can speak with an English accent.”
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Here’s an interesting site for use as a reference as to how accurate these regional dialects were:
http://accent.gmu.edu/browse_language.php?function=find&language=english
AHA! A mystery explained. My wife and I were watching Charlie Wilson’s War last year, and at the end she said “who on earth told Julia Roberts that people from Houston talk like people from Atlanta?” At least that makes more sense now.
As for Boston, I agree it’s hard to get right. Tom Hanks does a dreadful job in Catch Me If You Can, though at least he doesn’t go Kennedy. If you’ve ever seen Gone Baby Gone you’ve heard about the best collection of Boston accents you’ll get outside the Fenway bleachers.
Well, yes it is.
I can do this all night.
Not only was Sean’s accent horrible in Red October but their is actually a freaking scene with Baldwin mimicking his Scottish accent!