and the winner is....

Johnny Depp/Tim Burton
-edward scissorhands
-alice in wonderland
-etc

2/23/2010 7:54:32 PM

I'll admit that those 2 were the first I thought of, but mostly because that was just the first that came to mind.

They've done A LOT together, but I don't think it's all great. And you listed a movie that hasn't even been released yet.

Scorsese and De Niro
Cape Fear
Casino
GoodFellas
Mean Streets
New York, New York
Raging Bull
Taxi Driver
The King of Comedy


Fincher and Pitt
Se7en
Fight Club
Curious Case of Benjamin Button


Spielberg and Hanks
The Terminal
Catch me if you can
Saving Private Ryan


Howard and Hanks - not a huge fan of the first 2, but both did well. And the 3rd is great.
The Da Vinci Code
Angels and Demons
Apollo 13

2/23/2010 8:18:13 PM

Ridley Scott/Russel Crowe

2/23/2010 8:20:19 PM

^^i'll give you your first two but not the last two

to add to Depp/Burton list
-Scissorhands
-Ed Wood
-Sleepy Hollow
-Charley and the chocolate factory
-Sweeney Todd
-Alice in wonderland

2/23/2010 8:28:33 PM

Wes Anderson and Bill Murray
Alfred Hitchcock and Jimmy Stewart

2/23/2010 8:32:30 PM

Woody Allen and... Woody Allen

jk

there are the comedy combos of the like 4 or 5 guys in Superbad that are in all the same comedies but not sure if any of the directors are the same..

[Edited on February 23, 2010 at 8:41 PM. Reason : .]

2/23/2010 8:37:39 PM

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"^^i'll give you your first two but not the last two"

I agree on Howard and Hanks. Apollo 13 is really their only good movie. But Spielberg and Hanks, are you serious? All three of those movies are good.

2/23/2010 8:57:18 PM

The terminal should've been a tv movie & catch me if you can was totally forgettable

2/23/2010 9:02:41 PM

we will have to agree to disagree on that, sir. Although I definitely wouldn't put that duo as high as Scorsese/DeNiro or Burton/Depp

2/23/2010 9:33:10 PM

Darren Aronofsky and Mark Margolis
The Fountain
Requiem for a Dream
Pi

[Edited on February 23, 2010 at 9:36 PM. Reason : Not that Margolis is such a great actor, just a cool combination.]

2/23/2010 9:35:49 PM

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"Alfred Hitchcock and Jimmy Stewart"

win.



...

and just for the hell of it, Sam Raimi and Bruce Campbell.

2/23/2010 9:50:13 PM

^^you forgot The Wrestler

i hate to say this but ive never seen a hitchcock movie, always say i will but havent yet

2/23/2010 10:02:48 PM

Werner Herzog and Klaus Kinski
Pedro Almodovar and Carmen Maura
Coen brothers and a bunch of people

2/23/2010 10:07:06 PM

Coen Bros / Steve Buscemi
Coen Bros / George Clooney

Tarintino / Uma Thurman
Tarintino / Samuel l Jackson

2/23/2010 10:25:04 PM

jerry bruckheimer and nicolas cage


lmao

2/23/2010 10:29:01 PM

Ivan Reitman/Bill Murray
Stripes
Meatballs
Ghost Busters
Ghostbusters II

Christopher Nolan/Christian Bale
Batman Begins
The Prestige
The Dark Knight

Second for Scorsese/De Niro

2/23/2010 10:42:32 PM

Sam Raimi and Bruce Campbell
David Cronenberg and Viggo Mortensen
Sidney Lumet and Al Pacino

2/23/2010 10:46:32 PM

coppola/brando? (2 of the top 10 american films ever made)
coppola/pacino? (same)

leone/eastwood?

welles/welles?

capra/stewart?

huston/bogart?

i, personally, agree w/ scorcese/deniro


it almost isnt even fair to mention pacino, i mean:
anybody/1970's pacino wins
godfather 1 and 2, serpico, dog day, and justice.

[Edited on February 23, 2010 at 10:55 PM. Reason : a]

2/23/2010 10:51:26 PM

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"^^you forgot The Wrestler "

I don't think Mark Margolis was in that, but I do love that film.

Also

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"Coen Bros / Steve Buscemi"

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"Coen brothers and a bunch of people"

Yes!

And

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"leone/eastwood"

Definitely yes!

2/23/2010 10:59:05 PM

Peter Hunt/Sean Connery - Early Bond films

Leone/Eastwood

Scorese/De Niro

Nolan/Bale

2/23/2010 11:29:38 PM

if we're gonna go with director/actor for same character/story then Spielberg and Harrison Ford for just entertainment value of Indiana Jones.

And for directors and actors who aren't the lead - Eastwood and Morgan Freeman

John Ford and John Wayne did a bunch of stuff together.

Hitchcock also did several flicks with Cary Grant.


there are a few listed here that I personally wouldn't count simply because the actor mentioned isn't really a big enough part of the film. For ex. Aronofsky and Margolis - margolis has less than 10 minutes of screen time in The Fountain (that may be generous). Love the movie, but I'm not sure Margolis had anything to do it making it good or bad.

Otherwise, it opens the door for a lot of people who are probably just the director's cousin or something (like Ron Howard's brother, who is in all of his movies).

2/24/2010 12:48:31 AM

Oh shit! I completely forgot

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"John Ford and John Wayne "

Good call.

And yeah

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"Aronofsky and Margolis - margolis has less than 10 minutes of screen time in The Fountain (that may be generous). Love the movie, but I'm not sure Margolis had anything to do it making it good or bad. "

I agree, I just wanted a reason to include Aronofsky

2/24/2010 12:50:44 AM

on the strength of casino and goodfellas alone, it's gonna be really tough to top scorsese/deniro

2/24/2010 12:54:43 AM

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"and just for the hell of it, Sam Raimi and Bruce Campbell."

AxlBonBach knows what's up.

2/24/2010 1:29:13 AM

I fucking hate the Depp/Burton combo. It's the same old shit over and over in terms of freakish behavior. The Mad Hatter basically looks like Depp's Willy Wonka all over again, and if THAT wasn't pedophilic, I don't know what is.

2/24/2010 1:31:20 AM

just to be different, because they're two of my favorite movies

Howard/Russell Crowe?

A Beautiful Mind
Cinderella Man

2/24/2010 2:13:48 AM

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"there are the comedy combos of the like 4 or 5 guys in Superbad that are in all the same comedies but not sure if any of the directors are the same.. "

According to wikipedia Greg Mottola directed Superbad. The only other recent movie he's directed was Adventureland (very meh).

Judd Apatow's list is fucking impressive though. Directed:
The 40-Year-Old Virgin
Knocked Up
Funny People

Produced the above plus:
The Cable Guy
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy
Superbad
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
Forgetting Sarah Marshall
Step Brothers
Pineapple Express
Year One

amongst others

2/24/2010 3:27:12 AM

kevin smith and those people

2/24/2010 3:46:42 AM

^no.

2/24/2010 4:56:57 AM

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"The Mad Hatter basically looks like Depp's Willy Wonka all over again, and if THAT wasn't pedophilic, I don't know what is."

huh? is this projection or something? where did the pedophilia come in?

2/24/2010 7:47:40 AM

Billy Walsh/Vincent Chase

2/24/2010 8:43:53 AM

medellin sucked!

2/24/2010 9:16:35 AM

Depp/Burton = not that good

Scissorhands=great
Sleepy Hollow= meh
Wonka= awful
Sweeney Todd= same shitty cockney accent as Pirates movies; not too bad though
Alice in Wonderland= hasn't yet been released but looks to be a steaming pile

I would think that you need more than 1 great movie to make a great combination, and therefore my vote goes with Scorcese/DeNiro

2/24/2010 9:19:16 AM

^First off I will say that I think Tim Burton has some great movies and same for Johnny Depp. However, I'm not some huge fanboy and they both have had their missteps.

That being said, everyone ALWAYS forgets Ed Wood which one could argue is their best work together. Tim Burton + Johnny Depp movie that won 2 oscars. I also enjoyed Corpse Bride (but yea I get that it probably doesnt count because it was just "voice acting").

[Edited on February 24, 2010 at 9:48 AM. Reason : ]

2/24/2010 9:46:30 AM

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"Howard/Russell Crowe? A Beautiful Mind Cinderella Man"

yup... i wish Howard would do more stuff like those, Apollo 13, Frost/Nixon, or at least Willow --- instead he's making Dan Brown bullshit.

2/24/2010 10:20:05 AM

wes anderson/bill murray
winner

2/24/2010 2:01:40 PM

I too would put Spielberg/Ford ahead of Spielberg/Hanks

2/24/2010 2:27:35 PM

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"Sam Raimi and Bruce Campbell David Cronenberg and Viggo Mortensen Sidney Lumet and Al Pacino"

all of these are excellent pairings

though Jim Sheridan has really dropped off of late, his movies with Daniel Day Lewis are all excellent:
In The Name of the Father
My Left Foot
The Boxer

2/24/2010 2:29:02 PM

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"Judd Apatow's list is fucking impressive though. Directed:"

hate to tell you but i wouldnt own or watch any of his movies twice

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"I don't think Mark Margolis was in that, but I do love that film."

it says so on imdb, dont remember his part but he's listed

2/24/2010 2:44:49 PM

just to expound upon ridley scott/russell crowe

gladiator
american gangster
body of lies
robin hood

pretty good list, assuming robin hood is decent

2/24/2010 4:13:39 PM

^ A good year

2/24/2010 6:37:32 PM

^^^ Oh shit! You're right. I just checked the imdb and he's there. Hhmmm, I can't remember what role he played?

[Edited on February 24, 2010 at 7:40 PM. Reason : .]

2/24/2010 7:40:09 PM

was he the landlord? that or maybe one of the guys at the auditorium signing autographs and selling their merhandise.

2/24/2010 8:12:56 PM

Sergio Leone/Clint Eastwood

2/24/2010 8:26:56 PM

^Oh fuck, I didn't think about that.

2/25/2010 1:16:31 AM

rwoody mentioned it about halfway up. As much as I like that trilogy, it's kind of a one-trick deal in regard to them teaming up.

I'd give them (as a duo) a lot more credit if they at least did a slightly different style of western together.

2/25/2010 8:08:13 AM

Correction:

I stated earlier that I thought it was Peter Hunt/Connery who did the early Bond films.

It was Terrence Young (Dr.No, From Russia With Love, Thunderball) that teamed up with Connery in 3 of the first 4 Bond films. Tough to argue with 2 guys that pretty much started an entire genre of film.

2/25/2010 11:50:48 AM

john hughes & molly ringwald

2/25/2010 6:22:46 PM

Mick Jackson/Whitney Houston

2/25/2010 6:34:00 PM

In browsing a link Slave Famous sent me, I was reminded of a duo that's not been mentioned

Shelley Duvall & Robert Altman

3/16/2010 6:47:06 PM