Casting Call: Vintage Pulp Fiction

I saw The Spirit last night, and I cannot help but think about all the wasted potential. The Sin City esque coloring could have actually been good if it wasn't for the horrible acting. But it also got me thinking that I miss the vintage noir/adventure type movies. I would love to see a reemergence. I really love the first The Phantom movie, and the Indiana Jones movies are always good fun, even the fourth one. Here are some casting ideas for the more well known ones.


The Phantom- Matthew Fox
His time on Lost has granted him a certain level of star status. He certainly shows an ability to hold a movie and be a good hero. His slender build and face immediately remind me of The Phantom's silhouette. And his get-up in Speed Racer certainly leaves little to the imagination of how he'd look in the costume.


The Shadow- Jon Hamm
Jon Hamm has had a similar star status jump as Matthew Fox. Mad Men certainly put him on a few people's radar, and his good looks easily make for Bruce Wayne's muse.


Doc Savage- Eric Dane
Broad shouldered, wide jaw, and actually shows a little age with his salt and pepper hair color. It would be refreshing to see an adventure who didn't look like he just came off the playground.

Top 5 Favorite Movies of All Time

5. Taxi Driver
Scorsese's look at post-war human psyche and existentialism in an American society that isn't what it once was.

















4. Raiders of the Lost Ark
Stephen Spielberg, George Lucas, and Harrison Ford's homage to classic '30s pulp fiction that helped shape the action/adventure genre as we know it. Indiana Jones will go down as one of the greatest cinema heroes of all time. The American Film Institute ranked him the best hero, second only to Atticus Finch (a tough character to beat).













3. Die Hard

Die Hard has set up a precedent for every action movie after it. It's an industry joke that most action screenplays get pitched as "Die Hard on a boat/on a plane/etc." To this day, its still one of the greatest uses of physical effects and miniatures













2. Pulp Fiction

Quentin Tarantino's tour de force that is one of the most memorable screenplays and has spawned plenty of imitators. Dialogue has rarely been both cool and relatively natural at the same time.














1. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

A simple plot of a man who enters a mental facility and becomes an inspiration to the members puts a lot of weight on the actor and Jack Nicholson performed masterfully. This is the movie that transformed Jack Nicholson, one of the greatest actors to ever come out of the industry, from a promising up and comer to a superstar. Never will anyone watch a movie and want to kill the villain as much as this one.