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Poll: Directors playing major roles in other directors’ films
It doesn't happen that often that a different director gets the chance to play a role in a fellow colleague director's film.
Which one of these performances by a director in another director's film, did you think was the greatest?
After voting, you may discuss the list here.
Make Your Choice
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Cecil B. DeMille and Gloria Swanson in Sunset Boulevard (1950)
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"Stalag 17" William Holden and Otto Preminger 1953 Paramount / MPTV
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Victor Sjöström in Wild Strawberries (1957)
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Fritz Lang in Contempt (1963)
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Jack Nicholson and John Huston in Chinatown (1974)
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François Truffaut in Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
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David Cronenberg and Craig Sheffer in Nightbreed (1990)
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Martin Scorsese in Dreams (1990)
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George Clooney, Salma Hayek, and Quentin Tarantino in From Dusk Till Dawn (1996)
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#11
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John Waters in Seed of Chucky (2004)
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Eli Roth in Inglourious Basterds (2009)
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Werner Herzog in Jack Reacher (2012)