AMB,FIENNES wrote: >Forgive me if i've forgotten who requested how to obtain the information >regarding what male actors are considered the elite in hollywood or some- >thing to this effect(i've just returned from san diego) >anyway, get a hold of a copy of variety for 8/7/95 and this information >is given >also the la times for 8/7/95 had a full cover story on this as well >the top 5 who can open a film on the basis of their of their name >alone are in order of whose first: >sean connery >tom cruise >micheal douglas >harrison ford >tom hanks >note that connery is the eldest with cruise the youngest(this excludes the fact > that many of their films NEVER pay for themselves) >among female stars, its bullock( i wonder if she'll go the way of roberts) > goldberg > moore > roberts on the comeback trail > streisand >in the next its the like of eastwood,gibson, redford, carrey and yes, costner >note again the 65 year old eastwood in this category >so who says hollywood caters to the pubscent crowd-demographics may suggest >such but based on this information, its the likes of eastwood and connery >that propel the marketplace >note to that carrey is solely comedy and redford is primarily focusing >on an directing career >below this group depending on the film/genre etc are individuals like >sarandon, newman,pacino, pitt,washington,ryan. foster etc >hope this helps >if not let me know >annice > Excuse me, but whatever happened to Big Arnie, supposed to be the highest paid crowd magnet of them all a couple of years back. Did The Last Action Hero and True Lies actually bring him down below Michael Douglas level...? Ulf Ulf Dalquist Phone: +46 46 2224266 Dept. of Sociology Fax: +46 46 2224794 Box 114 221 00 Lund SWEDEN E-mail: [log in to unmask] 'When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro.' Dr. Hunter S. Thompson ---- To signoff SCREEN-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF SCREEN-L in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask]