Best entrance by a character in film?

[evilC]

Darth Vader in 'Star Wars'?

Dr. Frank-n-furter in 'Rocky Horror Picture Show'?

The infant alien in 'Alien'?

[Andy C]

Best entrance by a character in film?

Harry Lime.

[matt j]

Best entrance by a character in film?

Frank Once Upon a Time in the West

Not really a good movie, but the first appearance of the dinos in Jurassic Park was pretty stunning to see.

[Guest]

Best entrance by a character in film?

Don Logan (Ben Kingsly) in Sexy Beast

[Ginger Yellow]

Best entrance by a character in film?

Harmonica in Once Upon A Time In The West

Jesus Quintana in The Big Lebowski

[Guest]

Best entrance by a character in film?

ED 209 in Robocop

[EIM]

Best entrance by a character in film?

Quint in Jaws.

[hobbes]

Best entrance by a character in film?

Blade. Hands down.

[Incandenza]

Best entrance by a character in film?

Yeah, gotta be Harry Lime.

From Scorsese, De Niro in Mean Streets is good as is Cybil Shephard in Taxi Driver.

[Amor de Cosmos]

Best entrance by a character in film?

Gotta love the babes:

Barbara Stanwyck in Double Indemnity, Marilyn Monroe in Some Like it Hot, or Sue Lyon in Lolita.

Overall though my vote goes to Harry Lime too. In fact Orson Welles made quite a few classic entrances: the giant lips in Citizen Kane and the low shot as he emerges from the car in Touch of Evil too

[erwin]

Best entrance by a character in film?

John Wayne in The Searchers

(... but he ain't no hero, 'cept with the young 'uns.)

[diggedy derek]

Best entrance by a character in film?

Omar Sharif in Lawrence Of Arabia.

But, I mean, Harry Lime is the greatest ever.

[The Awesome Berbaslug!!!]

Best entrance by a character in film?

er ursula andress in doctor no makes a pretty memorable entrance.

[Gangster Octopus]

Best entrance by a character in film?

Typing with one hand so you can't reach shift-key, eh Colm?

[De Geas Clean Linen]

Best entrance by a character in film?

Edit:

When Arnold arrives in the first Terminator film.

[Sean of the Shed]

Best entrance by a character in film?

Nice entrance yourself Fartle, you've just fucked up the thread page with that.

[Sean of the Shed]

Best entrance by a character in film?

Anyway, if they ever get round to making it as a film, it'll be the shopkeeper in Mr Benn.

[De Geas Clean Linen]

Best entrance by a character in film?

Oh shit, sorry about that.

I'll remove it.

[ian.64]

Best entrance by a character in film?

Walter Matthau as the shyster lawyer in Billy Wilder's The Fortune Cookie. The very first shot of him is from behind as the smoke of his cigar curls up around him, while a sneaky Andre Previn underscore nails him from the start. Before you see his face, you know what he'll be up to.

[Heliotrope]

Best entrance by a character in film?

Lisa Carol Fremont
Trip Fontaine

[Stumpy Pepys]

Best entrance by a character in film?

Sir Fartle wrote:

Edit:

When Arnold arrives in the first Terminator film.

I prefer part two: "I Need Your Clothes, Your Boots, and Your Motorcycle."

[slackster]

Best entrance by a character in film?

Agree Lime's the winner, but the shock of old "Ma Bates" in Psycho was pretty damn good.

[Guest]

Best entrance by a character in film?

Stewie in Blue Harvest- I laughed for about an hour.

[adams house cat]

Best entrance by a character in film?

Harry Lime, yes.

Barbara Stanwyck makes another great entrance in 'Cattle Queen Of Montana'.

Not really an entrance but Elsa Lanchester in 'Bride Of Frankenstein'.

[Amor de Cosmos]

Best entrance by a character in film?

I luuuurve Barbara Stanwyck. Straight or comedy she does the best deadpan ever, says more with her eyes in thirty seconds than most actors can in an entire movie. I watched Baby Face twice last weekend — the original uncensored version. Stanwyck plays a character who unabashedly fucks her way to wealth in mid- 30s Manhattan after being turned on to Nietzsche. Couldn't take my eyes off her.