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    Harris Poll 2008 - Duke Still in Top 10!

    It's been over thirty years since he made a movie, and almost thirty years ago that he died, but John Wayne is again on the Harris Poll List of Top Ten Movie Stars!! He is the ONLY star whose name has appeared in the top ten since the list was started in 1994!

    Read about it here.

    And if you would like to read previous threads about the Harris Poll, you can go here, and here, and here, and here.

    Not bad for a dead guy!

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    Re: Harris Poll 2008 - Duke Still in Top 10!

    Was there ever any doubt? Duke is timeless!
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    Re: Harris Poll 2008 - Duke Still in Top 10!

    the guy was a living icon but he should have got oscars for sandsof iwo jima plus searchers two brillant movies by the great man

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    Re: Harris Poll 2008 - Duke Still in Top 10!

    Quote Originally Posted by chester7777 View Post
    Not bad for a dead guy!
    I think the only other who even comes close is Elvis.
    De gustibus non est disputandum

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    Re: Harris Poll 2008 - Duke Still in Top 10!

    On the American Movies Classics site, there is an on-going poll on that site listing I think twenty or so movies-two of which are John Wayne movies: The Searchers and Stagecoach-to be exact and, the N~U~M~B~E~R~1 Western hero that comes up is J~O~H~N~ W~A~Y~N~E for the movie: T~H~E S~E~A~R~C~H~E~R~S.

    I took part and did my duty ;-))
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    Re: Harris Poll 2008 - Duke Still in Top 10!

    Funny, this poll also displays that Duke is the only one to rank since this started out. No one, and I mean no one has ranked every year. The closest one is Denzel Washington (1) and Tom Hanks (2) tie with 11 appearances in the top 10 out of 14 years. And Clint Eastwood dropped out of the top 10 this year. Very interesting poll, but we already knew that he is the greatest. We don't need a poll to tell us, but it is nice to see that others recognize this.

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    Re: Harris Poll 2008 - Duke Still in Top 10!

    Very interresting result.
    It was prooved that Duke is the superstar who continued being loved alltime
    in this.
    But i can't understand poorness of actress.
    I think that besides Julia and Sandra, there is many great actresses.
    Nicole Kidman,Kate Winslet,Rene Zellweger,Hallie Barry etc.etc.
    Wonder that the American makes light of an actress?

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    Re: Harris Poll 2008 - Duke Still in Top 10!

    "The Duke" will probably be in the top 10, for a L O N G time!

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    Re: Harris Poll 2008 - Duke Still in Top 10!

    I wonder how this is conducted and how Duke continues to show that he is ranked in the top 10 every year. I do know one thing, it's not taken in Hollywood.

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    Re: Harris Poll 2008 - Duke Still in Top 10!

    But sadly, I have stumbled across a few people who have no idea who the heck Duke is, and they refuse to watch his movies because.... now this is a good one.... they're old.

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    Re: Harris Poll 2008 - Duke Still in Top 10!

    Quote Originally Posted by Lt. Brannigan View Post
    But sadly, I have stumbled across a few people who have no idea who the heck Duke is, and they refuse to watch his movies because.... now this is a good one.... they're old.
    I get the same excuse as well as this; the old movies are not realistic. If that is their attitudes then they don't appreciate the cinema. And they don't understand movies.

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    Re: Harris Poll 2008 - Duke Still in Top 10!

    It frustrates me beyond belief, all they want is to watch those damn Saw movies and almost anything that's got gratuitous blood and guts and violence.

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    Re: Harris Poll 2008 - Duke Still in Top 10!

    Alright Lt. B. That's enough with the profanity. Now I wasn't always a fan of the classics, but once I discovered Duke, a whole new world opened up for me. A world of classic movies and actors.

    But the one thing that concerns me is that Duke slipped in the polls. What can we as a group do to propel him to the number one position?

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    Re: Harris Poll 2008 - Duke Still in Top 10!

    Quote Originally Posted by Hondo Duke Lane View Post
    I get the same excuse as well as this; the old movies are not realistic.
    As if today's movies, with all the computer generated graphics and special effects, are REALISTIC! Yeah, somebody gets thrown 100 feet against a wall and stomped mercilessly, and can still get up and fight - sure, that's realistic. Some of today's movies are as realistic as yesteryear's cartoons!

    Now regarding gt12pak's comment and question
    But the one thing that concerns me is that Duke slipped in the polls. What can we as a group do to propel him to the number one position?
    Hm-m-m-m-m, I don't have an answer. Do we all sign up for the Harris Poll and hope to be included next year when they do it again??

    Chester

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    Re: Harris Poll 2008 - Duke Still in Top 10!

    You thank that's profane Gt, you would die of a stroke if you watched the Saw movies . I don't know how to register to vote on those celebrity polls, I do know that I am signed up for their surveys but I didn't get any of those celebrity polls.

    Anyway it's good to see ya, Deputy Gt.

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