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sbp
07-01-03, 01:06 PM
Scottish actor Sean Connery (http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/20030701/en_afp/britain_film_accents_030701095029) created the worst accent in the history of cinema in the 1987 movie "The Untouchables", according to a poll conducted by British film magazine Empire.

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Scottish actor Sean Connery created the worst accent in the history of cinema in the 1987 movie "The Untouchables", according to a poll conducted by British film magazine Empire. Here he shows off his sexy legs.

His attempt at pulling off an Irish twang in his Oscar-winning performance as a cop was voted worse than US actor Dick Van Dyke's bid at playing a ****ney chimneysweep in Disney's classic family film "Mary Poppins" (1964).

US actor Brad Pitt came third in the poll, for his role as an Austrian mountaineer in the 1997 film "Seven Years in Tibet".

Although James Bond star Connery won a supporting actor Oscar for his role as Jim Malone in Brian de Palma's film "The Untouchables", a jury of industry professionals crowned him top of their bad accent list, which appears in the magazine's July issue.

"Whether he's a Russian sub captain ("The Hunt For Red October") or even an English King ("First Knight" and "Robin Hood: Prince Of Thieves"), always that baritone Highland burr remains," the verdict read.

In seventh position, Hollywood icon Julia Roberts was singled out for her linguistic performance in the 1996 movie "Mary Reilly".

Meryl Streep came 10th for her work in "Out of Africa" in 1985, where she played the role of South African author Karen Blixen, alongside Robert Redford.

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Hey he's consistent.

B&R
07-01-03, 05:04 PM
"I am waiting to be impressed"

LOL that is so funny........

:D

nin_fragile14
07-01-03, 06:54 PM
Ironic that he won his only Oscar for that role. :p

LORD-eX-Bu
07-01-03, 07:02 PM
You're the man now dog! (http://www.yourethemannowdog.com/)

:rofl

Sazar
07-01-03, 07:39 PM
I wonder why sir anthony hopkins didn't get a mention for his ludicrous accent in The Mask of Zorro ?

or halle berry for her amazingly bad accent in X-Men (the first one)

:)

but kudos to Connery... he kicks ass :D

Riptide
07-02-03, 02:23 PM
Also of note, I wasn't really impressed with Harrison Ford's accent in K19. Not a bad show otherwise though.

vampireuk
07-02-03, 03:33 PM
Well the guy does have a heavy scottish accent, kind of hard to shrug that off;)

Sean Connery is a damn fine actor though, and he kicks ass in The Rock:D

|JuiceZ|
07-03-03, 03:21 PM
Originally posted by Riptide
Also of note, I wasn't really impressed with Harrison Ford's accent in K19.

yea, he kept drifting between american & russian(wannabe) throughout the whole movie.

UDawg
07-03-03, 03:33 PM
I loved this movie. One of the best lines in any movie is when Sean said before he was killed. "that's just like a wop. Bringing a knife to a gun fight" bam! bam! both barrels. I loved that part.

LOL I didn't think the filter would let that word through.

Sorry if it offends any one. ;)