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ARTS: MOVIES
List: Top 10 Worst Movie Accents
Date: 2003
Source: Empire magazine (UK)
Base: Editors and writers of the magazine voted.
Notes: Empire magazine's Olly Richards commented: "Putting on a foreign lilt appeals to a star's vanity, giving them the opportunity to... prove that they are more than a pretty face... Sadly, in most cases, it does the exact opposite."
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Rank
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Actor
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Film (year)
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1
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Sean Connery
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The Untouchables (1987)
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2
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Dick Van Dyke
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Mary Poppins (1964)
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3
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Brad Pitt
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Seven
Year in Tibet (1997)
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4
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Charlton
Heston
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A Touch
of Evil (1958)
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5
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Heather
Graham
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From Hell
(2001)
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6
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Keanu
Reeves
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Bram
Stoker's Dracula (1992)
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7
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Julia
Roberts
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in Mary
Reilly (1996)
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8
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Laurence
Olivier
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The Jazz
Singer (1980)
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9
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Pete
Postlethwaite
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The Usual Suspects (1995)
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10
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Meryl Streep
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Out of Africa (1985)
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