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TOP 10 SUBSTITUTE MOVIES OF ALL TIME!!!

September 15, 2006

Surprisingly enough, Mr. Hewitt was not available to do the Friday show today, so we were blessed by his regular substitute host, the inestimable Jed Babbin. And since we had to have a list anyway, why not the Top 10 Substitute Movies of All Time??

10.		Bubba Ho-Tep (2002): One of my personal favorites, but not everyone's cup of tea. Bruce Campbell and Ossie Davis star as Elvis Presley and John F. Kennedy -- yes, the real Elvis and JFK -- who were substituted for doubles. Oh, and there's a murderous mummy, too.
9.		The Man in the Iron Mask (1998): Although it stars Leonardo DiCaprio as Louis XVI and his twin brother Phillipe, the acting of Jeremy Irons, Gerard Depardieu, John Malkovich and Gabriel Byrne almost makes up for it.
8		Dave (1993): Kevin Kline stars as the owner of a DC temp agency whose uncanny resemblance to the comatose president helps him reach the White House sooner than he expected.
7		The Bank Dick (1940): How can you pass up a W.C. Fields movie? Although he substitutes for a missing director, it's basically about other things -- but they're very funny other things.
6		School of Rock (2003): Jack Black is the world's most popular and fraudulent substitute teacher.
5		The Return of Martin Guerre (1982): Gerard Depardieu returns from years away at war. Or does he?
4		Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956): Inexplicably left off my original list, this low budget sci-fi movie about a town overrun by pod people. A thinly-veiled anti-McCarthy attack that is one of the better sci-fi movies ever made.
3		The Prince and the Pauper (1937): Erroll Flynn stars in the time-honored Twain classic.
2		Prisoner of Zenda (1937): One of the great adventure movies. Ronald Coleman is asked to risk his life and impersonate Rudolf V when he is kidnapped before his impending coronation.
1		The Great Dictator (1940): One of the great Charlie Chaplin films, and a great parody of Hitler and his rise to power. Chaplain plays both the Hitler-like character, "Adenoid Hynkeland", and the little Jewish barber who takes his place. A classic.

Well, I suppose one of these could substitute for one of the above:

=	Bananas (1971)
=	Body Double (1984)
=	The Great Impostor (1961)
=	Here Comes Mr Jordan '93 / Movie (1941)
=	Kindergarten Cop (1990)
=	Moon Over Parador (1988)
=	The Omen (1976)
=	The Replacements (2000)
=	Stolen Life (1946) (1946)
=	The Substitute (1996) [Well, you just knew it had to be on here someplace.]