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Date Posted: 08:03:21 06/04/03 Wed
Author: Lark
Subject: I swear this list is incomplete... (OT)

Where's KENNY?!?

Finch, Lecter top heroes, villains lists
AFI picks most noble and most nasty
Wednesday, June 4, 2003 Posted: 9:44 AM EDT (1344 GMT)

LOS ANGELES, California (AP) -- Atticus Finch from "To Kill a Mockingbird" beat out an army of swashbuckling idols for the top spot on the American Film Institute's list of top screen heroes. Hannibal Lecter from "The Silence of the Lambs" chewed up the competition to lead the list of film villains.
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A dog, a computer, and 'Man'

The heroes list included one dog (Lassie in "Lassie Come Home," No. 39), two comic-book heroes (Superman in the 1978 movie version, No. 26, and Batman in the 1989 film, No. 46), and loads of real-life figures.

Along with T.E. Lawrence, heroes based on real people included Oskar Schindler (Liam Neeson) in "Schindler's List," No. 13; Norma Rae Webster (Sally Field) in "Norma Rae," No. 15; Mahatma Gandhi (Ben Kingsley) in "Gandhi," No. 21; Gen. George Patton (George C. Scott) in "Patton," No. 29; and Erin Brockovich (Julia Roberts) in "Erin Brockovich," No. 31.

The villains list contained a range of non-humans, including the HAL 9000 computer in "2001: A Space Odyssey," No. 13; the murderous extraterrestrial in "Alien," No. 14; the shark in "Jaws," No. 18; and the Martians in "The War of the Worlds," No. 27.

Humanity as a whole made the list: "Man," whose encroachment menaced forest wildlife in "Bambi," ranked as villain No. 20.

The List Itself

THE TOP FIVE HEROES
1. Atticus Finch (Gregory Peck), "To Kill a Mockingbird"
2. Indiana Jones (Harrison Ford), "Raiders of the Lost Ark"
3. James Bond (Sean Connery), "Dr. No"
4. Rick Blaine (Humphrey Bogart), "Casablanca"
5. Will Kane (Gary Cooper), "High Noon"

THE TOP FIVE VILLAINS
1. Hannibal Lecter (Anthony Hopkins), "The Silence of the Lambs."
2. Norman Bates (Anthony Perkins), "Psycho"
3. Darth Vader (David Prowse, voiced by James Earl Jones), "The Empire Strikes Back"
4. The Wicked Witch of the West (Margaret Hamilton), "The Wizard of Oz"
5. Nurse Ratched (Louise Fletcher), "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest"

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