5 Off My Head: They Call Him Harrison

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As you might already know today's the 75th birthday of the national treasure that is Harrison Ford. I wish I'd realized it earlier (preparation is our friend) but we're winging this - I went through our Harrison Archives and saw five years ago we did a nice big gratuitous post for his 70th birthday, so that's out. But here's something I was surprised to see I hadn't done -- I have never given love to his actual performances! You know, that whole "acting" thing he does. (Not every time, but sometimes.)

Now a list like this is obviously at the outset completely eaten up by his three biggest most iconic roles - and by "iconic" I don't mean for just him; I mean for The Movies. A picture of Harrison Ford in character as Indiana Jones, Han Solo, or Rick Deckard would feel safely ensconced in a representation of The Movies, period. So we're leaving them out!

Here are my 5 favorite performances that aren't those 3...

John Book, Witness

"I'm learning a lot about manure. Very interesting."

Norman Spencer, What Lies Beneath

"It was a passive aggressive masterpiece."

Jack Trainer, Working Girl

"The earth moved. The angels wept.
The Polaroids are, are, uh... are in my other coat."

Dr. Richard Kimble, The Fugitive

"Are you suggesting that I killed my wife? Are you saying that I crushed her skull and that I shot her? How dare you! When I came home, there was a man in my house. I fought with this man. He had a mechanical arm. You find this man. You find this man."

Dr. Richard Walker, Frantic

"No corpse stinks that much after only 12 hours.
Take my word for it."

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Weird that three of these are doctors right?
(Four if you count the scientist he plays in Beneath.)
He plays doctors an awful lot - I never noticed that.

What are your favorite Harrison Ford performances?

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