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Billy Bob Thornton: Dead Man
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As an unrepentant cig smoker whose marble-mouthed drawl betrays a smidgen of goofiness, Billy Bob Thornton isn't much of a singer. Yet he stays within his range and doesn't overemote; the wistful shuffle "I Used to Be a Lion" finds him effectively portraying a man looking back on better times.
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CUT TO: Dan Truman (Billy Bob Thornton, playing Ed Harris in Apollo 13) presiding over Mission Control as a meteor shower destroys the Space Shuttle. A comet the size of Texas is coming to Earth and must be stopped before it destroys all of mankind.
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Billy Bob Thornton risks community ostracism when he builds a rocket in his backyard for a global orbit. Given that Thornton is the only actor now working who could even halfway sell the concept, better this than Steve Carell and his ark in the the dumb and deadly Evan Almighty.
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Thornton is a rare celebrity in that he has A-list status, but plays both leading-man roles and character roles. His southern, small-town persona has led him to be cast in a number of down-to-earth, "regular guy" parts. Even his role as the legendary Davy Crockett in 2004's The Alamo made an effort to demythologize the character and bring out his human foibles.
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Set in the summer of 1949, The Man Who Wasn't There is Ed Crane (Billy Bob Thornton), a barber in a small northern California town. Ed is dissatisfied with his life, but his wife Doris' (Frances McDormand) infidelity presents Ed with an opportunity for
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