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[MUSIC]
>> WHETHER IT'S CHARISMA, EGO,
SEX APPEAL, STYLE,
OR ALL OF THE ABOVE.
THERE'S JUST SOMETHING ABOUT
THESE ICONIC CHARACTERS THAT
CAPTIVATES US ALL.
>> SOME OF THE COOLEST
CHARACTERS IN MOVIE HISTORY, IT
IS ALL ABOUT THEM EXUDING THIS
INNER SWAGGER.
>> WE CAN'T PUT OUR FINGER ON IT
UNTIL WE SEE IT, THEN WE JUST
WANT TO BE AROUND IT.
>> AND WE ARE GETTING OUR
SWAGGER ON.
WITH 25 OF THE COOLEST.
>> HE SET THE STANDARD FOR
COOLNESS.
>> FROM ADRENALINE LOVING
RENEGADES.
>> HIS WHOLE LIFE IS IN THE
DANGER ZONE.
>> FOXY FASIONISTAS.
>> CRIME FIGHTING VIGILANTES.
>> THAT'S ONE GUY YOU DON'T WANT
TO MESS WITH.
>> POLISHED PLAYBOYS.
>> HE'S GOT THE LOOKS.
HE'S GOT THE MONEY, THE WEALTH,
AND THE ATTITUDE.
>> AND SIZZLING SEDUCTRESS
>> SHE IS THE ORIGINAL COUGAR.
>> GET READY TO HANG WITH THE IN
CROWD, THIS IS COUNT IT DOWN,
COOLEST MOVIE CHARACTERS.
[MUSIC]
>> KICKING OFF OUR COUNT DOWN IS
A TOUGH AS NAILS NEW YORK CITY
COP, THAT BROUGHT NEW MEANING TO
KEEPING COOL UNDER PRESSURE.
AT NUMBER 25, IT'S BRUCE WILLIS,
AS JOHN MACLAINE, FROM THE DIE
HARD FRANCHISE.
>> JOHN MACLAINE IS SO COOL,
BECAUSE HE SAYS,
"YIPPEE [BLEEP]."
>> THAT MAKES YOU COOL.
>> WHO HASN'T AT SOME MOMENT
DOING SOMETHING OUTRAGEOUS
SAID [BLEEP].
>> PART OF SIT THAT BRUCE WILLIS
HAS THAT QUALITY.
EVEN THOUGH HE IS A TOTAL MOVIE
STAR, HE DOES HAVE THE QUALITY
OF BEING THIS GUY NEXT DOOR.
>> BUT THIS GUY NEXT DOOR
CARRIES A GUN -- FROM THE FIRST
DIE HARD FILM HE PROVES HOW
DANGEROUSLY SMOOTH HE CAN BE, BY
TAKING ON A GROUP OF TERRORISTS
ALL BY HIMSELF.
>> DO YOU REALLY THINK YOU HAVE
A CHANCE AGAINST US MR. COWBOY.
>> [BLEEP].
>> HE KILLS THE BAD GUYS OFF ONE
BY ONE, HE IS A ONE MAN FIGHTING
KILLING MACHINE.
>> HE TOOK ON THESE TERRORISTS
BY HIMSELF.
HE DIDN'T HAVE ANY HELP, IT
WASN'T LIKE HE HAD AN ARMY
SAYING LET'S CHARGE LIKE BRAVE
HEART.
HE DID IT BY HIMSELF, AND DID IT
BY OUTSMARTING THEM, AND STILL
KEEPING HIS SENSE OF HUMOR AND
BEING A SMART ***
THE WHOLE TIME.
>> GET TOGETHER,
HAVE A FEW LAUGHS.
>> IT IS THIS GUY WHO IS YES, HE
IS A DETECTIVE, BUT HE IS NOT A
SUPER HERO.
AND HE IS DOING INCREDIBLE
THINGS WHERE THERE'S EXPLOSION,
AND HE DOES IT WITH SUCH CHARM
THAT PEOPLE CAN'T HELP
BUT LOVE HIM.
>> THIS NEXT MAN GRAPPLED
WITH ADVANCING YANKEES AND THE
FEISTIEST SOUTHERN BELL EVER.
>> HE WAS THE ONLY PERSON THAT
DID NOT INITIALLY SUCCUMB TO
SCARLET'S CHARMS.
SHE COULD NOT CONTROL, RHETT.
>> FRANKLY, MY DEAR.
NUMBER 24, IS CLARK GABLE WITH
RHETT BUTLER IN
GONE WITH THE WIND.
>> HE IS THE ORIGINAL SCOUNDREL
HE WAS BEAUTIFUL, AND BIG, AND
MATURE AND HANDSOME, AND HE
WOULDN'T TAKE ANY NONSENSES.
>> WHY AREN'T YOU FREAKING OUT?
A, MUSTACHE, B, I DON'T CARE.
RHETT BUTLER.
>> CLARK GABLE PLAYS RHETT
BUTLER, IT IS THIS BIG EPIC
ROMANCE.
TAKES PLACE DURING THE
CIVIL WAR.
>> THEY DUKE IT OUT DURING THEIR
WAR TORN ROMANCE AND MARRIAGE.
AND WHEN SHE BEGS HIM TO STAY,
THE SMIRKING SOUTHERNER DELIVERS
A KISS OFF FOR THE AGES.
>> WHAT SHOULD I DO.
>> FRANKLY, MY DEAR,
I DON'T GIVE A DAMN.
>> RHETT BUTLER, DESTROYED
SCARLETT O'HARA.
AND THAT'S THE BEST PART.
BECAUSE SHE WAS A PAIN
IN THE ***.
>> NOT GIVING A DAMN IS A
CENTRAL THEME IN COOLOCITY.
AND I THINK IT WAS INVENTED
BY RHETT BUTLER.
>> IT IS THE MOST ICONIC MOMENT
IN THE MOST ICONIC FILM.
>> RHETT DIDN'T GIVE A DAMN,
BY THIS BEAUTIFUL GAL CARED
ABOUT EVERYONE.
AND PROVE A SWEETHEART CAN BE
AS A COOL AS A SCOUNDREL.
>> EVERYWHERE THIS WOMAN GOES
PEOPLE FALL IN LOVE WITH HER.
THEY JUST CAN'T HELP IT, AND
WHEN YOU WATCH IT YOU FALL
IN LOVE WITH HER.
>> AS THE TITLE CHARACTER IN
"SOMETHING ABOUT MARY" CAMERON
DIAZ SMILES HER WAY TO 23.
>> THE WHOLE MOVIE IS BASED ON
THE OBSESSION OF MARY.
BECAUSE THE CHARACTER IS
SO COOL.
>> THE FACT THAT MARY'S NAME IS
IN THE TITLE, IS NOT AN
ACCIDENT.
BECAUSE THE ENTIRE MOVIE HINGES
ON HOW MUCH YOU LOVE THAT WOMAN.
>> EVERY MAN MEETS HER AND FALLS
IN LOVE WITH HER.
EVERY GUY IN THE MOVIE WANTED
TO BE WITH MARY.
>> MARY IS THE IDEAL GIRL,
BECAUSE NOT ONLY IS SHE
BEAUTIFUL, AND NICE TO PEOPLE,
WHO YOU WOULDN'T NECESSARILY
EXPECT A COOL PERSON TO BE NICE
TO, SHE ALSO LIKES SPORTS.
>> HEY, YOU WANT TO GO UPSTAIRS
AND WATCH "SPORTS CENTER."
>> CAMERON DIAZ CAN SWEAR AND DO
ALL THESE UNLADY LIKE THINGS,
AND YET EVERY MAN LOVES HER.
>> CAMERON DIAZ COMING INTO
THIS ROLE, AND BEING SO GIRL
NEXT DOOR, SO ENTHUSIASTIC, AND
SO BRIGHT, AND FULL OF LIGHT,
AND SHE IS COOL.
AND SHE IS FUNNY, IT'S EASY TO
PICTURE YOURSELF
GOING THAT BANANAS OVER
CAMERON DIAZ.
>> IT IS SO FUNNY THERE'S THESE
GUYS JUST FLOCKING TO HER,
BECAUSE THEY ARE ALL TRYING TO
FIGURE OUT HOW THEY CAN
BE WITH HER.
>> WE ARE ALL A IN LOVE
WITH MARY.
>> I THINK EVERYBODY SAW THIS
THEY COULD SEE WHY, SHE WAS
REALLY REALLY COOL.
>> FOR A COOL CHARACTER,
THEIR LOOK CAN BE EVERYTHING.
AND THIS BIKER STYLE BECAME THE
SIGNATURE TO THIS DAY.
REVVING INNING WITH PLENTY OF
ATTITUDE, IT IS MARLON BRANDO AS
JOHNNY IN THE WILD ONE.
>> HIS CHARACTER IN THE WILD ONE
WAS THE ULTIMATE REBEL.
>> WHAT HE DID IN THIS FILM
SYSTEM HE MADE SIDE BURNS COOL.
HE MADE BLACK LEATHER
JACKETS COOL.
AND HE MADE BIKER GANGS COOL.
>> EVERYBODY WANTED TO LOOK LIKE
HIM, IT'S THE LEATHER, THE THICK
LEATHER JACKETS AND THE HATS,
AND THE --
>> THE GREASY HAIR.
>> YES.
>> YOU GO AND JUST LEAN
AND LOUNGE.
HE KIND OF SWAGGERS DIDN'T
HAVE THE GOOD POSTURE
LIKE THE OLD LEADING MEN.
>> HE BROUGHT THIS LEVEL OF
HONESTY, AND YET, TOUGHNESS.
>> INTENSITY.
>> AND INTENSITY.
>> AND THAT GREAT LINE IN THE
FILM "HEY, JOHNNY, WHAT ARE YOU
REBELLED AGAINST."
>> "WHAT DO YOU GOT?"
>> WHO CARES.
JUST REMEMBER AGAINST SOMETHING
THAT'S WHAT MAKES HIM THE WILD
ONE WITH.
>> HE BECAME THE GREATEST ACTOR
OF HIS GENERATION.
BY ROLES LIKE THIS,
JOHNNY STABLER.
>> ONE YEAR AFTER THE WILD ONE,
THE MOST MEMORABLE OF HITCHCOCKS
ICY BLONDS MADE AN IMPRESSION
ON AUDIENCES.
SLEUTHING HER WAY TO OUR NUMBER
21 COOLEST CHARACTER, GRACE
KELLEY AS LISA FREMONT IN 1954'S
"REAR WINDOW."
>> WHEN YOU LOOK AT A PICTURE,
OR SEE HER ON A MOVIE SCREENING,
THAT'S WHAT I WISH I WAS IN MY
REAL LIFE.
>> IN THE FILM, JIMMY STEWART
PLAY AS PHOTOGRAPHER WHO IS
BASICALLY STUCK IN HIS
APARTMENT, BECAUSE HE HAS A
BROKEN LEG.
GRACE KELLEY PLAYS LISA FREMONT.
SHE IS A FRIEND, MAYBE MORE.
>> SHE HAS A JOB.
SHE'S NOT A WIFE, SHE IS A
GIRLFRIEND.
SO SHE IS A MODERN LADY.
>> AS THE MOVIE GOES ALONG,
SHE BECOMES THE INVESTIGATOR.
OF A *** THAT HAPPENS ACROSS
THE COURTYARD.
>> SHE IS JUST PRIM, AND PROPER,
AND WHAT HAVE YOU.
>> ELEGANT.
>> AND ELEGANT.
BUT THEN, WE GET INTO THIS
MYSTERY, SHE GETS HER HANDS
DIRTY.
>> SHE GOES RIGHT OVER THERE
TO INVESTIGATE.
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
>> SHE IS THERE READY TO GET HER
MANICURED MESSED UP.
THAT'S LISA FREMONT.
>> SHE IS THE ONE THAT SAVES THE
DAY, SHE GOES TO THE OTHER GUY
AND FIGURES OUT AND PROVES
TO JIMMY STEWART THAT HE IS
A KILLER.
>> IT IS A GREAT ROLE, FOR A
VERY COOL BLONDE, BECAUSE AT A
FIRST SHE IS A SOPHISTICATE, AND
THEN SHE BECOMES A WOMAN WHO IS
IN DANGER.
>> IF HITCHCOCK DIRECTED A SUPER
HERO FILM, THIS BLOND WOULD
SERVE AS HIS PERFECT
PROTAGONIST.
AT NUMBER 20, IT IS MICHELLE
PFEIFFER AS SELINA KYLE.
>> MICHELLE PFEIFFER IS SMOKING
HOT, BECAUSE THE CAT WOMAN
OUTFIT WAS SKIN TIGHT LEATHER
FROM LIKE ANKLES ALL THE WAY UP
TO THE NECKING.
>> IF YOU ARE A CAT PERSON, YOU
AREN'T COOL, BUT IF YOU ARE
A CAT WOMAN, THAN YOU ARE
VERY COOL.
>> SHE JUST TOOK THIS ROLE, AND
IN FACT THE WHOLE MOVIE, AND
MADE IT HER OWN.
THE MOVIE WAS ABOUT BATMAN, BUT
HONESTLY, I CAN'T REMEMBER WHO
PLAYS BATMAN.
>> BUT SELENA DIDN'T START OFF
AS A COOL CAT, WHICH MEANS
SEEING HER TRANSFORM THAT MUCH
BETTER.
>> SHE IS THIS VERY SHY KIND OF
NERDY SECRETARY, UNTIL SHE GETS
PUSHED OUT THE WINDOW, SHE IS
WOKEN BY CATS AND SHE TURNS INTO
THIS FELINE.
>> SHE STITCHED APART THIS
COSTUME, PUT IT BACK TOGETHER,
IT IS VERY CHIC, AND SHE
ROCKS IT.
>> SHE BECOMES THE
SELF-EMPOWERED FEMALE WHO IS
LIKE NO, I WON'T BE WALKED ON
ANY MORE.
>> MEOW.
>> FROM SELENA THE SECRETARY,
TO CONFIDENT CAT WOMAN, VIEWERS
AND BATMAN HIMSELF GOT AN
UNFORGETTABLE TASTE FOR JUST HOW
POWERFUL A VENGEFUL KITTY'S
LICK CAN BE.
>> I FEEL LIKE WATCHING CAT
WOMAN LICK BATMAN'S FACE, WAS
TRULY A FORMATIVE MOMENT, AND
HAS INFORMED THE WAY I DEAL WITH
MEN EVER SINCE.
>> WHILE CATWOMAN MADE LICKING
SOMEONE'S FACE SEXY, THIS
CHARACTER MADE EATING HARD BOIL
EGGS A MAN'S SPORT.
AT NUMBER 19, IT IS PAUL NEWMAN
AS LUCAS JACKSON IN
COOL HAND LUKE.
>> FIRST OF ALL, PAUL NEWMAN.
>> YES.
>> THE THING ABOUT LUKE, AND
WHAT MAKES HIM SO COOL, IS THE
THRESHOLD FOR PAIN,
AND SUFFERING.
>> MAN, YOU DON'T WANT TO EVER
FIND YOURSELF ON A CHAIN GANG.
I WOULD BE CRYING THE
ENTIRE TIME.
>> THIS GUY, IS COOL
ON A CHAIN GANG.
>> SENTENCED TO TWO YEARS IN
PRISON FOR CUTTING THE HEADS OFF
PARKING METERS HIS
ANTI-ESTABLISHMENT ATTITUDE AND
MANLY CHARM QUICKLY WON OVER
EVEN THE TOUGHEST.
>> LUKE IS IN PRISON, BUT THAT
DOES NOT MATTER, MOST PEOPLE
WOULD BE TERRIFIED, HE IS NOT.
BECAUSE HE KNOWS THAT LIFE ISN'T
NEARLY THIS SERIOUS, EVEN IN
PRISON?
>> SOMETIMES NOTHING CAN BE A
REAL COOL HAND.
>> WHAT PEOPLE ALWAYS REMEMBER
FROM COOL HAND LUKE IS A CLASSIC
50 EGG SCENE, AND IS THE WAY
LUKE SANDBAGGED THE ENTIRE
PRISON CAMP.
HE GOT TO 32 EGGS.
>> AND BEING THE GOOD BLUE EYED
ACTOR THAT HE WAS, HE SAID OH I
AM GONNA BARF AND EVERYBODY
IS THROWING MORE MONEY, AND
BETTING AGAINST HIM, WHICH IS
THE WRONG THING TO DO.
>> AND AS SOON AS HE SAW THAT,
YOU CAN SEE IN HIS EYES HE GOES
OKAY, I CAN GO ON AND
GRAB THE OTHER 18.
>> AND OF COURSE HE PREVAILS,
WHY?
BECAUSE HE IS COOL.
THE HARD BOIL EGG EATER.
>> COMING UP, THE THRILL SEEKING
HOTTY WHO MADE US ALL FEEL THE
NEED FOR SPEED.
>> HE DOESN'T FOLLOW THE RULES,
HE ALWAYS GETS WHAT HE WANTS
AND HE IS RECKLESS.
>> THEN THE BIG SCREEN'S MOST
FASHIONABLE GOOD GIRL GONE BAD.
>> AND STARTED AN ENTIRE
FASHION TREND, BECAUSE SHE WAS
SO ICONIC IN THAT ROLE.
>> PLUS, YOU THINK YOU KNOW
WHOSE COOLNESS FACTOR EARNED
NUMBER ONE, WE HAVE ALL A OF
THAT AND MORE WHEN THE COUNT
DOWN CONTINUES.
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>> WELCOME BACK TO "COUNT IT
DOWN" "COOLEST MOVIE
CHARACTERS."
THE DEFINITION OF BEING COOL, IS
STAYING CALM UNDER EXTREME
PRESSURE, AND NO ONE DID THAT
BETTER THAN OUR NUMBER 18 PICK.
MAVERICK FROM THE 1986
BLOCKBUSTER "TOP GUN."
>> MAVERICK GOES DOWN AS
ONE OF THE COOLEST.
IT IS TOM CRUISE AT HIS
VERY BEST.
>> HIS WHOLE LIFE IS IN THE
DANGER ZONE.
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
>> HE WAS JUST THIS COCKY PILOT.
HE WAS SO CONFIDENT, AND TO A
FAULT, IN A WAY.
>> HE WAS SUPER SEXY.
HAD A GREAT BODY, AND DESPITE
BECOME A TOTAL SCREW UP, HE WAS
THE VERY BEST AT HIS JOB.
>> HE IS LOOKS FOR THRILLS,
WHETHER THAT IS IN A MACHINE OR
WITH A LOVELY LADY.
>> COOL PEOPLE NEED AN AWESOME
SIDE KICK, AND HE HAS AN AWESOME
SIDE KICK, IN GOOSE.
THE CLASSIC LINE.
>> I FEEL THE NEED,
THE NEED FOR SPEED!
>> AND THEY HIGH FIVE,
YOU ARE LIKE YES.
>> THE WHOLE STYLE OF THE FILM
WAS REALLY COOL.
I THINK AT THAT TIME, NOT
EVERYBODY WAS INTO THE AVIATOR
SUN GLASSES AND BOMBER JACKETS
AND STUFF.
AND TOM CRUISE MADE ALL THAT
STUFF JUST COOL FOR EVERYBODY.
>> MAVERICK IS THE ULTIMATE BAD
BOY, HE DOESN'T FOLLOW
THE RULES.
HE ALWAYS GETS WHAT HE WANTS
AND HE IS RECKLESS.
THAT IS THE MAKING OF A VERY
COOL GUY.
>> THE NEXT CHARACTER ON OUR
LIST IS SO COOL, SHE IS DOWN
RIGHT BONE CHILLING.
>> SHARON STONE JUST PLAYED
THE ROLE SO ICY COLD, AND SEXY.
>> AT NUMBER 17, IT'S A MYSTERY
WRITER WANTED FOR ***.
KATHRYN FROM BASIC INSTINCT.
>> I THINK SHARON STONE WAS SO
PERFECT FOR THIS ROLE, BECAUSE
SHE'S GOT THIS BAD GIRL EDGE
ABOUT HER.
>> KATHRYN WAS SO SO COOL,
BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH SHE WAS AN
ESTEEMED AUTHOR, YOU KNEW THERE
WAS A PSYCHO PATH LURKING BEHIND
THE STARE.
>> SHE WAS A MURDERER WHO
WALKED UP INTO THE POLICE
STATION, KNOWING THAT THEY CAN
POSSIBLY POTENTIALLY PUT HER
UNDER ARREST.
>> EXCITED ABOUT IT.
>> AND EXCITED ABOUT IT.
>> SHE CONTROLLED THE ENTIRE
ROOM DURING THE INTERROGATION
SHE IS WEALTHY, AND SMART,
AND SUPER CONFIDENT, AND SUPER
SUPER SEXY.
>> YOU EVER ENGAGE IN ANY
SADOMASOCHISTIC ACTIVITY.
>> EXACTLY WHAT DID YOU HAVE IN
MIND, MR. CORELI.
>> SHE IS SO COOL, THAT WHEN SHE
IS BEING INTERVIEWED BEEN GIVEN
THE THIRD DEGREE, SHE MAKES THE
OTHER PEOPLE SWEAT.
>> SHE WEAR AS VERY SEXY WHITE
DRESS, AND DOES THE MOST FAMOUS
LEG UNCROSS IN FILM HISTORY.
>> THE INTERVIEW STOPS.
>> IT IS LIKE BOOM.
>> IT'S NICE.
>> SHE HAS EVERYBODY WRAPPED
AROUND HER FINGER.
>> SHE IS THE SMARTEST PERSON IN
THE ROOM, AND WEARING THE
LEAST AMOUNT OF UNDERGARMENTS.
>> YES.
>> BEING SEXUALLY CONFIDENT CAN
REALLY UP YOUR COOL FACTOR.
AND THAT GOES DOUBLE FOR
SULTRY HOUSE WIFE'S.
>> SHE IS THE ORIGINAL COUGAR.
>> SEDUCING US AT NUMBER 16,
IT IS MRS. ROBINSON FROM
THE GRADUATE.
>> MRS. ROBINSON, AS A PLAYED BY
ANN BANCROFT IS THE
ULTIMATE MILF.
>> SELDOM DID YOU SEE A WOMAN
SO FREELY USE HER SEXUALITY.
>> SHE IS EVERY BOY'S FANTASY,
CONSTANTLY IN A CLOUD OF SMOKE,
FACE BURIED IN A DRINK.
>> MRS. ROBINSON WAS NOT THE
TYPICAL WOMAN NEXT DOOR, BECAUSE
SHE WAS NOT A COOKIE BAKER.
SHE WAS NOT ASHAMED OF HER
SEXUALITY.
IT WAS THERE, SHE WAS RIPE FOR
THE PLUCKING.
>> BORED OF HER MARRIAGE, JUST
WANTS TO HAVE A FLING, SO SHE
CHOOSES HER NEIGHBOR'S SON.
>> MY FAVORITE MOMENT IS WHEN
MRS. ROBINSON FIRST STARTED
TO SEDUCE HIM.
>> MRS. ROBINSON KNOWS
WHAT SHE IS DOING.
SHE IS ON A MISSION, AND
BENJAMIN IS GETTING ALL
FLUSTERED AND HE ASKED.
>> MRS. ROBINSON YOU ARE TRYING
TO SEDUCE ME.
>> YOU CAN'T THINK ABOUT THE
GRADUATE WITHOUT THINKING OF HER
LEG UP, AND DUSTIN HOFFMAN
THROUGH THE LEG.
>> IT SHOWS HOW SHE HAD HIM IN
HER WEB.
>> GOD, THIS WOMAN IS COOL,
AND YOU WISHED YOU WERE
DUSTIN HOFFMAN.
>> SOMETIMES BEING COOL MEANS
BREAKING ALL THE RULES, FOR ALL
THE RIGHT REASONS.
>> HERE IS THIS HERO
TYPE PERSON.
WHO IS DOING THE RIGHT THING,
AND DOING IT NO MATTER WHAT.
>> MAKING OUR DAY.
AT NUMBER 15, IT'S CLINT
EASTWOOD'S DIRTY HARRY.
>> DIRTY HARRY IS ONE OF THOSE
HEROES THAT MILLIONS OF PEOPLE
FOLLOW, WHO JUST TOOK MATTERS
INTO HIS OWNING HANDS.
>> HE DOESN'T REALLY CARE WHAT
PEOPLE AROUND HIM THINK.
HE KNOWS WHAT IS RIGHT, AND HE
IS GOING TO GO GET IT DONE.
THAT'S COOL.
>> THAT IS SOMETHING THAT GUYS
GO, MAN, I WISH I COULD DO THAT.
I WISH I COULD BE LIKE THAT.
>> I THINK WHAT MADE DIRTY HARRY
SO COOL WAS HOW CALM HE WAS IN
THE FACE OF INTENSE DANGER.
>> THE GLINT IN HIS EYE, THE
RASPY VOICE, ALL THOSE COMBINED
WITH THAT 44 MAGNUM, AND THAT'S
ONE GUY YOU DO NOT WANT TO MESS
WITH.
>> IF HE THOUGHT YOU WERE A BAD
GUY, HE WOULD LET YOU KNOW IT,
HE WOULD PULL OUT SMITH AND
WESSON, WHICH IS ABOUT THIS BIG
AND POINT IT RIGHT AT YOU.
>> "GO AHEAD, MAKE MY DAY."
>> ARE YOU FEELING LUCKY,
WELL, ARE YOU PUNK.
>> I'M NOT EVEN GOING TO OPEN MY
MOUTH TO TALK.
>> THAT'S HOW COOL I AM.
>> HE CAN MAKE ANYTHING
SOUND COOL.
>> I'M LACTOSE INTOLERANT
>> THERE WASN'T ONE MOMENT WHERE
HE WAS ANYTHING BUT COOL.
>> LET'S FACE IT, WICKEDLY
AWESOME CHARACTERS REQUIRE SOME
MAJOR CRITERIA, AND CARRYING A
OVERSIZED EGO IS DEFINITELY ONE
OF THEM.
BLASTING INTO NUMBER 14, ROBERT
DOWNNY JR. AS TONY STARK.
>> PART OF THE TONY STARK COOL
FACTOR COMES FROM THE FACT THAT
HE IS A GENIUS.
HE BUILT THIS IRON MAN SUIT,
THE MOST BADASS SUIT YOU COULD
COME UP WITH.
>> WOMEN FREQUENTLY WANT SOMEONE
WHO WEARS A COOL SUIT.
AND HAS AN AWESOME MODE OF
TRANSPORTATION.
AND FOR IRON MAN, THOSE ARE THE
SAME THING.
>> THE LADIES LOVE TONY, BECAUSE
ONE HE IS A BILLIONAIRE PLAYBOY.
BUT ALSO HE IS SO FUNNY.
>> NOT ONLY COULD HE KICK YOUR
***, BUT HE WAS A SMART ***.
>> PLEASE, NO GANG SIGNS.
NO, THROW IT UP I'M KIDDING.
>> HE BROUGHT HIS OWN
PERSONALITY INTO THE CHARACTER,
AND IT MADE IT MORE BELIEVABLE.
>> HE'S GOT THE LOOKS.
HE'S GOT THE MONEY, THE WEALTH,
AND THE ATTITUDE, HE KIND OF
EMBODIES WHAT THIS ROLE
SHOULD BE.
>> IT COULDN'T HAVE BEEN A
MORE PERFECT FIT.
>> HE WANTED THE CHARACTER
TO HAVE SMART SNAPPY DIALOG.
CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT, AND GIVE
HIM A PURPOSE OF WHY HE WOULD GO
TO THESE LENGTHS TO SAVE
THE WORLD.
>> THE IRON MAN COMIC WASN'T
EVEN THAT POPULAR, BUT WHEN THE
MOVIE CAME OUT IT EXPLODED THE
CHARACTER.
>> THIS IS THE MAGIC THAT ACTORS
CAN BRING, BECAUSE IN THE WRONG
HANDS TONY STARK WOULD COME OFF
UNIMPRESSIVE, A JOKE, BUT ROBERT
DOWNEY JR., HE MAKES HIM A DUDE
YOU WISH YOU COULD HANG A
OUT WITH.
>> THERE'S MORE TO BEING ICE
COOL THAN A SUPER HERO SUIT.
LIKE SERIOUS GOOD LOOKS.
AND JAMES DEAN DELIVERED
ON THAT.
AS A TORMENTED TEEN IN REBEL
WITHOUT A CAUSE.
>> HE WAS A PHENOMENON.
>> AT NUMBER 13, MAKING A PLAIN
WHITE TEE LOOK SO GOOD,
IS JIM STARK.
>> IN THE MID 50'S.
JAMES DEAN WAS ONE OF THE
COOLEST GUYS AROUND.
FIRST, LET'S TALK ABOUT
THE OUTFIT.
>> THE JEANS.
>> WHITE TEE.
>> THE GREASED BACKED HAIR.
>> AND THANKS TO JAMES DEAN, HE
INCREASED THE SALE OF T SHIRTS.
AND HE SET THE STANDARD
FOR COOLNESS.
PEOPLE WERE IN LOVE WITH HIM.
>> GIRLS WANTED TO BE WITH HIM,
GUYS WANTED TO BE HIM.
>> THE JAMES DEAN LOOK IS SO
CLASSIC, WE ARE STILL TRYING TO
EMULATE IT.
>> WHO WASN'T TRYING TO GET
THAT LOOK.
>> HIS EFFORTLESS STYLE
INSPIRED PHENOMENON AND
IT ISN'T HARD TO SEE WHY.
>> JAMES DEAN WAS THE POSTER BOY
FOR DISENFRANCHISED YOUTH.
REALLY A HERO TO A LOT
OF PEOPLE.
>> THE FACT THAT THE MOVIE WAS
IN THE 50'S, WE WEREN'T
SEEING CHARACTERS LIKE THIS.
>> REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE IS
WHERE WE SEE TEENAGE ANGST
COME TO THE FILM.
>> THE POLICE STATION SCENE,
IN REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE
IS CLASSIC.
>> THOSE PARENTS ARE FURIOUS,
AND HE IS CRYING, BREAKING DOWN.
>> YOU ARE TEARING ME APART.
>> HE IS A COOL GUY WHO IS
COMPLETELY TORTURED.
HE IS EMOTIONAL, BUT HE IS STILL
TOUGH AND HOT.
>> HE WASN'T A WHINY KID,
HE WAS A COOL KID.
HE DIDN'T JUST WANT TO GO WITH
THE STATUS QUO.
>> HE SET IS THE STANDARD
FOR COOLNESS.
>> HE IS A REBEL WITHOUT
A CAUSE.
>> NOTHING TO LOSE.
>> FROM A DELINQUENT WHO DEFIED
HIS PARENTS TO ONE THAT DEFIED
THE LAW, IT WAS BONNIE PARKER'S
BANK ROBBING STYLE THAT MADE HER
SUCH A SMOOTH CRIMINAL.
>> AND THAT'S HOW SHE BECAME A
FASHION ICON.
>> SETTING TRENDS IS FAYE
DUNAWAY IN BONNIE AND CLYDE.
>> SHE IS AN ACTRESS IS AMAZING
BUT SO MUCH CAME TO THAT
CHARACTER THROUGH WHAT SHE WORE.
>> THE FASHION, THE OUTFITS
AND THE HATS.
>> THIS IS A STICK UP!
>> SHE LOOKED GOOD DOING IT.
>> HER COSTUME STARTED LIKE AN
ENTIRE FASHION TREND, BECAUSE
SHE WAS SO ICONIC IN THAT ROLE.
>> THE KILLER STYLE AND NO
NONSENSE ATTITUDE, HAD FANS
FALLING FOR THE
STELLAR CHARACTER.
>> SHE WAS COOL, BECAUSE SHE
COULD BE PART OF A GANG THAT
ROBBED BANKS ALOOF THE COUNTRY.
>> SHE DID WHAT SHE WANTED AND
REALLY SHE JUST WANTED SOME
EXCITEMENT IN HER LIFE.
>> WE ROB BANKS.
>> SHE WAS SORT OF THE ORIGINAL
FEMALE GUN TOTING GAL.
AND SO I THINK THAT WAS VERY
REVOLUTIONARY FOR THE TIME.
>> SHE WAS TOUGH, AND
WELL-DRESSED.
AND SHE WAS AS TOUGH AS
THE GUYS AROUND HER.
>> BONNIE IS AS MUCH OF A STAR
AND COOL AS CLYDE BECAUSE SHE IS
FEARLESS, AND SEXY, WE HAVEN'T
IS SEEN A WOMAN IN THE 60'S WHO
WAS SEXY AND JUST
ROBBING BANKS.
>> IF I WAS A TELLER AND BONNIE
AND CLYDE WALKED IN I WOULD BE
LIKE HERE IS THE MONEY,
YOU LOOK GOOD.
>> BONNIE MAY HAVE LOOKED GOOD
WHILE BREAKING THE LAW, BUT YOU
CAN'T GET ANY A MORE BADASS THAN
HAVING YOUR OWN THEME SONG.
>> SHAFT IS A BAD MOTHER, YOU
SHUT YOUR MOUTH THAT WAS COOL.
>> DAWNING LEATHER AND A
GENEROUSLY FAB FRO.
AT NUMBER 11, IS SHAFT.
>> IN THE 70'S EVERYBODY WANTED
TO BE SHAFT.
>> RICHARD ROUNDTREE BECAME A
SUPER STAR PLAYING JOHN SHAFT.
A DETECTIVE WITH STREET SMARTS,
STYLE, AND PLENTY AND PLENTY
OF WOMEN.
>> AS HE WAS THROWING THE
PUNCHES AND HIGH KICKING YOU
NEVER KNEW WHAT WAS GOING TO
COME OUT OF HIS MOUTH.
>> WHERE THE HELL YOU GOING,
SHAFT.
>> TO GET LAID, WHERE THE HELL
YOU GOING.
[LAUGHTER]
>> IT WASN'T ALWAYS POLITICALLY
CORRECT, BUT IT WAS FANTASTIC.
>> HE WAS A VERY SEXY GORGEOUS
YOUNG MAN, AND EVERY WOMAN
LIKES MAN WHO TOTES A GUN.
>> HE DOESN'T JUST PUNCH PEOPLE,
HE PUNCHED THEM WITH STYLE,
HE WAS ALL DRESSED TO THE NINES
EVEN WHEN HE WAS FIGHTING
AND RUNNING AROUND.
>> HE IS BASICALLY THE ONLY
PERSON IN THE HISTORY OF THE
WORLD THAT I CAN PICTURE PULLING
OFF A LEATHER TRENCH COAT.
>> SHAFT WAS REALLY THE FIRST
BLACK EXPLOITATION FILM.
IT STARTS THE WHOLE GENRE.
>> THIS GENRE WAS A MOVIE WHERE
EVERY MAIN CHARACTER WAS
AFRICAN-AMERICAN.
>> IT WAS SO POPULAR.
THAT FILM MAKERS JUST WANTED TO
KEEP CRANKING THEM OUT.
I THINK THAT'S DUE TO RICHARD
ROUNDTREE AND HOW COOL HE PLAYS
THE CHARACTER.
>> HE IS JUST A BAD ***.
>> STILL TO COME, OUR TOP 10
SIZZLING WITH A SULTRY
SEDUCTRESS THAT MAKES REVENGE
SEEM LIKE FOREPLAY.
>> THE ORIGINAL SEXY BADASS IN
EVERY WAY.
>> AND THEN CRIME NEVER LOOKED
SO GOOD, THANKS TO THIS SHARP
DRESSED MAN.
>> HE HAS THE SWAGGER,
THE SUITS, THE LADIES
AND THE DRINKS.
>> WE HAVE THAT AND SO MUCH
MORE, WHEN OUR COUNTDOWN OF
THE COOLEST MOVIE
CHARACTERS RETURNS.
[MUSIC]
>> WELCOME BACK TO "COUNT IT
DOWN," "COOLEST MOVIE
CHARACTERS."
>> ONLY A HOLLYWOOD HEAVY WEIGHT
LIKE HARRISON FORD COULD TURN A
SCHOOLTEACHER INTO ONE OF THE
BIGGEST ADVENTURERS OF ALL TIME.
>> WHEN WAS YOUR PROFESSOR THAT
MUCH OF AN ACTION HERO?
>> INCREDIBLE.
>> DIGGING UP THE NUMBER TEN
SPOT, INDIANA JONES.
>> I BET THERE ARE MANY AN
ARCHAEOLOGIST THAT GOT LAID
BECAUSE OF INDIANA JONES.
>> IT IS A LITTLE BIT OF THE
SUPER MAN, CLARK KENT THING.
IN THE CLASSROOM, HE HAS THE
GLASSES ON, AND THEN OUT IN THE
FIELD, IT'S THE COOL HAT,
BOMBER JACKET.
>> HOW MANY HEROS USE A WHIP AS
THEIR SIGNATURE WEAPON.
>> THERE'S NOT A MOUNTAIN
HE WON'T CLIMB.
THERE'S NOT A CAVE HE WON'T
GO INTO.
THERE'S NOT A CLIFF HE WON'T
JUMP OFF TO GET THAT PIECE OF
FORGOTTEN HISTORY.
>> HE ALWAYS MANAGES TO ESCAPE.
HE NEVER HAS A PLAN, IT ALWAYS
WORKS OUT.
>> HE GETS HIMSELF IN THE
CRAZIEST SITUATIONS.
HE IS BEING CHASED BY A GIANT
BOULDER, HE IS ALWAYS IN
OVER HIS HEAD.
BUT SOMEHOW HE ALWAYS COMES OUT
ON THE OTHER SIDE.
TOTALLY FINE.
WITH HIS HAT STILL ON.
>> WHILE INDY MAY HAVE BEEN
KNOWN FOR HIS THRILL SEEKING
ADVENTURES THE NEXT CHARACTER ON
OUR COUNT DOWN KNEW HOW TO KEEP
THINGS EXCITING BY THINKING
OUTSIDE THE BOX.
UMA THURMAN HEATS THINGS UP
AS MIA WALLACE FROM
PULP FICTION.
>> ONE OF THE COOLEST MOST
ICONIC CHARACTERS THIS WOMAN
LOOKS SO COOL.
>> SHE IS SO COOL.
>> I LOVE HER BECAUSE SHE WAS
SUPER RETRO.
I LOVE THE BOB.
>> I THINK WHEN SOMEONE CAN BE
NONTRADITIONAL AND STILL HOT.
>> AND HOT, AND CONFIDENT, YOU
ARE LIKE OH THAT'S COOL.
>> YOU WENT AGAINST THE GRAIN
AND YOU ARE PULLING THAT OFF.
>> FEW STORIES ARE COOLER THAN
O.D.INGING, PASSING OUT, AND
NEEDING SOMEONE TO INJECT
ADRENALINE THROUGH YOUR STERNUM
AND INTO YOUR HEART.
THAT'S COOL.
>> YOU ARE GOING TO BE ALL
RIGHT, THEN SAY SOMETHING.
>> SOMETHING.
>> WHILE HER DAREDEVIL ANTICS
MAY HAVE BEEN HEART STOPPING IT
WAS HER PULSE POUNDING MOVES ON
THE DANCE FLOOR WITH JOHN
TRAVOLTA THAT MADE MIA WALLACE
A CINEMATIC ICON.
>> THEY START DANCING SHE
JUST LOOKS SO SEXY, AND HE IS
JUST TRYING TO KEEP UP WITH HER.
>> MIA WALLACE ISN'T JUST A
WOMAN, SHE IS AN ATTITUDE.
SHE HAS THIS AIR ABOUT HER
THAT IS REALLY AMAZING.
>> HE MAY HAVE BEEN A MAN OF FEW
WORDS, BUT THIS NO NONSENSE LAW
MAN PROVED THAT ACTIONS SPEAK
LOUDER THAN WORDS.
STEVE MCQUEEN, AS FRANK BULLET.
>> STEVE MCQUEEN WAS THAT STRONG
SILENT TYPE, AND HE JUST
EMBODIED THAT CHARACTER OF FRANK
BULLET ONE OF THE GREATEST ON
SCREEN COPS OF ALL TIME.
>> HE IS REALLY COOL CUSTOMER.
OKAY, DOESN'T MATTER IF HE IS
APPREHENDING A BAD GUY, OR IF HE
IS IN A PRIVATE MOMENT WITH
A LADY, HE SEEMS TO KEEP
IT ALL INSIDE.
>> HE CAN SAY MORE WITH ONE LOOK
THAN MOST CAN WITH A WHOLE PAGE.
THIS GUY IS SO COOL,
JUST OOZES OUT OF HIM.
>> THIS GUY MADE A TURTLE NECK
LOOK COOL, FOR LIKE EIGHT YEARS.
THAT WAS BECAUSE OF THIS MOVIE.
YOU SEE A LOT OF TURTLE NECKS
TODAY AND GO WOW, YOU JUST SAW
BULLET, DIDN'T YOU?
>> WHILE MANY TRIES TO COPY HIS
STYLE, ONLY STEVE McQUEEN COULD
PULL OFF THE CHASE SCENES.
>> THESE WERE TWO MUSCLE CARS.
YOU HEAR THE ROAR, THE THEATERS
MUST HAVE BEEN SHAKING, THIS IS
THE REAL DEAL, AND STEVE
MCQUEEN, DID A LOT OF HIS
OWN DRIVING.
>> THE MUSTANG WAS SUCH A COOL
CAR, AND HE WAS SUCH A COOL GUY,
SO TOGETHER, IT WAS LIKE COOL
PLUS TEN.
>> OF ALL THE JOINTS IN ALL THE
WORLD, HE HAS TO WALK RIGHT INTO
THE NUMBER SEVEN SPOT ON OUR
COUNT DOWN, HERE IS LOOKING AT
RICK BLAINE.
IN CASA BLANCA.
>> HE WAS ONE OF THE ORIGINAL
COOL GUYS ON FILM.
HE DEFINES IT.
>> HE IS THE STANDARD.
>> THE COOLNESS FACTOR IS WHAT
MADE HIM SO APPEALING TO SO MANY
WOMEN, AND MADE HIM A LEADING
MAN, AND ALSO MADE A LOT OF GUYS
SAY I DON'T NEED TO LOOK LIKE
THAT IN ORDER TO BE COOL.
IT MADE COOL ACCESSIBLE.
>> RICK BLAINE RUNS THE COOLEST
GIN JOINT IN TOWN, EVERYBODY
GOES THERE.
IT IS A LITTLE BIT DANGEROUS,
AND HE DOESN'T CARE ABOUT ANYONE
ELSE, EXCEPT WHEN THE WOMAN
THAT HE LOVES COMES BACK.
>> WE HAD NOT SEEN A LEADING
MAN WHO WAS BITTER, RUN DOWN,
ANGRY, AND THAT'S WHAT THE WORLD
GRAVITATED TOWARDS.
>> YOU BELIEVE THAT THIS TOUGH
GUY, THIS VERY COOL GUY,
UNDERNEATH HAD A REAL
HEART OF GOLD.
AND THAT'S WHAT YOU SAW A IN THE
FILM, AND THAT'S WHY HE WAS THE
COOLEST CHARACTER.
>> THERE'S THAT CLASSIC SCENE
WHEN HE IS TELLING HER THAT SHE
NEEDS TO LEAVE, AND HE LOOKS AT
HER, AND SAYS, "HERE IS LOOKING
"AT YOU, KID."
>> HE IS THE ORIGINAL COOL
CHARACTER BECAUSE HE WAS NOT
AFRAID TO ROCK A WHITE DINNER
JACKET, ALL THE TIME.
>> HE MADE SMOKING COOL.
THE THING THAT KILLS EVERYBODY.
HE MADE THAT COOL.
>> HE WAS SUCH A MAN'S MAN, THAT
YOU COULDN'T HELP BUT JUST LOOK
AT A THIS GUY AND SAY
HE IS COOL.
HE IS ROCKING IT.
I LOVE THIS GUY.
>> BRAINS, BRAWN, AND BEAUTY
MADE THIS FEROCIOUS FEMME FATALE
ONE OF THE GROOVIEST TO EVER
GRACE THE SCREEN.
COMING IN AT NUMBER SIX ON OUR
COUNT DOWN OF COOLEST
MOVIE CHARACTERS.
PAM GREER, AS FOXY BROWN.
>> FOXY BROWN IS THE ORIGINAL
SEXY BADASS HEROINE
IN EVERY WAY.
>> HER OUTFITS ARE SO SEXY.
HOW ARE YOU WEARING STACK BOOTS
AND *** SHORTS AND STILL BEAT
EVERYBODY UP.
HOW DO YOU DO IT, FOXY.
>> YOU THINK THE BIG FRO, THE
AWESOME PANTSUIT, THE VEST, AND
THE BAM WITH THE KICK
AND THE ACTION.
SHE ALWAYS GOT THE JOB DONE.
>> SHE WAS KICKING BUTT.
I MEAN, THROWING CHAIRS
AT PEOPLE.
FIGHTING FOLKS, SHOOTING GUYS,
SHE DIDN'T TAKE NOTHING.
>> GET OUT OF HERE.
>> GET YOUR HANDS OFF ME.
>> OH.
>> OH.
>> YOU DIDN'T SEE WOMEN OF COLOR
IN THAT KIND OF POWER DURING
THAT TIME ON SCREEN AT ALL.
SHE REALLY IS LIKE THE ICONIC
BEAUTY OF THE 70'S.
ESPECIALLY FOR THE
EXPLOITATION FILMS.
EVERYBODY WANTS TO BE
FOXY BROWN.
>> SIX-INCH BOOTS.
>> YES.
>> WITH AN AFRO THAT WAS
SIX FEET LONG.
>> I THINK SHE WAS 16 FEET
WITH ALL THAT ON.
>> AND YOU KNOW WHAT IF YOU CAN
WEAR FRINGE AND GET IN A FIGHT,
I AM ON YOUR TEAM.
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
>> SHE CAME LIKE A BOLT.
HER LOOK, HER STYLE, THE THINGS
SHE SAID, THE WAY SHE SEDUCED
HER MAN AND GOT THE JOB DONE,
PERFECTION.
>> OUR NEXT CHARACTER MAY BE
TOO COOL FOR SCHOOL.
BUT THAT EARNED HIM AN A
ON OUR LIST.
IN AT NUMBER 5, MATTHEW
BRODERICK, AS FERRIS BUELLER.
>> THE GREATEST THING ABOUT
FERRIS BUELLER EVERYONE
LIKED HIM.
WHETHER IT WAS THE NERDS TO COOL
GUYS, EVERYBODY GRAVITATED
TO HIM.
>> I THINK A LOT OF KIDS WERE
TAKING NOTES DURING THIS MOVIE.
BECAUSE FERRIS WAS SO INNOVATIVE
ABOUT SKIPPING SCHOOL.
>> THIS GUY KNOWS HOW TO PULL
ONE OVER ON PARENTS AND
TEACHERS LIKE NOBODY'S BUSINESS.
AND THE FACT HE CAN DO AND IT
GET AWAY WITH IT WITH
NO PROBLEM, MAKES HIM COOL.
>> WHEN HE IS SINGING ON THE
FLOAT THE FACT THAT HE HAS
SCORES OF PEOPLE DOING A
SYNCHRONIZED DANCE UP ON STAIRS.
IT IS BRILLIANT.
THIS IS A GUY WHO CAN RALLY
A WHOLE CITY.
>> AND EFFECT THE UNIVERSE
AROUND HIM.
>> BUT IT WASN'T JUST THE
SCHOOL SKIPPING WAYS AND FUN
FILLED DAYS THAT LANDED HIM.
>> HE WAS ONE OF THE FEW
CHARACTERS THAT ADDRESSES US.
IN THE AUDIENCE.
>> YES.
>> AND EVERY TIME YOU FEEL
LIKE YOU ARE COOLER.
>> YES.
>> BECAUSE HE IS TALKING TO YOU.
>> THIS IS MY 9TH SICK DAY
THIS SEMESTER.
>> AND LIKE THOSE MOMENTS ALSO
I THINK MADE HIM COOL.
BECAUSE IT'S ALMOST LIKE HE IS
TOO COOL FOR A REGULAR MOVIE,
THIS CHARACTER.
REGULAR -- HE DOESN'T EVEN HAVE
TO LISTEN TO THE RULES THAT WE
HAVE ALL ESTABLISHED.
>> DON'T TALK TO THE AUDIENCE.
>> HE WAS PITCH PERFECT.
HE MADE FERRIS BUELLER REAL
PERSON THAT WAS LIKABLE, THAT
WAS SENSITIVE, HAD SOME FLAWS
BUT HE CARED ABOUT HIS FRIENDS
AND HIS FAMILY, AND HE REALLY
DID NOT WANT TO GO TO SCHOOL,
SO HEY, WE ARE BEHIND HIM.
>> HOLLY GOLIGHTLY IS THE BEST,
SHE FABULOUS, SHE IS THIN,
AND SIMPLE.
>> SHE IS CRAZY ABOUT
TIFFANY'S, AND WE ARE CRAZY
ABOUT HER.
COMING IN AT NUMBER FOUR, AUDREY
HEPBURN PLAYS THE FREE SPIRITED
FASHIONISTIA.
>> IS THERE A WOMAN IN THE WORLD
THAT PERSONIFIES CLASS AND
ELEGANCE, AND YET THIS KIND OF
BEATNIK HIPNESS THE WAY
THAT SHE DOES.
>> I KNOW.
>> SHE IS STANDING THERE AS A
PARTY GIRL, SMOKING HER
CIGARETTE, THERE IS JUST THIS
AURA OF COOL AROUND HER.
>> YOU DON'T MIND,
DO YOU, DARLING.
>> EVEN WHEN SHE WAS BELLY UP
TO THE BAR, SHE EXUDED
CLASS AND MADE US ALL JEALOUS.
>> SHE GETS DRUNK IN A BAR AND
MAKES IT LOOK COOL, AND NOT
SLOPPY AND WRONG.
>> AND YOU ARE LIKE I WANT TO BE
DRUNK IN A BAR IN THE VILLAGE.
>> HER CHARM MAY HAVE
PERSONIFIED COOL, BUT IT IS HER
FASHION SENSE THAT WOMEN
STILL COPY.
>> AUDREY HEPBURN
CEMENTED THE L.B.D. IN HISTORY
FOREVER.
YOU CAN NEVER GO WRONG WITH A
LITTLE BLACK DRESS.
>> WHEN YOU DESCRIBE HER, YOU
DESCRIBE A CLASSIC BEAUTY,
AND SHE CREATED THAT LOOK.
SHE HAS THE HAIR PULLED BACK
INTO A BUN, AND THE VERY CLEAN
LINES ON HER OUTFITS AND PEOPLE
NOW STILL STRIVE TO MIMIC
THE ESSENCE OF THAT.
>> OUR NEXT CHARACTER PUTS
THE DOUBLE O IN COOL.
COMING IN AT NUMBER THREE,
WITH A LICENSE TO KILL.
BOND.
JAMES BOND.
>> THE WAY THAT JAMES BOND
CHARACTER IS WRITTEN IS SO COOL,
THAT NO MATTER WHO PLAYS IT YOU
CAN'T HELP BUT BE THE SEXIEST
COOLEST MAN ON THE PLANET.
>> THE ACTORS CHANGE MANY TIMES.
SEAN CONNERY, ROGER MOORE,
TIMOTHY DALTON, PIERCE AND NOW
DANIEL CRAIG.
BUT EVERY ACTOR HAS BEEN COOL.
>> JAMES BOND IS AMAZING BECAUSE
HE IS BRITISH, HE IS ALWAYS
HANDSOME, HE IS HIGHLY TRAINED
AND HE HAS THE MOST
TECHNOLOGICAL GADGETS.
IF I HAD THAT GADGETRY IT
WOULD BE A DISASTER, THERE WOULD
BE PENS BLOWING UP AND CARS
DRIVING THEMSELVES INTO
SHOPPING MALLS.
IT WOULD BE AWFUL.
>> HE'S DRESS INCREDIBLY WELL.
HE GETS THE HOTTEST WOMAN,
AND REALLY COOL LINES.
>> *** MARTINI, SHAKEN,
NOT STIRRED.
>> SHAKEN NOT STIRRED.
I LIKE MY DRINK MY WAY, I AM
GOING TO TELL YOU HOW TO MAKE
MY DRINK.
THAT'S COOL.
>> HE KNOWS HOW TO DRINK.
HE KNOWS HOW TO DRESS.
BUT COME ON.
WHO HAS A BETTER WAY WITH
THE LADIES THAN JAMES BOND.
>> I AM BEGINNING TO LIKE YOU,
MR. BOND.
>> OH.
CALL ME JAMES.
>> I THINK IT IS SO COOL WHEN
HE GETS SHOT OUT OF A SUBMARINE,
AND THEN HE STORMS THE BEACH.
AND WHAT DOES HE HAVE ON?
A PERFECTLY PRESSED BLACK
AND WHITE TUXEDO.
THAT'S JAMES BOND.
>> COMING UP, WE'VE GOTTEN
DIRTY, REBELLED AND EVEN HAD
BREAKFAST AT TIFFANIES.
NOW IT IS TIME TO SEE WHICH BIG
SCREEN PERSONA HAD ALL THE RIGHT
MOVES TO GET OUR VOTE
FOR NUMBER ONE.
>> THE COOLEST CHARACTER IN
MOVIE HISTORY.
>> HE HAS THIS SWAGGER THAT
OTHER CHARACTERS JUST
DON'T HAVE.
>> IS THE BIG REVEAL, NEXT, WHEN
OUR COUNT DOWN RETURNS.
>> WELCOME BACK TO "COUNT IT
DOWN," "COOLEST MOVIE
CHARACTERS."
>> OUR NEXT CHARACTER HIT THE
JACKPOT, PROVING HE WAS A HIGH
ROLLER, NOT ONCE BUT TWICE.
GOING DOUBLE OR NOTHING IN OUR
NUMBER TWO SPOT, DANNY OCEAN
FROM OCEAN'S 11.
>> DANNY OCEAN WAS FIRST PLAYED
BY FRANK SINATRA, AND OF COURSE
WHO CAN YOU FIND TO FILL THOSE
SHOES BUT MR. COOL HIMSELF.
GEORGE CLOONEY.
>> THE ROLE IS SO COOL,
BECAUSE HE IS A BAD GUY.
BLUE HE IS ALSO ODDLY THE MOST
LIKABLE GUY EVER.
>> YOU ARE A THIEF, AND A LIAR.
>> I ONLY LIED ABOUT BEING A
THIEF, AND I DON'T DO THAT
ANY MORE.
>> STEAL?
>> LIE.
>> IF YOU ARE GOING TO DATE A
CRIMINAL, THIS IS THE GUY
YOU WANT.
HE HAS THE SWAGGER, THE SUITS,
THE LADIES AND THE DRINKS.
>> DANNY OCEAN, HE'S COOL
BECAUSE HE IS TAKEN ON
THE BIG BOYS.
>> THE CASINOS, THE MAFIA.
>> EVERYONE WHO EVER WENT TO A
CASINO AND GOT THEIR ***
HANDED TO THEM, WAS ROOTING
FOR THIS GUY.
>> BUT IT WASN'T JUST HIS BAD
BOY IMAGE THAT BANK ROLLED HIM
A PLACE.
>> DANNY OCEAN USED HIS CHARISMA
LIKE A FREIGHT TRAIN, HE USES IT
TO TAKE YOU OFF YOUR GUARD.
>> DANNY, WHAT A PRIZE YOU ARE.
THE ONLY HUSBAND IN THE WORLD
WHO WOULD PROPOSITION
HIS OWN WIFE.
>> WELL, I MARRIED YOU ONCE AND
IT DIDN'T WORK OUT SO WELL, SO
WHAT'S WRONG WITH A LITTLE
HEY, HEY.
>> HOW ABOUT WE KNOCK OFF
FOR A LITTLE HEY, HEY.
THAT JUST WOULDN'T FLY NOW.
>> HE IS THE MOST DEBONAIR
OF THE GROUP.
AND HE HAS THE BRAINS.
HE IS BASICALLY THE PUPPETEER
MAKING EVERYTHING HAPPEN.
WHETHER IT WAS PLAYED BY
FRANK SINATRA OR GEORGE CLOONEY
HE WAS THE COOLEST OF THE COOL.
>> FROM SMOOTH DUDES, ICY
BLONDS, AND CATS COOL AS A
CUCUMBER, THERE IS ONE MOVIE
CHARACTER WHOSE COOLNESS
OUTRANKED THE REST.
>> I WOULD VENTURE TO SAY THE
COOLEST CHARACTER
IN MOVIE HISTORY.
>> AT NUMBER ONE, HARRISON
FORD'S RELUCTANT HERO IN
THE STAR WARS TRILOGY
>> WHEN THE STAR WARS FIRST CAME
OUT, THEY JUST EXPLODED INTO
POPULAR CULTURE, AND HAN SOLO
IS THE CHARACTER THAT THOSE
MOVIES ROTATE AROUND.
>> HARRISON FORD WAS STILL KIND
OF STARTING OUT IN ACTING, HE
WAS A CARPENTER, SO HE HAS THAT
RUGGED CHARM.
HE IS A LITTLE ROUGH.
>> AND THIS BAD BOY DIDN'T HAVE
IS TO USE THE FORCE TO WIN
OVER FANS.
>> IT IS A TIMELESS CHARACTER.
HE IS A LOANER.
HE IS A PIRATE.
HE FOLLOWS HIS OWN RULES, HE
ONLY CARES ABOUT HIMSELF.
BUT HE GROWS TO CARE
ABOUT OTHERS.
>> I THINK HARRISON FORD
BROUGHT A DEBONAIR STRENGTH.
SOMETHING ABOUT HIM THAT IS
ULTRA MASCULINE, ULTRA SEXY.
YOU WANT A GUY LIKE HIM
ON YOUR TEAM.
>> ONE OF THE GREATEST THINGS
ABOUT HAN SOLO YOU
AREN'T PREPARED.
IS IT GOING TO BE SERIOUS, A
JOKE, HE IS FUNNY IN THE MOST
DIRE SITUATIONS.
>> HE IS THE GUY WHO YOU ARE IN
THE WORST SITUATION EVER, RIGHT,
YOU ARE ABOUT A TO BE KILLED AND
HE STARTS AN ARGUMENT WITH YOU.
>> CAN'T GET OUT THAT WAY.
>> MANAGE TO CUT OFF
OUR ESCAPE ROUT.
>> MAYBE YOU WOULD LIKE IT
BACK IN YOUR CELL.
>> ONE OF THE BEST
IS WHEN HE IS GETTING
LOWERED INTO THE FREEZE CHAMBER,
AND PRINCESS LEAH IS LIKE,
"I LOVE YOU."
>> I LOVE YOU.
>> I KNOW.
>> NOT, I'LL BE BACK, I LOVE YOU
TOO, HE GOES, "I KNOW."
>> AND I THINK THAT SAYS SO
MUCH ABOUT THE WHOLE CHARACTER,
AND WHY PEOPLE LOVE HIM.
IT'S THAT HE -- UNAPOLOGETIC
IS WHO HE IS.
IT IS SUCH A HAN SOLO
THING TO SAY.
THAT'S WHY HE IS NUMBER ONE
ON YOUR COOL LIST.
>> THAT WRAPS UP COUNT IT DOWN.
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