Best Movies of 1979

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Rejected Roles of 1979

Click below to see which actors turned down roles in the best movies of 1979. Where does this sort of trivia come from? Movie fans from around the world submit this trivia to us from TV interviews, books, magazine articles, DVD commentary, and other Hollywood and entertainment sources around the Internet.

Featured 1979 Trivia:

Orson Welles in Apocalypse Now?
Orson Welles was Francis Ford Coppola's first choice to play the part of Colonel Kurtz, but he turned the role down. Welles himself had earlier tried to direct a movie of "Heart of Darkness", The Joseph Conrad novella upon which "Apocalypse Now" was based.

See who turned down these 1979 films:

- 10 (4)
- 1941 (1)
- Alien (5)
- All That Jazz (11)
- Apocalypse Now (12)
- Being There (2)
- The Best Pace to Be, Tv Movie (1)
- The Best Place to Be (1)
- Bloodline (2)
- Caligula (2)
- The Champ (1)
- The China Syndrome (1)
- Cuba (1)
- The Frisco Kid (1)
- Hair (4)
- Kramer vs. Kramer (11)
- Life of Brian (2)
- The Main Event (2)
- Manhattan (1)
- Moonraker (3)
- Norma Rae (6)
- Players (1)
- The Rose (2)
- Starting Over (1)
- Time After Time (2)
- The Triangle Factory Fire Scandal (1)
- The Warriors (2)

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