Mt. Rushmore of Movies - 4 most epic Sam Rockwell dancing scenes

One of my favorite people on this planet and someone I love so much that I won't murder him for losing Frost/Nixon bluray BEFORE he even watched it, m.brown is hosting his, apparently, annual Mt. Rushmore of Movies blogathon.

Here are the rules:

To participate, simply choose the top four of anything cinematic and explain why they should be carved into the side of a mountain forever. Remember, these are real people carved into imaginary rock - so choose wisely! 

1. I'd like to have all posts done by Friday, March 2nd (where I'll create a master list, linking back to all of your, er, both of your sites), but it's cool if you finish way before that. Or later. I honestly don't mind.  

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5. Be awesome. And if you're here, already know that you are anyway.

Last year I did 4 favorite Ed Harris' characters and four years ago I did four favorite male characters. This year we are gonna celebrate Sam Rockwell, because of course we will. But more specifically we are gonna celebrate the four scenes in which Sam Rockwell dances in movies. He does this A LOT so there were plenty to choose from:

4. The Way Way Back

This may be cheating because I just love the character he is playing here so much - everybody does, right? - as this is a short scene in which he is dancing BUT I'm featuring it here because 1. it contains some of Sam's signature moves 2. the outfit he is wearing which is all sorts of rad. Oh, Owen. There are no words to express how badly I want to shoot out of the water slide and land right on your face.


3. Mr. Right

That movie is not good but it's worth watching for Sam, as are all his movies. There's an adorable scene where a hit man is trying to shoot Sam's character, as he is on a date.  As he is dodging bullets he is pretending to want to dance with his date and she doesn't notice there is anything wrong going on. Yep. If he was dancing with me, I wouldn't notice the bullets flying around me either. I wouldn't even noticed if one hit me and I DIED.

2. Charlie's Angels

This is perhaps the most iconic dancing scene Sam has ever done. It's amazing how much he can do in this movie, given the quality of material he is working with but his work as Eric Knox is definitely the film's highlight and his dancing moment is insanely sinister, sexy and unforgettable. As a bonus, in the ending credits he actually does the split.  Thankfully it goes well and not like this which is something that I fear may happen every time he attempts that. For God's sake, think of the Rooster.
1. The Winning Season

This is such an under-seen and absolutely adorable movie. In it, Sam plays a coach of girls' basketball team. His character is a mess but he is also a good person who, over the course of the movie, starts caring about the team. So much in fact, that after he is fired, he is determined to sneak into their final game - even if it means biking furiously to get there and then painting his body red, wearing ridiculous blue wig and tights (my God, how was this film PG-13) and dancing for the crowd's amusement. That scene is really...a treat.


If you are still conscious after reading this, go and participate in m.brown's blogathon immediately!