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            • cameo role
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            • A brief but memorable role that usually appears in only a few scenes and with few speaking lines. Prominent actors are typically cast in these parts. The Documentary Site
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            • For whatever reason, be it a deep-seated desire to act, a lack of a casting budget, or just “if you want something done right, do it yourself”, many directors at some point in their careers have stepped out from behind the camera to act. This is typically in a smaller, cameo role, and often with varying degrees of success: sometimes they’re completely natural and sometimes they bring the film to a screeching halt. And sometimes you’d never even know they were there. - Cineleet
            • "Arnold Schwarzenegger will be invited to take a cameo role in a fourth Terminator movie. Producers want the Governor of California to make an appearance in the film. - Terminator files
            • Julie played a cameo role in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004), playing Madame Rosmerta. - BBC Home
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    • French
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            • apparition éclair
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            • "Caméo : Ou : Cameo. Tiré de l'équivalent anglais du mot "camée", désignant une technique de gravure ou de sculpture destinée à faire ressortir des strates de couleurs sur un matériau pour obtenir un effet d'embellissement. Le Caméo devient nanar lorsqu'il est involontaire et causé par un cadrage mal maîtrisé, par exemple lors de l'apparition éclair du réalisateur dans "Hellriders"" Désigne dans le contexte du cinéma une courte apparition d'un réalisateur, technicien, acteur, etc. dans un petit rôle, par plaisir ou sous forme de clin d'oeil au public (ex : Alfred Hitchcock dans la plupart de ses films, Stephen King qui apparaît dans la plupart des films adaptés de ses romans, Sam Raimi en est aussi friand, Sylvester Stallone subtilement dans Staying Alive...). A ne pas confondre avec la panouille . Glossaire de Nanarland - by Xia29
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            • Critique du film Across the Universe "Et il y a même Bono qui fait une apparition éclair, le temps d'interpréter I Am the Walrus!" http://www.lecinema.ca/critique/1318/ - lecinema.ca by Xia29
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    • Portuguese
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            • Ponta
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            • cameo (noun) =a brief appearance of a prominent actor, as in a single scene of a motion picture. Also called cameo role. Um cameo é uma breve aparição, não necessáriamente com "falas" (lines) como o San Lee faz em todos os filmes baseados em personagens criados por ele (e.g.: Homem-Aranha). Este tipo de aparição, no Brasil, chamamos frequentemente de "ponta", o verbo = fazer uma ponta. Own research - by AlessandraK (X)
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            • "Gustavo Kuerten quebrou o serviço da Globo. Convidado a fazer uma ponta na novela O clone, de Gloria Perez, o tenista disse não." - ISTO É Online by AlessandraK (X)
            • "O ator Bruce Campbell, da cultuada trilogia The Evil Dead (iniciada em 1982), de Sam Raimi, fez uma ponta no começo do filme Um Drink no Inferno 2: Texas Sangrento (From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money, 1999)." - Um Drink no Inferno 2 by AlessandraK (X)
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    • Indonesian
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            • bintang figuran
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            • A cameo role or cameo appearance (often shortened to just cameo) is a brief appearance of a known person in a work of the performing arts, such as plays, films, video games[1] and television. Short appearances by film directors, politicians, athletes, musicians, and other celebrities are common. Wikipedia - by Firman Tahar
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            • Ia memulai kariernya sebagai bintang figuran dalam film Menanti Kasih, selanjutnya film "Di Simpang Djalan tahun 1955, film "Pilihlah Aku" tahun 1956, film "Hari Libur”tahun 1958, film "Bing Slamet Tukang Betjak”tahun 1959, film "Amor dan Humor”tahun 1961, film "Bing Slamet Merantau”tahun 1962 dan film "Bunga Putih”tahun 1966. - Taman Ismail Marzuki by Firman Tahar
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