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5	[[caption-width-right:350:Most people will hardly find someone they have never seen before in this movie.]]
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7	->''"Would it have been faster to say who ''isn't'' in this movie? Jesus, it's like the ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' of Hollywood!"''
8	-->-- '''[[WebVideo/TheQuestForGeekdom Arthur Knowledge]]''' on ''Film/MarsAttacks''
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11	Any show, movie, etc., where the majority of the lead roles are played by big-name actors. They don't have to be A list. B, C, and even D will do, although in that case, relying on their talents is preferable to relying on their names. If the character list is ''really'' big, this can spill over into supporting roles as well.
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13	In the days of the studio system, this was easy to do, but once actors' salaries started rising -- which coincided with major advances in visual effects technology, meaning that the effects, rather than the cast, soon became the most expensive part of a film's production -- this practice gradually declined. Compare the casts at the beginning of the DisasterMovie Era with those at the end of it.
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15	These days, you'd either need a lot of money to pull this off, convince the actors that this is just a fun breather film or be willing to settle for loads of [[CelebrityCameo cameos]]. The exception is animated films, where stars are willing to get paid a lot less just to do voice work and the logistics and scheduling are easier.
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17	It also happens fairly frequently in smaller countries simply by virtue of there being less actors to choose your cast from, leading to many faces being well-known; thus a much larger proportion of the overall acting population can be considered (local) stars.
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19	A good way of being able to tell if it is an all star cast is by an examination of the theatrical poster, if it has more than five names listed on it it is usually ''big'' names.
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21	Creator/RogerEbert referred to films with All-Star Casts as "Box Pictures" due to the tendency (at least in the '70s) to display head shots of the cast in little boxes on the poster.
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23	Compare MassiveMultiplayerCrossover, DreamTeam and CelebrityVoiceActor. Contrast AmateurCast, when a work is predominantly comprised of unknown and obscure actors. See also {{Supergroup}} (a music band formed from several members who were already famous for their musical ability). Expect an EstablishingTeamShot to show off the actors.
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26	!! Example subpages:
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28	[[index]]
29	* AllStarCast/{{Anime}}
30	* AllStarCast/AnimatedFilm
31	* AllStarCast/LiveActionFilms
32	** AllStarCast/MarvelCinematicUniverse
33	* AllStarCast/LiveActionTV
34	* AllStarCast/{{Music}}
35	* AllStarCast/VideoGames
36	* AllStarCast/WesternAnimation
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38	[[/index]]
39
40	!!Other examples:
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43	[[folder: Comic Books]]
44	* ''ComicBook/ElvisShrugged'': Music/ElvisPresley, Music/FrankSinatra, Music/{{Madonna}}, Music/MichaelJackson, Music/{{Prince}}, Music/SineadOConnor, Music/StephenSondheim, Creator/AndrewLloydWebber, Music/RoyOrbison, Music/JohnLennon, Music/FrankZappa, Music/ElvisCostello, Music/MojoNixon, Creator/SammyDavisJr, [[Music/GunsNRoses Axl Rose]], Creator/SpikeLee, [[Creator/DavidLetterman Paul Schaffer]], Creator/RegisPhilbin, Music/JamesBrown, Music/PaulSimon, Creator/JodieFoster, Creator/SeanPenn, [[Series/EntertainmentTonight Mary Hart and John Tesh]], Creator/SeanYoung, [[Series/{{Today}} Bryant Gumbel]] and Creator/KatieCouric... And the disembodied, animate heads of Music/ColePorter and [[Music/ElvisPresley Col. Tom Parker]].
45	* ''ComicBook/{{Superman}}'': When ''Superman'' line editor Creator/JuliusSchwartz declared he wanted an absolutely stellar list of artists for the milestone ''ComicBook/Superman1939 #400: ComicBook/TheLivingLegendsOfSuperman'' issue and started listing names, writer Creator/ElliotSMaggin wondered whether his boss had lost his mind. Did he really think he could get Jack Kirby, Steve Ditko-- Jim Steranko? Seriously? Oh, and a prologue written by Ray Bradbury. Events proved that Maggin was severely underestimating Schwartz's capabilities...
46	-->"I want to get all sorts of artists in on this," Julie Schwartz growled. Julie does not talk; he growls. He growled that he wanted artists who had never done a Superman story before, who could reinterpret Superman according to their own peculiar styles. "Joe Orlando," he said, and I said now he'd be great, and he's just down the hall. "Jack Kirby," he said, and I said really? You really think we can get him to do something? "Frank Miller, Will Eisner, Berni Wrightson, Terry Austin, Marshall Rogers, Wendy Pini, Howard Chaykin, Al Williamson, Mike Kaluta, Klaus Janson, Moebius, John Byrne, Jack Davis, Leonard Starr, Brian Bolland, Walt Simonson, Mike Grell, Steve Ditko, Jerry Robinson, Bill Sienkiewicz - plus a literary salute from Ray Bradbury," he said, and I started thinking the old bugger's brain was getting buggy. "Steranko," Julie said, and I laughed. Now I knew he was joking.\
47	Never underestimate the moral power of a megalomaniacal editor with forty years of experience behind him at badgering, buttering, and blowing off steam. Never underestimate the emotional power of the greatest fantasy legend the American culture has yet produced.
48	* ''ComicBook/UltimateMarvel'': Mark Pannicia described the post-Ultimatum artists of Ultimate Marvel as such. Bendis, Hickman and Spencer were described as "three amazing writers", and Esad Ribic, Sara Pichelli and Paco Medina were described as "some of the best artists in the industry".
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51	[[folder:Professional Wrestling]]
52	* This was both a strength and a weakness of Super World Of Sports. It had several of the most popular wrestlers from Wrestling/NewJapanProWrestling and Wrestling/AllJapanProWrestling, but not all of their fans were necessarily willing to jump ship, because they viewed Super World Of Sport's parent company, eyeglass manufacturer Megane Super, as a raider who was "stealing" talent and derailing shows they were enjoying. Despite overflowing with what should have been guaranteed draws, it only lasted two years.
53	* Wrestling/{{WCW}} is an oddly {{downplayed\|trope}} example, as it had the single greatest roster in the entire history of pro wrestling - only Super World Of Sports even came close - but it was dedicated to doing so little with the large majority of the wrestlers it contracted that having them all ultimately ended up being a colossal waste of money. There were at several points over 200 wrestlers on the roster, with at least half of them having no planned television role or even house show bookings, but still getting paid to not only sit on their hands and do nothing, but get flown around the country/world while doing nothing when WCW traveled.
54	* This was Wrestling/RingOfHonor's original business model. While it did have some contracted wrestlers, said contracts were very unprofessional to encourage an open door system. It was modeled after All Pro Wrestling's King Of Indies tournament, which similarly brought in wrestlers from all over the independent circuit, but to be on a monthly basis rather than an annual one. While a no-show without notice from Wrestling/RicFlair led to ROH toning down this approach in favor of a larger, more tightly contracted roster of regulars, sister promotion Wrestling/{{SHIMMER}} stuck to the model, which Dave Prazak noted during Wrestling/KimberLee's entrance on volume 80.
55	-->"I sound like a broken record, everyone's one of the best in the world, but it's true!"
56	* This is perhaps the main reason Wrestling/FightingOperaHUSTLE had a reputation for losing money despite being a very popular promotion. Quite a lot of that money was spent on all those world renowned professional wrestlers. (The other reason, of course, was HUSTLE's [[MundaneFantastic special effects]].)
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59	[[folder:Puppet Shows]]
60	* Many Muppet films from ''Film/TheMuppetMovie'' onwards have a variation: Franchise/TheMuppets themselves are the stars, but most of the human supporting characters and cameos are name performers. And the first three films even work in cameos from ''Series/SesameStreet'' characters!
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63	[[folder:Theatre]]
64	* A 2001 UsefulNotes/{{New York\|City}} production of ''Theatre/TheSeagull'' featured Creator/MerylStreep as Irina Arkadina, Creator/PhilipSeymourHoffman as Konstantin Treplev, Creator/NataliePortman as Nina Zarechniy, Creator/KevinKline as Boris Trigorin, Creator/ChristopherWalken as Pyotr Sorin, Creator/MarciaGayHarden as Masha, Creator/StephenSpinella as Semyon Medviedenko, Debra Monk as Polina Andryevna, Creator/JohnGoodman as Ilya Shamraev and Creator/MorenaBaccarin as Nina's understudy.
65	* ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/8_%28play%29 8]]'', a play which recreates the ''Perry v. [[Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger Schwarzenegger]]'' trial about the legality of gay marriage in UsefulNotes/{{California}}, features an incredible cast of Creator/GeorgeClooney, Creator/MartinSheen, Creator/BradPitt, Creator/KevinBacon, Creator/ChristineLahti, Creator/JamieLeeCurtis, Creator/YeardleySmith, Creator/JohnCReilly, Creator/GeorgeTakei, Creator/JaneLynch and more.
66	* Musicals performed at the Hollywood Bowl tend to have fairly stacked casts, usually pulling stars from television, film, and music in addition to theatre regulars.
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69	[[folder:Theme Park]]
70	* ''Ride/CraniumCommand'', an attraction at [[Ride/DisneyThemeParks EPCOT]]'s Wonders of Life Pavillion, revolved around a "Cranium Commando" trying to pilot the brain of a twelve-year-old boy while balancing the demands of [[OrganAutonomy the various body parts]]. Said parts were played by an assortment of TV and film stars from TheNineties, including Creator/BobcatGoldthwait as the adrenal gland, Creator/CharlesGrodin as the Left Brain, Creator/JonLovitz as the Right Brain, and Creator/GeorgeWendt as the stomach.
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73	[[folder:Visual Novels]]
74	* ''VisualNovel/CorpseParty'' has the following: Creator/HiroShimono, Creator/RinaSato, Creator/YuuichiNakamura, Creator/AsamiImai, Creator/EriKitamura, Creator/MiyukiSawashiro, Creator/TomokazuSugita, Satomi Arai, Creator/IkueOtani and more.
75	* ''VisualNovel/{{Kanon}}'''s English dub has Creator/ChrisPatton, Creator/BrittneyKarbowski, Creator/JessicaBoone, Creator/MelissaDavis, Creator/MaggieFlecknoe, Tiffany Terrell, Creator/GregAyres, Natalie Arneson, Creator/JoanneBonasso, Creator/CaitlinGlass and Creator/ColleenClinkenbeard. The latter two being Creator/FUNimation actors certainly surprised people that they would be featured in an Creator/ADVFilms release.
76	* ''VisualNovel/MajikoiLoveMeSeriously'' has an All-Star Cast of Japanese seiyuu working together on an Eroge and its subsequent anime adaptation.
77	* ''VisualNovel/UminekoWhenTheyCry'': The cast is huge, but is filled with famous and experienced seiyuu. It features the talents of Creator/SayakaOhara, Creator/YuuKobayashi, Creator/RieKugimiya, Creator/YuiHorie, Creator/DaisukeOno, Creator/KenichiSuzumura, Creator/MarinaInoue, Creator/RinaSato, Creator/RikiyaKoyama, Creator/AtsukoTanaka, Creator/YukariTamura, Creator/KikukoInoue, Creator/TomokazuSugita, Creator/MinoriChihara, Creator/YokoHikasa, Creator/AkiToyosaki, Creator/EriKitamura, Creator/MikiIto, Creator/AmiKoshimizu, and Creator/EmiShinohara. The [[Platform/PlayStation3 PS3]] version of ''Chiru'' adds Creator/MiyukiSawashiro, Creator/NatsukoKuwatani, Creator/ShizukaIto, Creator/MitsukiSaiga, Creator/MichikoNeya and Creator/AyakoKawasumi for good measure.
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80	[[folder:Web Animation]]
81	* WebAnimation/GenLock features the following actors in major roles: Creator/MichaelBJordan (who's also producing in tandem with Creator/RoosterTeeth), Creator/DakotaFanning, Creator/KoichiYamadera, Creator/MaisieWilliams, Creator/DavidTennant, Creator/MonicaRial, Creator/GolshiftehFarahani and Creator/AsiaKateDillon. Additionally, several well-known Creator/RoosterTeeth personalities (such as Miles Luna and Gray Haddock) also star in the show.
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84	[[folder:Web Original]]
85	* Creator/LindsayEllis analyzes this in her video essay about the movie adaptation of ''Film/{{Cats}}''. She notes that this was probably a misguided attempt of making the movie into OscarBait, but this actually worked against the movie. Because famous actors were in the movie, they needed to get their own solos from songs that were originally not solos, demanding the songs to be re-arranged, and they're not necessarily good singers (Creator/RebelWilson's singing particularly attracted criticism). Furthermore, the actor's packed schedule demanded that they could only record for a brief period of time, requiring a story reason for these characters to be off-screen for most of the movie, vastly differing from the play where all characters are on the stage more or less all the time. Contrast this with the original play, which had no known actors, and that facilitated cast changes.
86	* WebVideo/{{Jacksfilms}} gathered a roster of over 50 other Website/{{YouTube}}rs for ''Your Grammar Sucks #100''. While not all of them were huge names, most had at least decent sized followings, and the cast featured huge creators like WebVideo/{{Tobuscus}}, WebVideo/{{Vsauce}}, WebVideo/{{Markiplier}}, WebVideo/{{Jacksepticeye}}, WebVideo/ShaneDawson, [[Creator/{{Nigahiga}} Ryan Higa]], WebVideo/JennaMarbles, WebVideo/HowToBasic, LetsPlay/PewDiePie, [[WebVideo/IISuperwomanII Lilly Singh]], WebVideo/FilthyFrank, WebVideo/MatthewSantoro, WebVideo/TomSka, and Bart Baker among others.
87	* Half the point of WebVideo/YouTubeRewind is bringing together the biggest stars on the website for one video.
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