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* The ''Hairspray'' musical movie.

* ''WaitingToExhale'', starring Whitney Houston, Lela Rochon, Angela Bassett, and Loretta Devine.

* Glyne Tilder's [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8cNHCP3juQ video]] for their cover of "Let It Be".

* Same with QueensBlade, where every female character is voiced by someone famous eg.RieKugimiya, MamikoNoto, AyaHirano. Someone at the Anime News Network forum even described it as "its like having all the A-list Hollywood Actress starring in a porn film:.

* The 2010 film ''Valentine's Day'' has Ashton Kutcher, Jamie Foxx, Julia Roberts, {{Shirley MacLaine}}, Kathy Bates, JessicaAlba, Jessica Biel, TaylorLautner, TaylorSwift, AnneHathaway, Bradley Cooper, and about a dozen more.

Any show, movie, etc., where the majority of the lead roles are played by 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.

* VideoGame example: The KingdomHearts series' English dub. Haley Joel Osment has been voicing Sora [[DawsonCasting since the first game]], numerous original voice actors come back to play their roles from the DisneyAnimatedCanon, Jesse McCartney has played not one, but two characters (who are identical in almost every way, but still), Christopher Lee was brought in for ''Kingdom Hearts II'', ''Birth By Sleep'' has both Leonard Nimoy and Mark Hamill, and just about every other character has a voice actor that has done some acting work before, be it live action or animated. The only obscure actor I can name off the top of my head is Jason Doering, who voices Terra in ''Birth by Sleep.''

* ''Judgement At Nuremberg''. Spencer Tracy, Burt Lancaster, Richard Widmark, Marlene Dietrich, Werner Klemperer, Judy Garland, WilliamShatner, and Montgomery Clift.

* ''{{Inception}}'': [[{{Titanic}} Leonardo ]][[LeonardoDiCaprio DiCaprio]], [[{{Juno}} Ellen]] [[EllenPage Page]], [[PublicEnemies Marion]] [[{{Theatre/Nine}} Cotillard]], [[{{ptitledfnpe5q4}} Joseph Gordon-Levitt]], [[TheDarkKnight Michael]] [[ThePrestige Caine]], [[{{TwentyEightDaysLater}} Cillian]] [[BatmanBegins Murphy]], [[MemoirsOfAGeisha Ken]] [[TheLastSamurai Watanabe]], Tom Hardy

* ''GosfordPark'' has quite an impressive cast: [[HarryPotter Dame Maggie Smith]], [[HarryPotter Michael Gambon]], [[TheEnglishPatient Kristin Scott Thomas]], [[PiratesOfTheCaribbean Tom Hollander]], [[{{Emma}} Jeremy Northam]], [[AMightyWind Bob Balaban]], [[CruelIntentions Ryan Phillippe]], StephenFry, [[NoCountryForOldMen Kelly Macdonald]], [[KingArthur Clive Owen]], [[PrimeSuspect Dame Helen Mirren]], [[{{Cranford}} Eileen Atkins]], [[{{Equilibrium}} Emily Watson]], [[{{Hamlet}} Alan Bates]], [[SpiceWorld Richard E. Grant]], and [[IClaudius Sir Derek Jacobi]]. And those are just SOME of the characters.

* To most of the world, Baz Luhrman's ''{{Australia}}'' stars NicoleKidman and Hugh Jackman, supported by a bunch of nobodies. Inside Australia itself, it is considered an amazing star-studded extravaganza, where even tiny roles are filled by locally-renowned stars such as Bruce Spence and John Jarrat.

Compare with MassiveMultiplayerCrossover, CelebrityVoiceActor.

* And then there's ''The Shootist''. When word got out that JohnWayne's was doing what everyone assumed would be his final movie, people were nearly begging for parts. Wayne personally selected LaurenBacall for the female lead, with Ron Howard and JimmyStewart in the two main supporting roles. Presumably the director was too scared of John Carradine to ask him to leave. Harry Morgan shows up for two scenes, Scatman Crothers for one. Richard Boone and Hugh O'Brian were also smuggled onto the set. Ricky Nelson is also shown briefly in flashback (actually a clip from a previous film).

* [[Sneakers]] , to an almost ridiculous extent. RobertRedford as the lead, BenKingsley as the AntiVillain, and a supporting cast featuring SidneyPoitier, DanAkyroyd , [[GoodNightAndGoodLuck David Straithairn]], Mary McDonell, and (the now sadly deceased) RiverPhoenix -- plus a OneSceneWonder appearance by JamesEarlJones.

* [[Sneakers]], to an almost ridiculous extent. RobertRedford as the lead, BenKingsley as the AntiVillain, and a supporting cast featuring SidneyPoitier, DanAkyroyd, [[GoodNightAndGoodLuck David Straithairn]], Mary McDonell, and (the now sadly deceased) RiverPhoenix -- plus a OneSceneWonder appearance by JamesEarlJones.

** ''The Towering Inferno'' and ''The Poseidon Adventure'' are specific examples.

* ''PulpFiction'' features, among others: {{Samuel L Jackson}}, JohnTravolta, Uma Thurman, BruceWillis, Ving Rhames, Eric Stoltz, Harvey Keitel and Cristopher Walken.
* The 1964 film ''The Yellow Rolls-Royce'' featured Ingrid Bergman, Rex Harrison, Shirley [=MacLaine=], Omar Sharif, Alain Delon, Art Carney, George C. Scott and Jeanne Moreau.

* ''Bobby'': Harry Belafonte, Emilio Estevez (also directed), Laurence Fishburne, Heather Graham, AnthonyHopkins, Helen Hunt, Ashton Kutcher, Shia [=LaBeouf=], Lindsay Lohan, William H. Macy, Nick Cannon, Cristian Slater, Martin Sheen, Joshua Jackson and Elijah Wood.

** The 2007 ''{{Cranford}}'' has Dame Judi Dench, Simon Woods, Michael Gambon, Imelda Staunton, Julia Sawalha, Philip Glenister and Eileen Atkins.

* ''MarsAttacks!'' is an almost ridiculous example. JackNicholson, Glenn Close, Annette Benning, Pierce Brosnan, Danny De Vito, Martin Short, Sarah Jessica Parker, Michael J. Fox, Rod Steiger, Tom Jones as himself, Jim Brown, Lucas Haas, NataliePortman, Sylvia Sidney, Pam Grier, JackBlack, Paul Winfield, Christina Applegate, Joe Don Baker, FrankWelker voicing the Martians, and JACK NICHOLSON AGAIN IN A DUAL-ROLE.

* ''Basquiat'': Jeffrey Wright, Benicio Del Toro, GaryOldman, Dennis Hopper, Willem Dafoe, David Bowie, Claire Forlani, Christopher Walken, Courtney Love, Parker Posey, and Tatum O'Neal. For the character-actor inclined among us, there's also Michael Wincott, Rockets Redglare, Michael Badalucco and a cameo from pre-name Sam Rockwell.

** Likewise, {{Kenneth Branagh}}'s ''[=~Mary Shelley's Frankenstein~=]'' featured RobertDeNiro as The Creature. Branagh himself as Victor Frankenstein. Tom Hulce as his best friend. Helena Bonham Carter as Victor's sister/lover. Ian Holm as his father. Aidan Quinn as the ships's captain who he tells the story to. And JohnCleese PlayingAgainstType as his mentor.

* The movie adaptation of the musical ''[[Theatre/{{Nine}} Nine]]'': The lead male role was originally offered to Javier Bardem, who turned it down and was subsequently replaced by Daniel Day-Lewis, thus providing perhaps the only instances were NOT putting Jaiver Bardem in your movie was the better choice. It also stars Marion Cotillard, Penelope Cruz, Judi Dench, NicoleKidman, Kate Hudson, Sophia Loren, and... Stacy Ferguson of the Black Eyed Peas (aka Fergie).

* ''RobinHood: Prince of Thieves''. * Deep breath* Kevin Costner, MorganFreeman, AlanRickman, Christian Slater, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, and Michael [=McShane=]. Less highly billed were {{BRIAN BLESSED}}, Michael Wincott, and SeanConnery (in a cameo that [[OneSceneWonder stole the movie]]).

** Also the last role of Brittany Murphy (she completed filming before her untimely death).

* If you're a fan of his movies, Kevin Smith's ''{{Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back}}'' certainly counts.

* The 1956 film version of ''AroundTheWorldInEightyDays'' featured David Niven and Shirley [=MacLaine=] in the lead roles, and many cameos by celebrities, such as Marlene Dietrich, BusterKeaton, PeterLorre, Edward R. Murrow, Cesar Romero and FrankSinatra. This was back when [[TheCameo cameo appearances]] were still a big deal.

* ''Judgement At Nuremberg''. Spencer Tracy, Burt Lancaster, Richard Widmark, Marlene Dietrich, Werner Klemperer, Judy Garland, William Shatner, and Montgomery Clift.

* The 2010 film ''Valentine's Day'' has Ashton Kutcher, Jamie Foxx, Julia Roberts, Shirley [=MacLaine=], Kathy Bates, Jessica Alba, Jessica Biel, Taylor Lautner, Taylor Swift, Anne Hathaway, Bradley Cooper, and about a dozen more.
* ''TropicThunder'' parodied this in its script, while playing it straight with the casting. BenStiller, JackBlack, Robert Downey Jr., Nick Nolte, Matthew [=McConaghey=] and TomCruise all had a great time lampooning the things that go along with this.

* ''TheDeparted'': Leonardo [=DiCaprio=], MattDamon, JackNicholson, Mark Wahlberg, Martin Sheen, Alec Baldwin.

* ''IronMan'': Robert Downey, Jr., Terrence Howard, Gwyneth Paltrow and Jeff Bridges star in the first. Don Cheadle (replacing Howard), Scarlett Johannson, Sam Rockwell, Garry Shandling and Mickey Rourke star in the second -- oh, and there's Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury. This film series has the highest Academy Award count for any superhero cast.

* ''Shelley Duvall's Faerie Tale Theatre'' featured many well-known actors and actresses. There's Robin Williams, Eric Idle, Paul Reubens, Mick Jagger, Howie Mandel, Peter Weller, Billy Crystal, and Vincent Price, to name a few.

* The movie adaptation of ''{{Red}}'': BruceWillis, MorganFreeman, Mary-Louise Parker, John Malkovich, John C Reilly, James Remar, Helen Mirren, Julian [=McMahon=], Brian Cox, Ernest Borgnine, Karl Urban and Richard Dreyfus.

** ''TheLongestDay'' (1962) - Paul Anka, Richard Burton, Red Buttons, SeanConnery (pre-Bond, and a very small role), Mel Ferrer, Henry Fonda, Leo Genn, Jeffrey Hunter, Alexander Knox, Roddy [=McDowall=], Sal Mineo, Robert Mitchum, Robert Ryan, George Segal, Rod Steiger, Richard Todd, Robert Wagner (again, pre-fame) and JohnWayne, in addition to a number of French and German/Austrian actors who were already household names in their own countries, including future Bond villains Gerd "Goldfinger" Frobe and Curd "Stromberg" Jürgens.

* The 2010 film ''Valentine's Day'' has Jamie Foxx, Julia Roberts, Shirley [=MacLaine=], Kathy Bates, Jessica Alba, Jessica Biel, Taylor Lautner, Taylor Swift, Joe Jonas and about a dozen more.

* Jamie Foxx's video for "Blame It On the Goose" both parodies this with its opening it and plays it straight when you realize just [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blame_It#Music_video how many famous people]] are in the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iaFNI4USrGg video.]]