LONDON – Two giants of 1970s cinema, Robert De Niro (news) and Al Pacino, have topped a British magazine's poll of the greatest living movie stars over the age of 50. The two stars of the “Godfather” saga took the top two places in a poll, released Thursday, of 10,000 readers of British film magazine Empire. Anthony Hopkins, in sixth place, was the highest placed British actor, and “Alien” heroine Sigourney Weaver, in 10th place, the top-rated woman.
1. Robert De Niro
2. Al Pacino
3. Jack Nicholson
4. Paul Newman
5. Marlon Brando (who died in July before voting was complete)
6. Anthony Hopkins
7. Morgan Freeman
8. Dustin Hoffman
9. Clint Eastwood
10. Sigourney Weaver
11. Gene Hackman
12. Harrison Ford
13. Sean Connery
14. Meryl Streep
15. Ian McKellen
16. Christopher Lee
17. Sidney Poitier
18. Robert Redford
19. Alan Rickman
20. Judi Dench
21. Samuel L Jackson
22. Peter O'Toole
23. Bill Murray
24. Albert Finney
25. Woody Allen
26. Helen Mirren
27. Christopher Walken
28. Ben Kingsley
29. Lauren Bacall
30. John Hurt