Palagonia should also win a "Clint Smith Award" for someone who comes along for the ride with a famous director or actor; Tony Roberts in Woody Allen films is offered as another example.
The heat-check list is the longest in at least 20 movies.
Candidates include Ken Lung, the Albanian translator, the little boy, the bigot cop, the turban guy, the 34D lady, Kim Director as Stevie, and Ransone.
Lost could have cast several people from this movie.
The Albanian translator gets one vote for owning three minutes before leaving the movie, a classic Spike Lee move.
Another vote is 100% Al Palagonia, a Spike friend often seated with him courtside at Madison Square Garden who is not an actor, playing the construction worker who identifies Albanian.
Palagonia plays versions of that guy in many Spike films, including the "optical illusion" line in 25th Hour.
Conceding being outvoted, the translator backer declares Palagonia the winner.
