Friday 12 July 2013

Alternate Best Actor 1994: Results

5. Tony Leung Chiu-Wai in Chungking Express- Tony Leung gives a nice charming performance even if it is fairly simplistic.

Best Scene The Cop reveals he has bought the snack shop.
4. Ralph Fiennes in Quiz Show- Fiennes gives a strong performance showing both the man performing to become a media sensation, but as well the very well real man whose fairly reasonable desires suck him into creating the false image of himself.

Best Scene: Charles Van Doren confesses to his father.
3. Johnny Depp in Ed Wood-Depp gives a very good performance by creating a genuine character who always stays optimistic no matter how bad he is at his true passion.

Best Scene: Ed talks Bela out of suicide. 
2. Tim Robbins in The Shawshank Redemption- Robbins gives a great performance where he works with the film to create some truly beautiful scenes throughout.

Best Scene: Andy tells Red how he "killed" his wife.
1. Gary Oldman in Immortal Beloved- This one was difficult for me to choose this is one where I won't say this is necessarily final Robbins who is great in a great film, Oldman is a my winner who is great in a sometimes problematic film. Oldman overcomes his film's problems creating a fascinating portrait of Ludvig Van Beethoven, and he manages to be compelling even when the film itself falters.

Best Scene: Beethoven on his death bed. 
Overall Rank:
  1. Tim Robbins in The Shawshank Redemption
  2. Samuel L. Jackson in Pulp Fiction  
  3. Gary Oldman in Immortal Beloved
  4. Ben Kingsley in Death and the Maiden
  5. Morgan Freeman in The Shawshank Redemption
  6. Nigel Hawthorne in The Madness of King George
  7. Xia Yu in In The Heat of the Sun
  8. Johnny Depp in Ed Wood
  9. Ralph Fiennes in Quiz Show
  10. Jim Carrey in Dumb and Dumber  
  11. Temuera Morrison in Once Were Warriors
  12. Gerard Depardieu in A Pure Formality
  13. John Travolta in Pulp Fiction
  14. Takeshi Kaneshiro in Chungking Express 
  15. Tom Cruise in Interview With the Vampire 
  16. Bruce Greenwood in Exotica
  17. Paul Newman in Nobody's Fool 
  18. Terence Stamp in The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
  19. Jean Reno in Leon: The Professional 
  20. Roman Polanski in A Pure Formality 
  21. Christopher Eccleston in Shallow Grave
  22. Elias Koteas in Exotica
  23. Albert Finney in The Browning Version
  24. David Strathairn in The River Wild
  25. Zbigniew Zamachoswki in Three Colours: White
  26. Tony Leung Chiu Wai in Chungking Express
  27. Bruce Willis in Pulp Fiction 
  28. Oleg Menshikov in Burnt by The Sun
  29. Ge You in To Live
  30. Jack Thompson in The Sum of Us
  31. Guy Pearce in The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert 
  32. Stephen Dorff in Backbeat
  33. Jeff Daniels in Dumb and Dumber 
  34. Hugo Weaving in The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert 
  35. Russell Crow in The Sum of Us
  36. Wallace Shawn in Vanya on 42nd Street
  37. Kevin Bacon in The River Wild 
  38. Brandon Lee in The Crow
  39. Sihung Lung in Eat Drink Man Woman 
  40. Michael Keaton in The Paper
  41. Shah Rukh Khan in Kabhi Ha Kabhi Na
  42. Mel Gibson in Maverick 
  43. Ewan McGregor in Shallow Grave
  44. Sean Nelson in Fresh
  45. John Turturro in Quiz Show 
  46. Nikita Mikhalkov in Burnt by the Sun
  47. Philippe Noiret in Il Postino 
  48. Tim Roth in Little Odessa 
  49. Vincent Perez in La Reine Margot
  50. Woody Harrelson in Natural Born Killers 
  51. Leslie Cheung in Ashes of Time
  52. Jim Carrey in The Mask 
  53. Robert De Niro in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
  54. Tommy Lee Jones in Blue Sky
  55. Jeremy Davies in Spanking the Monkey
  56. Tom Hanks in Forrest Gump
  57. Ian Hart in Backbeat
  58. Andy Garcia in When a Man Loves a Woman
  59. Edward Furlong in Little Odessa
  60. Larry Pine in Vanya on 42nd Street 
  61. Jackie Chan in Legend of the Drunken Master
  62. Harrison Ford in Clear and Present Danger 
  63. Hugh Grant in Four Weddings and A Funeral
  64. Patrick Stewart in Star Trek Generations
  65. Danny Dun in Confucian Confusion
  66. Tony Leung Ka-Fai in Ashes in Time
  67. Tim Allen in The Santa Clause   
  68. Leslie Nielsen in Naked Gun 3 1/3
  69. Keanu Reeves in Speed  
  70. Brad Pitt in Interview with The Vampire
  71. Stuart Wilson in Death and the Maiden
  72. Kurt Russell in Stargate
  73. Arnold Schwarzenegger in True Lies
  74. Tim Robbins in The Hudsucker Proxy
  75. Rob Morrow in Quiz Show
  76. John Cusack in Bullets Over Broadway 
  77. Tim Robbins in IQ 
  78. Jason Scott Lee in The Jungle Book
  79. Massimo Troisi in Il Postino 
  80. Kevin Costner in Wyatt Earp
  81. Jeff Anderson in Clerks
  82. James Spader in Stargate  
  83. Lee Kang-sheng in Vive L'Amour
  84. Chen Chao-jung in Vive L'Amour
  85. Mackenzie Astin in Iron Will
  86. Billy Crystal in City Slickers II
  87. Jim Carrey in Ace Ventura Pet Detective
  88. Eddie Murphy in Beverly Hills Cop III
  89. Alec Baldwin in The Shadow  
  90. Allen Payne in Jason's Lyric
  91. Joseph Gordon-Levitt in Angels in The Outfield 
  92. Rick Moranis in Little Giants 
  93. Tommy Lee Jones in Cobb 
  94. Brian O'Halloran in Clerks
  95. John Goodman in The Flintstones 
  96. Willem Dafoe in Tom & Viv
  97. Macaulay Culkin in Richie Rich  
  98. Peter Berg in The Last Seduction
  99. Nicolas Cage in Guarding Tess
  100. Kenneth Branagh in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein 
  101. Brad Pitt in Legends of the Fall
  102. Liam Neeson in Nell 
  103. Jean Claude Van Damme in Street Fighter 
  104. Jeff Bridges in Blown Away
  105. Macaulay Culkin in The Pagemaster
  106. Dylan McDermott in Miracle on 34th Street
  107. Luke Edwards in Little Big League
  108. Brad Renfro in The Client
  109. Michael Patrick Carter in Milk Money 
  110. Robert Wuhl in Cobb
Next Year: 1994 Supporting

12 comments:

Robert MacFarlane said...

James Whitmore in The Shawshank Redemption
Bruce Willis in Pulp Fiction
Paul Newman in The Hudsucker Proxy
Dennis Hopper in Speed
and "OF COURSE" Raul Julia in Street Fighter

Michael Patison said...

James Whitmore in The Shawshank Redemption
Bob Gunton in The Shawshank Redemption
Jeremy Irons in The Lion King
Bruce Willis in Pulp Fiction
Gary Oldman in Léon: The Professional
Ian Hart in Backbeat

Michael Patison said...

Also, interesting you decided to put Samuel L. Jackson in supporting.

Anonymous said...

Jame Whitmore in The Shawshank Redemption
Gary Oldman in The Professional
Bruce Willis in Pulp Fiction
...and that's all I got.

Anonymous said...

@Michael Pattison: I think he's definitely supporting. I think even Travolta could be argued as supporting seeing as how each segment has a different lead, really.

Louis Morgan said...

I say Jackson is on the border but I put him in supporting and Travolta lead because Travolta stars in two stories whereas Jackson only stars in one.

Michael Patison said...

Fair enough. I actually think I agree, especially if I use your reasoning. Travolta's really a pretty clear lead for me and Jackson's always been on the border but I've never gotten to the point where I put him in lead.

RatedRStar said...

Gary Oldman - Leon
James Whitmore - The Shawshank Redemption
Jeremy Irons - The Lion King
Raul Julia - Street Fighter
Christopher Eccelston - Shallow Grave

Maciej said...

Gary Oldman - Leon
Paul Newman - The Hudsucker Proxy
Bruce Willis - Pulp Fiction
Ving Rhames - Pulp Fiction
Harvey Keitel - Pulp Fiction

And I would love to you review Raul Julia in "Street Figther"!

Robert MacFarlane said...

I'll play devil's advocate with Jackson and argue he's co-lead. Look at the breakdown this way:

The opening scene: Him and Travolta, sharing equal time.

Mia Wallace's story: Travolta's story all the way.

Meeting the cleaner: Again, shared equally.

The diner confrontation: This is where the line blurs. Yes, Travolta was in this scene. For about a minute with few lines. It's Jackson's time to shine. This is HIS portion of the movie. Yes, Travolta may have more screentime, but for me Jackson is an equal screen presence. He's also my win for Lead, though Robbins is hot on his heels.

Michael Patison said...

Did you forget about Robbins in The Hudsucker Proxy?

Louis Morgan said...

Actually I watched it after I posted the ranking, but I'll add him now.