Wednesday 17 July 2013

Alternate Best Supporting Actor 1994: Results

5. Bruce Willis in Pulp Fiction- Willis utilizes his usual on screen persona effectively in a role that suits it.

Best Scene: Butch saves Marcellus.
4. Bob Gunton in The Shawshank Redemption- Gunton gives a terrific performance portraying the evil Warden viciously yet never comprising the "proper" manner of his character.

Best Scene: Warden Norton threatens Andy in the hole.  
3. Gary Oldman in Leon: The Professional- Oldman is one flamboyant fireball here delivering a delicious performance as a corrupt DEA agent with almost no scruples.

Best Scene: Stansfield murders Mathilda's family. 
2. Raul Julia in Street Fighter- I give Julia the edge over Oldman as Julia seemed to give his performance all on his own accord since his film otherwise is pretty bad. Julia though is insanely entertaining in his brilliantly over the top turn as General M. Bison.

Best Scene: (This was a hard choice to make) The Bisonopolis Speech.
1. James Whitmore in The Shawshank Redemption- James Whitmore gives a very powerful and heartbreaking performance as a man whose been so institutionalized by prison that he fears the outside world.

Best Scene: Brooks's Letter
Overall Rank:
  1. Martin Landau in Ed Wood
  2. James Whitmore in The Shawshank Redemption
  3. Jean-Louis Trintignant in Three Colours: Red
  4. Raul Julia in Street Fighter
  5. Gary Oldman in Leon: The Professional
  6. Jean-Hugues Anglade in La Reine Margot 
  7. Delroy Lindo in Crooklyn
  8. Bob Gunton in The Shawshank Redemption
  9. Christopher Walken in Pulp Fiction
  10. Harvey Keitel in Pulp Fiction
  11. Clancy Brown in The Shawshank Redemption 
  12. Jeremy Irons in The Lion King 
  13. Ian Holm in The Madness of King George
  14. Richard Attenborough in Miracle on 34th Street 
  15. Gary Sinise in Forrest Gump
  16. Paul Scofield in Quiz Show
  17. Giancarlo Esposito in Fresh 
  18. Stephen Rea in Interview with the Vampire
  19. Bokeem Woodbine in Jason's Lyric
  20. Michael Wincott in The Crow
  21. Maximilian Schell in Little Odessa
  22. Daniel Auteuil in La Reine Margot
  23. William Sadler in The Shawshank Redemption 
  24. Dennis Hopper in Speed 
  25. David Paymer in Quiz Show
  26. Ving Rhames in Pulp Fiction 
  27. Bill Hunter in Muriel's Wedding
  28. Chazz Palminteri in Bullets Over Broadway
  29. Willem Dafoe in Clear and Present Danger
  30. Jim Broadbent in Bullets Over Broadway 
  31. J.T. Walsh in The Last Seduction
  32. Bill Hunter in The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
  33. James Garner in Maverick  
  34. Randy Quaid in The Paper
  35. Tim Roth in Pulp Fiction
  36. Bill Murray in Ed Wood
  37. Samuel L. Jackson in Fresh 
  38. Eric Stoltz in Pulp Fiction 
  39. Robert Duvall in The Paper
  40. Jeffrey Jones in Ed Wood
  41. Martin Scorsese in Quiz Show
  42. John C. Reilly in The River Wild
  43. Clive Merrison in Heavenly Creatures
  44. Aidan Quinn in Legends of the Fall 
  45. Dennis Quaid in Wyatt Earp
  46. Kevin Spacey in Iron Will
  47. Paul Newman in The Hudsucker Proxy
  48. Joseph Mazzello in The River Wild 
  49. Gabriel Byrne in Little Women
  50. George Steele in Ed Wood
  51. James Earl Jones in The Lion King
  52. Danny Aiello in Leon: The Professional 
  53. Mark Rolston in The Shawshank Redemption 
  54. Christian Bale in Little Women
  55. Bill Pullman in The Last Seduction
  56. Jack Palance in City Slickers II
  57. Jeff Daniels in Speed 
  58. Rade Šerbedžija in Before the Rain
  59. Antonio Banderas in Interview with The Vampire
  60. Jeffrey DeMunn in The Shawshank Redemption 
  61. Don McKellar in Exotica 
  62. Pascal Greggory in La Reine Margot
  63. Charles Durning in The Hudsucker Proxy 
  64. Campbell Scott in Mrs. Parker and The Vicious Circle
  65. James Coburn in Maverick 
  66. Walter Olkewicz in The Client
  67. Jean-Pierre Lorit in Three Colours: Red
  68. Rupert Graves in The Madness of King George
  69. Peter Greene in Pulp Fiction
  70. Mike Starr in Dumb and Dumber 
  71. Taungaroa Emile in Once Were Warriors
  72. Ben Silverstone in The Browning Version
  73. Joe Viterelli in Bullets Over Broadway 
  74. Cliff Curtis in Once Were Warriors
  75. Christian Slater in Interview with the Vampire 
  76. Gene Hackman in Wyatt Earp
  77. Robert Englund in Wes Craven's New Nightmare
  78. Peter Riegert in The Mask
  79. Frank Whaley in Pulp Fiction 
  80. Julian Arahanga in Once Were Warriors
  81. Gill Bellows in The Shawshank Redemption
  82. Mike Starr in Ed Wood
  83. Bill Cobbs in The Hudsucker Proxy
  84. Duane Whitaker in Pulp Fiction 
  85. Powers Boothe in Blue Sky
  86. Malcolm McDowell in Star Trek Generations
  87. Judge Reinhold in The Santa Clause
  88. Peter Green in The Mask
  89. Philip Seymour Hoffman in Nobody's Fool
  90. Jeroen Krabbé in Immortal Beloved
  91. Christopher McDonald in Quiz Show 
  92. Max Casella in Ed Wood
  93. Roshan Seth in Street Fighter
  94. Alfred Molina in Maverick 
  95. David Krumholtz in The Santa Clause 
  96. Brent Spiner in Star Trek Generations
  97. Bruce Willis in Nobody's Fool
  98. Bill Paxton in True Lies 
  99. Anthony Hopkins in Legends of the Fall
  100. Tommy Lee Jones in The Client
  101. Tom Hulce in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
  102. Joaquim de Almeida in Clear and Present Danger
  103. Tom Arnold in True Lies
  104. Henry Thomas in Legends of the Fall
  105. Wes Studi in Street Fighter
  106. Jason Mewes in Clerks
  107. Kevin Smith in Clerks 
  108. Forest Whitaker in Jason's Lyric
  109. Michael Madsen in Wyatt Earp
  110. Art Malik in True Lies
  111. Mykelti Williamson in Forrest Gump 
  112. John Mahoney in The Hudsucker Proxy
  113. Michael Ironside in The Next Karate Kid
  114. Tone Loc in Ace Ventura: Pet Detective
  115. Pat Morita in The Next Karate Kid
  116. Charles Rocket in Dumb and Dumber
  117. Hank Azaria in Quiz Show   
  118. Donald Moffat in Clear and Present Danger
  119. Jim True-Frost in The Hudsucker Proxy
  120. Matthew Modine in The Browning Version
  121. Jeremy Davies in Nell 
  122. Dylan Walsh in Nobody's Fool
  123. Jaye Davidson in Stargate 
  124. Anthony LaPaglia in The Client
  125. Eric Lloyd in The Santa Clause
  126. The Rest of the Cast of Street Fighter
  127. Quentin Tarantino in Pulp Fiction
  128. Michael Cavalieri in The Next Karate Kid
Next Year: 1943 lead

13 comments:

RatedRStar said...

Joseph Cotten - Shadow Of A Doubt
Henry Fonda - The Ox Bow Incident
Roger Livesey - The Life And Death Of Colonel Blimp
Claude Rains - The Phantom Of The Opera
Franchot Tone - Five Graves To Cairo

RatedRStar said...

I might be being a bit too optimistic on um one of those performances (I hope its not too obvious who) lol but ill say that I thought he gave it his all despite his film having some problems.

Michael Patison said...

Don Ameche in Heaven Can Wait
Joseph Cotten in Shadow of a Doubt
Henry Fonda in The Ox-Bow Incident
Charles Laughton in This Land Is Mine
Roger Livesey in The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
Franchot Tone in Five Graves to Cairo

Mark said...

Louis, what's your favorite movie of 1994? My guess for you would be Ed Wood.

Michael McCarthy said...

Hi Louis! I've been following your blog for a while but this is my first time actually commenting. I think it's awesome.

I definitely think Joseph Cotten should win 1943, but I definitely think you should also review Henry Fonda in Ox-Bow incident and Roger Livesey in Colonel Blimp, and maybe Joel McCrea in The More the Merrier.

Louis Morgan said...

Mark: As favorites go your guess would be correct.

Michael M: Thank you, thanks for the comment and your recommendations.

Michael Patison said...

Is that what you would give Best Picture as well?

Louis Morgan said...

No, I would have to give that to Shawshank Redemption which is my second favorite film of the year anyway.

JamDenTel said...

I don't think Tarantino's performance in PF is that bad, if just because he's playing a deliberately irritating person. It's obvious Jules is only tolerating his company out of necessity. Certainly not a great performance, but I think it works in the scheme of the movie.

RatedRStar said...

actually This Land Is Mine seems like an interesting choice.

Interesting fact, Claude Rains and Charles Laughton were bitter enemies in real life lol despite Rains once being his acting teacher.

Robert MacFarlane said...

@ Louis: Funny, we have the same situation. Ed Wood is my favorite of 1994, but I'd give Best Picture to Shawshank. The only time I'd ever do something like that too.

Michael Patison said...

I just realized that Sinise, with a rating of 3, is in your Top 10, which is really sad in a year as late as 1994, so here's a few performances, of which I seen few if any, that may be able to unseat him.

somebody in Legends of the Fall (I can't really tell who the lead vs. supporting players are, thought Anthony Hopkins seems the most likely supporting candidate)
Ian Holm in The Madness of King George (BAFTA probably just nomming a revered Brit, but I thought I'd just throw it out there)
John Hannah in Four Weddings and a Funeral (I know you said you didn't find anything too special, but I really like this movie and think he's the best part, especially toward the end in the funeral scene, which I feel makes his performance at least a strong 3)
Kevin Bacon in The River Wild (he got a Globe nom)
The Paper (I don't know whether the cast members would be considered all leading or what, nor how good they are, but the movie got reasonably good reviews)
James Garner in Maverick (not sure if he's supporting or lead, but James Coburn might surprise in a definite supporting role)
somebody from Natural Born Killers (Robert Downey, Jr., Tommy Lee Jones, Rodney Dangerfield, or Tom Sizemore)
Mikhail Ulyanov in The Master and the Margarita (I have no idea of the film's quality, but the novel is stunning, and Pontius Pilate is a fascinating character in the novel; Valentin Gaft, if simultaneously charming and frightening, would also be good, but, again, I haven't seen it)
Nicholas Turturro in Federal Hill (Independent Spirit)
in Fresh (Independent Spirit)
Larry Pine or Andre Gregory in Vanya on 42nd Street (Independent Spirit)
Joe Pesci in With Honors (seems a pretty poor film, but Pesci, evidently, is pretty good)
Christopher Plummer in Wolf

The War might also be an interesting film to watch for Elijah Wood's performance, even though I know his chances of making the lead top 10 are slim to none.

Michael Patison said...

Oops! I didn't see Holm.