Monday 2 December 2013

Alternate Best Actor 1964

And the Nominees Were Not:

Clint Eastwood in A Fistful of Dollars

Michael Caine in Zulu

Richard Attenborough in Guns At Batasi

Dirk Bogarde in King & Country

Tom Courtenay in King & Country

20 comments:

JackiBoyz said...

Courtenay was quite heartbreaking. Caine and Eastwood were good but, sort of standard.

1)Richard Attenborough
2)Tom Courtenay
3)Dirk Bogarde
4)Clint Eastwood
5)Michael Caine

RatedRStar said...

Louis have you thought about what you are gonna do after you have completed the alternate Oscars. =).

RatedRStar said...

1) Richard Attenbrough
2) Dirk Bogarde
3) Clint Eastwood
4) Tom Courtenay
5) Michael Caine

Robert MacFarlane said...

My guess:

1. Courtenay
2. Bogarde
3. Attenborough
4. Eastwood
5. Caine

Michael Patison said...

I'm redoing it and copying Robert, especially after reading about Richard Attenborough's character more:
1. Tom Courtenay
2. Dirk Bogarde
3. Richard Attenborough
4. Clint Eastwood
5. Michael Caine

Louis Morgan said...

RatedRStar: I have not given too much thought since I still have quite a lot of years left to do.

Mark said...

1. Attenborough
2. Courtenay
3. Bogarde
4. Caine
5. Eastwood

bondfan said...

1. Caine
2. Courtenay
3. Bogarde
4. Attenborough
5. Eastwood

Maciej said...

1.Attenborough
2.Courtenay
3.Borgade
4.Eastwood
5.Caine

Lezlie said...

1. Richard Attenborough
2. Tom Courtenay
3. Dirk Bogarde
4. Michael Caine
5. Clint Eastwood

RatedRStar said...

its pretty cool that 4 of these 5 are still alive and are considered legends =D

Michael Caine and Clint Eastwood are icons, Tom Courtenay is a Sir, and Richard Attenbrough is a lord, Dirk Bogarde also was a Sir.

RatedRStar said...

Im gonna change my prediction and swap Courtenay and Bogarde around, Courtenay was the Michael Fassbender of the 60s, constantly snubbed and then finally nominated.

1) Richard Attenborough
2) Tom Courtenay
3) Clint Eastwood
4) Dirk Bogarde
5) Michael Caine

Psifonian said...

1. Courtenay
2. Attenborough
3. Eastwood
4. Bogarde
5. Caine

Michael McCarthy said...

I haven't seen King & Country and I can't seem to find it, does anyone know a good link?

Michael Patison said...

RatedRStar: Caine isn't just a legend, he's also a Sir (though I personally think calling him a Knight sounds infinitely cooler).

RatedRStar said...

=D I apologise I actually had forgotten Caine was a sir lol, I merely meant that he is basically an icon of the screen as opposed to Mr Tom Courtenay who nobody has ever heard of ever in Hollywood or anywhere else in the casual movie audience world other than Oscar Fanatics and Hull City football club lol.

RatedRStar said...

King and Country is actually a quite unknown film, that's why a fair while ago I suggested it to Louis hoping it wouldn't get completely ignored (thank you Wise monk Louis =D)

Tom Courtenay and Dirk Bogardes greatest performances have yet to come in my opinion on the blog =).

Mark said...

So what we've got here are 4 knights and Clint Eastwood. That is really cool.

Michael McCarthy said...

Ok I'm gonna try

1. Tom Courtenay
2. Richard Attenborough
3. Dirk Bogarde
4. Clint Eastwood
5. Michael Caine

Michael Patison said...

RatedRStar: I wasn't criticizing or disagreeing with you, so we're all good on that front. Also, what would you say those best performances by Courtenay and Bogarde are? I certainly can't think of anything else for Bogarde (I actually haven't seen a single thing he's been in). The only other thing I can think of for Courtenay is Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner.