Friday 27 June 2014

Alternate Best Actor 1979: Results

5. Graham Chapman in Life of Brian - Chapman gives enjoyable enough performances as both a straight man and a very silly one, but is never that hilarious.

Best Scene: Brian on the cross.
4. Martin Sheen in Apocalypse Now - Sheen gives a solid mostly reactionary performance although I do feel he is a bit overshadowed by the film's direction and its other performances.

Best Scene: Willard is told about his previous missions.
3. James Woods in The Onion Field - Woods gives a compelling portrayal that brings depth to a character who could have been just a simple psycho killer.

Best Scene: Lead up to the murder.
2. Klaus Kinski in Nosferatu the Vampyre -Kinksi effectively replicates aspects of Max Schreck's performances, but also offers his own interpretation by strangely yet poignantly bringing some honest humanity to the creature.

Best Scene: Dracula speaks of his desire for love.
1. Brad Dourif in Wise Blood - This was an easier choice than I expected to be as I found Dourif easily gave the best leading performance from 1979. Dourif might not give the most accessible turn, but is consistently fascinating portrait of a truly unique character.

Best Scene: Motes confronts his imposter.
Overall Ranking:
  1. Roy Scheider in All That Jazz
  2. Brad Dourif in Wise Blood
  3. Ken Ogata in Vengeance is Mine
  4. Patrick Dewaere in Série Noire
  5. George Burns in Going in Style
  6. Alexander Kaidanovsky in Stalker
  7. Anatoly Solonitsyn in Stalker
  8. Peter Sellers in Being There
  9. Klaus Kinski in Nosferatu the Vampyre
  10. James Woods in The Onion Field
  11. Robert Duvall in The Great Santini
  12. Martin Sheen in Apocalypse Now
  13. Jack Lemmon in The China Syndrome
  14. Ben Gazzara in Saint Jack
  15. Malcolm McDowell in Time After Time
  16. Klaus Kinski in Woyzeck
  17. Dustin Hoffman in Kramer vs Kramer
  18. Christopher Plummer in Murder By Decree
  19. George C. Scott in Hardcore
  20. Gian Maria Volonté in Christ Stopped At Aboli
  21. Frank Langella in Dracula
  22. Steve Martin in The Jerk
  23. James Mason in Murder By Decree
  24. Soumitra Chatterjee in The Elephant God
  25. Ray Winstone in Scum
  26. Yves Montand in I As in Icarus
  27. Jean-Pierre Léaud in Love on the Run
  28. Alan Arkin in The In-Laws
  29. Peter Falk in The In-Laws
  30. Maximilian Schell in The Black Hole
  31. Jerzy Stuhr in Camera Buff
  32. Bunta Sugawara in The Man Who Stole the Sun
  33. Daniel Olbrychski in The Maids of Wilko
  34. Mel Gibson in Mad Max
  35. Bruno Ganz in Nosferatu the Vampyre
  36. Al Pacino in ...And Justice For All
  37. Ahmed Zaki in Alexandria...Why?
  38. Dudley Moore in 10
  39. Tatsuya Nakadai in Hunter in the Dark
  40. Clint Eastwood in Escape From Alcatraz
  41. Dennis Christopher in Breaking Away
  42. Albert Brooks in Real Life
  43. Treat Williams in Hair
  44. Malcolm McDowell in Caligula
  45. Graham Chapman in Life of Brian
  46. Kenji Sawada in The Man Who Stole the Sun
  47. Nicol Williamson in The Human Factor
  48. Nick Nolte in North Dallas Forty
  49. Sun Yueh in Raining in The Mountain
  50. Hal Halbrook in Natural Enemies
  51. Yoshio Harada in Hunter in the Dark
  52. Robert Redford in The Electric Horseman
  53. Nikolai Grinko in Stalker
  54. Woody Allen in Manhattan  
  55. Sylvester Stallone in Rocky II
  56. Burt Reynolds in Starting Over
  57. Michael Kramer in Over the Edge
  58. John Savage in Hair
  59. David Bennent in The Tin Drum
  60. Jon Voight in The Champ
  61. John Savage in The Onion Field
  62. Franklyn Seales in The Onion Field
  63. Phil Daniels in Quadrophenia
  64. William Shatner in Star Trek The Motion Picture
  65. Bill Murray in Meatballs
  66. Art Hindle in The Brood
  67. Ken Wahl in The Wanderers
  68. William Devane in Yanks
  69. James Caan in Chapter Two
  70. Kelly Reno in The Black Stallion
  71. Michael Beck in The Warriors
  72. Alan Alda in The Seduction of Joe Tynan
  73. Ricky Schroder in The Champ
  74. Richard Gere in Yanks
  75. Roger Moore in Moonraker
  76. James Brolin in The Amityville Horror
  77. Thelonious Bernard in A Little Romance
  78. Matthew Barry in La Luna
Next Year: 1979 Supporting

11 comments:

Michael Patison said...

For 1979 Supporting:
Marlon Brando in Apocalypse Now
Paul Dooley in Breaking Away
Ian Holm in Alien
Dennis Hopper in Apocalypse Now
John Hurt in Alien
Dennis Quaid in Breaking Away

Anonymous said...

Thoughts/ratings for:

Bruno Ganz in Nosferatu the Vampyre

Mel Gibson in Mad Max

Anonymous said...

Also why has Hoffman gone down to a 4?

RatedRStar said...

The Cast Of Alien
Brando and Forrest - Apocalypse Now
Laurence Olivier - A Little Romance
James Remar - The Warriors
Michael Palin - The Life Of Brian

Robert MacFarlane said...

Oliver Reed in The Brood
Michael Palin in Life of Brian
Marlon Brando in Apocalypse Now
Ian Holm in Alien
James Remar in The Warriors

Kevin said...

James Remar - The Warriors
Marlon Brando - Apocalypse Now
Michael Palin - Life of Brian
Ian Holm and Yaphet Kotto - Alien
Oliver Reed - The Brood
Dennis Hopper - Apocalypse Now

Also Louis, the link for 1958 Alternate Best Actor is not highlighted

Scott Gingold said...

Ian Holm - Alien
Marlon Brando - Apocalypse Now
Paul Benjamin - Escape from Alcatraz
Patrick McGoohan - Escape from Alcatraz
Carl Weathers - Rocky 2

GM said...

Ricky Schroder - The Champ
Ron Leibman - Norma Rae
Laurence Olivier - A Little Romance

John Smith said...

Louis, Your thoughts on Jim Carrey as an actor

Maciej said...

Ian Holm - Alien
Marlon Brando - Apocalypse Now
Laurence Olivier - A Little Romance
John Hurt - Alien
Someone from Breaking Away

Louis Morgan said...

Anonymous:

Ganz - 4(One of the great parts of this version of Dracula is it has a far better Johnathan Harker than we usually get. Ganz does not just settle for the bland part and gives a surprisingly compelling portrayal of first the fear of his character being in such a situation than the madness after he has been infected. His last scene is particularly terrific as a manages to be both chilling and oddly rather funny)

Gibson - 4(It's easy to see how he propelled to stardom easily as he plays charismatic badass very well. He also handles the middle section with the more reserved and quietly emotional Max well too, and builds to Max's revenge on the emotional side of things very effectively)

A re-watch just diminished my appreciate of his performance a bit.

John Smith:

When it comes to his mostly comedic stuff I find him somewhat hit or miss. He always brings a great deal of energy and sometimes I find him hilarious but there times he can be somewhat grating. His purely dramatic performances though, aside from Scrooge, are almost always solid.