Thursday 6 September 2012

Alternate Best Actor 1984: Results

5. Eddie Murphy in Beverly Hills Cop- Murphy is funny in his funny scene but quite lacking in his dramatic scenes.

Best Scene: Any one of his purely comic scenes. 
4. Steve Martin in All of Me- Martin gives an enjoyable performance as at first a straight man, than later very entertainingly as a man with another person sharing his body.

Best Scene: Edwina tries to act like a man when Roger falls asleep in court. 
3. Robert De Niro in Once Upon a Time in America- De Niro carries this epic by powerfully portraying both the violent youth, and the haunted age of a career criminal.

Best Scene: Noodles meets Secretary Bailey.

2. Philip Baker Hall in Secret Honor- Hall shows how one should portray Nixon in his effective performance that makes for an outstanding one man show.

Best Scene: The whole film since it is one long scene.
1. Harry Dean Stanton in Paris, Texas- Harry Dean Stanton gives a great subtle performance as a man trying to rebuild himself. It is a quiet but deeply moving performance that shows his abilities as an actor goes far beyond the usual small parts he is given.

Best Scene: Travis tells his story to his wife.
Overall Rank:
  1. F. Murray Abraham in Amadeus
  2. Harry Dean Stanton in Paris, Texas
  3. Haing S. Ngor in The Killing Fields
  4. Tom Hulce in Amadeus
  5. John Hurt in The Hit
  6. Philip Baker Hall in Secret Honor
  7. John Hurt in 1984
  8. Terence Stamp in The Hit
  9. Mickey Rourke in The Pope of Greenwich Village
  10. John Hurt in Champions
  11. Robert De Niro in Once Upon a Time in America
  12. John Lone in The Iceman
  13. Bill Murray in Ghostbusters
  14. Mel Gibson in Mrs. Soffel
  15. Steve Martin in All of Me 
  16. Tsutomu Yamazaki in The Funeral
  17. Albert Finney in Under the Volcano 
  18. Harrison Ford in Indiana Jones and The Temple of Doom  
  19. Sam Waterston in The Killing Fields
  20. Matthew Modine in Birdy
  21. Clint Eastwood in Tightrope 
  22. Keith Carradine in Choose Me
  23. John Lynch in Cal
  24. Michael Douglas in Romancing the Stone
  25. Christopher Guest in This is Spinal Tap 
  26. Victor Banerjee in A Passage to India
  27. Anthony Hopkins in The Bounty 
  28. Jack Lemmon in Mass Appeal
  29. Michael McKean in This is Spinal Tap 
  30. Michael Palin in A Private Function
  31. Sam Shepard in Country
  32. Mel Gibson in The Bounty 
  33. Ralph Macchio in The Karate Kid 
  34. Francisco Rabal in Los Santos Innocentes 
  35. Michael Biehn in The Terminator
  36. Woody Allen in Broadway Danny Rose 
  37. Dudley Moore in Micki & Maude
  38. Matt Dillon in The Flamingo Kid 
  39. Nicolas Cage in Birdy
  40. Craig Wasson in Body Double
  41. Ryan O'Neal in Irreconcilable Differences
  42. Michel Piccoli in Dangerous Moves
  43. John Lurie in Stranger Than Paradise 
  44. John Cassavetes in Love Streams
  45. Alexandre Arbatt in Dangerous Moves
  46. Alfredo Landa in Los Santos Innocentes
  47. Arnold Schwarzenegger in The Terminator  
  48. Emilio Estevez in Repo Man 
  49. Patrick Swayze in Red Dawn 
  50. Robert Redford in The Natural
  51. Gregory Hines in The Cotton Club
  52. Kevin Bacon in Footloose
  53. Eddie Murphy in Beverly Hills Cop
  54. Howard E. Rollins in A Soldier's Story
  55. Timothy Hutton in The Iceman 
  56. Lance Guest in The Last Starfigher 
  57. William Shatner in Star Trek III  
  58. Mel Gibson in The River
  59. Christopher Lambert in Greystoke 
  60. Zach Galligan in Gremlins  
  61. Kyle MacLachlan in Dune
  62. Noah Hathaway in The Neverending Story 
  63. Zeljko Ivanek in Mass Appeal
  64. Jeff Bridges in Star Man 
  65. Eric Roberts in The Pope of Greenwich Village
  66. Christopher Reeve in The Bostonians
  67. Tom Hanks in Splash
  68. Richard Gere in The Cotton Club
  69. Barret Oliver in The Neverending Story
  70. Steven Guttenberg in Police Academy 
  71. Anthony Perkins in Crimes of Passion
  72. John Laughlin in Crimes of Passion
Next Year: 1960

11 comments:

Anonymous said...

Great list, and you got me to put Secret Honor on my Netflix queue, so yay! My personal favorite this year is Finney, who I think delivers the performance of his career in Under the Volcano. My runner-up is Hulce, but I see why so many prefer Abraham (who was also excelent). I recently discovered your blog, and I must say that I LOVE it!

Michael Patison said...

So glad to see that Abraham retained your #1 for the year and that Ngor finally got the lead recognition he deserved for his astonishing performance in The Killing Fields.

Anyway, my recommendations for 1960 are:
Ralph Bellamy in Sunrise at Campobello
Kirk Douglas in Spartacus
Marcello Mastroianni in La Dolce Vita
Robert Mitchum in The Sundowners
Anthony Perkins in Psycho

Michael Patison said...

You could also do Steve McQueen in The Magnificent Seven. His performance wasn't amazing, but he was tremendously good at making the quite sub-par script sound fantastic.

Anonymous said...

Can't wait for Perkins review. One of the greatest performances of all time.

Anonymous said...

If 1960 is next, may I suggest:

Jean-Paul Belmondo/Breathless
Albert Finney/Saturday Night and Sunday Morning
Marcello Mastroianni/La Dolce Vita
Anthony Perkins/Psycho
Max von Sydow/The Virgin Spring

In fact, all but Belmondo make my actual ballot (he's replaced by Oscar nominee Jack Lemmon).

RatedRStar said...

my suggestions =)

Albert Finney - Saturday Night And Sunday Morning
Anthony Perkins - Psycho
Marcello Mastroianni - La Dolce Vita
Robert Mitchum - The Sundowners
Ralph Bellamy - Sunrise At Campobello

Maciej said...

Great to see Ngor in his proper category! Too bad Hulce fell out of the nominees, but it seems that Hall and Stanton were also amazing - gotta see for myself!

Anthony Perkins - Psycho
Albert Finney - Saturday Night and Sunday Morning
Jean-Pierre LĂ©aud - The 400 Blows
Ralph Bellamy - Sunrise At Campobello
Marcello Mastroianni in La Dolce Vita

RatedRStar said...

another suggestion if you cant think of a fifth nominee.

Karlheinz Bohm - Peeping Tom

JamDenTel said...

One year the Academy got it really right.

mrripley said...

I don't understand why victor banerjee is not here for a passage to india in 84,he's my winner.

Louis Morgan said...

Fisti: I'm glad you enjoy it.

Michael: I think I would put McQueen in supporting.

mrripley: Because I have not gotten around to seeing Passage of India yet, I probably should.