Best Scene: Centauri's introduction.
4. Jeffrey Jones in Amadeus- Jones gives a funny little performance with his reactions throughout the film, but does convey the right command of his character.
Best Scene: The Emperor gives his opinion on Mozart's new opera.
3. Richard Burton in 1984- Burton gives a swan song performance being properly oppressive and cruel as his torturer character.
Best Scene: O'Brien tortures Winston.
2. Hector Elizondo in The Flamingo Kid- Elizondo gives a very moving performance and effectively is the heart of his film.
Best Scene: Mr. Willis meets Mr. Brody.
1. James Wood in Once Upon a Time in America-Woods wins this year easily as he gives the most complex and compelling performance. He creates an incredible depiction of one man's journey of ambition and where it leads him to.
Best Scene: Noodles meets Secretary Bailey.
Overall Rank:
- James Woods in Once Upon a Time in America
- Harry Dean Stanton in Repo Man
- Kenneth McMillan in The Pope of Greenwich Village
- Adolph Caesar in A Soldier's Story
- Pat Morita in The Karate Kid
- Kenneth McMillan in Dune
- Hector Elizondo in The Flamingo Kid
- Denholm Elliott in A Private Function
- Harold Ramis in Ghostbusters
- Tsutomu Yamazaki in Farewell to the Ark
- Richard Burton in 1984
- Jeffrey Jones in Amadeus
- Daniel Day-Lewis in The Bounty
- Sting in Dune
- Robert Preston in The Last Starfighter
- Dan Aykroyd in Ghostbusters
- Roy Dotrice in Amadeus
- Richard Frank in Amadeus
- Rick Moranis in Ghostbusters
- Robert Englund in A Nightmare on Elm Street
- John Candy in Splash
- Powers Boothe in Red Dawn
- John Malkovich in The Killing Fields
- William Atherton in Ghostbusters
- Tim Roth in The Hit
- Sy Richardson in Repo Man
- John Litgow in Footloose
- Richard Crenna in The Flamingo Kid
- Bill Hunter in The Hit
- Amrish Puri in The Temple of Doom
- Dean Stockwell in Paris, Texas
- Treat Williams in Once Upon a Time in America
- Tracey Walter in Repo Man
- Charles Kay in Amadeus
- Fred Gwynne in The Cotton Club
- Richard Griffiths in A Private Function
- Burt Young in The Pope of Greenwich Village
- Martin Kove in The Karate Kid
- Patrick Hines in Amadeus
- Wilford Brimley in Country
- William Zabka in The Karate Kid
- Jonathan Moore in Amadeus
- Bob Hoskins in The Cotton Club
- Denzel Washington in A Soldier's Story
- Wilford Brimley in The Natural
- Simon Callow in Amadeus
- Richard Edson in Stranger Than Paradise
- Rusty Jacobs in Once Upon a Time in America
- Richard Farnsworth in The Natural
- Dan O'Herlihy in The Last Starfighter
- Ernie Hudson in Ghostbusters
- Judge Reinhold in Beverly Hills Cop
- John Malkovich in Places in the Heart
- Pete Postlethwaite in A Private Function
- Rob Reiner in This is Spinal Tap
- Harry Shearer in This is Spinal Tap
- John Ashton in Beverly Hills Cop
- Robert Duvall in The Natural
- Liam Neeson in The Bounty
- Nicolas Cage in The Cotton Club
- James Fox in A Passage to India
- Harry Dean Stanton in Red Dawn
- Danny Glover in Places in the Heart
- Christopher Lloyd in Star Trek III
- Edward Woodward in Champions
- Robert Prosky in The Natural
- Ian Holm in Greystoke
- Charlie Sheen in Red Dawn
- Hard Boiled Haggerty in Micki and Maude
- Alec Guinness in A Passage to India
- Gregg Henry in Body Double
- Matthew Modine in Mrs. Soffel
- Joe Pesci in Once Upon a Time in America
- Richard Jordan in Dune
- Darren McGavin in The Natural
- Ray McNally in Cal
- Nick Apollo Forte in Broadway Danny Rose
- Michael Winslow in Police Academy
- Gregor Fisher in 1984
- Ronny Cox in Beverly Hills Cop
- William Forsythe in Once Upon a Time in America
- Richard Mulligan in Micki and Maude
- C. Thomas Howell in Red Dawn
- DeForest Kelly in Star Trek III
- Mike Monetti in Once Upon a Time in America
- Anthony Andrews in Under the Volcano
- Ed Harris in Places in the Heart
- Bubba Smith in Police Academy
- Nigel Havers in A Passage to India
- Jonathan Banks in Beverly Hills Cop
- James Remar in The Cotton Club
- Danny Aiello in Once Upon a Time in America
- Fernando Rey in The Hit
- Ralph Richardson in Greystoke
- Julian Sands in The Killing Fields
- Steven Berkoff in Beverly Hills Cop
- Dan Hedaya in Tightrope
- Chris Penn in Footloose
- Seymour Cassel in Love Streams
- Patrick Stewart in Dune
- Jose Ferrer in Dune
- Jurgen Prochnow in Dune
- Scott Glenn in The River
- Freddie Jones in Dune
- Wallace Shawn in The Bostonians
- Charles Durning in Mass Appeal
- Johnny Depp in A Nightmare on Elm Street
- Dean Stockwell in Dune
- Bruce Davison in Crimes of Passion
- Brad Dourif in Dune
- Jonathan Ke Quan in The Temple of Doom
- Eugene Levy in Splash
- David Graf in Police Academy
- Andrew Rubin in Police Academy
- Scott Tiler in Once Upon a Time in America
15 comments:
Ralph Fiennes - The Constant Gardener
Viggo Mortensen - A History Of Violence
Clive Owen - Sin City
Jeff Daniels - The Squid And The Whale
Cillian Murphy - Red Eye
Looking forward to 05
Ralph Fiennes- The Constant Gardener
Viggo Mortensen- A History of Violence
Tommy Lee Jones- The Three Burials
Joseph Gordon-Levitt- Mysterious Skin
Jeff Daniels- The Squid and the Whale
Ralph Fiennes- The Constant Gardener
Viggo Mortensen- A History of Violence
Tommy Lee Jones- The Three Burials of Melqiuades Estrada
Christian Bale- Batman Begins
Robert Downey, Jr - Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang
Joseph Gordon-Levitt - Mysterious Skin
(yes, I know that's six)
I would consider Jeff Daniels supporting in The Squid and the Whale
For 2005:
Russell Crowe in Cinderella Man
Jeff Daniels in The Squid and the Whale
Ralph Fiennes in The Constant Gardener
Nathan Fillion in Serenity
Tommy Lee Jones in The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada
Viggo Mortensen in A History of Violence
Cillian Murphy in Breakfast on Pluto (I think you would classify this as 2005, but it may be 2006)
You could also maybe do Colin Farrell in The New World, but I don't really remember whether he's lead or not it's been so long since I last watched it.
So, except my request for TLJ in "The Three Burials...", my list would be:
1.Bill Murray - Broken Flowers
2.Nicholas Cage - Lord of War
3.Cillian Murphy - Breakfast on Pluto
4.Ralph Fiennes - The Constant Gardner
Aaron Eckhart for Thank You For Smoking is eligible for 2005 or 2006?
2006.
Hm, critically praised performances from this year...
Jeff Daniels in The Squid and the Whale
Ralph Fiennes in The Constant Gardener
Romain Duris in The Beat That My Hart Skipped
Bill Murray in Broken Flowers
Ray Winstone in The Proposition (Don't make me beg for this one. DON'T.)
Viggo Mortensen in A History of Violence
Joseph Gordon-Levitt in Brick
Hold on, scratch JGL. First non-festival release was 2006.
Oh crap, I forgot about Ray Winstone! PLEASE review him! PLEASE!
you missed Haing S Ngor off your final round-up for this year :)
He considers Ngor lead, like he should.
Ngor is #2 on his lead page, behind Abraham of course.
Louis, what did you think of The Bounty? Personally, I think it's the best version of the story.
I quite liked it and it is my favorite version as well. I really liked the more complex version of Bligh.
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