Best Scene: Garrett kills the Kid.
4. Edward Fox in The Day of the Jackal- Fox's performance is a true accomplishment in making such a unique reality driven characterization of the type of character that is often portrayed in the exact opposite fashion.
Best Scene: The Jackal makes love to and kills a woman.
3. Steve McQueen in Papillon- This tremendous work by McQueen not only puts on display once again McQueen unique screen presence, but here he also is able to show how powerful of an actor he really could be.
Best Scene: Papillon stands "trial"
2. Martin Sheen in Badlands-This is a great performance by Martin Sheen who goes out on a limb with his portrayal and never stops for a moment in this outstanding performance.
Best Scene: Kit's press conference.
1. Gene Hackman in Scarecrow- This was certainly a difficult year to choose out of the top four, but as well as with the overall. This is just an incredible year for lead performances. Gene Hackman's is my second favorite of the year though through his powerful unique portrayal in his film.
Best Scene: Max tries to snap Lionel out of it.
Overall Rank:
- Jack Lemmon in Save the Tiger
- Edward Woodward in The Wicker Man
- Elliott Gould in The Long Goodbye
- Gene Hackman in Scarecrow
- Al Pacino in Scarecrow
- Robert Mitchum in The Friends of Eddie Coyle
- Carl Anderson in Jesus Christ Superstar
- Donald Sutherland in Don't Look Now
- Jason Miller in The Exorcist
- Jack Nicholson in The Last Detail
- Vincent Price in Theater of Blood
- Steve McQueen in Papillon
- Robert Shaw in The Hireling
- Edward Fox in The Day of the Jackal
- Sean Connery in The Offence
- Ian Holm in The Homecoming
- James Coburn in Pat Garrett and Billy The Kid
- Robert Blake in Electra Glide in Blue
- Giancarlo Giannini in Love & Anarchy
- Anthony Hopkins in A Doll's House
- Helmut Berger in Ludwig
- Warren Oates in Dillinger
- Malcolm McDowell in O Lucky Man!
- Harvey Keitel in Mean Streets
- Ted Neeley in Jesus Christ Superstar
- Walter Matthau in Charley Varrick
- Paul Rogers in The Homecoming
- Ryan O'Neal in Paper Moon
- Alec Guinness in Hitler The Last Ten Days
- Clint Eastwood in High Plains Drifter
- James Caan in Cinderella Liberty
- Lee Marvin in Emperor of the North Pole
- Ben Johnson in Dillinger
- Clint Eastwood in Magnum Force
- Bruce Dern in The Laughing Policeman
- Marcello Mastroianni in Massacre in Rome
- Dustin Hoffman in Papillon
- Kris Kristofferson in Pat Garrett and Billy The Kid
- Al Pacino in Serpico
- Keith Carradine in Emperor of the North Pole
- Robert Redford in The Sting
- Fernando Fernan Gomez in The Spirit of the Beehive
- Bruce Lee in Enter The Dragon
- Walter Matthau in The Laughing Policeman
- Ian Hendry in Theatre of Blood
- Robert Redford in The Way We Were
- Michael Moriarty in Bang the Drum Slowly
- Charlton Heston in Soylent Green
- Brian Bedford in Robin Hood
- George Segal in A Touch of Class
- Roy Scheider in The Seven Ups
- Richard Burton in Massacre in Rome
- Alejandro Jodorowky in The Holy Mountain
- Paul Newman in The Mackintosh Man
- Timothy Bottoms in The Paper Chase
- Richard Benjamin in West World
- Roger Moore in Live and Let Die
16 comments:
A good line up--Fox and Sheen are excellent, as is Lemmon, and Scarecrow is very high on my to-watch list--but it's a shame you weren't able to evaluate Rip Torn's fantastic work in the incredibly underrated PAYDAY.
For 1973 supporting:
Absolutely De Niro for Mean Streets
I have Newman in supporting for The Sting, but you consider him Lead (legit).
BTW from The Sting I say Robert Shaw... knowing that he's one of your favorite actors.
Robert Shaw - The Sting
Max Von Sydow - The Exorcist
Jeff Bridges - The Iceman Cometh
Robert Ryan - The Iceman Cometh
Shih Kien - Enter The Dragon
Michael Lonsdale - The Day Of The Jackal
Harrison Ford - American Graffiti
also Louis what is your opinion of John Lone (an underated actor), I thought he was great in The Last Emperor, Caveman, Year Of The Dragon and even Rush Hour 2 lol he was a decent villain I thought in that lol, love his voice 2.
Iceman I meant to say not Caveman (on John Lone)
Some ideas for Supporting Actor 1973:
Charles Durning in The Sting
Yaphet Kotto in Live and Let Die
Jack MacGowran in The Exorcist
Robert Shaw in The Sting
Great reviews as always. I also have Newman in supporting, but that's beside the point. Here's my recs:
Robert De Niro in Mean Streets
Robert Shaw in The Sting
Max von Sydow in The Exorcist
Honestly, that's all I really have. I suppose you could do Lonsdale. You could also try somebody from American Graffiti, but I saw that so long ago that I couldn't really choose somebody in particular.
Edward G. Robinson in Soylent Green. No, really.
I actually sort of agree with koook on this one, except that I remember Robinson as more of a supporting player, but my memory could be playing tricks on me.
Also, did you not include Brando because his film was released at the end of 72 in some European countries?
I meant him as Suporting.
Duh. I don't know if I was thinking when I wrote that. Lol
I wasnt sure what to make of Robinson in Soylent Green lol he was interesting thats for sure, I guess its one of those love it or hate it ones, a bit like Daniel Wu in New Police Story or Mickey Rooney in anything he does lol,
Robinson could be an interesting one =)
Max Von Sydow - The Exorcist
Robert De Niro - Mean Streets
I can't think of any other performances except those from American Graffiti: Harrison Ford, Ron Howard and even Richard Dreyfuss (he can be considered supporting, though for me he's much more of a lead), even Paul Le Mat, perhaps. I am curious as to how your line-up will look like, Louis.
JamDenTel: I'll try to see that so I can add him to the overall.
RatedRStar: I have not seen too much of John Lone, but I will say he is a guaranteed nominee for 87.
Michael: Yes, I left Brando off due to those earlier releases.
In addition to Rip Torn in Payday, which I haven't seen, you should also check out Robert Mitchum in The Friends of Eddie Coyle.
What about Donald Sutherland in Don't Look Now?
Haven't seen him.
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