Sunday 29 September 2013

Alternate Best Supporting Actor 1987: Results

6. Robert De Niro in Angel Heart- De Niro being the weakest of this bunch doesn't really say much of anything as he gives a very eerie turn as the ultimate evil.

Best Scene: Cyphre prepares an egg for consumption.
5. Vincent D'Onofrio in Full Metal Jacket- D'Onofrio gives a great performance first being rather moving as man not capable enough in the rough boot camp, then downright terrifying once he gets into the swing of things.

Best Scene: Late at night in the latrine.
4. Dennis Hopper in River's Edge- Hopper gives a cohesive portrait of a complex man and despite playing a drug dealer murderer somehow becomes the moral center of the film.

Best Scene: Feck's confession. 
3. R. Lee Ermey in Full Metal Jacket- Ermey gives a relentlessly brutal as well as slyly satirical performance as the drill sergeant that would make an average drill sergeant squirm.

Best Scene: Hartman's introduction.
2. Richard Dawson in The Running Man- Richard Dawson turns his work on Family Feud askew brilliantly in making a menacing and entertaining 80's action movie villain who steals his film without question.

Best Scene: "Only in a Rerun"
1. Mandy Patinkin in The Princess Bride- This year is one of the all time greats for supporting performances that goes even beyond the six I reviewed here and the fairly solid line up offered by the academy. My favorite performance from the year though has to go to Mandy Patinkin's extremely endearing, very funny, and even quite moving portrayal of Ingio Montoya.

Best Scene: "Hello my name is Inigo Montoya you killed my father prepare to die."
Overall Rank:
  1. Mandy Patinkin in The Princess Bride
  2. Richard Dawson in The Running Man
  3. Morgan Freeman in Street Smart
  4. R. Lee Ermey in Full Metal Jacket
  5. Alec Guinness in Little Dorrit
  6. Dennis Hopper in River's Edge
  7. Will Patton in No Way Out 
  8. Vincent D'Onofrio in Full Metal Jacket
  9. Robert Downey Jr. in Less Than Zero
  10. Robert De Niro in Angel Heart
  11. Peter Falk in Wings of Desire
  12. Peter O'Toole in The Last Emperor
  13. Daniel Roebuck in River's Edge
  14. George Wyner in Spaceballs
  15. Kurtwood Smith in Robocop
  16. David Strathairn in Matewan
  17. Christopher Guest in The Princess Bride 
  18. Andre The Giant in The Princess Bride 
  19. Ying Ruocheng in The Last Emperor
  20. Chris Sarandon in The Princess Bride
  21. James Earl Jones in Matewan
  22. Wallace Shawn in The Princess Bride 
  23. Bill Paxton in Near Dark
  24. Richard Griffiths in Withnail and I
  25. Ian Bannen in Hope and Glory
  26. Vincent Gardenia in Moonstruck
  27. Bob Gunton in Matewan
  28. Billy Crystal in The Princess Bride 
  29. James Spader in Less Than Zero
  30. Denzel Washington in Cry Freedom 
  31. Lance Henriksen in Near Dark
  32. Gene Hackman in No Way Out 
  33. Ralph Brown in Withnail and I
  34. John Goodman in Raising Arizona  
  35. Mel Smith in The Princess Bride
  36. Erik King in Street Smart
  37. Danny Aiello in Moonstruck 
  38. Roy Cheung in Prison on Fire 
  39. Miguel Ferrer in Robocop 
  40. John Malkovich in Empire of the Sun
  41. Robert Prosky in Broadcast News
  42. Mel Brooks in Spaceballs
  43. Tom Waits in Ironweed
  44. John Candy in Spaceballs 
  45. Peter Falk in The Princess Bride 
  46. Otto Sander in Wings of Desire
  47. Kiefer Sutherland in The Lost Boys
  48. William Forsythe in Raising Arizona
  49. Gary Busey in Lethal Weapon 
  50. Ned Beatty in The Big Easy
  51. Forest Whitaker in Good Morning, Vietnam
  52. Dick Van Patten in Spaceballs 
  53. Ronny Cox in RoboCop
  54. Jack Nicholson in Broadcast News
  55. Hal Holbrook in Wall Street
  56. Bill Duke in Predator 
  57. Bruno Kirby in Good Morning, Vietnam
  58. John Mahoney in Moonstruck 
  59. Barnard Hughes in The Lost Boys 
  60. Danny Aiello in Radio Days 
  61. Vincent Price in Whales of August
  62. Richard Jenkins in The Witches of Eastwick 
  63. Donald Pleasence in Prince of Darkness
  64. John Mahoney in Tin Men
  65. William Ho in Prison on Fire 
  66. Leslie Nielsen in Nuts
  67. Fred Savage in The Princess Bride
  68. Robert Englund in Nightmare on Elm Street 3 
  69. Esai Morales in La Bamba
  70. Victor Wong in Prince of Darkness
  71. Ian Charleson in Opera
  72. Joshua John Miller in Near Dark 
  73. Robert Picardo in Innerspace 
  74. Dennis Dun in Prince of Darkness
  75. Gene Hackman in Superman IV  
  76. Corey Feldman in The Lost Boys
  77. Sean Connery in The Untouchables
  78. J.C. Quinn in Barfly  
  79. Yaphet Kotto in The Running Man 
  80. Fred Gwynne in Ironweed
  81. Ben Mendelsohn in The Year My Voice Broke
  82. John Goodman in The Big Easy
  83. Andy Garcia in The Untouchables
  84. Nigel Havers in Empire of the Sun
  85. J.T. Walsh in Good Morning Vietnam
  86. Dean Stockwell in Beverly Hills Cop 2 
  87. Kevin McCarthy in Innerspace
  88. Laurence Tierney in Tough Guys Don't Dance
  89. Joshua John Miller in River's Edge 
  90. Ricky Jay in House of Games
  91. Robert De Niro in The Untouchables
  92. John Rhys-Davies in The Living Daylights  
  93. Liam Neeson in A Prayer for the Dying 
  94. Karl Malden in Nuts
  95. Victor Wong in The Last Emperor
  96. Judge Reinhold in Beverly Hills Cop 2
  97. Mick Fleetwood in The Running Man
  98. Terence Stamp in Wall Street
  99. Carl Weathers Predator  
  100. James Naughton in The Glass Menagerie
  101. John Ashton in Beverly Hills Cop 2
  102. Noble Willingham in Good Morning, Vietnam
  103. Trey Wilson in Raising Arizona
  104. Brownie McGhee in Angel Heart
  105. Michael O'Keefe in Ironweed 
  106. Arliss Howard in Full Metal Jacket
  107. Martin Sheen in Wall Street
  108. Dann Florek in Angel Heart
  109. Billy Drago in The Untouchables
  110. Joe Don Baker in The Living Daylights  
  111. Jason Robards in Square Dance
  112. John C. McGinley in Wall Street
  113. Kurt Fuller in The Running Man
  114. Randall Cobb in Raising Arizona
  115. Charles Martin Smith in The Untouchables
  116. Will Oldham in Matewan
  117. Christopher Connelly in Strike Commando
  118. Andreas Wisniewski in The Living Daylights
  119. Wallace Shawn in Prick Up Your Ears   
  120. Michael J. Pollard in Roxanne
  121. Jeroen Krabbe in The Living Daylights
  122. Jesse Ventura in The Running Man
  123. Frank Stallone in Barfly
  124. Jay Patterson in Street Smart
  125. Marvin J. McIntyre in The Running Man
  126. Sam McMurray in Raising Arizona
  127. Jim Metzler in River's Edge 
  128. Alan Bates in A Prayer for the Dying
  129. Andre Gregory in Street Smart
  130. David Hayman in Hope and Glory
  131. Jesse Ventura in Predator
  132. Alex Vitale in Strike Commando 
  133. Rick Rossovich in Roxanne
  134. Jon Cryer in Superman IV
  135. Wings Hauser in Tough Guys Don't Dance
  136. Rob Lowe in Square Dance
Next Year: 1978 Lead

16 comments:

Robert MacFarlane said...

1978 Lead? I'm drawing a blank. Supporting I can list quite a few.

Michael McCarthy said...

Great list! I wasn't too far off, my only problem was overestimating De Niro. I'm also glad Morgan Freeman stayed in top 5 and that Falk, O'Toole and Patton ranked as high as they did.

As far as 1978 lead, all I can think of is maybe Richard Gere in Days of Heaven.

Michael Patison said...

I honestly don't have very many even halfway-decent recommendations. Here's a few:
John Belushi in Animal House
Richard Gere in Days of Heaven
Anthony Hopkins in Magic
John Travolta in Grease

Mark said...

I guess just for fun Christopher Reeve in Superman.
And Louis, I'm going to assume you're not a big fan of The Untouchables?

Louis Morgan said...

Mark: Actually I quite enjoy the action scenes and I love the score. A much better film could have been made around those actions scenes though.

Elliot Ness could have been far more like he was in real life and Mel Gibson or Harrison Ford would have been much better casting choices.

De Niro could have been actually used rather then having his one baseball bat scene then otherwise leaving me to question why they even cast De Niro.

Also Connery should have played a Scottish cop, or if he had to be Irish I think Richard Harris could have killed it in that part.

Mark said...

I do agree the Irish accent was pretty bad. And Harrison Ford as Eliot Ness does make me smile at what could've been. I do still really like the movie.

Psifonian said...

Excellent! My top two matched!

My 1978 leading boys:

Peter Ustinov – Death on the Nile
Donald Pleasance – Halloween
Richard Gere – Days of Heaven
Gregory Peck – The Boys from Brazil
Donald Sutherland – Invasion of the Body Snatchers

Anonymous said...

CHRISTOPHER REEVE IN SUPERMAN
Anthony Hopkins in Magic
Gregory Peck in The Boys from Brazil
Harvey Keitel in Fingers
Donald Sutherland in Invasion of the Body Snatchers

Robert MacFarlane said...

Shit, COMPLETELY forgot Hopkins in Magic and Pleasance in Halloween. I don't know why all of you are requesting Gere, though. That's one of the few times I actually agree with the Malick naysayers that his actors are little more than meat-puppets. The only one of the cast who can even be considered is Sam Sheppard for Supporting.

Michael Patison said...

I didn't even think about Pleasence either. I also agree about Gere. I only put him because I wasn't putting Reeve in and had nobody else. I agree about Shepard as well.

Anonymous said...

Dustin Hoffman- Straight Time
Christopher Reeve- Superman
Anthony Hopkins- Magic

Anonymous said...

Cant believe people have forgotten one of Dustin Hoffman's best performances in Straight Time.

Maciej said...

Richard Gere - Days of Heaven
Gregory Peck - The Boys from Brazil
Anthony Hopkins - Magic

And I completely can't think of anyone else. Well, with the exception of Brad Davis in Midnight Express, but he was (in my opinion at least) really bad... Still, it would be nice to see Louis review a bad performance every once in a while.

Kevin said...

Christopher Reeve in Superman
Donald Sutherland in Invasion of the Body Snatchers (one of the best horror films ever)
John Travolta in Grease
Anthony Hopkins in Magic

mrripley said...

Hoffman has to be included.

RatedRStar said...

Richard Gere - Days Of Heaven
Peter Ustinov - Death On The Nile
Gregory Peck - The Boys From Brazil
Anthony Hopkins - Magic
Dustin Hoffman - Straight Time

Brad Davis was terrible, Midnight Express I think is one of the most dull and lifeless films ever, Richard Burton was really bad as well in The Medusa Touch lol.