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:
- Mandy Patinkin in The Princess Bride
- Richard Dawson in The Running Man
- Morgan Freeman in Street Smart
- R. Lee Ermey in Full Metal Jacket
- Alec Guinness in Little Dorrit
- Dennis Hopper in River's Edge
- Will Patton in No Way Out
- Vincent D'Onofrio in Full Metal Jacket
- Robert Downey Jr. in Less Than Zero
- Robert De Niro in Angel Heart
- Peter Falk in Wings of Desire
- Peter O'Toole in The Last Emperor
- Daniel Roebuck in River's Edge
- George Wyner in Spaceballs
- Kurtwood Smith in Robocop
- David Strathairn in Matewan
- Christopher Guest in The Princess Bride
- Andre The Giant in The Princess Bride
- Ying Ruocheng in The Last Emperor
- Chris Sarandon in The Princess Bride
- James Earl Jones in Matewan
- Wallace Shawn in The Princess Bride
- Bill Paxton in Near Dark
- Richard Griffiths in Withnail and I
- Ian Bannen in Hope and Glory
- Vincent Gardenia in Moonstruck
- Bob Gunton in Matewan
- Billy Crystal in The Princess Bride
- James Spader in Less Than Zero
- Denzel Washington in Cry Freedom
- Lance Henriksen in Near Dark
- Gene Hackman in No Way Out
- Ralph Brown in Withnail and I
- John Goodman in Raising Arizona
- Mel Smith in The Princess Bride
- Erik King in Street Smart
- Danny Aiello in Moonstruck
- Roy Cheung in Prison on Fire
- Miguel Ferrer in Robocop
- John Malkovich in Empire of the Sun
- Robert Prosky in Broadcast News
- Mel Brooks in Spaceballs
- Tom Waits in Ironweed
- John Candy in Spaceballs
- Peter Falk in The Princess Bride
- Otto Sander in Wings of Desire
- Kiefer Sutherland in The Lost Boys
- William Forsythe in Raising Arizona
- Gary Busey in Lethal Weapon
- Ned Beatty in The Big Easy
- Forest Whitaker in Good Morning, Vietnam
- Dick Van Patten in Spaceballs
- Ronny Cox in RoboCop
- Jack Nicholson in Broadcast News
- Hal Holbrook in Wall Street
- Bill Duke in Predator
- Bruno Kirby in Good Morning, Vietnam
- John Mahoney in Moonstruck
- Barnard Hughes in The Lost Boys
- Danny Aiello in Radio Days
- Vincent Price in Whales of August
- Richard Jenkins in The Witches of Eastwick
- Donald Pleasence in Prince of Darkness
- John Mahoney in Tin Men
- William Ho in Prison on Fire
- Leslie Nielsen in Nuts
- Fred Savage in The Princess Bride
- Robert Englund in Nightmare on Elm Street 3
- Esai Morales in La Bamba
- Victor Wong in Prince of Darkness
- Ian Charleson in Opera
- Joshua John Miller in Near Dark
- Robert Picardo in Innerspace
- Dennis Dun in Prince of Darkness
- Gene Hackman in Superman IV
- Corey Feldman in The Lost Boys
- Sean Connery in The Untouchables
- J.C. Quinn in Barfly
- Yaphet Kotto in The Running Man
- Fred Gwynne in Ironweed
- Ben Mendelsohn in The Year My Voice Broke
- John Goodman in The Big Easy
- Andy Garcia in The Untouchables
- Nigel Havers in Empire of the Sun
- J.T. Walsh in Good Morning Vietnam
- Dean Stockwell in Beverly Hills Cop 2
- Kevin McCarthy in Innerspace
- Laurence Tierney in Tough Guys Don't Dance
- Joshua John Miller in River's Edge
- Ricky Jay in House of Games
- Robert De Niro in The Untouchables
- John Rhys-Davies in The Living Daylights
- Liam Neeson in A Prayer for the Dying
- Karl Malden in Nuts
- Victor Wong in The Last Emperor
- Judge Reinhold in Beverly Hills Cop 2
- Mick Fleetwood in The Running Man
- Terence Stamp in Wall Street
- Carl Weathers Predator
- James Naughton in The Glass Menagerie
- John Ashton in Beverly Hills Cop 2
- Noble Willingham in Good Morning, Vietnam
- Trey Wilson in Raising Arizona
- Brownie McGhee in Angel Heart
- Michael O'Keefe in Ironweed
- Arliss Howard in Full Metal Jacket
- Martin Sheen in Wall Street
- Dann Florek in Angel Heart
- Billy Drago in The Untouchables
- Joe Don Baker in The Living Daylights
- Jason Robards in Square Dance
- John C. McGinley in Wall Street
- Kurt Fuller in The Running Man
- Randall Cobb in Raising Arizona
- Charles Martin Smith in The Untouchables
- Will Oldham in Matewan
- Christopher Connelly in Strike Commando
- Andreas Wisniewski in The Living Daylights
- Wallace Shawn in Prick Up Your Ears
- Michael J. Pollard in Roxanne
- Jeroen Krabbe in The Living Daylights
- Jesse Ventura in The Running Man
- Frank Stallone in Barfly
- Jay Patterson in Street Smart
- Marvin J. McIntyre in The Running Man
- Sam McMurray in Raising Arizona
- Jim Metzler in River's Edge
- Alan Bates in A Prayer for the Dying
- Andre Gregory in Street Smart
- David Hayman in Hope and Glory
- Jesse Ventura in Predator
- Alex Vitale in Strike Commando
- Rick Rossovich in Roxanne
- Jon Cryer in Superman IV
- Wings Hauser in Tough Guys Don't Dance
- Rob Lowe in Square Dance
16 comments:
1978 Lead? I'm drawing a blank. Supporting I can list quite a few.
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.
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
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?
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.
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.
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
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
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.
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.
Dustin Hoffman- Straight Time
Christopher Reeve- Superman
Anthony Hopkins- Magic
Cant believe people have forgotten one of Dustin Hoffman's best performances in Straight Time.
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.
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
Hoffman has to be included.
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.
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