Best Scene: Burke explains his actions to his superior.
4. Paul Freeman in Raiders of the Lost Ark- Freeman gives an effective performance that makes Belloc the shadow to Indiana Jones.
Best Scene: "This, this is history"
3. Wilford Brimley in Absence of Malice- Brimley steals his whole film through his assured performance that basically wraps up the plot for his film.
Best Scene: His scene.
2. Bill Hunter in Gallipoli- Hunter gives a strong performance giving humanity to a man who continues with a futile and fatal charge because it is his order to do so.
Best Scene: Major Barton proceeds with the final charge.
1. Robert Prosky in Thief- Prosky gives my favorite supporting performance of 1981, apologies once again to my seemingly perpetual number 2 Jack Nicholson, by delivering a fantastic performance as a warm genial older man which hides the vicious gangster beneath.
Best Scene: Leo threatens Frank.
Overall Rank:
- Nicol Williamson in Excalibur
- Robert Prosky in Thief
- Jack Nicholson in Reds
- John Gielgud in Arthur
- Ian Holm in Chariots of Fire
- Howard Rollins in Ragtime
- Bill Hunter in Gallipoli
- Wilford Brimley in Absence of Malice
- Griffin Dunne in An American Werewolf in London
- Dennis Hopper in Out of the Blue
- David Warner in Time Bandits
- Paul Freeman in Raiders of the Lost Ark
- Lee Van Cleef in Escape From New York
- Mickey Rourke in Body Heat
- Sean Connery in Time Bandits
- Willie Nelson in Thief
- John Gielgud in Chariots of Fire
- John Lithgow in Blow Out
- Gianfrancesco Guarnieri in They Don't Wear Black Tie
- Rutger Hauer in Nighthawks
- James Woods in Eyewitness
- Jerry Orbach in Prince of the City
- Michael Ironside in Scanners
- Brad Dourif in Ragtime
- Michael Palin in Time Bandits
- Nigel Havers in Chariots of Fire
- Kjell Nilsson in Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior
- Harry Dean Stanton in Escape From New York
- Bruce Spence in Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior
- Christopher Walken in Pennies From Heaven
- Burgess Meredith in Clash of the Titans
- Herbert Grönemeyer in Das Boot
- Patrick McGoohan in Scanners
- Bill Kerr in Gallipoli
- Donald Pleasence in Escape From New York
- Kenny Baker in Time Bandits
- Nicholas Farrell in Chariots of Fire
- Robert Grubb in Gallipoli
- Lindsay Anderson in Chariots of Fire
- John Cleese in Time Bandits
- Warren Oates in Stripes
- Nigel Davenport in Chariots of Fire
- Bob Balaban in Absence of Malice
- Ralph Richardson in Time Bandits
- Sean Penn in Taps
- James Coco in Only When I Laugh
- Michael Lerner in The Postman Always Rings Twice
- Max von Sydow in Victory
- John Rhys Davies in Raiders of the Lost Ark
- Tom Cruise in Taps
- Brion James in Southern Comfort
- Patrick Magee in Chariots of Fire
- Vernel Bagneris in Pennies From Heaven
- Paul Geoffrey in Excalibur
- Christopher Plummer in Eyewitness
- Topol in For Your Eyes Only
- John Woodvine in An American Werewolf in London
- Michael Preston in Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior
- Fred Ward in Southern Comfort
- Ralph Richardson in Dragonslayer
- Ernest Borgnine in Escape From New York
- David Rappaport in Time Bandits
- Kenneth McMillan in Whose Life Is It Anyways?
- James Cagney in Ragtime
- Alan Bates in Quartet
- Burgess Meredith in True Confessions
- Struan Rodger in Chariots of Fire
- Pierce Brosnan in The Long Good Friday
- Ian Holm in Time Bandits
- John Colicos in The Postman Always Rings Twice
- Kenneth McMillan in True Confessions
- Ronald Lacey in Raiders of the Lost Ark
- David Argue in Gallipoli
- Peter Egan in Chariots of Fire
- Don Gordon in Out of the Blue
- Isaac Hayes in Escape From New York
- Barney Martin in Arthur
- David Yelland in Chariots of Fire
- Gene Hackman in Reds
- Milton Gonçalves in They Don't Wear Black Tie
- Alfred Molina in Raiders of the Lost Ark
- Charles Durning in True Confessions
- James Olson in Ragtime
- Julian Glover in For Your Eyes Only
- Bob Balaban in Whose Life Is It Anyways?
- Dabney Coleman in On Golden Pond
- Ted Danson in Body Heat
- Everett McGill in Quest for Fire
- Ron Pearlman in Quest for Fire
- James Belushi in Thief
- John Cassavetes in Whose Life Is It Anyways?
- John Candy in Stripes
- Nicholas Clay in Excalibur
- Dennis Farina in Thief
- Denholm Elliot in Raiders of the Lost Ark
- Cyril Cusack in True Confessions
- J.A. Preston in Body Heat
- Paul Sorvino in Reds
- Gregory Hines in History of the World Part I
- Robert Addie in Excalibur
- Dennis Franz in Blow Out
- Brad Davis in Chariots of Fire
- Laurence Olivier in Clash of the Titans
- Vernon Wells in Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior
- Dennis Christopher in Chariots of Fire
- Liam Neeson in Excalibur
- Stephen Elliot in Arthur
- Tom Signorelli in Thief
- Michael Caine in Victory
- Kenneth McMillian in Heartbeeps
- Randy Quaid in Heartbeeps
- John Larroquette in Stripes
- Gabriel Byrne in Excalibur
- Patrick Stewart in Excalibur
- Doug McKeon in On Golden Pond
- Pele in Victory
- Edward Hermann in Reds
- Don Hood in Absence of Malice
- Orson Welles in Butterfly
- Harry Goz in Mommie Dearest
- Michael Edwards in Mommie Dearest
13 comments:
Richard Burton - Night Of The Iguana
Peter Sellers - A Shot In The Dark
Dirk Bogarde - King and Country
Tony Randall - The 7 Faces Of Dr Lao
Michael Caine - Zulu
Peter Sellers - A Shot In The Dark
Tom Courtenay - King and Country
Dirk Bogarde - King and Country
Michael Caine - Zulu
Sean Connery - Marnie
Richard Attenborough in Guns at Batasi
Dirk Bogarde in King and Country
Michael Caine in Zulu
Tom Courtenay in King and Country
Clint Eastwood in A Fistful of Dollars
Tony Randall in The 7 Faces of Dr. Lao
1.Clint Eastwood - A Fistful of Dollars
2.Richard Burton - The Night of the Iguana
3.Alan Bates - Zorba the Greek
4.Dick van Dyke - Mary Poppins
5.Cliff Robertson - The Best Man
Well, the way I like to award Oscars is by ranking all of the performances together, not going by year. So, in my fantasy world, you still give Jack Nicholson Oscars for OFOTCN, Five Easy Pieces, Reds, etc...
In my fantasy universe its quite different. heres how it goes.
George Clooney never existed and died at birth.
Jonah Hill never received an Oscar nomination.
Kenneth Branagh and Laurence Olivier had a punch-up in a bar.
Clifton Webb and John Gielgud were a couple.
Louis Morgan had a giant white beard and wore an orange robe.
Claude Rains beat Harold Russell.
I won a boxing match against Joaquin Phoenix.
Benedict Cumberbatch used his face to cut down trees.
Michael Fassbender received an Oscar nomination every single year just for sneezing into a cup.
oh and I got married to Ben Whishaw =D.
Jack ;'( it's just not fair.
Also, how could George Clooney have died at birth if he never existed?
I thought Jack losing was fair lol and basically George died when he came out the womb, so he might as well have never existed =).
Didn't you like Erwin Leder's performance in DAS BOOT? He's my favorite supporting actor in the film (I have Grönemeyer as co-lead).
I thought he was fine, but he did not leave that much of an impression on me.
Nicol Williamson - Excalibur
Alan Bates - Quartet
James Woods - Eyewitness
Rod Steiger - The Chosen
Griffin Dunne - An American Werewolf in London
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