Best Scene: "Say Hello To My Little Friend"
4. Ken Ogata in The Ballad of Narayama - Ogata gives a very quiet but powerful portrayal of the emotions of a very stoic man.
Best Scene: It begins to snow.
3. Peter Billingsley in A Christmas Story - Billingsley's gives a very funny performance that compliments the film's narration particularly well.
Best Scene: Seeing Santa.
2. James Woods in Videodrome -Woods, as usual, gives a very energetic performance, and manages to keep a certain humanity in the film no matter how strange it gets.
Best Scene: "Long live the new flesh"
1. Christopher Walken in The Dead Zone - Christopher Walken proves once again whenever he's really challenged in a role he absolutely delivers. The challenge of his role here is technically not the complexity, his character is purposefully average in most ways, but never making his character seem simple. It's a great performance that deserves mention alongside his work in The Deer Hunter.
Best Scene: Johnny meets his old girlfriend's husband.
Overall Rank:
- Tom Courtenay in The Dresser
- Christopher Walken in The Dead Zone
- Robert Duvall in Tender Mercies
- Gerard Depardieu in Danton
- Wojciech Pszoniak in Danton
- David Bowie in Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence
- James Woods in Videodrome
- Ben Kingsley in Betrayal
- Alan Bates in The Return of the Soldier
- Peter Billingsley in A Christmas Story
- Albert Finney in The Dresser
- Om Puri in Ardh Satya
- Tom Conti in Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence
- Jeroen Krabbe in The Fourth Man
- Jeremy Irons in Betrayal
- Ken Ogata in The Ballad of Narayama
- Keith Gordon in Christine
- Gene Hackman in Eureka
- Tom Conti in Reuben, Reuben
- David Villalpando in El Norte
- Eddie Murphy in Trading Places
- Tom Cruise in Risky Business
- Anthony Perkins in Psycho II
- Charles Martin Smith in Never Cry Wolf
- Jean-Louis Trintignant in Confidentially Yours
- Bruno Ganz in In the White City
- Al Pacino in Scarface
- Mark Hamill in The Return of the Jedi
- Erwin Leder in Angst
- Gene Hackman in Uncommon Valor
- Clint Eastwood in Sudden Impact
- Mel Brooks in To Be Or Not To Be
- Dan Aykroyd in Trading Places
- Michael Caine in Educating Rita
- Omero Antonutti in El Sur
- Kevin Kline in The Pirates of Penzance
- Paco de Lucia in Carmen
- Michael Keaton in Mr. Mom
- William Hurt in Gorky Park
- Anthony Higgins in The Draughtman's Contract
- Ross Harris in Testament
- Oleg Yankovsky in Nostalgia
- Peter Riegert in Local Hero
- Matthew Broderick in WarGames
- Sean Connery in Never Say Never Again
- Nick Nolte in Under Fire
- Woody Allen in Zelig
- Jonathan Pryce in The Ploughman's Lunch
- Christian Patey in L'Argent
- Rutger Hauer in Eureka
- Steve Martin in The Man With Two Brains
- Rodney Dangerfield in Easy Money
- Nicolas Cage in Valley Girl
- Mandy Patinkin in Yentl
- Jackie Chan in Project A
- John Stockwell in Christine
- Eric Roberts in Star 80
- Sean Penn in Bad Boys
- Matt Dillon in Rumble Fish
- Alan Arkin in The Return of Captain Invincible
- Timothy Hutton in Daniel
- Vidal Peterson in Something Wicked This Way Comes
- Shawn Carson in Something Wicked This Way Comes
- Christopher Reeve in Superman III
- C. Thomas Howell in The Outsiders
- Chevy Chase in National Lampoon's Vacation
- Llan Mitchell-Smith in Daniel
- Nicholas Gledhill in Careful, He Might Hear You
- Norman Chui in Duel to the Death
- Rex Smith in The Pirates of Penzance
- John Travolta in Staying Alive
- Richard Gere in Honorary Consul
- Richard Pryor in Superman III
- Desi Arnaz Jr. in House of Long Shadows
- Dennis Quiad in Jaws 3-D
- Roger Moore in Octopussy
15 comments:
Darren McGavin in a Christmas Story
Don Ameche in Trading Places (I personally found him much funnier than Bellamy and the MVP)
Matt Dillon in The Outsiders
Mickey Rourke in Rumble Fish
Joe Pesci in Easy Money
Ratings and thoughts on Murphy and Cruise?
For Supporting:
Brian Dennehy in Gorky Park
Ed Harris in The Right Stuff
Darren McGavin in A Christmas Story
Dennis Quaid in The Right Stuff
Mickey Rourke in Rumble Fish
Darren McGavin-A Christmas Story
Ed Harris-The Right Stuff
Matt Dillon-The Outsiders
Michael Caine & Bob Hoskins-Beyond the Limit
Mickey Rourke-Rumble Fish
And finally...
Kevin Kline, Tom Berenger, William Hurt and Jeff Golblum in The Big Chill (Hurt was my personal favorite, but I think they were all great and at least deserve a view.)
Thoughts on Eric Roberts?
Confession time: I actually like Octopussy.
Darren McGavin, A Christmas Story
Harry Dean Stanton, Christine
Edward Fox, The Dresser
William Devane, Testament
Dabney Coleman, WarGames
1.Ed Harris - The Right Stuff
2.Edward Fox - The Dresser
3.Ian McDiarmid - Return of the Jedi
Gene Hackman- Under Fire
What are your ratings and thoughts on Melinda Dillon in A Christmas Story? She's always been my winner for this year in the supporting category.
Ed Harris in The Right Stuff
Darren McGavin in A Christmas Story
Edward Fox in The Dresser
Mickey Rourke in Rumble Fish
I would love a review of Ian McDiarmid or Steven Bauer in Scarface.
Thoughts/ratings on the Best Actress lineup of that year? (Jane Alexander -- Testament, Meryl Streep -- Silkwood, Julie Walters -- Educating Rita), if you've seen Meryl/Jane, that is.
Burt Lancaster - Local Hero (One of my winning requests)
Gene Hackman - Under Fire
Jeff Daniels - Terms Of Endearment
Ed Harris - The Right Stuff
Darren Mcgavin - A Christmas Story
Ratings/thoughts on Sissy Spacek in The Straight Story?
Michael Patison:
Murphy - 4(This film let's Murphy just basically go at it as his character relatively simplistic. In that way this performance is quite successful as he's consistently funny here, and his improvisational style works particularly well for his con man character)
Cruise - 4(It's no surprise to learn that this was his star making performance as Cruise gives a particularly charismatic and endearing performance here. Cruise strikes up the right type of balance with his performance in showing the youthful naivety of his character throughout the film, while slowly showing a certain maturation as well)
Robert: Well what can one say about Eric Roberts's performance. I'm not quite sure what to make of it exactly. It's kinda strange to describe it but I think it is perhaps best described by Chef in South Park "You have the heart and the soul you just don't have the talent". It's a weird combination because I do think Roberts has the right approach, and there are moments of greatness there, but he just is not a good enough actor to make it all come together.
Anonymous: I believe I've given my thoughts on Dillon before, but she's a five for me and my win.
Anonymous: Haven't seen Silkwood or Testament although I'll try to get around to them.
Walters - 4(I found her performance to be consistently sweet and charming. He she made the material engaging enough even though like the film itself I never found myself loving her performance)
Spacek - 4.5(A difficult role to be sure as the particular nature of her character's speech impediment and simple nature could come off very badly. Spacek never makes it look like acting though carrying herself very naturally and investing fully into the character without ever winking to the audience. Past that though she gives a very poignant and emotionally honest performance that complements Farnsworth's performance well)
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