Best Scene: Boldwood finally snaps.
Best Scene: Gabriel just before he is about to leave.
Best Scene: Troy shows off his swordsmanship.
Best Scene: "I've Never Seen Anything Like It"
Best Scene: Roat requests the doll.
Overall Rank:
- Alan Arkin in Wait Until Dark
- Donald Pleasence in Will Penny
- Terence Stamp in Far From the Madding Crowd
- Dick Shawn in The Producers
- Richard Attenborough in Doctor Dolittle
- Gene Hackman in Bonnie and Clyde
- Kenneth Mars in The Producers
- Alan Bates in Far From the Madding Crowd
- Peter Finch in Far From the Madding Crowd
- Tom Courtenay in The Night of the Generals
- Scott Wilson in In The Heat of the Night
- Martin Sheen in The Incident
- Tatsuya Nakadai in Samurai Rebellion
- George Kennedy in Cool Hand Luke
- Gene Wilder in Bonnie and Clyde
- Patrick Magee in Marat/Sade
- Chishū Ryū in Japan's Longest Day
- Richard Crenna in Wait Until Dark
- Harry Andrews in The Deadly Affair
- Alec Guinness in The Comedians
- Richard Boone in Hombre
- Anthony Zerbe in Will Penny
- Hideyo Amamoto in Age of Assassins
- George Sanders in The Jungle Book
- Strother Martin in Cool Hand Luke
- Warren Oates in In The Heat of the Night
- James Earl Jones in The Comedians
- Jason Robards in Hour of the Gun
- Martin Balsam in Hombre
- Nigel Green in Tobruk
- Jeff Corey in In Cold Blood
- Phil Harris in The Jungle Book
- Eric Portman in The Whisperers
- Stanley Baker in Accident
- Roy Glenn in Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
- Charles Boyer in Barefoot in the Park
- J. Pat O'Malley in The Jungle Book
- Louis Sheldon William in In Our Mother's House
- Michael J. Pollard in Bonnie and Clyde
- Sebastian Cabot in The Jungle Book
- Go Kato in Samurai Rebellion
- George Peppard in Tobruk
- Francois Perier in Le Samourai
- Donald Pleasence in You Only Live Twice
- Charles McGraw in In Cold Blood
- Jason Robards in Divorce American Style
- Telly Savalas in The Dirty Dozen
- Jack Weston in Wait Until Dark
- Ben Johnson in Will Penny
- Fredric March in Hombre
- Ernest Borgnine in The Dirty Dozen
- Lee Majors in Will Penny
- Keenan Wynn in Point Blank
- Donald Sutherland in The Dirty Dozen
- Brock Peters in The Incident
- Sterling Holloway in The Jungle Book
- Bruce Dern in Will Penny
- Peter Lazer in Hombre
- Mark Lester in In Our Mother's House
- Takashi Shimura in Japan's Longest Day
- Christian Roberts in To Sir, With Love
- Rudy Vallee in How To Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
- Murray Hamilton in The Graduate
- Harry Morgan in The Flim-flam Man
- Larry Gates in In The Heat of the Night
- Beau Bridges in The Incident
- Donald Pleasence in The Night of the Generals
- Anthony James in In The Heat of the Night
- Buck Henry in The Graduate
- Tony Musante in The Incident
- Roy Kinnear in The Deadly Affair
- David Hemmings in Camelot
- Robert Ryan in Hour of the Gun
- Jon Gries in Will Penny
- Christopher Hewett in The Producers
- Jack Albertson in The Flim-flam Man
- Charles Gray in The Night of the Generals
- Charles Bronson in The Dirty Dozen
- Jack Gilford in The Incident
- John Cassavetes in The Dirty Dozen
- Michael Hordern in The Taming of the Shrew
- John Vernon in Point Blank
- Robert Ryan in The Dirty Dozen
- Peter Ustinov in The Comedians
- Van Johnson in Divorce American Style
- Desmond Llewelyn in You Only Live Twice
- Gary Merrill in The Incident
- Efrem Zimbalist in Wait Until Dark
- Michael York in The Taming of the Shrew
- Carroll O'Connor in Point Blank
- Barry Humphries in Bedazzled
- Jim Brown in The Dirty Dozen
- William Daniels in Two for the Road
- Charles Gray in You Only Live Twice
- Richard Jaeckel in The Dirty Dozen
- Anthony Teague in How To Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
- Keenan Wynn in The War Wagon
- Keir Dullea in The Fox
- Cecil Kellaway in Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
- William Daniels in The Graduate
- Peter Bull in Doctor Dolittle
- John Forsythe in In Cold Blood
- Phillipe Noiret in The Night of the Generals
- Howard Keel in The War Wagon
- Herb Edelman in Barefoot in the Park
- Geoffrey Holder in Doctor Dolittle
- Robert Walker in The War Wagon
- Tim Matheson in Divorce American Style
- Albert Salmi in Hour of the Gun
- Anthony Newley in Doctor Dolittle
- Laurence Naismith in Camelot
- William Dix in Doctor Dolittle
- Sammy Jackson in The Fastest Guitar Alive
- Denver Pyle in Bonnie and Clyde
- Franco Nero in Camelot
38 comments:
Would you consider Wait Until Dark to be Arkin's best performance?
Thoughts and ratings on:
Gene Wilder in Bonnie and Clyde
Tatsuya Nakadai in Samurai Rebellion
Alec Guinness in The Comedians
James Earl Jones in The Comedian
Jason Robards in Hour of the Gun
Anthony James in In the Heat of the Night
Also for 1977 lead,
Richard Dreyfus in Close Encounters of a Third Kind (highly recommended)
George Segal in Fun with Dick and Jane
George Burns in Oh God!
Michael Palin in Jabberwocky
Richard Dreyfuss in Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Paul Newman in Slap Shot
Jack Nance in Eraserhead
That's all I got.
Ahhhhh one of those uncomfortably fiveless years...I'm still glad Arkin won though, I thought he was the best of the bunch and maybe Louis will upgrade him in the future.
Robert Shaw-Black Sunday
James Coburn-Cross of Iron
Roy Scheider-Sorcerer
Richard Dreyfus-Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Jack Nance-Eraserhead
Ratings/thoughts on Mars and Shawn in the Producers
Suggestions
Richard Dreyfuss - Close Encounters
James Coburn - Cross of Iron
Mark Hamill - Star Wars
Jack Nance - Eraserhead
George Segal - Fun with Dick and Jane
Don't suppose anyone from A Bridge Too Far would be considered lead? I would like to see Caan, Hopkins, Connery or Olivier in supporting though
Harvey Keitel in The Duelists
Art Carney in The Late Show
John Gielgud in Providence
Richard Dreyfuss in Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Jack Nance in Eraserhead
Art Carney in The Late Show
Keith Carradine in The Duellists
Richard Dreyfuss in Close Encounters
Harvey Keitel in The Duellists
Paul Newman in Slap Shot
Others:
George Burns in Oh, God!
James Coburn in Cross of Iron
Mark Hamill in Star Wars
Jack Nance in Eraserhead
Al Pacino in Bobby Deerfield
Gregory Peck in MacArthur
I want to see one of Gielgud, because he said in an interview he considered it his only successful performance in film, or at least the only one he was happy with.
Great job. My suggestions:
-Paul Newman in Slap Shot
-Fernando Rey in That Obscure Object of Desire
-Art Carney in The Late Show
Boris Plotnikov - The Ascent
Anthony Hopkins - Audrey Rose
Charles Denner - The Man Who Loved Women
John Gielgud - Providence
Art Carney - The Late Show
Robert Shaw - Black Sunday
Denis Hooper - The American Friend
Bruno Ganz - The American Friend
Fernando Rey - Elisa, My Life
"The Duellists" boys and Jack Nance.
Louis, a rewatch of Wait Until Dark made you bump up Hepburn to a 4.5 or is she still a 4? Also, what are your ratings and thoughts on Piper Laurie in The Hustler?
Paul Newman - Slap Shot
Art Carney - The Late Show
Harvey Keitel - The Duellists
Jack Nance - Eraserhead
Robert Shaw - Black Sunday
For your consideration in 1977 Lead:
Alberto Sordi in "An Average Little Man" ("Un borghese piccolo piccolo)
Robert De Niro in New York, New York
Robert Shaw- Black Sunday
Louis, I really suggest Alberto Sordi in "An Average Little Man", he was amazing! Shelley Winters was also very good in it.
Jack Nance - The Ereaserhead
Mark Hamill - Star Wars
Richard Dreyfuss - Close Encounters...
Harvey Keitel - The Duelists
Art Carney - The Late Show
Can you give us some extended thoughts on Franco Nero in Camelot?
@Robert:I see you're in the mood for one of Louis' tirades :D
To quote the great Bison, OF COURSE!
1977 Lead:
Richard Dreyfuss, Close Encounters of the Third Kind
George Burns, Oh, God!
Robert De Niro, New York, New York
Paul Newman, Slap Shot
Keith Carradine & Harvey Keitel, The Duellists
Anthony Hopkins, Audrey Rose
Bruce Dern & Robert Shaw, Black Sunday
Anthony Quinn, The Message
Richard Chamberlain, The Last Wave
Al Pacino, Bobby Deerfield
Henry Winkler, Heroes
Rudolf Nureyev, Valentino
Gene Wilder, The World's Greatest Lover
@Luke: Sorry for taking a while to comment, I unfortunately didn't see the match as I was ill.
RatedRStar: That's fine, although I'm still fairly pissed off about it.
RatedRStar: Not you, the match itself.
Luke: I'll give my thoughts on the match. I thought it was tremendously entertaining. I'm an Everton supporter, so I can be pretty unbiased about the match and the result.
Chelsea was the slightly better team throughout, but United was definitely deserving of the draw. I say that because Mourinho's men were seemingly completely incapable of taking their chances. Sure, their goal came off the corner after De Gea's magnificent save (the GKs were both terrific and arguably the best player on the pitch for either team), but many of their other chances were squandered really rather atrociously.
I think it's very telling that United's only goal came off Di Maria's only well-taken dead ball delivery. United would have won if he had delivered better balls throughout the match.
The referee lost control of the match within the first 5 minutes, but I entirely disagree he was on United's side. Once he lost control and started giving cards right and left, it was really only a matter of time until someone got sent off. It just so happened that Chelsea played a more aggressive and physical match, so they suffered more.
It was rather unfortunate Ivanovic got sent off when he did, especially for a challenge as soft as it was (it was definitely a foul though), but given the challenges he had between his first and second yellows, he had it coming and should have been sent off 10-20 minutes earlier.
Worst Player on the Pitch: Juan Mata
Best Player on the Pitch: no idea (Marouane Fellaini was certainly the biggest surprise, though (in a good way))
Michael Patison: Your analysis is fair enough, although if Costa had played, we would've won 2-1, My feeling towards the ref is justified in a way since the English FA always influence referees in favoring sides like Utd & Liverpool because of their prestigious history and they see teams like Chelsea & even City as Enemies of football because of their wealth. I know I've said this before but in retrospect this result could help us a great deal with the Manchester Derby next Sunday, since City haven't been particularly great overall recently and a win for Utd over them would benefit us greatly in the long term.
Best Player:
Chelsea - Courtois or Matic
Man Utd - De Gea
Worst Player:
Man Utd - Mata
Chelsea - Mikel
I'll second Boris Plotnikov for The Ascent, but I'd say Vladimir Gostyukhin is just as good--arguably even better. Tremendous film.
A possible 5:
- Carney (The Late Show)
- James Coburn (Cross of Iron)
- Dreyfuss (CE3K)
- John Gielgud (Providence - definitely Dirk Bogarde for Supporting)
- Gostyukhin (The Ascent)
Also worth considering: Henry Winkler in Heroes, George C. Scott in Islands in the Stream, Rutger Hauer in Soldier of Orange, Bruno S. in Stroszek.
mcofra7:
Yes I would. Although I should give The Heart is a lonely Hunter another go.
Shawn - 4.5(His "pretty flower" is just wonderful as he does a loving beatnik routine undercut with such a vicious anger. Also he's great in his scenes as Hitler and makes the whole success of the play believable)
Mars - 4(Mars is quite funny as well though. He goes absurd enough with the character to make him funny without making him obnoxious. I particularly enjoyed his comparison of Churchill's dancing skills to Hitler's)
GetDolandSutherlandAnOscar:
Wilder - 4(The third best one scene wonder of 67, behind Attenborough and Jo Van Fleet, as Wilder is just such a enjoyable presence and manages to make his diversionary scene not seem like a waste, which it easily could have been with a lesser actor. Wilder's so enjoyable at doing nervous comedy and his delivery of the scene's punchline is perfect)
Nakadai - 4(I would not have minded a few more scenes between him and Mifune as I felt they have a great chemistry together. Nakadai's role really is not all that meaty but I don't think anyone could have played it better. He's the perfect adversary for Mifune with his kinda sneaky intensity that contrasts well against Mifune more upfront intensity. This time is interesting because they actually play friends this time and the two play an underlying understanding well. Nakadai has one particularly great moment where his character encourages Mifune not through his words but solely through Nakadai's performance. Also their showdown is of course outstanding)
Guinness - 4(The Comedians is a film that wastes so much potential from failing to utilizing Peter Ustinov in any way and forgetting the interesting characters played by Guinness and Jones to focus on some really boring scenes between Burton and Taylor. Guinness, even though he's underused, still creates a memorable portrait of a man who is defined by his boasting)
Jones - 3.5(Jones is wasted even more as his character is awkwardly introduced and then they fail to give his exit the right impact. Jones still gives an effective passionate portrayal of his character that does his best to try to give weight to the story of the film, even though the film doesn't seem to care)
Robards - 3.5(Well I must thank this performance for helping me to see just how perfect Val Kilmer was as Doc Holliday. Robards isn't bad though. He has some fine slightly adversarial type of dynamic with Garner while bringing and underlying warmth, and does have the right edge to the role. He doesn't make the role his own like Kilmer would eventually, but it's a fine performance from Robards)
James - 3(Ahh the man in two small but extremely important parts in two best picture winners. I like his scenes with Oates at the diner as he's quite enjoyably sleazy and trolling of him. His revelation scenes though are only okay. I don't think he's bad at all, but despite having the most intense revelation he makes a far more muted impact than Oates and Wilson do in their similair scenes)
Anonymous:
I think I'd still stay with a four for Hepburn.
Laurie - 3.5(She has some dynamite moments in her performance and I quite like her chemistry with Newman. Nevertheless her whole performance I feel does have a certain unneeded theatricality especially in her scenes with Scott. I feel her exit would have been more powerful if she became more resigned to it and less exploding towards it. Instead I feel the most moving part of that performance wise comes from Newman when he confronts Scott at the end.)
Robert:
Franco Nero - (Alright let's see where do I begin. I have to assume that Robert Goulet's Lancelot, which was in a more comedic version of the musical, played the part as in a overwhelmingly charming yet boisterous sorta way. Well that's not how Franco Nero plays part. He plays him as the wacky foreign guy who happens to be really good with the sword. I suppose Nero is kinda hilarious in some scenes like when he's threatening men with death, but he's not suppose to funny in those scenes. On the other hand when he's suppose to be funny well heh.....he's not. Even though he must have struck up some real life chemistry with Redgrave there's really none to be found here. He's completely charmless and does not even know how to lip synch well)
Louis what are your top 10 Alfred Hitchcock performances from the films you've reviewed so far?
1. James Stewart - Vertigo
2. Joan Fontaine - Rebecca
3. Teresa Wright - Shadow of a Doubt
4. Robert Walker - Strangers on a Train
5. Claude Rains - Notorious
6. Anthony Perkins - Psycho
7. Laurence Olivier - Rebecca
8. Tallulah Bankhead - Lifeboat
9. Joseph Cotten in - Shadow of a Doubt
10. Ray Milland - Dial M For Murder
If you don't mind could I have your thoughts on Wright and Bankhead?
Wright gives a wonderful dissection of her usual screen presence. She begins with a usual charming self as she's so wonderful in the brightness as the young Charlie only sees the best in the old one. She's extremely effective as she slowly loses this optimism and turns into a cynicism as the truth is revealed. Wright losing her sunny personality is truly striking to see.
Bankhead gives a traditionally scene stealing performance as she kinda gives a reverse of Wright's performance to be honest. Bankhead starts so cold and cool with her witty one liners dealt with the utmost efficiency. As the boat ride continues Bankhead is great as she slowly loses this callousness to reveal a greater sensitivity, and emotional poignancy.
Louis: Ummm...
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