Tuesday 14 April 2020

Alternate Best Supporting Actor 1978

And the Nominees Were Not:

Barry Bostwick in Movie Movie

Bruce Dern in The Driver

Yaphet Kotto in Blue Collar

Christopher Plummer in The Silent Partner

Scott Reiniger in Dawn of the Dead

39 comments:

Aidan Pittman said...

1. Dern
2. Reiniger
3. Kotto
4. Plummer
5. Bostwick

Luke Higham said...

1. Kotto
2. Plummer
3. Bostwick
4. Dern
5. Reiniger

Everyone's a 4 or higher

Tahmeed Chowdhury said...

1. Kotto
2. Plummer
3. Bostwick
4. Kotto
5. Reiniger

Luke Higham said...

Tahmeed: Wow, 2 Kottos being reviewed. :)

Robert MacFarlane said...

1. Plummer
2. Kotto
3. Dern
4. Bostwick
5. Reiniger

Mitchell Murray said...

5) Reiniger
4) Bostwick
3) Dern
2) Kotto
1) Plummer

Michael McCarthy said...

Which cut of Dawn of the Dead are you going off of?

Louis Morgan said...

Michael:

139 minute "director's cut".

Also if you're watching Movie Movie, I'd recommend skipping the first black and white boxing half, and just go straight to the musical portion, Bostwick is barely in the first half, and the second segment is considerably better than the first.

Luke Higham said...

Louis: With that Bergman performances list, I feel that Ullmann in Face To Face would be higher if you were able to see the full version.

Michael Patison said...

Interesting group.

1. Christopher Plummer
2. Yaphet Kotto
3. Barry Bostwick
4. Bruce Dern
5. Scott Reiniger

Luke Higham said...

And your rating and thoughts on Alan Bates in An Unmarried Woman.

Luke Higham said...

I must say, I'm happy you've grown to like Bergman overtime because at one point, you weren't sure whether his work would be to your liking.

Anonymous said...

Luke, with you being a big fan of Ingmar Bergman, what would be your overall thoughts on him as a filmmaker?

Luke Higham said...

Possibly the greatest Actors director of all-time, the themes of Faith and Death are at some of their most prevalent in his works that I've long found greatly intriguing. Has one of the all-time great Director-Cinematographer collaborations with Sven Nykvist, Fanny And Alexander's one of my all-time favourite films and I'm thankful for his discovery of Max Von Sydow.

And Woody Allen should never be spoken in the same breath as him.

Anonymous said...

Luke, thanks. What about when someone needs to bring up Woody Allens' films to highlight what makes Bergmans' great? :)

Tahmeed Chowdhury said...

Luke: Damn, I missed that xD :)

1. Kotto
2. Plummer
3. Botswick
4. Dern
5. Reiniger

Luke Higham said...

Louis: During the Supporting round, could you watch:
Damien: Omen II
A Wedding
Doomed Love
The Meetings Of Anna
Violette Nozière
The Fury (De Palma/Kirk Douglas)
Drunken Master
The Big Fix
The Last Waltz
Percevel
Empire Of Passion
The Demon
The Betsy
Fedora
Eyes Of Laura Mars
Convoy

Luke Higham said...

Anonymous: I can accept that. But if anyone thinks Allen's on Bergman's level, they must be smoking crack.

Robert MacFarlane said...

*whispers softly* Maybe upgrade John Vernon

Anonymous said...

Luke, fair enough. Your rating predictions for this lineup?

Luke Higham said...

Louis: And if you haven't already, a re-watch of The Deer Hunter for a John Savage upgrade.

Luke Higham said...

Kotto - 4.5
Plummer - 4.5
Bostwick - 4.5
Dern - 4/4.5
Reiniger - 4/4.5

Tim said...

5) Bostwick
4) Plummer
3) Reiniger
2) Kotto
1) Dern

Maciej said...

1.Kotto
2.Dern
3.Plummer
4.Reiniger
%.Bostwick

Matt Mustin said...

I really have no idea, but I'd love to see Plummer get a win.

Luke Higham said...

Matt: What would you give him for Remember.

Matt Mustin said...

Luke: A five, but it's really not a good movie at all.

Luke Higham said...

Louis: Thoughts on 'Burning Bush' from The Prince Of Egypt.

Luke Higham said...

Matt: I do hope he gets a five for something, an actor with that great reputation shouldn't be forever fiveless. Aside from The Silent Partner and Remember, I only have him down for reviews in The Fall Of The Roman Empire and Murder By Decree.

Matt Mustin said...

Luke: To be fair, to really appreciate him fully, you need to his stage work. His Prospero was life-changing for me.

Mitchell Murray said...

So I took Louis' advice today and watched "Kiss of the Spider Woman", which I ended up liking quite a bit. Long story short, I thought it was an intriguing and smartly handled story, especially given the time period and how that could've affected some of its subject matter.

Hurt - 5 (Brilliant performance)
Juilia - 5 ("I share this with Raul" indeed)

Shaggy Rogers said...

1. Kotto
2. Dern
3. Plummer
4. Reiniger
5. Bostwick

PS: none of these guys can take down Christopher Walken

Luke Higham said...

Louis: Your top 5 performances directed by Tom Hooper.

Michael Patison said...

So Scott Reiniger is a literal Afghan prince. Evidently one of his ancestors received the title after pledging military support to a regional ruler.

Anonymous said...

Louis and Luke, in your opinions, why do you think Tom Hoopers’ TV work is better than their film output (excluding The Damned United)?

Louis Morgan said...

Luke:

Gorgeous ethereal work from Zimmer, that manages to create sort of a sense of the biblical epics of old, with that of a modern rendition in the form of in terms of the choices. It is beautifully layered work, particularly in his use of voices, that open the song in more quiet type rather than the grand vocals typically associated with an epic. This of course seguing towards a real splendor and grandeur to be expected from what the Bush represents.

1. Helen Mirren - Elizabeth I
2. Jeremy Irons - Elizabeth I
3. Laura Linney - John Adams
4. Paul Giamatti - John Adams
5. Tom Wilkinson - John Adams

Anonymous:

Best guess is egotism, as any interview suggests a complete lack of self-awareness, and the quality of his work proceeded inversely with stature as a director.

Luke Higham said...

Louis: Are Linney and Giamatti 4.5 or 5 equivalents.

Calvin Law said...


1. Kotto
2. Plummer
3. Bostwick
4. Reiniger
5. Dern

Razor said...

1. Kotto
2. Plummer
3. Dern
4. Bostwick
5. Reiniger