Sunday, 2 March 2025

Alternate Best Supporting Actor 1986

And the Nominees Were Not:

John Goodman in True Stories

Dean Stockwell in Blue Velvet

Alan Ruck in Ferris Bueller's Day Off

Ray Liotta in Something Wild

Clancy Brown in Highlander

Chow Yun-Fat in A Better Tomorrow

Tom Noonan in Manhunter

Rutger Hauer in The Hitcher

Michael Caine in Mona Lisa

David Bowie in Labyrinth

43 comments:

Anonymous said...

Louis no. 1 for Best Actor winning the Oscar twice in a row. When's the last time that happened?

Anonymous said...

^And if you go back to Hopkins, that's three out of the last five that have matched.

Luke Higham said...

Films To Watch
The Mission (Re-Watch)
Aliens (Re-Watch)
Castle In The Sky
Labyrinth
Thérèse
Peking Opera Blues
52 Pick-Up
From Beyond
Ginger And Fred
Mauvais Sang
Duet For One
Dust In The Wind
Desert Hearts
The Horse Thief
She's Gotta Have It
The Beekeeper
Caravaggio
Lady Jane
His Motorbike, Her Island
Dead Man's Letters

Luke Higham said...

1. Liotta
2. Stockwell
3. Brown
4. Goodman
5. Ruck

1. Noonan
2. Hauer
3. Caine
4. Bowie
5. Chow

Anonymous said...

Last time was 84/85 Abraham/Hurt.

Calvin Law said...

Pretty disappointed in Torres not winning (though Madison is deserving), but it was a pretty good night. Perez underperforming, I'm Still Here winning in International Film, and just generally some pretty good winners.

I'll need to watch Highlander before making these predictions.

Luke Higham said...

Louis: And a re-watch of Little Shop Of Horrors.

Robert MacFarlane said...

1. Ruck (if he doesn’t get a 5, I’ll eat my hat)
2. Stockwell
3. Liotta
4. Goodman
5. Brown

1. Noonan
2. Hauer
3. Caine
4. Chow
5. Bowie (wouldn’t be shocked if you skip a review)

J96 said...

The Memoriam left out Alain Delon, Olivia Hussey, Michelle Trachtwnberg and Shannen Doherty.

Anonymous said...

Luke, rating predictions.

J96 said...

Louis, how do you rank the Best Director Nominees of the Decade so far?

Harris Marlowe said...

Louis, could you rewatch Star Trek IV before the round is over?

Luke Higham said...

Anonymous: I'd rather see how it plays out though I hope Brown gets a 4.5, the best fantasy villain performance of the 80s.

Emi Grant said...

1. Liotta
2. Stockwell
3. Goodman
4. Ruck
5. Brown

1. Hauer
2. Caine
3. Bowie
4. Noonan
5. Chow

Anonymous said...

Louis: thoughts on Conan hosting? Thought he was great.

Matt Mustin said...

Louis: Thoughts on Adrien Brody's speech?

Tahmeed Chowdhury said...

Matt: I thought it was pretty disrespectful to Salles and a lot of below the line winners to have their speeches cut short while Brody was allowed to ramble on and on. Great actor, but great orator, he is not.

Ytrewq Wertyq said...

1. Stockwell
2. Liotta
3. Brown
4. Ruck
5. Goodman

1. Noonan
2. Caine
3. Chow
4. Hauer
5. Bowie

Matt Mustin said...

Tahmeed: I might've found "I've done this before" charming if it was ANYONE else, but he has no charm in his entire being.

Calvin Law said...

One of the funnier things is Sean Baker's three speeches combined I don't think even came close to the length of Brody's. And also waving off the orchestra to say nothing substantial in particular.

Wasn't crazy about Saldana or Culkin's speeches either. In contrast, Madison's was nicely simple and sweet and by far the best of any of the actors.

Tony Kim said...

Louis, your thoughts on the ceremony as a whole?

Tony Kim said...

Calvin: Regarding the winners - I feel like they've definitely become more cinephile-friendly the past few years, starting with the EEAAO sweep.

Matt Mustin said...

I'm gonna wait for the first review to make predictions

Marcus said...

Happy overall with most of the winners. Wish I could have seen Madison and the Anora BP wins live, which I'll blame Brody and Hulu for fucking up.

Luke Higham said...

Louis: If there's a possibility of Matlin going up for Children Of A Lesser God, could you give it a re-watch as well.

Maciej said...

1.Stockwell
2.Liotta
3.Ruck
4.Goodman
5.Brown

1.Noonan
2.Caine
3.Chow
4.Bowie
5.Hauer

Calvin Law said...

Alright, here's mine:

1. Stockwell
2. Liotta
3. Ruck
4. Goodman
5. Brown

1. Noonan
2. Chow
3. Caine
4. Hauer
5. Bowie

Razor said...

1. Liotta
2. Stockwell
3. Ruck
4. Goodman
5. Brown

1. Noonan
2. Hauer
3. Caine
4. Chow
5. Bowie

Anonymous said...

Louis: Your thoughts on William Forsythe, Charlie Cox, Bobby Cannavale, Meg Chambers Steedle and Christopher McDonald in Boardwalk Empire.

Tim said...

1) Liotta
2) Stockwell
3) Ruck
4) Brown
5) Goodman


1) Noonan
2) Caine
3) Chow
4) Bowie
5) Hauer

Louis Morgan said...

Anonymous:

I thought he was hilarious, I would love to see him return with a better produced show.

Matt:

Rambling and self-indulgent. Which is a shame because if he had left it off with just his first half it would've been decent but he just kept going.

Tony:

The pacing was especially terrible here and I hate how the producers so consistently fail to find a balance. Rather than consider extra length for speeches they end up giving the shaft to the later non-overly famous winners, I mean the fact that Salles was rushed along was especially egregious. And part of the problem was the musical performances, which I like Bond but there was no need for that song set, despite it being largely well done, Quincy Jones deserves the shoutout but again throwing in a song from the Wiz so late just derailed any momentum. I honestly think all musical performances should be contained to the first half and should amount to no more than 10 minutes worth of the show's runtime, because at the end of the day the reason everyone is there is to see the winners, which should remain the priority. Conan being actually funny did keep things from being a terrible show on the whole, so while choosing him as host was a great choice, many of their other choices were questionable at best.

Anonymous said...

Louis how would you rank the winners this year?

Luke Higham said...

I'm so glad I didn't stay up to watch it live.

Louis Morgan said...

Anonymous:

I'm Still Here
Adrien Brody
The Brutalist (Best Original Score)
The Brutalist (Best Cinematography)
The Substance (Best Makeup)
Dune Part II (Best VFX)
Mikey Madison
Dune Part II (Best Sound)
Sean Baker (Best Director)
Anora (Best Picture)
Anora (Best Original Screenplay)
Anora (Best Editing)
Flow
Wicked (Best Production Design)
Wicked (Best Costume Design)
Conclave (Best Adapted Screenplay)
Kieran Culkin
Zoe Saldana
"El Mal"

Perfectionist said...

1. Ruck
2. Stockwell
3. Liotta
4. Goodman
5. Brown

1. Noonan
2. Hauer
3. Caine
4. Chow
5. Bowie (wouldn’t be shocked if you skip a review)

Lucas Saavedra said...

Louis: Is there a chance you could review John C. McGinley in Platoon?

Jonathan Williams said...

I'll give my predictions on the first two reviews.

Louis: What did you think of Garfield/Hawn and Morgan Freeman's tribute to Gene Hackman.

Anonymous said...

Louis: may I ask what your ranking would be for the 23 performances between the now 11 actors who've won the Best Actor Oscar multiple times?

RatedRStar said...

1) Liotta
2) Stockwell
3) Ruck
4) Brown
5) Goodman

1) Noonan
2) Caine
3) Chow
4) Hauer
5) Bowie

Anonymous said...

Just to add some clarity to my question: the 23 performances I'm referring to are the winning performances between the 11 actors who've won the Best Actor Oscar multiple times

RujK said...

1. Stockwell
2. Liotta
3. Ruck
4. Goodman
5. Brown

1. Caine
2. Noonan
3. Hauer
4. Bowie
5. Chow

Michael Patison said...

Possibly splitting hairs, but I don't think Bye Bye Birdie was original to the movie.

BRAZINTERMA said...

5º Clancy Brown
4º John Goodman
3º Dean Stockwell
2º Ray Liotta
1º Alan Ruck

5º Chow Yun-Fat
4º David Bowie
3º Rutger Hauer
2º Tom Noonan
1º Michael Caine