Best screen perfs... not to be nominated

[broadway86]

Posted: 8/4/05 at 3:10am

Taking my cue from cruel_sandwich's latest thread-

What performances absolutely deserved Academy Award nominations... but didn't get them?

Malcolm McDowell, A Clockwork Orange - Pretty much the face of evil. But, seriously... A creepy, vivid, and irrepressible performance. His Alex manages to hold our attention, despite the horrible things he does.

Uma Thurman, Kill Bill: Vol. 2 - The quintessential action heroine. The Princess Leia/Ellen Ripley/Sarah Connor of the decade. She injected unforced charisma, athleticism, gravitas into this role, and the fact that she got zip for it is a crime. Even if you don't care for this film, keep this in mind: The character is an icon, and deservedly so. Moviegoers will remember her for decades.

Ewan McGregor, Moulin Rouge - In this crazy-ass spectacle of a movie, he generously donated to us his depth, warmth, determination, innocence, and charmingly untrained vocals. I'm fully convinced that he's the only actor in the world for this role.

Anthony Perkins, Psycho - An utterly original characterization. The constantly wandering eyes, the nervous chuckle, the menace, and the incessant candy chomping. A sympathetic villain.

I'm sure there's many more.
Updated On: 8/4/05 at 03:10 AM

[Garland Grrrl]

Posted: 8/4/05 at 8:57am

shirley maclaine is POSTCARDS FROM THE EDGE . that was criminal. a sin of ommission.

[Taryn]

Posted: 8/4/05 at 9:12am

I was insanely pissed when Sean Astin didn't get nominated for Return of the King.

[MisterRussell]

Posted: 8/4/05 at 9:16am

I agree with Sean Astin's snub...That is, he deserved a nomination. Also, the biggest sin ever was Hank Azaria not getting naminated for THE BIRDCAGE!

[baddadnpa]

Posted: 8/4/05 at 9:27am

I realize I am breaking the rule of the thread, but the biggest Academy Award omission has to be Grace Kelly winning over Judy Garland's performance in A Star Is Born, which of course, she was nominated for.

This is the biggest Academy Award f*ck up in the history of the world.

[ConvinceMe2]

Posted: 8/4/05 at 10:03am

I agree with Perkins in PSYCHO. Also, Kathy Bates in DOLORES CLAIBORNE and Julie Andrews in STAR!, DUET FOR ONE and THAT'S LIFE, Robert Shaw in JAWS, Gary Oldman in SID AND NANCY.

I'm sure there are more, but these spring readily to mind.

[Marquise]

Posted: 8/4/05 at 10:20am

DOLLY READ in "Beyond the Valley of the Dolls".
She wuz robbed I tell ya.

[ConvinceMe2]

Posted: 8/4/05 at 10:29am

Especially with her line delivery of "I'm a capitalist, baby. I work for a living, not suck off somebody else."

[Marquise]

Posted: 8/4/05 at 10:31am

That along with "Ferns in the biffy? Class!", "Up yours ratso!" and "I'll take 1/2 a million dollars man! And not a penny less!"

Oh and who could forget....

"Porter, why don't you lose your laundry?"

[JohnPopa]

Posted: 8/4/05 at 10:38am

Russell Crowe in LA Confidential.

[Borstalboy]

Posted: 8/4/05 at 11:37am

Check out Jennifer Jason Leigh's performance in the B-movie thriller HEART OF MIDNIGHT. Her best performance.

Also, the forever underrated Martha Plimpton in EYE OF GOD.

Chloe Webb and Gary Oldman in SID AND NANCY

Maggie Smith in THE LONELY PASSION OF JUDITH HEARNE (her best film performance)

Dustin Hoffman in STRAIGHT TIME

[broadway86]

Posted: 8/4/05 at 12:14pm

Wait a minute... Maggie Smith wasn't nominated for ...Judith Hearne? What is wrong with people?!

[Michael Bennett]

Posted: 8/4/05 at 12:18pm

Entertainment Weekley did a huge story on this last year:

Some included, that I agree with:

Judy Garland, OZ

and more recently:

Jennifer Connolly, REQUIEM FOR A DREAM
Michelle Yeoh, CROUCHING TIGER

[Rentaholic2]

Posted: 8/4/05 at 12:25pm

Judy wasn't even NOMINATED for OZ?

I concur with Perkins in Psycho.

This may sound dumb, but Jim Carrey in The Grinch.

[broadwaystar2b]

Posted: 8/4/05 at 1:41pm

Eugene Levy in A Mighty Wind

[MusicalDirector109]

Posted: 8/4/05 at 1:56pm

Donald Sutherland in "Ordinary People" - a very wonderful performance.

[doodlenyc]

Posted: 8/4/05 at 2:10pm

Judy got a special small oscar as Best Juvenile Performance for Oz, but didnt get a nomination.

Agree most strongly so far with Jennifer Connelly in Requiem for a Dream...should've been up for best pic, too.

[MargoChanning]

Posted: 8/4/05 at 2:12pm

Mark Ruffalo in "You Can Count On Me"

[melissa errico fan]

Posted: 8/4/05 at 2:14pm

Dennis Quaid and Patricia Clarkson (Far From Heaven)
Jennifer Jason Leigh (Georgia)
Jennifer Connelly (Requien for a Dream and House of Sand and Fog)
Gael Garcia Bernal (The Motorcycle Diaries)
Scarlett Johansson (Lost in Translation)
Liam Neeson and Peter Sarsgaard (Kinsey)
Maggie Gyllenhaal (Secretary)

Just a few recent examples. I'll post more as I think of them.
Updated On: 8/4/05 at 02:14 PM

[NCGuy]

Posted: 8/4/05 at 2:34pm

Marilyn Monroe in "Some Like it Hot"

More recently, Reese Witherspoon in "Election" (hell, I would have given her an Oscar for "Freeway"), and Ian Holm and Sarah Polley in "The Sweet Hereafter."

And I second Kathy Bates for "Dolores Claiborne," but I’d like to add Jennifer Jason Leigh and (especially) Judy Parfitt.

[PJ]

Posted: 8/4/05 at 3:01pm

Jack Nicholson in "The Shining." His being over the top is more than effective.

[broadway86]

Posted: 8/4/05 at 3:06pm

In recent years...

Gael Garcia Bernal, Bad Education
Paul Giamatti, Sideways
Sean Penn, The Assassination of Richard Nixon
Peter Sarsgaard, Shattered Glass
Jeff Bridges, The Door in the Floor
Julie Delpy, Before Sunset
Sigourney Weaver, Imaginary Heroes
David Carradine, Kill Bill: Vol. 2
Laura Dern, We Don't Live Here Anymore
Natalie Portman, Garden State
Cloris Leachman, Spanglish
Angela Bettis, May
Jennifer Connelly, House of Sand and Fog
Scarlett Johansson, Girl with a Pearl Earring
Jamie Lee Curtis, Freaky Friday (There, I said it!)
Frances McDormand, Laurel Canyon
Geraldine McEwan, The Magdalene Sisters
Catherine O'Hara, A Mighty Wind
Robin Williams, One Hour Photo
Jennifer Aniston, The Good Girl
Maggie Gyllenhaal, Secretary
Dennis Quaid, Far from Heaven
David Hyde-Pierce, Full Frontal
Samantha Morton, Minority Report
Michelle Pfeiffer, White Oleander
Susan Sarandon, Moonlight Mile
Emily Mortimer, Lovely & Amazing
Haley Joel Osment, AI: Artificial Intelligence
Billy Bob Thornton, The Man Who Wasn't There
Stockard Channing, The Business of Strangers
Charlotte Rampling, Under the Sand
Tilda Swinton, The Deep End
Naomi Watts, Mulholland Drive
Steve Buscemi, Ghost World
Steve Zahn, Riding in Cars with Boys
Cameron Diaz, Vanilla Sky
Frances O'Connor, AI: Artificial Intelligence
Uma Thurman, Tape
Christian Bale, American Psycho
Billy Crudup, Jesus' Son
Colin Farrell, Tigerland
Dan Futterman, Urbania
Michael Douglas, Wonder Boys
Gillian Anderson, The House of Mirth
Michelle Pfeiffer, What Lies Beneath
Bjork, Dancer in the Dark
Renee Zellweger, Nurse Betty
Bruce Greenwood, Thirteen Days
Ian Holm, Joe Gould's Secret
Mark Ruffalo, You Can Count on Me
Fred Willard, Best in Show
Jennifer Connelly, Requiem for a Dream
Kirsten Dunst, The Virgin Suicides
Lupe Ontiveros, Chuck&Buck
Zhang Ziyi, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Matt Damon, The Talented Mr. Ripley
Diane Lane, A Walk on the Moon
Sigourney Weaver, A Map of the World
Reese Witherspoon, Election
Nicole Kidman, Eyes Wide Shut
Jessica Lange, Titus
Gwyneth Paltrow, The Talented Mr. Ripley
Patricia Arquette, Bringing Out the Dead
Sarah Polley, Go
Sean Penn, Hurlyburly
Warren Beatty, Bulworth
Susan Sarandon, Stepmom
Holly Hunter, Living Out Loud
Mike Myers, 54
Dylan Baker, Happiness
Bill Murray, Rushmore
Jason Patric, Your Friends & Neighbors
Joan Allen, Pleasantville
Debbi Morgan, Eve's Bayou
Angelina Jolie, Playing by Heart
Lisa Kudrow, The Opposite of Sex



Updated On: 8/4/05 at 03:06 PM