Is this even for an audition? From the OP's request, I thought it was to study the scene for film class, not to re-enact it.
I loved World's Greatest Dad.
Robin Williams is so underrated in that movie.
To make that character relatable despite what he does is no small feat.
Diane Keaton in "Something's Gotta Give."
Diane Keaton in "Something's Gotta Give."
Oh, right. I imagined the audition.
Still.
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Diane Keaton in the bathtub in SHOOT THE MOON.
Just because
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Clark Cable's tearful breakdown late in Gone With the Wind, after the death of Rhett's daughter Bonnie. He initially refused to play the scene as written, saying that crying would hurt his image (and most likely afraid of attempting it). Co-star Olivia de Havilland is credited with convincing him to at least try, after director Victor Fleming agreed to shoot the scene both ways. Later, looking at the rushes, there was no question in anyone's mind which take was superior.
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Also, Louise Rainer's very famous "telephone scene" from The Great Ziegfeld, 1936. Playing Ziegfeld's first wife Anna Held, she phones him and seemingly happily congratulates him on his new marriage to Billie Burke. In reality, she is secretly still very much in love him and tears are pouring down her cheeks as she wishes him well.
Although her efforts now look very affected and dated to many, at the time the scene created a sensation and was widely credited with winning her that year's best actress Oscar. It became the prototype for many such scenes in later Hollywood films.
The Great Ziegfeld (1936) Telephone scene w/ Luise Rainer
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The first thing that popped into my head was the graveside scene in Steel Magnolias, too Taz.
Judy Garland's dressing room scene in "A Star Is Born." Stunning.
"Love isn't enough."
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The Way We Were --- the scene where Barbra and Robert Redford have split up (this was in NY, prior to moving to Hollywood). She calls him up on the phone to ask him to come over to the apartment. She says she needs to talk to her best friend, and he is her best friend.
Maria Falconetti, JEANNE D'ARC
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