The Oscar Race - Best Actor
The Oscar Race - Best Actor
#0The Oscar Race - Best Actor
Posted: 12/8/04 at 5:00pm
Let's compile a list of actors you believe to be still in contention for a Oscar nomination for Best Actor. Then we will shrink the list down to five.
List of contenders (edited daily):
Kevin Bacon (The Woodsman)
Javier Bardem (The Sea Inside)
Jeff Bridges (The Door in the Floor)
Billy Crudup (Stage Beauty)
Jim Carrey (Eternal Sunshine)
Don Cheadle (Hotel Rwanda)
Johnny Depp (Finding Neverland)
Leonardo DiCaprio (The Aviator)
Jamie Foxx (Ray)
Paul Giamatti (Sideways)
Clive Owen (Closer)
Liam Neeson (Kinsey)
Denzel Washington (Man on Fire)
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--Aristotle
Updated On: 12/8/04 at 05:00 PM
--Aristotle
Type_A_Tiff
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#1re: The Oscar Race - Best Actor
Posted: 12/8/04 at 5:02pmAll of those, and maybe Kevin Bacon in The Woodsman?
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Spooky
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#2re: The Oscar Race - Best Actor
Posted: 12/8/04 at 5:05pm
Billy Crudup -
Jim Carrey-Eternal Sunshine
Clive Owen -Closer
Updated On: 12/8/04 at 05:05 PM
Type_A_Tiff
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/25/04
#3re: The Oscar Race - Best Actor
Posted: 12/8/04 at 5:06pmDon Cheadle in Hotel Rwanda.
"It's not always about you!!!" (But if you think I'm referring to you anyway, then I probably am.)
"Good luck returning my ass!" - Wilhemina Slater
"This is my breakfast, lunch and f***ing dinner right here. I'm not even f***in' joking." - Colin Farrell
"Good luck returning my ass!" - Wilhemina Slater
"This is my breakfast, lunch and f***ing dinner right here. I'm not even f***in' joking." - Colin Farrell
#4re: The Oscar Race - Best Actor
Posted: 12/8/04 at 5:06pm
Jim Carrey (even though I am sure he will be snubbed)
I hope Depp gets it. Once again I think he is nominated for the wrong movie but hopefully they can reward his body of work. But hollywood has to give him the award for the safe movie.
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DAME
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/15/04
#5re: The Oscar Race - Best Actor
Posted: 12/8/04 at 5:09pmjamie Fox
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Jon
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/20/04
#6re: The Oscar Race - Best Actor
Posted: 12/8/04 at 5:09pm
Leo DiCaprio for Aviator
Paul Giamatti for Sideways
CJR
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/14/03
#7re: The Oscar Race - Best Actor
Posted: 12/8/04 at 5:09pmDenzel Washington for Man on Fire
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Broadway Legend Joined: 2/9/04
#8re: The Oscar Race - Best Actor
Posted: 12/8/04 at 5:14pmCJR....do say you are kidding. Please.
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CJR
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/14/03
#9re: The Oscar Race - Best Actor
Posted: 12/8/04 at 5:15pm
Nope. I really liked that movie. Didnt think I was going to like it at all, had no desire to see it despite Denzel being in it. A friend convinced me to see it and I loved it. Thought he gave a great performance.
(psh, I dont see many movies -- dont have the time)
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If in Heaven you don't excel, you can always party down in hell...
DAME
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/15/04
#10re: The Oscar Race - Best Actor
Posted: 12/8/04 at 5:23pm
Morgan Freeman- Million Dollar baby
Clive Owen - closer-
leonardo- Aviator
but still......... Jamie Fox gets my nod. And I actually get to vote.
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Borstalboy
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/9/04
#11re: The Oscar Race - Best Actor
Posted: 12/8/04 at 5:24pmDarling Dame...you get to vote...how divine! Why?
"Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small men who find it easier to live in the world they've been given than to explore the power they have to change it. Impossible is not a fact. It's an opinion. Impossible is not a declaration. It's a dare. Impossible is potential. Impossible is temporary. Impossible is nothing.”
~ Muhammad Ali
DAME
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/15/04
#12re: The Oscar Race - Best Actor
Posted: 12/8/04 at 5:28pmWell; let me clarify; my husband gets to vote. But it is my vote. he has been a member of the academy for about 6 years now.
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#13re: The Oscar Race - Best Actor
Posted: 12/8/04 at 5:47pmmleh I hope Johnny Depp wins, I'm seeing the movie soon and I heard we was absolutley great in it! (sp on absolutley..)
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#14re: The Oscar Race - Best Actor
Posted: 12/8/04 at 5:49pmSo; why do you hpe he wins if you haven't seen the movie yet? Simply because youlike him? I would think yu would want to look at his work in the picture before saying something like that.
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#15re: The Oscar Race - Best Actor
Posted: 12/8/04 at 5:50pm
okay sorry, ill elaborate
i thought he was great in POTC, and everything else he's done, I havent seen all of his movies, but Ive seen plenty
"It's a great feeling of power to be naked in front of people. We're happy to watch actual incredible graphic violence and gore, but as soon as somebody's naked it seems like the public goes a bit bananas about the whole thing."
Iris Chacon
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/9/04
#16re: The Oscar Race - Best Actor
Posted: 12/8/04 at 5:56pmOk. Thats cool. He is very good in Finding neveralnd. You won be dissapointed. There are just alot of richer performances out there.
Kiss it baby. Kiss it now!
DAME
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/15/04
#17re: The Oscar Race - Best Actor
Posted: 12/8/04 at 6:10pmJamie Fox seems to be the favorite. However Leonardo is so good in Aviator that he just might walk away with it.
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#18re: The Oscar Race - Best Actor
Posted: 12/8/04 at 7:04pmI haven't seen The Aviator but I've got a soft spot for Leo so I'd love to see him win. It looks like a great film and I've heard amazing things about his performance.
#19re: The Oscar Race - Best Actor
Posted: 12/8/04 at 7:36pm
If the Oscars were up to me, these would be my nominees:
Kevin Bacon, The Woodsman
Javier Bardem, The Sea Inside
Jeff Bridges, The Door in the Floor
Billy Crudup, Stage Beauty
Jamie Foxx, Ray (would win)
Updated On: 12/8/04 at 07:36 PM
SueleenGay
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/9/03
#20re: The Oscar Race - Best Actor
Posted: 12/8/04 at 7:42pmPaul Giamatti for Sideways. Brilliant performance. Funny and heartbreaking at the same time.
PEACE.
DAME
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/15/04
#23re: The Oscar Race - Best Actor
Posted: 12/8/04 at 7:46pm
I think Clive is gonna be a sure fire, but in Supporting actor. I think he's gonna win it too.
Tiff?? Who's boobs are those?
#24re: The Oscar Race - Best Actor
Posted: 12/8/04 at 7:52pm
I have to go with Johnny Depp for this. Not only is his film better than Ray, but it's his time.
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