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re: I'm sure this has been covered but what's the greatest single acting performance
Posted on 4/6/14 at 6:46 pm to beaver
Posted on 4/6/14 at 6:46 pm to beaver
I'd go with Peter O'Toole as TE Lawrence. It's just a tragedy he and Peck had to compete against one another, which is also a Top 10 performance in my mind.
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Posted on 4/6/14 at 8:06 pm to beaver
The guy in "V" for vendetta . Agent smith. Never giving a facial expression yet able to convey emotion
Posted on 4/6/14 at 8:09 pm to beaver
Paul Newman in Slap Shot
Posted on 4/6/14 at 9:18 pm to beaver
Christoper Lambert - Mortal Kombat
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Posted on 4/6/14 at 11:18 pm to beaver
It's a tie.
Nick Cage and John Travolta in Face off
Nick Cage and John Travolta in Face off
Posted on 4/7/14 at 12:43 am to beaver
Not the best really, but Joe Pesci in Goodfellas is friggin awesome. He was legitimately terrifying in that movie, and he's just a little, brillo-headed, pudgy dude.
Posted on 4/7/14 at 4:18 am to beaver
A couple of my favorites are Ed Norton in American History X and Ian McShane in Deadwood.
Posted on 4/7/14 at 7:39 am to beaver
Posted on 4/7/14 at 8:33 am to beaver
J.Stewart in 'Mr Smith Goes to Washington'
Others:
V.Leigh in 'GWTW'
M.Brando in 'On The Waterfront'
H.Fonda and LJ Cobb in '12 Angry Men'
P.Newman and G.Kennedy in 'Cool Hand Luke'
D.Hoffman in 'Midnight Cowboy'
W.Macy in 'Edmond'
R.Carlyle in 'Angela's Ashes'
L.DiCaprio in 'Shutter Island'
B.Thornton in 'Sling Blade'
M.Freeman in 'Shawshank'
M.Duncan in 'The Green Mile'
R.Hauer in 'The Hitcher'
A. Hopkins in 'Silence of the Lambs'
R.Deniro in 'Awakenings'
K.Bates in 'Misery'
D.Hoffman in 'Tootsie' and 'Rain Man'
D.Washington in 'Philadelphia'
R.Williams in 'Dead Poet's Society'
Others:
V.Leigh in 'GWTW'
M.Brando in 'On The Waterfront'
H.Fonda and LJ Cobb in '12 Angry Men'
P.Newman and G.Kennedy in 'Cool Hand Luke'
D.Hoffman in 'Midnight Cowboy'
W.Macy in 'Edmond'
R.Carlyle in 'Angela's Ashes'
L.DiCaprio in 'Shutter Island'
B.Thornton in 'Sling Blade'
M.Freeman in 'Shawshank'
M.Duncan in 'The Green Mile'
R.Hauer in 'The Hitcher'
A. Hopkins in 'Silence of the Lambs'
R.Deniro in 'Awakenings'
K.Bates in 'Misery'
D.Hoffman in 'Tootsie' and 'Rain Man'
D.Washington in 'Philadelphia'
R.Williams in 'Dead Poet's Society'
This post was edited on 4/7/14 at 9:49 am
Posted on 4/7/14 at 8:56 am to beaver
Old school (it helps that these are all great movies.):
Gary Cooper - Sergeant York
William Powell in any of "The Thin Man" movies
William Powell in Bringing Up Father
Frederic March in The Best Years of Our Lives (Dana Andrews and Harold Russell were excellent in this as well - Russell won a special Oscar, in addition to the Supporting Actor and had not acted previously).
Bogey in Casablanca, Treasure of the Sierra Madre, African Queen and The Caine MutinyGable in It Happened One Night
Welles in Citizen Kane (remember, he wrote, directed, produced and starred)
Max Schell - Judgment at Nuremburg (see also, Spencer Tracy, Marelene Dietrich, Burt Lancaster, Richard Widmark, Montgomery Clift and Judy Garland in that same film - in fact, if you want to see a film that is loaded with great performances, big and small, from top shelf actors - that is the one to which I would point.)
Gary Cooper - Sergeant York
William Powell in any of "The Thin Man" movies
William Powell in Bringing Up Father
Frederic March in The Best Years of Our Lives (Dana Andrews and Harold Russell were excellent in this as well - Russell won a special Oscar, in addition to the Supporting Actor and had not acted previously).
Bogey in Casablanca, Treasure of the Sierra Madre, African Queen and The Caine MutinyGable in It Happened One Night
Welles in Citizen Kane (remember, he wrote, directed, produced and starred)
Max Schell - Judgment at Nuremburg (see also, Spencer Tracy, Marelene Dietrich, Burt Lancaster, Richard Widmark, Montgomery Clift and Judy Garland in that same film - in fact, if you want to see a film that is loaded with great performances, big and small, from top shelf actors - that is the one to which I would point.)
This post was edited on 4/7/14 at 9:57 am
Posted on 4/7/14 at 11:06 am to beaver
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Posted on 4/8/14 at 8:24 am to beaver
Robert Downey in Tropic Thunder
Posted on 4/8/14 at 11:22 am to beaver
DDL in There Will Be Blood
TLJ in No Country for Old Men
Heath Ledger's Joker
O'Toole in Lawrence of Arabia
Brad Dourif in Deadwood Doc Cochran's prayer meltdown when The Reverend is dying is about as strong as it gets. Very under appreciated/overlooked scene.
William Holden in The Wild Bunch
Just a few off the top of my head.
TLJ in No Country for Old Men
Heath Ledger's Joker
O'Toole in Lawrence of Arabia
Brad Dourif in Deadwood Doc Cochran's prayer meltdown when The Reverend is dying is about as strong as it gets. Very under appreciated/overlooked scene.
William Holden in The Wild Bunch
Just a few off the top of my head.
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