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A History of Violence question (spoiler potential)
Posted on 6/22/26 at 5:13 pm
Posted on 6/22/26 at 5:13 pm
I just watched this for the first time. Overall, I really liked the movie. But why did William Hurt get an Oscar nomination for his role? I’ve always really like him as an actor, but he was in the movie for maybe 20 minutes and nothing really stuck out as memorable. Am I missing something? SIAP
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Posted on 6/22/26 at 5:56 pm to Yesca11
Caring that someone got an Oscar nomination two decades ago sure is something.
Posted on 6/22/26 at 6:17 pm to Yesca11
Fine downvoters, it's a great movie, so I'll respond.
It's not like he got one award nom and somehow strangely won, look at the Wiki page, not only did the movie get nominated everywhere, but Hurt specfically did and did nab a few. That always helps.
He's William Hurt, that also helps. He was at least due for another nomination.
He lost to Clooney in Syriana - not a super amazing performance. And was up against Gyllenhal, Giamatti, Matt Dillon in Crash (eww).
Other potential nominees:
Bob Hoskins — Mrs. Henderson Presents
Will Ferrell — The Producers
Kevin Costner — The Upside of Anger
Terrence Howard — Crash
Donald Sutherland — Pride & Prejudice
Chris Cooper — Capote
Edward Norton — Kingdom of Heaven
Peter Sarsgaard — Jarhead
Mickey Rourke — Sin City
Actually wrong year in last version, this was a bad year for supporting actor
You wanted 20 min. of masked screen time from norton, or 30 min. screen time from Marv?
He definitely deserved it.
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I just watched this for the first time. Overall, I really liked the movie. But why did William Hurt get an Oscar nomination for his role? I’ve always really like him as an actor, but he was in the movie for maybe 20 minutes and nothing really stuck out as memorable. Am I missing something? SIAP
It's not like he got one award nom and somehow strangely won, look at the Wiki page, not only did the movie get nominated everywhere, but Hurt specfically did and did nab a few. That always helps.
He's William Hurt, that also helps. He was at least due for another nomination.
He lost to Clooney in Syriana - not a super amazing performance. And was up against Gyllenhal, Giamatti, Matt Dillon in Crash (eww).
Other potential nominees:
Bob Hoskins — Mrs. Henderson Presents
Will Ferrell — The Producers
Kevin Costner — The Upside of Anger
Terrence Howard — Crash
Donald Sutherland — Pride & Prejudice
Chris Cooper — Capote
Edward Norton — Kingdom of Heaven
Peter Sarsgaard — Jarhead
Mickey Rourke — Sin City
Actually wrong year in last version, this was a bad year for supporting actor
You wanted 20 min. of masked screen time from norton, or 30 min. screen time from Marv? He definitely deserved it.
This post was edited on 6/22/26 at 6:27 pm
Posted on 6/22/26 at 6:25 pm to Yesca11
He was great in it. Reminded me of Ben Kingsley in Sexy Beast five years earlier with the unrelenting intensity being conveyed in just a look. Also, they give the supporting nods to actors w/ very little screen time traditionally. Ben Johnson won for Last Picture Show w/ 9 minutes of screen time. Hurt had only 8 minutes 22 seconds, which would have set a new record.
Posted on 6/22/26 at 7:31 pm to Yesca11
I watched this for the first time in my life last night too. Really good movie. Viggo Mortensen can act.
In terms of William Hurt though, while yeah he wasn't in the movie long at all, I did enjoy his accent for some reason.
In terms of William Hurt though, while yeah he wasn't in the movie long at all, I did enjoy his accent for some reason.
Posted on 6/22/26 at 7:38 pm to Yesca11
Jesus Joey.
Posted on 6/22/26 at 8:39 pm to Freauxzen
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Crash
I forgot to look up when this movie was nominated. It all makes sense now.
Posted on 6/22/26 at 8:39 pm to Freauxzen
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He definitely deserved it.
Reading this:
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Other potential nominees:
You're probably right. I'm a Chris Cooper-stan (his performance in Adaptation is one of my top 10 GOATs, whether leading or supporting). And I really like Norton, even though he's supposedly an a-hole. But it's tough to win an award when your face is covered the entire movie (Hugo Weaving deserved, at the very least, an Oscar nomination as V). Nothing else really stands out on that list.
I'll probably take some shite for it, but "A History of Violence" was a VERY well made movie that I liked, but didn't love. I felt the same way about "Master and Commander" (even superior in its "well-madeness") many years back, gave it a few rewatches, and ended up loving it. My rewatches of History of Violence haven't changed my opinion: very well made but doesn't have anything that makes it elite. I feel like it would have worked MUCH better as a 6-8 hour miniseries, giving more time settle into Viggo's mundane life, building up the pressure from his past life, and spending more time on his family's lives changing from this evolving threat. The final episode could be the final ~30 minutes of the film.
Posted on 6/22/26 at 8:51 pm to Yesca11
I really liked that movie. Viggo Mortensen was incredibly charismatic.
Hurt’s character wasn’t on screen a lot, but it was a pivotal role and had a great scene with his brother(played by Viggo)…
Hurt’s character wasn’t on screen a lot, but it was a pivotal role and had a great scene with his brother(played by Viggo)…
Posted on 6/22/26 at 8:58 pm to VOR
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Hurt’s character wasn’t on screen a lot,
Ned Beatty says "sup".
Posted on 6/22/26 at 9:44 pm to VOR
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pivotal role
No respect?
This post was edited on 6/22/26 at 9:45 pm
Posted on 6/23/26 at 2:55 am to Yesca11
I just remember the wife had a bush and got movie fricked on the stairs.
Posted on 6/23/26 at 8:32 am to Yesca11
Great movie, Hurt was the worst part of it. He keeps calling Viggo's character bro- heim and it was dumb as shite
Posted on 6/23/26 at 3:07 pm to Yesca11
What’s so odd to me is how this and Eastern Promises are so different from the rest of Cronenberg’s films.
Posted on 6/23/26 at 3:08 pm to Decatur
I guess guys trying to slice the stars off you with linoleum knives was him getting his fill of body horror for one film.
Posted on 6/23/26 at 6:19 pm to ManBearTiger
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Great movie, Hurt was the worst part of it. He keeps calling Viggo's character bro- heim and it was dumb as shite
THANK YOU! Agree 100%. And I thought his accent was ridiculous.
Posted on 6/24/26 at 7:27 am to Freauxzen
Weak year. It was actually less than 10 minutes not 20. Against his normal typecasting is why he won. Although I am shocked Brokeback boy didn't win. Today he would easily win over Hurt in the exact same roles.
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