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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 8:09 pm to
Posted by Draconian Sanctions
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Posted on 4/6/14 at 8:09 pm to
Paul Newman in Slap Shot
Posted by dek81572
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Posted on 4/6/14 at 8:13 pm to
I thought Cuba Gooding Jr. was pretty good in Radio.
Posted by stampman
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Posted on 4/6/14 at 8:48 pm to
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But my favorite is Duval in Lonesome Dove.


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He was great as Mac Sledge in Tender Mercies also.



Not bad in Open Range & Godfather either...he's one of my all time favorite actors!
Posted by reggierayreb
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Posted on 4/6/14 at 9:18 pm to
Christoper Lambert - Mortal Kombat


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Posted by beaverfever
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Posted on 4/6/14 at 9:22 pm to
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Phoenix in Master HAS to be up there
Probably the only role that competes with DDL in Gangs of New York.
Posted by Riseupfromtherubble
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Posted on 4/6/14 at 9:24 pm to
Russell Crowe in gladiator.
Posted by Breesus
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Posted on 4/6/14 at 11:18 pm to
It's a tie.

Nick Cage and John Travolta in Face off
Posted by josh336
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Posted on 4/6/14 at 11:34 pm to
Hugo weaving? Good call.

Always thought that movie was way underrated
Posted by FleuryNipples
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Posted on 4/7/14 at 12:10 am to
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Daniel Day Lewis in Gangs of New York.
Posted by Tiger the Hutt
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Posted on 4/7/14 at 12:43 am to
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 by Patton
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Posted on 4/7/14 at 1:33 am to
Actual Mobsters love his performance if that tells you anything. He was talior made for that role and knocked it out of the fricking park. Goodfellas is a top 5 film and Pesci is a huge reason why.
This post was edited on 4/7/14 at 1:35 am
Posted by 911Moto
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Posted on 4/7/14 at 4:18 am to
A couple of my favorites are Ed Norton in American History X and Ian McShane in Deadwood.
Posted by DirtyMikeandtheBoys
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Posted on 4/7/14 at 7:32 am to
I think you meant to say
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Ed Norton
in Fight Club instead
Posted by DirtyMikeandtheBoys
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Posted on 4/7/14 at 7:39 am to
I will not only pick an actor, I will pick a single scene.

Is he smart?....

Posted by MetryTyger
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Posted on 4/7/14 at 8:33 am to
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'
This post was edited on 4/7/14 at 9:49 am
Posted by Ace Midnight
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Posted on 4/7/14 at 8:56 am to
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.)

This post was edited on 4/7/14 at 9:57 am
Posted by Breesus
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Posted on 4/7/14 at 9:47 am to
quote:

I will not only pick an actor, I will pick a single scene.

Is he smart?....




I am very inclined to agree with this
Posted by DirtyMikeandtheBoys
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Posted on 4/7/14 at 10:21 am to
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I am very inclined to agree with this


people who don't agree, just can't grasp the significance of that question when he asks it. The raw emotion TH sends through without doing much of anything is amazing. I have seen FG 100's of times, and the room never fails to get quite dusty during that scene.
Posted by Freauxzen
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Posted on 4/7/14 at 10:25 am to
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Russell Crowe in gladiator.


Posted by BhamTigah
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Posted on 4/7/14 at 10:57 am to
Actor: Not my favorite movie nor favorite actor, but Nicholson's performance in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest was pretty outstanding.

Actress: Hard to argue with Streep in Sophie's Choice, but Hillary Swank in Boys Don't Cry was close.
This post was edited on 4/7/14 at 11:03 am
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