Jlewis Posted December 7, 2016 Share Posted December 7, 2016 Going through the different international awards lists of the year, it appears that 1973 was a very good year for Barbra Streisand. After Funny Girl, she made Hello Dolly! and suffered some of the same fate as her precursor Julie Andrews, but we tend to forget that a seemingly simplistic romance like The Way We Were continues to be popular today and really isn't all that bad of a movie (thanks to Sidney Pollack's very adult take on adult relationships a.k.a. Tootsie and Out Of Africa). Despite its mid thirties through early fifties setting, it reflects early seventies relationships in the evolving ME decade when everybody was too individualistic to sustain a relationship. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogie56 Posted December 7, 2016 Author Share Posted December 7, 2016 Going through the different international awards lists of the year, it appears that 1973 was a very good year for Barbra Streisand. After Funny Girl, she made Hello Dolly! and suffered some of the same fate as her precursor Julie Andrews, but we tend to forget that a seemingly simplistic romance like The Way We Were continues to be popular today and really isn't all that bad of a movie (thanks to Sidney Pollack's very adult take on adult relationships a.k.a. Tootsie and Out Of Africa). Despite its mid thirties through early fifties setting, it reflects early seventies relationships in the evolving ME decade when everybody was too individualistic to sustain a relationship. I can't say I ever rush home to watch a Barbra Streisand movie but I have never been disappointed when watching The Way We Were and she is really very good in this one. She was my number two just behind Liv Ullmann. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomJH Posted December 7, 2016 Share Posted December 7, 2016 As to your second query, upon review of the films meeting that criteria, my choice would be Taxi Driver, as it's my second favorite film of all time. Pre-2013, I have seen every best picture nominee with the exception of East Lynne and The White Parade, and a couple of the lost films (The Way of All Flesh, The Patriot). A few other notable best picture without best direction nominees are The Adventures of Robin Hood, The Maltese Falcon, and Grand Illusion. The Adventures of Robin Hood had two directors, Michael Curtiz and William Keighley. That would have made nominating one, and not the other, awkward. Curtiz deserves credit for many of the film's best remembered scenes, including the duel. Curtiz would be nominated that same year (1938) for Four Daughters and Angels with Dirty Faces. Four Daughters did have a best picture nod. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogie56 Posted December 7, 2016 Author Share Posted December 7, 2016 Sweden’s Guldbagge Awards for 1973 were … Best Actor Allan Edwall, Emil and the Piglet Best Actress Inga Tidblad, Pistol 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogie56 Posted December 7, 2016 Author Share Posted December 7, 2016 The Canadian Etrog Film Awards for 1973 were … Best Actor Jacques Godin, O.K. …Laiberte Best Actress Genevieve Bujold, Kamouraska Best Supporting Actress Camile Bernard, Kamouraska —————————————————————————————— The 73/74 Australian Film Institute Awards for 1973 were … Best Actor Robert McDarra, 27A (74) Best Actress Judy Morris, Libido 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swithin Posted December 7, 2016 Share Posted December 7, 2016 National Syndicate of Spectacle Award (Spain) for Best Actor, 1973: Alfredo Mayo (A Bell from Hell). Actually, Mayo was a supporting actor in that film. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogie56 Posted December 7, 2016 Author Share Posted December 7, 2016 Japan’s Mainichi Awards for 1973 were … Best Actor Tetsuro Tanba, The Human Revolution Best Actress Atsuko Kaku, Seigen-ki 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LawrenceA Posted December 8, 2016 Share Posted December 8, 2016 Here are the 1973 films I haven't seen: Ash Wednesday Blume In Love A Brief Vacation Charley and the Angels Dear Parents A Delicate Balance Distant Thunder A Doll's House Emil and the Piglet 40 Carats Godspell**** Happy New Year The Hireling The Human Revolution It was I! Jesus Christ Superstar**** Kamouraska L'**** (I'm not sure what this one is supposed to be!) La grande bouffe La maman et la putain Libido Lina's Wedding Love and Anarchy Ludwig The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob Malicious The Man from Maisinicu My Ain Folk The Nun and the Devil O Lucky Man! O.K. ... Laiberte Pistol A River Called Titas Seigen-ki 17th Parallel Nights and Days Star Dust State of Siege Steelyard Blues**** Themroc Turkish Delight Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogie56 Posted December 8, 2016 Author Share Posted December 8, 2016 Here are the 1973 films I haven't seen: Blume In Love A Delicate Balance Distant Thunder The Hireling Jesus Christ Superstar**** Love and Anarchy O Lucky Man! State of Siege Themroc My guess is that Jesus Christ Superstar may not have aged that well given that it is a hippie version of the last days of the big guy. But it has some catchy tunes, some fun moments and earnest performances. Carl Anderson (1945-2004) is a standout as Judas Iscariot. I first saw JC Superstar at a review cinema in the 70's and was treated to a live sing-along by an elderly lady who was just as bad as warbly Mrs. Miller. And boy did she belt it out! ... "Jesus Christ, Superstar! Do you think you're what they say you are?" Themroc features a wonderful performance by Michel Piccoli. But it too may not translate well in this more PC world. Piccoli plays an urban dweller who goes a bit mad and takes to the life of a cave man. His approach to the opposite sex devolves into brutish behaviour as well. I think this may be on youtube. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogie56 Posted December 8, 2016 Author Share Posted December 8, 2016 Here are the films from 1973 that were mentioned that I have not seen as yet. Ash Wednesday with Elizabeth Taylor A Bell From Hell with Alfredo Mayo A Brief Vacation with Adriana Asti Coffy with Pam Grier A Doll’s House with Claire Bloom and Denholm Elliott Emil and the Piglet with Allan Edwall 40 Carats with Liv Ullmann Happy New Year with Lina Ventura and Francoise Fabian The Human Revolution with Tetsuro Tanba It Was I! with Giancarlo Giannini Kamouraska with Genevieve Bujold and Camile Bernard La Grande Bouffe with Andrea Ferreol Lady Snowblood with Meiko Kaji L’****/A Pain In the Arse with Lino Ventura Libido with Judy Morris Lina’s Wedding with Ingerid Vardund Ludwig with Helmut Berger, Romy Schneider and Lino Ventura The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob with Louis de Funes and Hanri Guybet Malicious with Laura Antonelli and Turi Fero The Man From Maisinicu with Sergio Corrieri My Ain Folk with Stephen Archibald The Nun and the Devil with Anne Heywood O.K. …Laiberte with Jacques Godin Pistol with Inga Tidblad A River Called Titas with Rosy Samad, Kabori Sarwar and Prabir Mitra Seigen-ki with Atsuko Kaku 17th Parallel Nights and Days with Giang Tra Star Dust with Monica Vitti Steelyard Blues with Donald Sutherland That’ll Be the Day with Rosemary Leach Turkish Delight with Rutger Hauer and Monique van de Ven The Vault of Horror with Glynis Johns And I would like to see these again … Scarecrow for Richard Lynch Soylent Green for Leigh Taylor-Hunt The Way We Were for Lois Chiles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LawrenceA Posted December 8, 2016 Share Posted December 8, 2016 A Bell From Hell with Alfredo Mayo Coffy with Pam Grier Lady Snowblood with Meiko Kaji The Vault of Horror with Glynis Johns Swithin and I were discussing A Bell From Hell in another thread the other day. It's an interesting movie, although I need to see it again. Beware the many poor public domain copies on the market and floating around the net. The Vault of Horror was a follow-up to Tales from the Crypt, and it's another portmanteau horror anthology. Glynis Johns plays a cheerful wife whose husband has just retired, and they start having some marriage difficulties being around each other too much. She has a memorable solution to the problem. Watch Coffy and Lady Snowblood and you'll see where Quentin Tarantino lifted about a third of his shtick. Coffy, along with Foxy Brown, are the best films made by Pam Grier in her heyday. Crude, violent, genuinely shocking at times, in the male-dominated world of blaxploitation, it was refreshing to see a woman take charge of her own destiny. Lady Snowblood and it's immediate sequel Lady Snowblood: Love Song of Vengeance feature Meiko Kaji as a woman who was literally born to be a weapon of revenge against a yakuza gang in late 19th century Japan. She's been trained in the killing arts since birth, and she cuts a bloody swath through the underworld. Like Coffy, this is violent, even excessively so at times, but it was made with more technical skill, and many of the scenes have an artful quality. It would be my highest recommendation. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogie56 Posted December 8, 2016 Author Share Posted December 8, 2016 I've only just spotted that my own lists had Badlands as a 1974 film. It premiered at the New York Film Festival in 1973 which was probably not noted when I saw the film last. So I have gone back and added Martin Sheen and Sissy Spacek to my 1973 acting lists. They were both in the runner up category. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoraSmith Posted December 9, 2016 Share Posted December 9, 2016 La Grande Bouffe shows human beings reduced to their primitive instincts. All they care for is eating, sex and more eating. And more eating. The question arises whether someone can eat himself to death. If you're a fan of or-gies you might enjoy this film with big names like Marcello Mastroianni, Michel Piccoli and Philippe Noiret. The female invitee is played by Andréa Ferréol. L'**** is censored, so I'll replace the second m by an asterisk: L'Em*erdeur. The English title A Pain in the Arse isn't much better. It's an abusive term for an annoying person, but the film isn't as controversial as you would think. Belgian singer Jacques Brel plays a suicidal person in a hotel. In the room next to him there's a contract killer (Lino Ventura) who's kept from doing his job by his neighbour's suicide attempts. Ironically the contract killer is forced to save someone's life. If you're interested in the Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen 1973 offers you the choice between two adaptations of his play The Doll's House. One is with Claire Bloom, Anthony Hopkins and Ralph Richardson, the other with Jane Fonda, David Warner and Trevor Howard. I have a slight preference for the first, but they're both quite good. It's about a wife standing up against her husband. Turkish Delight (Turks Fruit) is the most successful Dutch film of all time. It's based on a novel by Jan Wolkers. In a long flashback a sculptor thinks back of his wild and exciting relationship with a young blonde. The present is more grim in tone when he tries to find her back. Rutger Hauer and Monique Van de Ven belonged to a new, dynamic generation of actors. The director was Paul Verhoeven, who would later break through in Hollywood. The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob (Les Aventures de Rabbi Jacob) is a comedy with Louis de Funès. He plays a man with antisemitic ideas who has to disguise himself as a Jew to escape from the bad guys. This helps him overcome his prejudice. It has a famous comical dance scene. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skimpole Posted December 9, 2016 Share Posted December 9, 2016 If you're interested in the Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen 1973 offers you the choice between two adaptations of his play The Doll's House. One is with Claire Bloom, Anthony Hopkins and Ralph Richardson, the other with Jane Fonda, David Warner and Trevor Howard. I have a slight preference for the first, but they're both quite good. It's about a wife standing up against her husband. So there were two A Doll's house that year. Now that I know that i realize it was the Jane Fonda version i saw three decades or so ago, and I've changed my list for this year accordingly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogie56 Posted December 10, 2016 Author Share Posted December 10, 2016 Leading vs. Supporting Categories in 1974 … Faye Dunaway is the leading actress in Chinatown and The Four Musketeers. James Earl Jones is the leading actor in Claudine. Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs is supporting. Valerie Perrine is the leading actress in Lenny. Diane Keaton is a supporting actress in The Godfather Part II. Micheline Lanctot is a supporting actress in The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz. Madeline Khan and Peter Boyle are supporting in Young Frankenstein. Steve McQueen and Paul Newman are both leads in The Towering Inferno. Oscar had Jeff Bridges in supporting for Thunderbolt and Lightfoot. There may be a case to be made that he was co-lead. Lawrence has seen this recently and thinks this is definitely the case. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogie56 Posted December 10, 2016 Author Share Posted December 10, 2016 It’s time for 1974. We will be on 1974 for one week so plenty of time for everyone to respond. Here are Oscar’s choices for 1974. Winners in bold. Best Actor Art Carney, Harry and Tonto* Albert Finney, Murder on the Orient Express Dustin Hoffman, Lenny Jack Nicholson, Chinatown Al Pacino, The Godfather Part II Best Actress Ellen Burstyn, Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore* Diahann Carroll, Claudine Faye Dunaway, Chinatown Valerie Perrine, Lenny Gene Rowlands, A Woman Under the Influence Best Supporting Actor Robert De Niro, The Godfather Part II* Fred Astaire, The Towering Inferno Jeff Bridges, Thunderbolt and Lightfoot Michael V. Gazzo, The Godfather Part II Lee Strasberg, The Godfather Part II Best Supporting Actress Ingrid Bergman, Murder on the Orient Express* Valentina Cortese, Day For Night (73) Madeline Khan, Blazing Saddles Diane Ladd, Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore Talia Shire, The Godfather Part II Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogie56 Posted December 10, 2016 Author Share Posted December 10, 2016 My choice for the Juvenile Acting award for 1974 is… ALFRED LUTTER (Tommy Hyatt), Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore* Runner-Ups … JODIE FOSTER (Doris/“Audrey”), Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore YELLA ROTTLANDER (Alice van Damm), Alice In the Cities 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LawrenceA Posted December 10, 2016 Share Posted December 10, 2016 1974 BEST ACTOR Jack Nicholson Chinatown**** James Caan The Gambler Gene Hackman The Conversation Al Pacino The Godfather, Part II Gene Wilder Young Frankenstein Warren Oates Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia Dustin Hoffman Lenny Elliott Gould California Split Udo Kier Andy Warhol's Dracula/Blood for Dracula James Earl Jones Claudine Art Carney Harry and Tonto Jeff Bridges Thunderbolt & Lightfoot Warren Beatty The Parallax View BEST ACTRESS Faye Dunaway Chinatown**** Ellen Burstyn Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore Diahann Carroll Claudine Diane Keaton The Godfather, Part II Pam Grier Foxy Brown Gena Rowlands A Woman Under the Influence Valerie Perrine Lenny BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR Robert DeNiro The Godfather, Part II**** John Cazale The Godfather, Part II John Huston Chinatown Marty Feldman Young Frankenstein Gene Wilder Blazing Saddles Jim Siedow The Texas Chainsaw Massacre George Kennedy Thunderbolt & Lightfoot Slim Pickens Blazing Saddles Lee Strasberg The Godfather, Part II Bruno Kirby The Godfather, Part II Gastone Moschin The Godfather, Part II BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS Madeline Kahn Blazing Saddles**** Diane Ladd Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore Cloris Leachman Young Frankenstein Talia Shire The Godfather, Part II Jacqueline Brookes The Gambler BEST JUVENILE PERFORMANCE Jodie Foster Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore**** 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swithin Posted December 10, 2016 Share Posted December 10, 2016 1974 Favorites Best Actor Pierre Blaise (Lacombe, Lucien) Dirk Bogarde (The Night Porter) Jeff Bridges (Thunderbolt and Lightfoot) Giancarlo Giannini (Swept Away) Al Pacino (The Godfather Part II) Best Actress Juliet Berto (Celine and Julie Go Boating) Dominique Labourier (Celine and Julie Go Boating) Cloris Leachman (Young Frankenstein) Charlotte Rampling (The Night Porter) Gena Rowlands (A Woman Under the Influence) Best Supporting Actor Robert DeNiro (The Godfather Part II) Marty Feldman (Young Frankenstein) John Huston (Chinatown) Holger Lowenadler (Lacombe, Lucien) Lee Strasberg (The Godfather Part II) Best Supporting Actress Wendy Hiller (Murder on the Orient Express) Madeleine Kahn (Young Frankenstein) Jeanne Moreau (Going Places) Bulle Ogier (Celine and Julie Go Boating) Marie-France Pisier (Celine and Julie Go Boating) Best Music Scene 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogie56 Posted December 10, 2016 Author Share Posted December 10, 2016 Here are my choices of the 111 films I've seen from 1974 for… Best Supporting Actress of 1974 1. DIANE LADD (Florence ‘Flo’ Jean Castleberry), Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore 2. DIANE KEATON (Kay Adams Corleone), The Godfather Part II 3. TALIA SHIRE (Constanzia “Connie” Corleone), The Godfather Part II 4. MICHELINE LANCTOT (Yvette), The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz 5. ANN PRENTISS (Barbara Miller), California Split 6. MADGE SINCLAIR (Mrs. Scott), Conrack 7. JESSICA TANDY (Edna Shaft), Butley 8. PAULA PRENTISS (Lee Carter), The Parallax View 9. LAUREN BACALL (Harriet Belinda Grunwald Hubbard/"Linda Arden"), Murder on the Orient Express 10. MADELINE KAHN (Elizabeth), Young Frankenstein and... ANNA KARINA (Elina), Bread and Chocolate SYLVIA SYMS (Margaret Stephenson), The Tamarind Seed ANN TURKEL (Buffy), 99 and 44/100% Dead INGRID BERGMAN (Greta Ohlsson), Murder on the Orient Express JAN MINER (Sally Marr), Lenny ELIZABETH MACRAE (Meredith), The Conversation LILLA BRIGNONE (Lilla Bellotto), Lovers and Other Relatives JACQUELINE BROOKS (Naomi Freed), The Gambler JODIE FOSTER (Doris/”Audrey”), Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore CECILE RICARD (Marie, the hotel maid ), Lacombe, Lucien 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogie56 Posted December 10, 2016 Author Share Posted December 10, 2016 Here are my choices of the 111 films I've seen from 1974 for… Best Supporting Actor of 1974 1. JOHN CAZALE (Frederico “Fredo” Corleone), The Godfather Part II 2. JOHN HUSTON (Noah Cross), Chinatown 3. DENHOLM ELLIOTT (Peter John Friar), The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz 4. JACK WARDEN (Max Kravitz), The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz 5. LEE STRASBERG (Hyman Roth), The Godfather Part II 6. JOE SILVER (Moses Farber), The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz 7. MICHAEL V. GAZZO (Frankie “Five Angels” Pentangeli), The Godfather Part II 8. G.D. SPRADLIN (Senator Pat Geary), The Godfather Part II 9. GARY MORTON (Sherman Hart), Lenny 10. ROBERT DE NIRO ("Don" Vito Andolini “Corleone”), The Godfather Part II and... RANDY QUAID (Virgil Roseborough), The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz ROBERT DUVALL (Tom Hagen), The Godfather Part II ALFRED LUTTER (Tommy Hyatt), Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore PAUL SORVINO (Hips), The Gambler ALLEN GARFIELD (William Bernie Moran), The Conversation CHARLTON HESTON (Cardinal Richelieu), The Four Musketeers CHARLES BOYER (Baron Raoul), Stavisky JEAN-PIERRE CASSEL (Pierre Paul Michel), Murder on the Orient Express LAWRENCE HILTON-JACOBS (Charles Price), Claudine HARVEY KEITEL (Benny Everhart), Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore HUME CRONYN (Mr. Skeffington), Conrack OLIVER REED (Athos/”the Count de la Fere”), The Four Musketeers LARRY HAGMAN (Eddie Coombs), Harry and Tonto JOE SPINELL (Willi Cicci), The Godfather Part II PETER BOYLE (“the Monster”/”the Creature”), Young Frankenstein GERRIT GRAHAM (“Beef”), Phantom of the Paradise PERRY LOPEZ (Lieutenant Lou Escobar), Chinatown BERT REMSEN (T-Dub Masefield/”Three Toes”), Thieves Like Us BRUNO KIRBY (young Peter Clemenza), The Godfather Part II 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LawrenceA Posted December 10, 2016 Share Posted December 10, 2016 Here are my choices of the 111 films I've seen from 1974 for… Best Supporting Actor of 1974 8. G.D. SPRADLIN (Senator Pat Geary), The Godfather Part II JOE SPINELL (Willi Cicci), The Godfather Part II I would like to single out these two performers for a moment. Both of them should have been on my list as well. They are both interesting actors, in my opinion. G.D. Spradlin started out as an Air Force officer in China during WW2. Afterward, he became a lawyer, specializing in corporate law, and worked closely with the Venezuelan oil industry. He started his own oil company that made him very wealthy. He then entered politics, and became a staunch advocate and campaigner for John F. Kennedy. Quite an interesting first act in the life of any actor! He segued into TV acting, where he met producer Fred Roos, who cast him in films such as Tora!Tora!Tora! and Zabriskie Point, before Spradlin landed the role he's most famous for, Senator Geary in The Godfather, Part II. Francis Ford Coppola cast Spradlin again, this time as the military intelligence officer who assigns Martin Sheen his suicide mission in 1979's Apocalypse Now. Spradlin continued acting in films and television until his death at age 90 in 2011. Joe Spinell was a character actor with a face only a mother could love. He specialized in playing slimy hoods, crooked cops and deranged killers. He had appeared briefly in The Godfather 2 years earlier, and his small but memorable role in The Godfather, Part II led to more roles throughout the 1970's and early 1980's in films such as Taxi Driver, Farewell My Lovely, Rocky, Sorcerer, Cruising, Brubaker, and Melvin & Howard. His two roles most beloved by genre fans were as the (dubbed) villain in the deliriously silly Star Wars ripoff Starcrash in 1979, opposite Marjoe Gortner and David Hasselhoff, and the title role in 1980's Maniac, a film that Spinell also co-wrote. Spinell died too soon at age 52 in 1989. His bizarre passing (he accidentally cut his hand on a broken shower door, after which he fell asleep and bled to death) has only added to his cult status in the ensuing years. I enjoy how language is used in both men's performances in The Godfather, Part II. Senator Geary awkwardly mispronouncing the Corleone family name while giving his public address to the gathering at the start of the film, when moments later, in private with Michael and cohorts, he pronounces the family name with an exaggerated Italian accent, condescension heavy in the tone. Much later in the film, when Willi Cicci is testifying before the Senate Organized Crime committee, he has a laugh at the senator's use of the term "button man." That one moment tells you all you need to know about Cicci and his way of looking at the world, simply and with little consequence, a minor hood destined for prison or an early death. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedracer5 Posted December 10, 2016 Share Posted December 10, 2016 Sorry I missed 1973. I've been busy working and fighting with the insurance company. 1973 BEST PICTURE American Graffiti Charlotte's Web The Exorcist Paper Moon Robin Hood The Sting The Way We Were Westworld BEST ACTOR Richard Dreyfuss, American Graffiti Ron Howard, American Graffiti Brian Bedford, Robin Hood Paul Newman, The Sting Robert Redford, The Sting Robert Redford, The Way We Were Richard Benjamin, Westworld BEST ACTRESS Debbie Reynolds, Charlotte's Web Ellen Burstyn, The Exorcist Tatum O'Neil, Paper Moon Barbra Stresand, The Way We Were BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR Robert Shaw, The Sting Yul Brynner, Westworld James Brolin, Westworld BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS Cindy Williams, American Graffiti Candy Clark, American Graffiti Linda Blair, The Exorcist Madeline Kahn, Paper Moon Eileen Brennan, The Sting BEST SOUNDTRACK The Sting. I love Scott Joplin's "The Entertainer." BEST FILM AESTHETIC I loved the choice to film Paper Moon in black and white. It worked perfectly for the setting and the storyline. BEST ROBOT Yul Brynner in Westworld. I can't even remember if he said anything in the entire film, but he definitely did a good job playing the terrifying gunslinger robot. BEST HORROR MOVIE PERFORMANCE EVEN THOUGH I DON'T PARTICULARLY CARE FOR HORROR FILMS Linda Blair in The Exorcist. She definitely played the possessed child well and is responsible for one of the most memorable scenes in movie history. I still prefer Roller Boogie however. SPEEDRACER'S TAKEAWAY FROM "THE EXORCIST" As if you needed another reason to dislike peas. --- 1974 BEST PICTURE Benji Blazing Saddles The Front Page That's Entertainment Young Frankenstein BEST ACTOR Benji, Benji Cleavon Little, Blazing Saddles Jack Lemmon, The Front Page Walter Matthau, The Front Page Gene Wilder, Young Frankenstein BEST ACTRESS Teri Garr, Young Frankenstein (If I'd seen more films, this may be different. Garr was funny though) BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR Gene Wilder, Blazing Saddles Harvey Korman, Blazing Saddles Marty Feldman, Young Frankenstein Gene Hackman, Young Frankenstein Peter Boyle, Young Frankenstein The Horses, Young Frankenstein BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS Madeline Kahn, Blazing Saddles Bea Arthur, Mame Madeline Kahn, Young Frankenstein Cloris Leachman, Young Frankenstein FUNNIEST LINES: "Put the candle back." Gene Wilder to Teri Garr, Young Frankenstein "I was going to make espresso!" Gene Hackman to Peter Boyle, Young Frankenstein BEST TRIBUTE TO A GENRE THAT I'M NOT EVEN A FAN OF Young Frankenstein's tribute to the 1930s Universal horror movies BEST COMPILATION FILM That's Entertainment. This compilation of musical numbers is so much fun to watch. The scenes of the old soon to be torn down MGM backlot are also interesting and bittersweet to think that so much Hollywood history was lost when the backlot was destroyed. FUNNIEST SCENE: The massive brawl between all the different movie sets at the end of Blazing Saddles THE "I LOVE YOU, BUT NO" AWARD GOES TO... Lucille Ball in Mame. Sorry Lucy. I love almost everything you do, but Rosalind Russell and Angela Lansbury were much better "Mames." Perhaps, just perhaps, if Lucy had made this a little earlier in her career, maybe it would have been better, but I don't think she had the musical chops for it. Despite how she's portrayed in her television shows, Lucy could carry a tune, but I don't think she was ever Broadway caliber. SPEEDRACER'S TAKEAWAY FROM "YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN" "...puuuuuuuttttin onnnnn the reeeeeeeetz..." 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swithin Posted December 10, 2016 Share Posted December 10, 2016 Two of the finest performances of 1974 are Pierre Blaise and Holger Lowenadler in Louis Malle's masterful Lacombe, Lucien, the complex story of a teenage boy during the German occupation of France. Pierre Blaise, who played the title character so beautifully (his first film) was killed in a car accident the year after the film's release. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skimpole Posted December 11, 2016 Share Posted December 11, 2016 ActorAlbert Finney, Murder on the Orient ExpressAl Pacino, The Godfather, Part IIJack Nicholson, ChinatownGene Hackman, The ConversationPeter Falk, A Woman Under the InfluenceRunner-ups: Erland Josephson (Scenes from a Marriage), Burt Lancaster (Conversation Piece), Bruno S (The Enigma of Kasper Hauser), Pierre Blaise (Lacombe, Lucien), Martin Loeb (My Little Loves), Francois Truffaut (Day for Night), El Hedi Ben Salem (Ali: Fear Eats the Soul), Elliott Gould (California Split), George Segal (California Split), Keith Carradine (Thieves Like Us), Zadour Bonyadi (Still Life), Jean-Paul Belmondo (Stavisky), Rudiger Vogler (Alice in the Cities), Warren Beatty (The Parallax View), Dustin Hoffman (Lenny), Gene Wilder (Young Frankenstein), Warren Oates (Bring me the Head of Alfredo Garcia), Dirk Bogarde (The Night Porter), Warren Oates (Cockfighter), ActressDominique Labourier, Celine and Julie go BoatingGena Rowlands, A Woman Under the InfluenceJuliet Berto, Celine and Julie Go BoatingLiv Ullmann, Scenes from a MarriageEllen Burstyn, Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore Runner-ups: Faye Dunaway (Chinatown), Brigitte Mira (Ali: Fear Eats the Soul), Goldie Hawn (The Sugarland Express), Shelly Duvall (Thieves Like Us), Yella Rottlander (Alice in the Cities), Charlotte Rampling (The Night Porter), Valerie Perrine (Lenny), Mari Torocsik (Electra, my Love), Zahra Yazdini (Still Life), Stefania Sandrelli (We All Loved Each Other Very Much), Supporting Actor: John Cazale, The Godfather Part II, The ConversationRobert De Niro, The Godfather Part IIJohn Huston, ChinatownLee Strasberg, The Godfather Part IIRichard Widmark, Murder on the Orient ExpressRunner-ups: Michael V. Gazzo (The Godfather Part II), Jan Malmsjo (Scenes from a Marriage), Robert Duvall (The Godfather Part II), John Gielgud (Murder on the Orient Express), Kris Kristofferson (Alice Doesn't live Here Anymore), Jean-Pierre Leaud (Day for Night), Peter Boyle (Young Frankenstein), G.D. Spradlin (The Godfather Part II), Martin Balsam (Murder on the Orient Express), Barbet Schroeder (Celine and Julie go Boating), Sean Connery (Murder on the Orient Express), James Caan (The Godfather Part II), Holger Lowenalder (Lacombe, Lucien), George Coulouris (Murder on the Orient Express), Gastone Moschin (The Godfather Part II), Harrison Ford (The Conversation), Alfred Lutter (Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore), Marty Feldman (Young Frankenstein), Jean-Pierre Cassel (Murder on the Orient Express), Helmut Berger (Conversation Piece), Frederic Forrest (The Conversation), Roman Polanski (Chinatown), William Holden (The Towering Inferno), Richard Bright (The Godfather Part II), Charles Boyer (Stavisky), Harvey Korman (Blazing Saddles), Gene Hackman (Young Frankenstein), Robert Shaw (The Taking of Pelham One Two Three), Tom Baker (The Golden Voyage of Sinbad), Michel Piccoli (The Phantom of Liberty)Supporting ActressLauren Bacall, Murder on the Orient ExpressInes Pellegrini, Arabian NightsRachel Roberts, Murder on the Orient ExpressAurore Clement, Lacombe, LucienBulle Ogier, Celine and Julie go BoatingRunner-ups: Bibi Andersson (Scenes from a Marriage), Talia Shire (The Godfather Part II), Silvana Mangano (Conversation Piece), Diane Ladd (Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore), Wendy Hiller (Murder on the Orient Express), Jacqueline Bisset (Day for Night), Marie-France Pisier (Celine and Julie Go Boating), Cindy Williams (The Conversation), Nathalie Asnar (Celine and Julie go Boating), Vanessa Redgrave (Murder on the Orient Express), Ingrid Bergman (Murder on the Orient Express), Jodie Foster (Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore), Ingrid Caven (My Little Loves), Monica Vitti (The Phantom of Liberty)Not seen: Claudine, Thunderfoot and Lightning -------I think 1974 is my favorite year for movies. -------And the choices for best leads are incredibly strong. I really regret not making room for Josephson, Lancaster and Dunaway, the last of whom could easily have won in other years. With three of the leading actors of their generation giving their best performance, it does make one wonder why I chose Finney. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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