Jlewis Posted December 17, 2016 Share Posted December 17, 2016 I don't think that's true. People who don't like an actor or people with a limited knowledge of Hollywood might think that each actor is stuck playing a particular persona that closely resembles their actual self. That's not really true. It's certainly not true of De Niro, who I might point out is not a mafioso, a vigilante, a Vietnam veteran or a boxer, among other roles. And most people have no trouble remembering the name of Travis Bickle (or Vito Corleone to merely confine oneself to his seventies roles.) I would suggest that the decline of Hollywood films starts around 1981, after the Heaven's Gate fiasco. After that time Hollywood shows a lot less interest in making movies that ambitious. I'd suggest there was a decline of quality in Hollywood movies after 1960 as leading directors either grew older or didn't really show their trouble. Around 1970, more imaginative directors become more prominent and last for the decade. Now... now... I was only generalizing here. I certainly was NOT suggesting De Niro isn't a great actor. To be fair, I also have trouble remembering who Cary Grant plays in many of his films as well. The seventies was such a different decade than the sixties AND fifties in so many ways, not all bad. Humorously, Leslie Halliwell in his Halliwell Film Guide stopped giving four star ratings after Bonnie & Clyde. He clearly was not a fan of seventies and eighties cinema although he might have changed his tune had he lived beyond 1989 and re-watched films he initially disliked decades later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogie56 Posted December 17, 2016 Author Share Posted December 17, 2016 Leading vs. Supporting Categories in 1975 … Oscar put Ann-Margret in the lead actress category for Tommy. I might be inclined to think that this was a supporting performance but I should see it again. IMO both Roy Scheider and Richard Dreyfuss are leads in Jaws. Robert Shaw is supporting. Louise Fletcher is the lead actress in One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest. Diane Keaton is the lead actress in Love and Death. Julie Christie is the lead actress in Shampoo. Walter Matthau is the lead in The Sunshine Boys with George Burns in support. I would have to see it again before disagreeing with that. IMO Donald Sutherland is supporting in Day of the Locust. William Atherton is the lead. Susan Sarandon, Tim Curry and Barry Bostwick are all leads in The Rocky Horror Picture Show. Maxim Munzik and Yuri Solomin are both leads in Derzu Uzala. Andy Griffith is supporting in Hearts of the West. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogie56 Posted December 17, 2016 Author Share Posted December 17, 2016 It’s time for 1975. We will be on 1975 for one week so plenty of time for everyone to respond. Here are Oscar’s choices for 1975. Winners in bold. Best Actor Jack Nicholson, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest* Walter Matthau, The Sunshine Boys Al Pacino, Dog Day Afternoon Maximilian Schell, The Man In the Glass Booth James Whitmore, Give ‘Em Hell Harry Best Actress Louise Fletcher, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest* Isabelle Adjani, The Story of Adele H. Ann-Margret, Tommy Glenda Jackson, Hedda Carol Kane, Hester Street Best Supporting Actor George Burns, The Sunshine Boys* Brad Dourif, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest Burgess Meredith, The Day of the Locust Chris Sarandon, Dog Day Afternoon Jack Warden, Shampoo Best Supporting Actress Lee Grant, Shampoo* Ronee Blakley, Nashville Sylvia Miles, Farewell, My Lovely Lily Tomlin, Nashville Brenda Voccaro, Once Is Not Enough Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LawrenceA Posted December 17, 2016 Share Posted December 17, 2016 1975 BEST ACTOR Al Pacino Dog Day Afternoon**** Jack Nicholson One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest Tim Curry The Rocky Horror Picture Show Gene Hackman French Connection 2 Giancarlo Giannini Seven Beauties Maximilian Schell The Man in the Glass Booth Roy Scheider Jaws Woody Allen Love and Death BEST ACTRESS Louise Fletcher One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest**** Isabelle Adjani The Story of Adele H. Carol Kane Hester Street Diane Keaton Love and Death Delphine Seyrig Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles Monique van de Ven Katie Tippel Ann Margret Tommy BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR Robert Shaw Jaws**** Brad Dourif One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest John Cleese Monty Python and the Holy Grail John Cazale Dog Day Afternoon Charles Durning Dog Day Afternoon Alan Bates Royal Flash Will Sampson One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest Richard O'Brien The Rocky Horror Picture Show Keith Carradine Nashville Donald Sutherland The Day of the Locust William Redfield One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest Oliver Reed Tommy Henry Gibson Nashville Chris Sarandon Dog Day Afternoon Sydney Lassick One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS Lily Tomlin Nashville Ronee Blakely Nashville Gwen Welles Nashville Karen Black Nashville Shelley Duvall Nashville Olga Georges-Picot Love and Death Shirley Stoler Seven Beauties BEST JUVENILE PERFORMANCE None 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogie56 Posted December 17, 2016 Author Share Posted December 17, 2016 (edited) Here are my choices of the 93 films I've seen from 1975 for… Best Supporting Actress of 1975 1. RONEE BLAKLEY (Barbara Jean), Nashville 2. VERONICA CARTWRIGHT (Harlene), Inserts 3. GWEN WELLES (Suellen Gay), Nashville 4. ELENA FIORE (Concettina Frafuso), Seven Beauties 5. CHARLENE DALLAS (Laura Beige), Rancho Deluxe 6. JENNIFER WARREN (Paula), Night Moves 7. LEE GRANT (Felicia Carr), Shampoo 8. LILY TOMLIN (Linnea Reese), Nashville 9. DORIS ROBERTS (Mrs. Kavarsky), Hester Street 10. SYLVIA MILES (Jessie Halstead Florian/"Jessie Haley"), Farewell, My Lovely and... PENELOPE ALLEN (Sylvia/“Mouth”), Dog Day Afternoon GAY HAMILTON (Nora Brady), Barry Lyndon BRENDA VACCARO (Linda Riggs), Once Is Not Enough MELANIE GRIFFITH (Delilah "Delly" Grastner), Night Moves PATTI D'ARBANVILLE (Betty Fargo), Rancho Deluxe SUSAN SARANDON (Mary Beth), The Great Waldo Pepper SUSAN CLARK (Ellen Moseby), Night Moves CATHLEEN NESBITT (“the old lady”), The French Connection II BARBARA HARRIS (Winifred/“Albuquerque”), Nashville MARIE KEAN (Belle Barry/’Barry’s mother’), Barry Lyndon JENNIE LINDEN (Thea Elvsted), Hedda Edited December 18, 2016 by Bogie56 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogie56 Posted December 17, 2016 Author Share Posted December 17, 2016 Here are my choices of the 93 films I've seen from 1975 for… Best Supporting Actor of 1975 1. CHRIS SARANDON (Leon Shermer), Dog Day Afternoon 2. BURGESS MEREDITH (Harry Greener), The Day of the Locust 3. GEORGE BURNS (Al Lewis), The Sunshine Boys 4. SAEED JAFFREY ("Billy Fish"/Rifleman Ram Hare Krishna Nayaran Bahadur Chhetri - according to the script/sounds like - Machandra Bahadagru), The Man Who Would Be King 5. HENRY GIBSON (Haven Hamilton), Nashville 6. SYDNEY LASSICK (Charlie Cheswick), One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest 7. WILLIAM REDFIELD (Dale Harding), One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest 8. ROBERT SHAW (Quint), Jaws 9. DONALD SUTHERLAND (Homer Simpson), The Day of the Locust 10. CHARLES DURNING (Det. Sgt. Eugene Moretti), Dog Day Afternoon and... FRANK MIDDLEMASS (Sir Charles Reginald Lyndon), Barry Lyndon CHRISTOPHER LLOYD (Max Taber), One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest HAKEN HAGEGARD (Papageno), The Magic Flute STEPHEN DAVIES (Rex, “the Wonder Dog”), Inserts CHRISTOPHER PLUMMER (Rudyard Kipling), The Man Who Would Be King BERNARD FRESSON (Henri Barthelemy), The French Connection II ANDY GRIFFITH (Howard Pike/”Billy Peublo”), Hearts of the West BO SVENSON (Capt. Axel Olsson), The Great Waldo Pepper BRAD DOURIF (Billy Bibbit), One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest BRIAN KEITH (President Theodore Roosevelt), The Wind and the Lion ALLEN GARFIELD (Barnett), Nashville DOGHMI LARBI (Ootah "the terrible"), The Man Who Would Be King JAMES WOODS (Quentin), Night Moves MURRAY HAMILTON (Mayor Larry Vaughn), Jaws JOHN CAZALE (Salvatore ‘Sal’ Naturale), Dog Day Afternoon MURRAY MELVIN (Reverend Samuel Runt), Barry Lyndon MICHAEL MURPHY (John Triplette), Nashville OLIVER REED (Baron Otto von Bismarck), Royal Flash PATRICK MCGEE (the Chevalier de Balibari), Barry Lyndon DAVID JANSSEN (Tom Colt), Once Is Not Enough DAVID PEEL (Bud Hamilton), Nashville 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swithin Posted December 17, 2016 Share Posted December 17, 2016 1975 Favorites Some great films were made in 1975. The Day of the Locust is the one film above all films that should be shown on TCM. Another neglected movie is that masterpiece about human depravity, Salo, which, despite the horror necessitated by its message, is not without beauty. Best Actor Woody Allen (Love and Death) Giancarlo Giannini (Seven Beauties) Miles Halliwell (Winstanley) Al Pacino (Dog Day Afternoon) Maximilian Schell (The Man in the Glass Booth) Best Actress Isabelle Adjani (The Story of Adele H) Marie-Christine Barrault (Cousin Cousine) Karen Black (The Day of the Locust) Carol Kane (Hester Street) Angela Winkler (The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum) Best Supporting Actor John Cazale (Dog Day Afternoon) Henry Gibson (Nashville) Burgess Meredith (The Day of the Locust) Leonard Rossiter (Barry Lyndon) Donald Sutherland (as Homer Simpson in The Day of the Locust) Best Supporting Actress Ronee Blakley (Nashville) Marie Kean (Barry Lyndon) Marie-France Pisier (Cousin Cousine) Helene Surgere (Salo) Lily Tomlin (Nashville) Best Juvenile Jackie Earle Haley (The Day of the Locust) Best Lines “We mustn’t be too quick to say this — or that.” (last line from Hester Street) "Sonny, they're saying there are two homosexuals in here...I'm not a homosexual.” (Dog Day Afternoon) Best Music Scenes All the songs in Nashville Jeepers Creepers, sung throughout The Day of the Locust Diggers' Song (Winstanley) 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LawrenceA Posted December 17, 2016 Share Posted December 17, 2016 Another neglected movie is that masterpiece about human depravity, Salo, which, despite the horror necessitated by its message, is not without beauty. Best Lines "Sonny, they're saying there are two homosexuals in here...I'm not a homosexual.” (Dog Day Afternoon) Salo is the film that gets me the most dirty looks when people see it on my shelf since having a copy means that a person plans on watching it more than once, and what kind of person would want to?!? Dog Day Afternoon has a lot of great lines in it. Another favorite of mine is : Sonny (Pacino): Is there any special country you wanna go to? Sal (Cazale): Wyoming. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LawrenceA Posted December 17, 2016 Share Posted December 17, 2016 I want to re-tell one of my favorite Hollywood tales that came from 1975. Robert Altman was renowned for his excellent work with actors and especially actresses. However, he could also be temperamental, ruthless, and even downright nasty to people, with little to no provocation. When he was putting Nashville together, he was introduced through mutual friends to Louise Fletcher, an actress who had been working for many years without making much of an impact. Altman needed information on living with deaf people and using sign language for a character in the film. Fletcher's parents were deaf, and so was more than happy to help, particularly since Altman, impressed by Fletcher, promised her the chance to play the role in the film. Fletcher then spent months helping him get the character right, turning down work in the interim since she was going to be in Nashville. When it came time to start production, Fletcher was stunned when an assistant informed her that the role was going to be played by Lily Tomlin, instead, but passed along word that Altman appreciated all of Fletcher's work and that it would help Tomlin immensely. Understandably Fletcher was devastated and furious. She took the next role she could, which ended up being Nurse Ratched in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, and she channeled that anger into an intense, timeless performance that stands as one the great film examples of petty authoritarianism. Cut to months later, and Oscar night, where fate would have Fletcher nominated for Best Actress and Tomlin for Best Supporting Actress. Of course Fletcher won and Tomlin lost, and there was more than a hint of satisfaction on Fletcher's face at this turn of events, and it's one of the great examples of Hollywood heartlessness turning into a triumph. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swithin Posted December 17, 2016 Share Posted December 17, 2016 Dog Day Afternoon has a lot of great lines in it. Another favorite of mine is : Sonny (Pacino): Is there any special country you wanna go to? Sal (Cazale): Wyoming. I've mentioned before that the Oscar-winning script for Dog Day Afternoon was written by Frank Pierson. Pierson was the son of Louise Randall Pierson and Harold Pierson, who were played by Rosalind Russell and Jack Carson in the the movie Roughly Speaking, written (book and screenplay) by Louise Randall Pierson. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swithin Posted December 17, 2016 Share Posted December 17, 2016 Understandably Fletcher was devastated and furious. She took the next role she could, which ended up being Nurse Ratched in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, and she channeled that anger into an intense, timeless performance that stands as one the great film examples of petty authoritarianism. Cut to months later, and Oscar night, where fate would have Fletcher nominated for Best Actress and Tomlin for Best Supporting Actress. Of course Fletcher won and Tomlin lost, and there was more than a hint of satisfaction on Fletcher's face at this turn of events, and it's one of the great examples of Hollywood heartlessness turning into a triumph. Fascinating story -- I never knew that. But I still think Isabelle Adjani should have won the Best Actress Oscar, for her incredible performance in The Story of Adele H. (I've never been a fan of Cuckoo's Nest, or the performances therein, apart perhaps from Brad Dourif.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LawrenceA Posted December 17, 2016 Share Posted December 17, 2016 Fascinating story -- I never knew that. But I still think Isabelle Adjani should have won the Best Actress Oscar, for her incredible performance in The Story of Adele H. (I've never been a fan of Cuckoo's Nest, or the performances therein, apart perhaps from Brad Dourif.) I got the story from a few sources: I think one may have been Easy Riders, Raging Bulls, and the other was an Altman biography. However, when I looked up the specifics on IMDb, it says that Fletcher lost the role because her husband was a producing partner with Altman, and the two had a falling out. It also said that the Nurse Ratched role had been turned down by Anne Bancroft, Colleen Dewhurst, Jane Fonda and Ellen Burstyn, several of whom thought the role misogynistic. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KilgoreTrout Posted December 17, 2016 Share Posted December 17, 2016 Best Actor: Al Pacino –Dog Day Afternoon Best Actress: Isabelle Adjani –The Story of Adele H. Best Supporting Actor: Robert Shaw -Jaws Best Supporting Actress: Lily Tomlin -Nashville 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesStewartFan95 Posted December 17, 2016 Share Posted December 17, 2016 Best Actor Warren Beatty, Shampoo Barry Bostwick, The Rocky Horror Picture Show Graham Chapman, Monty Python and the Holy Grail Tim Curry, The Rocky Horror Picture Show Jack Nicholson, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest Al Pacino, Dog Day Afternoon Roy Scheider, Jaws Best Actress Julie Christie, Shampoo Louise Fletcher, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest Goldie Hawn, Shampoo Diana Ross, Mahogany Katharine Ross, The Stepford Wives Susan Sarandon, The Rocky Horror Picture Show Best Supporting Actor Keith Caradine, Nashville John Cazale, Dog Day Afternoon John Cleese, Monty Python and the Holy Grail Brad Dourif, One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest Charles Durning, Dog Day Afternoon Richard Dreyfuss, Jaws Terry Gilliam, Monty Python and the Holy Grail Charles Gray, The Rocky Horror Picture Show Murray Hamilton Jaws Eric Idle, Monty Python and the Holy Grail Richard O'Brien, The Rocky Horror Picture Show Anthony Perkins, Mahogany Robert Shaw, Jaws Donald Sutherland, Day Of The Locust Billy Dee Williams, Mahogany Best Supporting Actress Ronee Blakely, Nashville Connie Booth, Monty Python and the Holy Grail Geraldine Chaplin, Nashville Carol Cleveland, Monty Python and the Holy Grail Carrie Fisher, Shampoo Lee Grant, Shampoo Carol Kane, Dog Day Afternoon Patricia Quinn, The Rocky Horror Picture Show 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skimpole Posted December 18, 2016 Share Posted December 18, 2016 Actor Michael Caine, The Man Who Would Be KingSean Connery, The Man Who Would Be KingTim Curry, The Rocky Horror Picture ShowRyan O'Neal, Barry LyndonAl Pacino, Dog Day AfternoonRunner-ups: Roy Scheider (Jaws), Richard Dreyfuss (Jaws), Graham Chapman (Monty Python and the Holy Grail), Woody Allen (Love and Death), Jack Nicholson (The Passenger), Gene Hackman (Night Moves), Jack Nicholson (One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest), Rainer Werner Fassbinder (Fox and His Friends), Warren Beatty (Shampoo), Michael Lonsdale (India Song), Warren Beatty (The Fortune), Jack Nicholson (The Fortune), Paolo Bonicelli (Salo, or the 120 Days of Sodom), Maxim Munzuk (Derzu Uzala), Yuri Solomin (Derzu Uzala), ActressDelphine Seyrig, Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai du Commerce, 1080 BruxellesMargarita Terekhova, The MirrorDiane Keaton, Love and DeathIsabelle Adjani, The Story of Adele H.Julie Christie, ShampooRunner-ups: Goldie Hawn (Shampoo), Delphine Seyrig (India Song), Maria Schneider (The Passenger), Rachel Roberts (Picnic at Hanging Rock), Stockard Channing (The Fortune), Eva Kotamandiou (The Traveling Players), Louise Fletcher (One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest)Supporting ActorMichael Palin, Monty Python and the Holy GrailRobert Shaw, JawsChristopher Plummer, The Man who Would be KingJohn Cazale, Dog Day AfternoonJohn Cleese, Monty Python and the Holy GrailRunner-ups: Leon Vitali (Barry Lyndon), Eric Idle (Monty Python and the Holy Grail), Richard O'Brien (The Rocky Horror Picture Show), Terry Jones (Monty Python and the Holy Grail), Charles Durning (Dog Day Afternoon), Max von Sydow (Three Days of the Condor), Will Sampson (One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest), Jack Warden (Shampoo), Ned Beatty (Nashville), Saeed Jeffrey (The Man who Would Be King), Keith Carradine (Nashville), Jonathan Adams (The Rocky Horror Picture Show), Henry Gibson (Nashville), Charles Gray (The Rocky Horror Picture Show), Michael Lee Aday/"Meat Loaf" (The Rocky Horror Picture Show), Keenan Wynn (Nashville), Marty Feldman (The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother), Leo McKern (The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother), Harold Gould (Love and Death), Patrick Magee (Barry Lyndon), Murray Melvin (Barry Lyndon)Supporting ActressLily Tomlin, NashvilleRonee Blakley, NashvilleNell Campbell, The Rocky Horror Picture ShowGeraldine Chaplin, NashvilleCarol Cleveland, Monty Python and the Holy GrailRunner-ups: Larisa Tarkovskaya (The Mirror), Patricia Quinn (The Rocky Horror Picture Show), Lee Grant (Shampoo), Shelly Duvall (Nashville), Barbara Harris (Nashville), Lorraine Gary (Jaws), Elisabeth Erikson (The Magic Flute), Marie Kean (Barry Lyndon), Renato Moar (Salo, or the 120 Days of Sodom) Not seen: The Man in the Glass Booth, Give 'em Hell, Harry!, Hedda, Hester Street, The Sunshine Boys, The Day of the Locust, Farewell my Lovely, Once is not Enough -------1975 may be the best Academy selection of best Picture nominees when they had five nominees, and probably ever. --------How odd that each acting category should have two movies I haven't seen. Hopefully that changes next week. -------O'Neal didn't get any acting nominations from anyone I believe, but it's not easy playing a selfish twit whose virtues nobody recognizes. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swithin Posted December 18, 2016 Share Posted December 18, 2016 -------O'Neal didn't get any acting nominations from anyone I believe, but it's not easy playing a selfish twit whose virtues nobody recognizes. I thought of nominating O'Neal, particularly since Best Actor was my most difficult category. I did nominate his mother, though, played to perfection by Marie Kean. Regarding The Man Who Would Be King, although it's just the sort of movie I should like, I didn't like it. I'm not one who feels that the film has to be true to the book, but they took Kipling's characters -- based on real people -- and turned them into annoying stereotypes of British working class brashness. The original characters were based on an English aristocrat and an American Quaker. However, I did like Plummer, an actor I sometimes find to be a bit OTT, as Rudyard Kipling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogie56 Posted December 18, 2016 Author Share Posted December 18, 2016 The New York Film Critics Circle Awards for 1975 were … Best Actor Jack Nicholson, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest* Al Pacino, Dog Day Afternoon Gene Hackman, Night Moves Best Actress Isabelle Adjani, The Story of Adele H.* Florinda Bolkan, A Brief Vacation (73) Ellen Burstyn, Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore (74) Best Supporting Actor Alan Arkin, Hearts of the West* Henry Gibson, Nashville Chris Sarandon, Dog Day Afteroon Best Supporting Actress Lily Tomlin, Nashville* Louise Fletcher, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest Diane Ladd, Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore (74) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoraSmith Posted December 18, 2016 Share Posted December 18, 2016 ACTOR: 1. Jack Nicholson - One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest 2. Graham Chapman - Monty Python and the Holy Grail 3. Roy Scheider - Jaws 4. Rainer Werner Fassbinder - Fox and His Friends 5. Al Pacino - Dog Day Afternoon6. Robert Redford - Three Days of the Condor7. Walter Matthau - The Sunshine Boys8. Ryan O'Neal - Barry Lyndon9. Michael Caine - The Man Who Would Be King10. Jack Lemmon - The Prisoner of Second Avenue ACTRESS: 1. Isabelle Adjani - The Story of Adele H. 2. Louise Fletcher - One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest 3. Faye Dunawaye - Three Days of the Condor4. Pam Grier - Sheba, Baby 5. Diane Keaton - Love and Death6. Julie Christie - Shampoo7. Monique van de Ven - Katie Tippel 8. Willeke Alberti - Rooie Sien 9. Anne Bancroft - The Prisoner of Second Avenue 10. Diana Ross - Mahogany SUPPORTING ACTOR 1. John Cleese - Monty Python and the Holy Grail 2. Will Sampson - One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest3. Peter Chatel - Fox and His Friends 4. Eric Idle - Monty Python and the Holy Grail 5. Danny DeVito - One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest 6. George Burns - The Sunshine Boys7. Christopher Plummer - The Man Who Would Be King8. Max von Sydow - Three Days of the Condor SUPPORTING ACTRESS: 1. Mimi Sarkisian - One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest 2. Goldie Hawn - Shampoo 3. Connie Booth - Monty Python and the Holy Grail4. Christiane Maybach - Fox and His Friends5. Lorraine Gary - Jaws6. Ines Pellegrini - Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom7. Shakira Caine - The Man Who Would Be King8. Marisa Berenson - Barry Lyndon BEST JUVENILE PERFORMANCE: 1. Chris Rebello - Jaws 2. Kim Richards - Escape from Witch Mountain BEST ANIMAL PERFORMANCE: Great white shark attacking cage - Jaws BEST EXTRA: François Truffaut - The Story of Adèle H. MOST LIMITED VOCABULARY: The knights who say "Ni" - Monty Python and the Holy Grail BEST ORIGINAL SCORE: John Williams - Jaws BEST ORIGINAL SONG: Theme from Mahogany (Diana Ross in Mahogany) BEST NON-ORIGINAL SONG: Pinball Wizard (Elton John in Tommy) BEST QUOTE: "You're gonna need a bigger boat." (Jaws) 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomJH Posted December 18, 2016 Share Posted December 18, 2016 Regarding The Man Who Would Be King, although it's just the sort of movie I should like, I didn't like it. I'm not one who feels that the film has to be true to the book, but they took Kipling's characters -- based on real people -- and turned them into annoying stereotypes of British working class brashness. The original characters were based on an English aristocrat and an American Quaker. However, I did like Plummer, an actor I sometimes find to be a bit OTT, as Rudyard Kipling. I have to say that I strongly disagree with your assessment of The Man Who Would Be King, Swithin. I have long had a soft spot for a good adventure film and I regard this adaption of the Kipling novella as one of the great films in the careers of all involved. Shot in Pinewood Studios, along with location shots in Morocco and France, John Huston's film is splendidly atmospheric, bringing a real sense of authenticity to this tale of two rogue soldiers of the Indian Army who decide to strike it rich, becoming through a ruse the rulers of Kafiristan. Their rough hewn con man antics are sometimes even a bit comically reminiscent of Crosby and Hope. John Huston had long wanted to make this film with his original plans to feature Gable and Bogart, among other potential screen teamings. Michael Caine and Sean Connery, friends in real life, have a sublime screen chemistry. Both are in top form here, Connery virtually oozing monosyllabic macho charisma, while Caine is a delight with his contrastingly gabby Cockney characterization, often supplying the film with much of its humour. I've read that the two actors wanted to find the right script afterward in order to reunite on the screen but it never happened. Perhaps it's best that they stopped on top with their one screen collaboration. Christopher Plummer is a fine Kipling, playing some of his scenes with a bemused expression as he is clearly flabberghasted by the outrageousness of the planned activities of the two principle soldiers-of-fortune. Without going into plot specifics, Connery's final scene in this film is an appropriately memorable one, and, boy, does his character show courage and style. Almost like that of a king. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogie56 Posted December 18, 2016 Author Share Posted December 18, 2016 Here are my choices of the 93 films I've seen from 1975 for… Best Actress of 1975 1. ISABELLE ADJANI (Adele Hugo/"Miss Lilly"/"Miss Pinson"), The Story of Adele H. 2. LOUISE FLETCHER (Nurse Mildred Ratched), One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest 3. DIANE KEATON (Sonia Volonska), Love and Death 4. CAROL KANE (Gitl), Hester Street 5. BRITTA MIRA (Emma Kusters), Mother Kusters Goes to Heaven 6. MARIE-CHRISTINE BARRAULT (Marthe), Cousin Cousine 7. JULIE CHRISTIE (Jackie Shawn), Shampoo 8. GLENDA JACKSON (Hedda Gabler Tesman), Hedda 9. JESSICA HARPER (Cathy Cake), Inserts 10. SUSAN SARANDON (Janet Weiss), The Rocky Horror Picture Show no ands as yet 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogie56 Posted December 18, 2016 Author Share Posted December 18, 2016 Here are my choices of the 93 films I've seen from 1975 for… Best Actor of 1975 1. GENE HACKMAN (Detective James R. "Popeye" Doyle/”Jimmy”), The French Connection II 2. JACK NICHOLSON (Randle Patrick "R.P." McMurphy), One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest 3. GIANCARLO GIANNINI (Pasqualino “Seven Beauties” Frafuso/”Spaghetti”), Seven Beauties 4. AL PACINO (Sonny Wortzik), Dog Day Afternoon 5. MICHAEL CAINE (Sgt. Peachy Tolliver Carnehan), The Man Who Would Be King 6. ROY SCHEIDER (Chief Sheriff Martin Brody), Jaws 7. SEAN CONNERY (Sgt. Daniel Dravot/"Son of Sukundar"), The Man Who Would Be King 8. GENE HACKMAN (Harry Moseby), Night Moves 9. RICHARD DREYFUSS (“Boy Wonder”), Inserts 10. ROBERT REDFORD (Joe Turner), Three Days of the Condor and .. MAXIM MUNZUK (Dersu Uzala), Dersu Uzala WOODY ALLEN (Boris Dimitrovich Grushenko), Love and Death RYAN O’NEAL (Redmon Barry Lyndon), Barry Lyndon MICHAEL MORIARTY (Beauregard “Bo” Lockley), Report to the Commissioner ROBERT MITCHUM (Phillip Marlowe), Farewell, My Lovely ROBERT REDFORD (Waldo Pepper), The Great Waldo Pepper RICHARD DREYFUSS (Matt Hooper), Jaws TIM CURRY (Dr. Frank N. Furter), The Rocky Horror Picture Show JEFF BRIDGES (Lewis Tater/”Neddy Wells”), Hearts of the West MICHAEL YORK (2nd Lieutenant Arthur Drake), Conduct Unbecoming YURI SOLOMIN (Captain Vladimir Arseniev), Dersu Uzala 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogie56 Posted December 18, 2016 Author Share Posted December 18, 2016 The Los Angeles Film Critics Association began in 1975. Here are their acting choices for that year: Best Actor Al Pacino, Dog Day Afternoon Best Actress Florinda Bolkan, A Brief Vacation (73) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogie56 Posted December 18, 2016 Author Share Posted December 18, 2016 The National Board of Review Awards for 1975 were… Best Actors Jack Nicholson, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest* Best Actress Isabelle Adjani, The Story of Adele H.* Best Supporting Actor Charles Durning, Dog Day Afternoon* Best Supporting Actress Ronee Blakley, Nashville* 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedracer5 Posted December 18, 2016 Share Posted December 18, 2016 1975 BEST PICTURE Jaws The Prisoner of Second Avenue The Rocky Horror Picture Show Rooster Cogburn Shampoo The Stepford Wives Tommy Monty Python and the Holy Grail BEST ACTOR Roy Scheider, Jaws Bruce the Mechanical Shark, Jaws Jack Lemmon, The Prisoner of Second Avenue Tim Curry, The Rocky Horror Picture Show Barry Bostwick, The Rocky Horror Picture Show John Wayne, Rooster Cogburn Warren Beatty, Shampoo Roger Daltrey, Tommy Graham Chapman, Monty Python and the Holy Grail BEST ACTRESS Anne Bancroft, The Prisoner of Second Avenue Susan Sarandon, The Rocky Horror Picture Show Katharine Hepburn, Rooster Cogburn Goldie Hawn, Shampoo Julie Christie, Shampoo Katharine Ross, The Stepford Wives Ann-Margret, Tommy BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR Richard Dreyfuss, Jaws Robert Shaw, Jaws The Husbands, The Stepford Wives John Cleese, Monty Python and the Holy Grail Eric Idle, Monty Python and the Holy Grail Jack Nicholson, Tommy Elton John, Tommy BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS Patricia Quinn, The Rocky Horror Picture Show Lee Grant, Shampoo Paula Prentiss, The Stepford Wives Tina Louise, The Stepford Wives Tina Turner, Tommy BEST QUOTES In The Stepford Wives: Stepford Wife Paula Prentiss to non-Stepford wife Katharine Ross: "I thought we were friends!" "We're gonna need a bigger boat," Roy Scheider, Jaws BEST SONGS "Sweet Transvestite" Tim Curry, The Rocky Horror Picture Show "Timewarp," Cast, The Rocky Horror Picture Show "Touch-a Touch-a Touch-a Touch Me," Susan Sarandon, The Rocky Horror Picture Show "Acid Queen," Tina Turner, Tommy "Pinball Wizard," Elton John, Tommy BEST SHOES Elton John's shoes in Tommy BEST SCENE When Jaws leaps onto the back of the boat in Jaws MOST INAPPROPRIATE SCENE TO LAUGH AT When the little kid is eaten off the raft in Jaws. I don't know why it makes me laugh. STRANGEST SCENE When Tim Curry's Dr. Frank N Furter has sex with both Susan Sarandon and Barry Bostwick by impersonating their respective other half. SCARIEST SCENE When the head rolls out of the porthole in the sunken ship in Jaws BEST DOUBLE TAKE Roy Scheider's reaction when he first sees Jaws. This is followed by "We're gonna need a bigger boat." BEST USE OF BAKED BEANS Ann-Margret's epic nervous breakdown in the all-white room in Tommy BEST BODY Tim Curry in The Rocky Horror Picture Show SPEEDRACER'S TAKEAWAY FROM "THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW" Why am I jealous of how Tim Curry looks in a corset and fish nets and garters? 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogie56 Posted December 18, 2016 Author Share Posted December 18, 2016 The National Society of Film Critics Awards for 1975 were … Best Actor Jack Nicholson, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest* Best Actress Isabelle Adjani, The Story of Adele H.* Best Supporting Actor Henry Gibson, Nashville* Best Supporting Actresses Lily Tomlin, Nashville* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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