Bogie56 Posted December 26, 2016 Author Share Posted December 26, 2016 The National Society of Film Critics Awards for 1976 were … Best Actor Robert De Niro, Taxi Driver* William Holden, Network Gerard Depardieu, The Last Woman Best Actress Sissy Spacek, Carrie* Faye Dunaway, Network Liv Ullmann, Face to Face Best Supporting Actor Jason Robards, All the President’s Men* Harvey Keitel, Taxi Driver Robert Duvall, Network and The Seven Per Cent Solution Best Supporting Actresses Jodie Foster, Taxi Driver* Talia Shire, Rocky Marie-France Pisier, Cousin Cousine (75) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogie56 Posted December 26, 2016 Author Share Posted December 26, 2016 The BAFTA winners for 1976 were …. Best Actor Jack Nicholson, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest* (75) Dustin Hoffman, All the President’s Men and Marathon Man Walter Matthau, The Sunshine Boys (75) and The Bad News Bears Robert De Niro, Taxi Driver Best Actress Louise Fletcher, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest* (75) Liv Ullmann, Face to Face Rita Moreno, The Ritz Lauren Bacall, The Shootist Best Supporting Actor Brad Dourif, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest* (75) Martin Balsam, All the President’s Men Jason Robards, All the President’s Men Michael Hordern, The Slipper and the Rose: The Story of Cinderella Best Supporting Actress Jodie Foster, Bugsy Malone and Taxi Driver* Vivien Merchant, The Homecoming (73) Annette Crosbie, The Slipper and the Rose: The Story of Cinderella Billie Whitelaw, The Omen 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogie56 Posted December 26, 2016 Author Share Posted December 26, 2016 Here are Danny Peary’s Alternate Oscar choices for 1976. Winners in bold. Best Actor Robert De Niro, Taxi Driver* Giancarlo Giannini, Seven Beauties (75) William Holden, Network Walter Matthau, The Bad News Bears Sylvester Stallone, Rocky John Wayne, The Shootist Best Actress Sissy Spacek, Carrie* Faye Dunaway, Network Audrey Hepburn, Robin and Marian Glynnis O’Connor, Ode ot Billy Joe Liv Ullmann, Face to Face And here are Michael Gerbert’s Golden Armchair choices for 1976: Best Actor Robert De Niro, Taxi Driver* Best Actress Faye Dunaway, Network* 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogie56 Posted December 26, 2016 Author Share Posted December 26, 2016 The Golden Globe Awards for 1976 were … Best Actor in a Drama Peter Finch, Network* Robert De Niro, Taxi Driver Sylvester Stallone, Rocky Dustin Hoffman, Marathon Man David Carradine, Bound For Glory Best Actress in a Drama Faye Dunaway, Network* Liv Ullmann, Face to face Sarah Miles, The Sailor Who Fell from Grace With the Sea Glenda Jackson, The Incredible Sarah Talia Shire, Rocky Best Actor in a Comedy or Musical Kris Kristofferson, A Star Is Born* Jack Weston, The Ritz Mel Brooks, Silent Movie Peter Sellers, The Pink Panther Strikes Again Gene Wilder, Silver Streak Best Actress in a Comedy or Musical Barbra Streisand, A Star Is Born* Rita Moreno, The Ritz Barbara Harris, Freaky Friday Goldie Hawn, The Duchess and Dirtwater Fox Barbara Harris, Family Plot Jodie Foster, Freaky Friday Best Supporting Actor Laurence Olivier, Marathon Man* Jason Robards, All the President’s Men Marty Feldman, Silent Movie Oskar Werner, Voyage of the Damned Ron Howard, The Shootist Best Supporting Actresses Katharine Ross, Voyage of the Damned* Lee Grant, Voyage of the Damned Bernadette Peters, Silent Movie Marthe Keller, Marathon Man Shelley Winters, Next Stop, Greenwich Village Piper Laurie, Carrie 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KilgoreTrout Posted December 27, 2016 Share Posted December 27, 2016 Best Actor: Robert De Niro -Taxi Driver * (my favorite performance of all-time) Best Actress: Faye Dunaway -Network Best Supporting Actor: Peter Finch -Network Best Supporting Actress: Jodie Foster -Taxi Driver Finch's 28 minutes of screen time are less than half of Holden's and barely more than half of Dunaway's, he's emphatically supporting despite how impactful and iconic his scenes or his unexpected death. I think De Niro's performance has never been equaled and his closest competition is himself, four years later. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LawrenceA Posted December 27, 2016 Share Posted December 27, 2016 I think De Niro's performance has never been equaled and his closest competition is himself, four years later. I agree, only reversed. While I like Taxi Driver more as a film, DeNiro's turn in Raging Bull is my favorite, with Travis Bickle coming in second. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogie56 Posted December 27, 2016 Author Share Posted December 27, 2016 The 1976 Berlin International Film Festival winners were… Best Actor Gerhard Olschewski, A Lost Life Best Actress Jadwiga Baranska, Nights and Days (75) —————————————————————————————— The 1976 Cannes Film Festival winners were… Best Actor Jose Luis Gomez, Pascual Duarte Best Actresses Mari Torocsik, A Locsei Feher Asszony Dominique Sanda, The Inheritance 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogie56 Posted December 27, 2016 Author Share Posted December 27, 2016 The 1976 San Sebastian Film Festival winners were… Best Actor Zdzislaw Kozlen, Convicted* Best Actress Helen Morse, Caddie* 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogie56 Posted December 27, 2016 Author Share Posted December 27, 2016 Here are some performances from 1976 that will be recognized in subsequent years … Peter Finch will win the BAFTA Best Actor Award in 1977 for Network (1976). William Holden will be nominated for the BAFTA Best Actor Award in 1977 for Network (1976). Sylvester Stallone will be nominated for the BAFTA Best Actor Award in 1977 for Rocky (1976). Faye Dunaway will be nominated for the BAFTA Best Actress Award in 1977 for Network (1976). Robert Duvall will be nominated for the BAFTA Best Supporting Actor Award in 1977 for Network (1976). Zero Mostel will be nominated for the BAFTA Best Supporting Actor Award in 1977 for The Front (1976). Shelley Winters will be nominated for the BAFTA Best Supporting Actress Award in 1977 for Next Stop, Greenwich Village (1976). Geraldine Chaplin will be nominated for the BAFTA Best Supporting Actress Award in 1977 for Welcome to L.A. (1976). Fernando Fernan Gomez will win the Berlin Film Festival Best Actor Award in 1977 for The Anchorite (1976). Radko Polic will win the Moscow International Film Festival Best Actor Award in 1977 for Idealist (1976). Amza Pellea will win the Moscow International Film Festival Best Actor Award in 1977 for The Punishment (1976). Michele Placido won Italy’s Nastro d’Argento Film Journalists’ Best Actor Award in 75/76 for Victory March (1976). Ciccio Ingrassia won Italy’s Nastro d’Argento Film Journalists’ Best Supporting Actor Award in 75/76 for One Way or Another (1976). Adriano Celentano won Italy’s David di Donatello’s Best Actor Award in 75/76 for The Con Artists (1976). Tolvo Pawlo won Sweden’s Guldbagge Best Actor Award in 1975 for Hello Baby (1976). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogie56 Posted December 28, 2016 Author Share Posted December 28, 2016 France’s Cesar Awards for 1976 were … Best Actor Michel Galabru, The Judge and the Assassin Best Actress Annie Giradot, Docteur Francoise Gailland Best Supporting Actor Claude Brasseur, The Big Operator Best Supporting Actress Marie-France Pisier, Barocco 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skimpole Posted December 28, 2016 Share Posted December 28, 2016 I was wondering how Chris Sarandon's turn in Dog Day Afternoon would age, how it would be viewed by newer audiences. I placed him among my nominees, as have a few others, and a couple (I think) even have him as winner. For those who don't know or haven't seen the movie, Sarandon plays the overly medicated, pre-op transsexual lover of Al Pacino's bankrobber. He doesn't have a lot of screen time but what is there is good stuff. I wondered, though, how his heavily "swish" character would be viewed now, as on the surface it plays into a number of negative stereotypes, specifically homosexuality and/or gender dysphoria as mental illness. Now, don't get me wrong. I'm not one of those people who think that a character in a story or a film is supposed to be representative of all members of that person's race, gender, religion, etc. A Jewish bad guy in a movie doesn't mean all Jews are bad guys, only this specific Jewish guy or gal. But while there were strong strides made in the portrayal of gay and lesbian characters in the 1970's, there were still plenty of offensive ones, too. My question is how many think the Sarandon role would be viewed as such now? As far as I recall, Sarandon was virtually unknown when Dog Day Afternoon was released, so most audiences weren't aware how far from his usual screen persona this role would be. Much like the supporting actors in the same year's One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Sarandon's anonymity helped the performance as the viewer didn't know what was acting and what was reality. Many at the time questioned how many of the Cuckoo's Nest actors were actual mental patients cast in the film (answer:none), and the same was wondered about Sarandon. I was busy last week, so I didn't comment on it at the time. I didn't think much of Sarandon's performance, and didn't think it was the best supporting performance in Dog Day Afternoon. Since the movie was based on a true story I assume that Sarandon's character was close to the truth. What is more striking is that in popular culture homosexuals were conflated with trans individuals. In Soap, Billy Crystal's character, if I remember the first homosexual on a network TV show. was thinking about becoming a woman, and then tried to kill himself when the man he was in love with backed out. That ended any trans part on Crystal's character's part. Two decades later the more scabrous South Park had its elementary school teacher realizing he was gay, then becoming a woman (and Richard Dawkins' lover), then deciding to become a man again and eventually being elected president. As for Sarandon's performance, I think it got nominated because his concept was showier than Cazale and Durning's roles, though I think their roles were better. It's an old bad Oscars habit, where people get nominated for showy roles, like having drunk scenes for actors, or acting hysterically (like Joan Crawford in Possessed) Likewise, I think Dourif was nominated in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest because he was the most sympathetic of the patients, and his fate was so unfortunate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogie56 Posted December 28, 2016 Author Share Posted December 28, 2016 Well, so much for my choice for best supporting actor of 1975. I would say sometimes one has to rise to the occasion with showier roles which Sarandon did in my view. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogie56 Posted December 28, 2016 Author Share Posted December 28, 2016 Italy’s 75/76 Nastro d’Argento Film Awards for 1976 included … Best Actor Michele Placido, Victory March Best Supporting Actor Ciccio Ingrassia, One Way or Another Italy’s 76/77 Nastro d’Argento Film Awards for 1976 were … Best Actor Alberto Sordi, An Average Little Man (77) Best Actress Mariangela Melato, Caro Michele Best Supporting Actor Romolio Valli, An Average Little Man (77) Best Supporting Actresses Adriani Asti, The Inheritance 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogie56 Posted December 28, 2016 Author Share Posted December 28, 2016 Italy’s 75/76 David di Donatello Awards for 1976 included … Best Actor Adriano Celentano, The Con Artists* Italy’s 76/77 David di Donatello Awards for 1976 were … Best Actor Alberto Sordi, An Average Little Man (77) Best Foreign Actors Dustin Hoffman, Marathon Man* Sylvester Stallone, Rocky* Best Actress Mariangela Melato, Caro Michele Best Foreign Actresses Faye Dunaway, Network* Annie Giradot, Run After Me Until I Catch You* 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogie56 Posted December 28, 2016 Author Share Posted December 28, 2016 The 75/76 Sweden’s Guldbagge Awards for 1976 included… Best Actor Tolvo Pawlo, Hello Baby The 76/77 Sweden’s Guldbagge Awards for 1976 were… Best Actor Hakan Serner, Man on the Roof Best Actress Brigitta Vlberg, Paradise Place (77) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogie56 Posted December 28, 2016 Author Share Posted December 28, 2016 The Australian Film Institute Awards for 1976 were … Best Actor John Meilon, The Fourth Wish Best Actress Pat Bishop, Don’s Party Best Supporting Actor John Ewart, The Picture Show Man (77) Best Supporting Actresses Veronica Lang, Don’ Party —————————————————————————————— There were no Canadian Etrog Film Acting Awards for 1976. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoraSmith Posted December 28, 2016 Share Posted December 28, 2016 Taxi Driver shows a subjective image of New York through the eyes of Travis Bickle's unstable mind. In Paul Shrader's screenplay he was more of a racist, but De Niro made him ambiguous and gave him a charming aspect. In the middle of a conversation Bickle dreams away at the sight of an effervescent tablet. Mirrors are a motive. We only get to see a reflection of reality, not reality itself. During the famous monologue we see De Niro's reflection, because his pimple is on the wrong side of his face. To film the climax they had to make a hole in the ceiling. Travis Bickle is an anagram of "visible track", and that's what he leaves behind him: a visible track of destruction. Jodie Foster's character Iris and her unhealthy eating habits were inspired by a real person: Garth Avery. She had a bit part herself as Iris's friend. Not much has been heard of her afterwards. Jodie's older sister was in the film too as her body double. Sissy Spacek was strictly speaking too old to play high school girl Carrie, but that doesn't matter. With wide open eyes she could look as scary as a sphynx cat. She's repressed by her mother, a fanatic Catholic who hates men. When Piper Laurie cuts carrots that can be interpreted as a symbol of castration. She's not happy when her daughter is asked out by a boy. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogie56 Posted December 28, 2016 Author Share Posted December 28, 2016 Japan’s Blue Ribbon Awards for 1976 were … Best Actor Tatsuya Watari, Yakuza Graveyard Best Actress Kumiko Akiyoshi, Brother and Sister and Farewell O Summer Light Best Supporting Actor Hideji Otaki, Fumo Chitai and Brother and Sister Best Supporting Actress Mieko Takamine, The Inugami Family ————————————————————————————— Japan’s Mainichi Awards for 1976 were … Best Actor Tatsuya Watari, Yakuza Graveyard Best Actress Kumiko Akiyoshi, Brother and Sister Best Supporting Actor Hideji Otaki, Fumo Chitai and Brother and Sister 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LawrenceA Posted December 28, 2016 Share Posted December 28, 2016 Here are the 1976 movies I haven't seen: The Anchorite Barocco The Big Operator Brother and Sister Caddie Caro Michele Chinese Roulette The Con Artists Convicted The Devil's Playground Docteur Francoise Gailland Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands Don's Party The Duchess and Dirtwater Fox Edvard Munch Farewell O Summer Light Fellini's Casanova The Fourth Wish Freaky Friday Fumo Chitai Hello Baby Idealist The Incredible Sarah The Inheritance The Innocent The Inugami Family The Judge and the Assassin Kings of the Road The Last Woman Leadbelly A Locsei Feher Asszony A Lost Life Man On the Roof The Marquise of O A Matter of Time Mikey and Nicky Ode to Billy Joe One Way or Another Pascual Duarte The Punishment The Ritz**** Run After Me Until I Catch You The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea A Slave of Love The Slipper and the Rose Sparkle Victory March Volcano: An Inquiry into the Life and Death of Malcolm Lowry Welcome to L.A. The Wing or the Thigh Yakuza Graveyard The Homecoming, listed among the BAFTA nominees, appears to be a 1973 film. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingrat Posted December 28, 2016 Share Posted December 28, 2016 I'm crazy about WELCOME TO L.A., but that is not a universally shared opinion. It lacks the scope of NASHVILLE, but also lacks Altman's smug sense of superiority, so I actually prefer the imitation to the original. Again, not a universally shared opinion. THE RITZ is an entertaining comedy, with Rita Moreno repeating her Tony-winning performance as Googie Gomez, a less than talented Broadway wannabe. Rita did her Googie act at parties, and Terrence McNally worked it up into a play, if I recall correctly. Jack Weston plays a guy running away from the mob, and the door he ducks into happens to be the entrance to a gay bathhouse. The name "Seymour Pippin" continues to be meaningful for those who have seen THE RITZ. Another fine moment has Googie singing, as Mama Rose in GYPSY, "I hod a dream, a dream about choo, baybay." I vaguely recall being disappointed by EDVARD MUNCH. Despite the greatness of the painter, the movie seemed long and dull, if I remember correctly. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogie56 Posted December 29, 2016 Author Share Posted December 29, 2016 Here are the 1976 movies I haven't seen: Chinese Roulette Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands Don's Party The Duchess and Dirtwater Fox Edvard Munch Fellini's Casanova The Innocent Kings of the Road Leadbelly The Marquise of O Mikey and Nicky The Ritz**** Volcano: An Inquiry into the Life and Death of Malcolm Lowry The Homecoming, listed among the BAFTA nominees, appears to be a 1973 film. I had Kings of the Road as my number one film in your other favourites thread. But the two leads, Rudiger Vogler and Hanns Zischler came off of my performers list the last time I viewed it. Maybe they will go back on it the next time I see it. Volcano: An Inquiry Into the Life and Death of Malcolm Lowry is a National Film Board documentary by one of its stalwarts, Donald Britain. Like Lowry and Burton, Britain had a battle with the bottle for most of his life so the coming together here is no accident. He also narrates the film and Canadians will recognize his voice. Richard Burton reads from Lowry's Under the Volcano and it is a glimpse of what might have been had he starred in a dramatic version of that novel. Though I had already seen it a few times, I obtained a copy of Britain's film as a dvd extra in an Under the Volcano (1985) release. Don's Party (1976) by Bruce Beresford is said by some to be the inspiration behind John Sayles' The Return of the Secaucus Seven (1979). Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands (1976) by Bruno Barreto helped mark the emergence of Brazilian films on the world scene in the late 70's. Dona Flor played by the beautiful Sonia Braga is visited by the ghost of her somewhat annoying dead first husband, Jose Wilker. It's a sillier Truly Madly Deeply (1990). L'Innocente, or The innocent is another beautiful Luchino Visconti film. Joining Giancarlo Giannini and Laura Antonelli is Summer of 42's Jennifer O'Neill. O'Neill does really well in this film granted her voice was dubbed by an Italian actress in the version that I saw. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogie56 Posted December 29, 2016 Author Share Posted December 29, 2016 Here are the films from 1976 that were mentioned that I have not seen as yet. The Anchorite with Fernando Fernan Gomez The Bad News Bears with Walter Matthau, Tatum O’Neal and Joyce Van Patten Barocco with Marie-France Pisier The Big Operator with Claude Brasseur Brother and Sister with Kumiko Akiyoshi and Hideji Otaki Caddie with Helen Morse, Drew Forsythe and Jacki Weaver Caro Michele with Mariangela Melato The Con Artists with Adriano Celentano Convicted with Zdzislaw Kozlen Cria Cuervos with Ana Torrent and Geraldine Chaplin The Devil’s Playground with Simon Burke and Nick Tate Docteur Francoise Gailland with Annie Giradot Farewell O Summer Light Kumiko Akiyoshi The Fourth Wish with John Meillon Freaky Friday with Barbara Harris and Jodie Foster Fumo Chitai with Hideji Otaki Hello Baby with Tovlo Pawlo The Idealist with Radko Poic The Incredible Sarah with Glenda Jackson The Inheritance with Dominique Sanda and Adriani Asti The Inugi Family with Mieko Talamine The Last Woman with Gerard Depardieu A Locsel Feher Asszony with Mari Torocsik A Lost Life with Gerhard Olschewski Man on the Roof with Hakan Serner A Matter of Time with Ingrid Bergman Mohammad, Messenger of God with Anthony Quinn Ode to Billy Joe with Glynnis O’Connor One Way or Another with Ciccio Ingrassia The Pink Panther Strikes Again with Peter Sellers The Punishment with Amza Pellea The Sailor Who Fell From Grace With the Sea with Sarah Miles Silver Streak with Richard Pryor and Gene Wilder A Slave of Love with Elaine Solevy The Slipper and the Rose: The Story of Cinderella with Michael Hordern and Annette Crosbie Sparkle with Irene Cara A Star Is Born with Barbra Streisand Victory March with Michele Placido Welcome to L.A. with Geraldine Chaplin The Wing or the Thigh with Louis de Funes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LawrenceA Posted December 29, 2016 Share Posted December 29, 2016 Here are the films from 1976 that were mentioned that I have not seen as yet. The Bad News Bears with Walter Matthau, Tatum O’Neal and Joyce Van Patten Cria Cuervos with Ana Torrent and Geraldine Chaplin Mohammad, Messenger of God with Anthony Quinn The Pink Panther Strikes Again with Peter Sellers Silver Streak with Richard Pryor and Gene Wilder A Star Is Born with Barbra Streisand I've seen these. The Bad News Bears, The Pink Panther Strikes Again, Silver Streak and A Star is Born are all middle-of-the-road Hollywood fare of the time. Silver Streak is my favorite of the lot. Mohammad, Messenger of God is shown rarely, since it provokes controversy for daring to sort of depict Mohammad and the founding of Islam. Mohammad is never shown other than in silhouette, but that didn't stop protesters from disrupting showings during its original release, and the usual death threats from being made. The film strives for David Lean-style epic majesty but falls short. I would still recommend it for at least one viewing, but be prepared as it has a runtime of nearly 3 hours. This was a passion project for producer-director Moustapha Akkad (who also produced 1978's hit Halloween), as he wanted Muslims to have a true epic film to depict their faith to go alongside those that depict Jewish and Christian tales. Ironically, the man who made a film to help mainstream Muslim ideals was killed in 2005 in a terrorist bombing in Jordan. Cria Cuervos is one of the 1001 Movies to See Before You Die. It has an interesting narrative structure, switching between the present and the past, reality and fantasy. Like most Spanish films of the period, it was an indictment of the Franco regime and fascism in general. Geraldine Chaplin and Ana Torrent are both good, as well. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogie56 Posted December 29, 2016 Author Share Posted December 29, 2016 Mohammad, Messenger of God is shown rarely, since it provokes controversy for daring to sort of depict Mohammad and the founding of Islam. Mohammad is never shown other than in silhouette, but that didn't stop protesters from disrupting showings during its original release, and the usual death threats from being made. The film strives for David Lean-style epic majesty but falls short. I would still recommend it for at least one viewing, but be prepared as it has a runtime of nearly 3 hours. This was a passion project for producer-director Moustapha Akkad (who also produced 1978's hit Halloween), as he wanted Muslims to have a true epic film to depict their faith to go alongside those that depict Jewish and Christian tales. Ironically, the man who made a film to help mainstream Muslim ideals was killed in 2005 in a terrorist bombing in Jordan. Moustapha Akkad also owned Twickenham Film Studios which after his death went under the hammer and was sold to developers to build homes. It was only after a Herculean petition effort that this was stopped and the studios sold to a white knight about two years ago. Twickenham Studios is over 100 years old and has bags of history. I've tried to locate a copy of Mohammed, Messenger of God and so far have been unsuccessful. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LawrenceA Posted December 29, 2016 Share Posted December 29, 2016 Moustapha Akkad also owned Twickenham Film Studios which after his death went under the hammer and was sold to developers to build homes. It was only after a Herculean petition effort that this was stopped and the studios sold to a white knight about two years ago. Twickenham Studios is over 100 years old and has bags of history. I've tried to locate a copy of Mohammed, Messenger of God and so far have been unsuccessful. I saw it when TCM aired it during Anthony Quinn's Star of the Month lineup. Maybe it was one that got pulled from the Canadian schedule. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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