JamesStewartFan95 Posted January 14, 2017 Share Posted January 14, 2017 My pick for Best Supporting Actor, Treat Williams proves to be my personal favourite thing about Hair. His George Berger is an optimistic yet cautious individual who feels that the good time vibes of the 60's, while still fresh in the minds of him and his fellow hippies, are slowly fading away. Berger acts as a well-travelled older brother figure to the young, naïve Claude (John Savage) and leads him to question what his father sent him out to accomplish. Williams gives an entertaining performance but also acts as the tragic figure of the movie. Berger sacrifices himself to save his friend from wasting his life away. Truly the best of the nominees. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogie56 Posted January 14, 2017 Author Share Posted January 14, 2017 The Golden Globe Awards for 1979 were … Best Actor in a Drama Dustin Hoffman, Kramer vs. Kramer* Jack Lemmon, The China Syndrome Al Pacino, …And Justice For All Jon Voight, The Champ James Woods, The Onion Field Best Actress in a Drama Sally Field, Norma Rae* Jill Clayburgh, Luna Lisa Eichhorn, Yanks Jane Fonda, The China Syndrome Marsha Mason, Promises In the Dark Best Actor in a Comedy or Musical Peter Sellers, Being There* George Hamilton, Love at First Bite Dudley Moore, 10 Burt Reynolds, Starting Over Roy Scheider, All That Jazz Best Actresses in a Comedy or Musical Bette Midler, The Rose* Julie Andrews, 10 Jill Clayburgh, Starting Over Shirley MacLaine, Being There Marsha Mason, Chapter Two Best Supporting Actors Melvyn Douglas, Being There* Robert Duvall, Apocalypse Now* Frederic Forrest, The Rose Justin Henry, Kramer vs. Kramer Laurence Olivier, A Little Romance Best Supporting Actress Meryl Streep, Kramer vs. Kramer* Jane Alexander, Kramer vs. Kramer Kathleen Beller, Promises In the Dark Candice Bergen, Starting Over Valerie Harper, Chapter Two Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skimpole Posted January 15, 2017 Share Posted January 15, 2017 Actor Peter Sellers, Being ThereWoody Allen, ManhattanAnatoli Solonitsyn, StalkerJim Henson, The Muppet MovieAlexander Kaidanovsky, StalkerRunner-ups: Jack Lemmon (The China Syndrome), Phil Daniels (Quadrophenia), Ken Ogata (Vengeance is Mine), Roy Scheider (All That Jazz), Martin Sheen (Apocalypse Now), Nicol Williamson (The Human Factor), George Burns (Going in Style), Sean Connery (The First Great Train Robbery), Klaus Kinski (Nosferatu), Christopher Plummer (Murder by Decree), Sam Neill (My Brilliant Career), Dennis Christopher (Breaking Away), James Woods (The Onion Field), Kelly Reno (The Black Stallion), Donald Sutherland (The First Great Train Robbery), Malcolm McDowell (Time After Time), Art Carney (Going in Style), Brad Dourif (Wise Blood), Mel Gibson (Mad Max), Peter Falk (The In-Laws), George Hamilton (Love at First Bite), Jeff Bridges (Winter Kills), David Bennent (The Tin Drum), Klaus Lowitsch (The Marriage of Maria Braun), Clint Eastwood (Escape from Alcatraz),ActressNatassja Kinski, TessSally Field, Norma RaeDiane Keaton, ManhattanJane Fonda, The China SyndromeHanna Schygulla, The Marriage of Maria BraunJudy Davis, My Brilliant CareerRunner-ups: Diane Lane (A Little Romance), Mary Steenburgen (Time After Time), Isabelle Adjani (Nosferatu), Vanessa Redgrave (Agatha), Lesley-Anne Down (The First Great Train Robbery), Jill Clayburgh (Luna) Supporting ActorMarlon Brando, Apocalypse NowRobert Duvall, Apocalypse NowPeter Firth, TessFrank Oz, The Muppet MovieJohn Cleese, Monty Python's Life of BrianMichael Lonsdale, MoonrakerRunner-ups: Eric Idle (Monty Python's Life of Brian), Melyvn Douglas (Being There), Nikolai Grinko (Stalker), Leigh Lawson (Tess), James Mason (Murder by Decree), Maximilian Schell (The Black Hole), Jack Warden (Being There), Michael Douglas (The China Syndrome), Michael Murphy (Manhattan), Ron Leibman (Norma Rae), Rentaro Mikuni (Vengeance is Mine), Ben Vereen (All That Jazz), Terry Jones (Monty Python's Life of Brian), David Goelz (The Muppet Movie), Ernest Borgnine (The Black Hole), Dennis Hopper (Apocalypse Now), Charles Durning (The Muppet Movie), Robert Morley (The Human Factor), Frederic Forrest (Apocalypse Now), Mickey Rooney (The Black Stallion), Lee Strasberg (Going in Style), Austin Pendleton (The Muppet Movie), Dennis Quaid (Breaking Away), Bruno Ganz (Nosferatu), Wilford Brimley (The China Syndrome), Michael Palin (Monty Python's Life of Brian), Anthony Perkins (Winter Kills), Sting (Quadrophenia), Derek Jacobi (The Human Factor), Steve Martin (The Muppet Movie), Richard Hunt (The Muppet Movie), Laurence Olivier (Dracula), Patrick McGoohan (Escape from Alcatraz) Supporting ActressShirley MacLaine, Being ThereMitsuko Baisho, Vengeance is MineMariel Hemingway, ManhattanAnn Reinking, All That JazzNatasha Abramova, StalkerRunner-ups: Alisa Freindlich (Stalker), Iman (The Human Factor), Leslie Ash (Quadrophenia), Erzsebet Foldi (All That Jazz), Suzanna Hamilton (Tess), Susan Clark (Murder by Decree), Barbara Barrie (Breaking Away), Teri Garr (The Black Stallion), Not seen: Starting Over, Chapter Two, The Rose -------You'll notice that the Actress and Best Supporting Actor categories have six nominations. That's because for the purposes of this exercise Tess is considered a 1979 film, while in my alternate oscars I consider it a 1980 film. In my alternate oscars Kinski is the winner of the 1980 best actress and Sally Field is the 1979 one. Firth would be a nominee in both years. -------When I started this exercise, I didn't think either Brando or MacLaine would win anything. Well thank heaven for supporting awards. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skimpole Posted January 15, 2017 Share Posted January 15, 2017 And Abramova is my choice for juvenile performance of the year. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogie56 Posted January 15, 2017 Author Share Posted January 15, 2017 The 1979 Berlin International Film Festival winners were… Best Actor Michele Placido, Ernesto Best Actress Hanna Schygulla, The Marriage of Maria Braun —————————————————————————————— The 1979 Cannes Film Festival winners were… Best Actor Jack Lemmon, The China Syndrome Best Actress Sally Field, Norma Rae Best Supporting Actor Stefano Madia, Caro Papa Best Supporting Actress Eva Mattes, Woyzeck ————————————————————————————— Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogie56 Posted January 15, 2017 Author Share Posted January 15, 2017 The 1979 Venice Film Festival winners were: Best Actor Evgeniy Leonov, Autumn Marathon Best Actress Nobuko Otowa, The Strangling ————————————————————————————————— The 1979 San Sebastian Film Festival winners were… Best Actors Brad Dourif, Wise Blood* Nelson Villagra, Los Desaparecidos* Best Actress Laura Betti, The Little Archimedes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogie56 Posted January 15, 2017 Author Share Posted January 15, 2017 The 1979 Moscow International Film Festival winners were … Best Actors Ulrich Thein, Anton the Magician* (78) Bata Zivolinovic, Moment* (78) Best Actresses Daisy Granados, Portrait of Teresa* Yasmine Khiat, Nahla* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogie56 Posted January 15, 2017 Author Share Posted January 15, 2017 Here are some performances from 1979 that will be recognized in subsequent years … Robert Duvall will be nominated for the Best Actor Oscar and Best Actor by the New York Film Critics and the National Society of Film Critics in 1980 for The Great Santini (1979). Michael O’Keefe will be nominated for the Best Supporting Actor Oscar in 1980 for The Great Santini (1979). Roy Scheider will be nominated for the BAFTA Best Actor Award in 1980 for All That Jazz (1979). Peter Sellers will be nominated for the BAFTA Best Actor Award in 1980 for Being There (1979). Dustin Hoffman will be nominated for the BAFTA Best Actor Award in 1980 for Kramer vs. Kramer (1979). Judy Davis will win the BAFTA Best Actress Award in 1980 for My Brilliant Career (1979). Shirley MacLaine will be nominated for the BAFTA Best Actress Award in 1980 for Being There (1979). Meryl Streep will be nominated for the BAFTA Best Actress Award in 1980 for Kramer vs. Kramer (1979). Bette Midler will be nominated for the BAFTA Best Actress Award in 1980 for The Rose (1979). Natassja Kinski will be nominated for the Golden Globe Best Actress in a Drama Award in 1980 for Tess (1979). George Burns, Art Carney and Lee Strasberg will win the Venice Film Festival Actor Award in 1980 for Going In Style (1979). Vittorio Gassman won Italy’s David di Donatello’s Best Actor Award in 78/79 for Caro Papa (1979). Tomas Milan will win Italy’s Nastro d’Argento Best Actor Award in 1980 for La Luna (1979). Anders Aberg won Sweden’s Guldbagge Best Actor Award in 1978 for The Emperor (1979). Christopher Plummer will win the Canadian Genie Best Actor Award in 1980 for Murder by Decree (1979). Kate Lynch will win the Canadian Genie Best Actress Award in 1980 for Meatballs (1979). Genevieve Bujold will win the Canadian Genie Best Supporting Actress Award in 1980 for Murder by Decree (1979). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LawrenceA Posted January 15, 2017 Share Posted January 15, 2017 Kate Lynch will win the Canadian Genie Best Actress Award in 1980 for Meatballs (1979). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesStewartFan95 Posted January 15, 2017 Share Posted January 15, 2017 Apparently she didn't really feel she won the award for the right reasons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swithin Posted January 16, 2017 Share Posted January 16, 2017 I'm a big fan of The Tin Drum (1979), a sweeping adaptation of Gunter Grass's novel. Schlondorff did a great job of presenting the tumultuous events and complex characters, in particular, David Bennent, of whom the New York Times critic wrote: "What makes the performance so remarkable is that although the looks of the character don't change appreciably, the manners, the authority, the wit, and the mind of Oskar do. It's the kind of transformation that makes you believe in the occult." I also loved the way the film covers so much ground, but ends where it began, in the potato fields of Kashubia. In addition to David Bennent, the whole cast gives outstanding performances. I particularly like this little lady, Mariella Oliveri: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogie56 Posted January 16, 2017 Author Share Posted January 16, 2017 France’s Cesar Awards for 1979 were … Best Actor Claude Brasseur, The Police War Best Actress Miou-Miou, Memories of a French Whoare Best Supporting Actor Jean Bouise, Coup de Tete Best Supporting Actress Nicola Garcia, La Cavaleur Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skimpole Posted January 16, 2017 Share Posted January 16, 2017 Here are some performances from 1979 that will be recognized in subsequent years Christopher Plummer will win the Canadian Genie Best Actor Award in 1980 for Murder by Decree (1979). Kate Lynch will win the Canadian Genie Best Actress Award in 1980 for Meatballs (1979). Genevieve Bujold will win the Canadian Genie Best Supporting Actress Award in 1980 for Murder by Decree (1979). This seems odd. They didn't win their awards for movies that were said to be from 1980. They won their award for 1979 movies that were awarded in 1980, just like the Oscars and the Golden Globes.for that year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogie56 Posted January 16, 2017 Author Share Posted January 16, 2017 This seems odd. They didn't win their awards for movies that were said to be from 1980. They won their award for 1979 movies that were awarded in 1980, just like the Oscars and the Golden Globes.for that year. They were transitioning from the Etrog to the Genie Awards. That may have had something to do with delaying the entry. The 1980 Awards included films from both 79 and 80. Occasionally we will see that the Genies will award films before their imdb release date. The reason for this is that the imdb has no record of the Canadian release date and is going with a subsequent U.S. release date. To qualify for the Canadian Genies films had to play in Canada for a week. I suspect that is the reason we sometimes see this with films from Australia and Sweden as well. The Italian awards were given in the summer and not tied to the calendar year. That's another reason to forget about which year a film won an award and for the purposes of this thread just go with the initial release date. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogie56 Posted January 16, 2017 Author Share Posted January 16, 2017 Italy’s 78/79 Nastro d’Argento Film Awards for 1979 were … Best Actor Flavio Bucci, Ligabue (78 theatrical version) Best Actress Mariangela Melato, To Forget Venice Best Supporting Actor Vittorio Mezzogiorno, A Dangerous Toy Best Supporting Actresses Lea Massari, Christ Stopped at Eboli —————————————————————————————— Italy’s 79/80 David di Donatello Awards for 1979 were … Best Actor Adriano Celentano, Velvet Hands Best Foreign Actors Dustin Hoffman, Kramer vs. Kramer* Jack Lemmon, The China Syndrome* Best Actress Virna Lisi, The Cricket (80) Best Foreign Actress Isabelle Huppert, The Lacemaker* (77) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogie56 Posted January 16, 2017 Author Share Posted January 16, 2017 Best Supporting Actor of 1979 1. FREDERIC FORREST (Engineman 3rd Class, Jay “Chef” Hicks), Apocalypse Now 3. FREDERIC FORREST (Dyer Houston), The Rose I would like to shine the spotlight on Frederic Forrest. 1979 was undoubtably his best year in film. He briefly flirted with lead roles as a result but people found One From the Heart (1981) and Hammett (1982) to be disappointing. "Never get off the boat." The thing I liked about Chef Hicks is that he is an unlikely soldier and really has no place in the jungle of Viet Nam. Forrest conveys this perfectly as well as a dry sense of humour. In The Rose, Forrest is the romantic interest. He plays Midler's driver and offers a normalcy that she should grab with both hands. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogie56 Posted January 16, 2017 Author Share Posted January 16, 2017 The 78/79 Sweden’s Guldbagge Awards for 1979 included… Best Actor Anders Aberg, The Emperor (79) Sweden’s Guldbagge 78/79 Awards for 1979 were… Best Actor Peter Lindgren, I am Maria Best Actress none Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogie56 Posted January 16, 2017 Author Share Posted January 16, 2017 In 1980 the Canadian Etrog Awards became the Genie Awards and included these 1979 films … Best Actor Christopher Plummer, Murder by Decree Best Actress Kate Lynch, Meatballs Best Supporting Actress Genevieve Bujold, Murder by Decree —————————————————————————————— The Australian Film Institute Awards for 1979 were … Best Actor Mel Gibson, Tim Best Actress Michele Fawdon, Cathy’s Child Best Supporting Actor Alwyn Kurts, Tim Best Supporting Actresses Pat Evison, Tim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogie56 Posted January 16, 2017 Author Share Posted January 16, 2017 The Japanese Academy Awards for 1979 were … Best Actor Tomisaburo Wakayama, My Son! My Son! Best Actress Kaori Momoi, No More Easy Life and Heaven Sent Best Supporting Actor Bunta Sugawara, The Man Who Stole the Sun Best Supporting Actress Mayumi Ogawa, Vengeance Is Mine and The Three Undelivered Letters ————————————————————————————— Japan’s Blue Ribbon Awards for 1979 were … Best Actor Tomisaburo Wakayama, My Son! My Son! Best Actress Kaori Momoi, No More Easy Life and Heaven Sent Best Supporting Actor Rentaro Mikuni, Vengeance Is Mine Best Supporting Actress Mitsuko Baisho, Vengeance Is Mine ————————————————————————————— Japan’s Mainichi Awards for 1979 were … Best Actor Tomisaburo Wakayama, My Son! My Son! Best Actress Kaori Momoi, No More Easy Life Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogie56 Posted January 16, 2017 Author Share Posted January 16, 2017 Here are the films from 1979 that were mentioned that I have not seen as yet. Autumn Marathon with Evgeniy Leonov The Black Hole with Maximilian Schell and Ernest Borgnine Bush Mama with Barbara O. Jones Caro Papa with Vittorio Gassman and Stefano Madia Cathy’s Child with Michele Fawdon The Champ with Jon Voight Christ Stopped at Eboli with Lea Massari Coup de Tete with Jean Bouise A Dangerous Toy with Vittorio Mezzogiorno The Emperor with Anders Aberg Ernesto with Michele Placido Heaven Sent with Kaori Momoi Le Cavaleur with Nicole Garcia I am Maria with Petr Lindgren The Little Archimedes with Laura Betti Los Desaparecidos with Nelson Villagra Love at First Bite with George Hamilton The Man Who Stole the Sun with Bunta Sugawara Memoirs of a French Whoare with Miou-Miou The Muppet Movie with Jim Henson, Frank Oz, David Goetz, Austin Pendleton, Richard Hunt and Charles Durning My Son! My Son! with Tomisaburo Wakayama Nahla with Yasmine Khlat No More Easy Life with Kaori Momoi Phantasm with Angus Scrimm The Police War with Claude Brasseur Portrait of Teresa with Daisy Granados Promises In the Dark with Marsha Mason and Kathleen Beller The Strangling with Nobuko Otowa Sunburn with Farrah Fawcett The Three Undelivered Letters with Mayumi Ogawa Tim with Mel Gibson, Alwyn Kurts and Pat Evison To Forget Venice with Mariangela Melato Velvet Hands with Adriano Celentano Vengeance Is Mine with Mayumi Ogawa, Rentaro Mikuni and Mitsuko Baisho Woyzeck with Klaus Kinski and Eva Mattes And I would like to see this again … The Onion Field for Franklyn Seales The Warriors for David Patrick Kelly and Deborah Van Valkenburgh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LawrenceA Posted January 16, 2017 Share Posted January 16, 2017 I have not seen: Autumn Marathon Bush Mama Bye Bye Brazil Caro Papa Cathy's Child Christ Stopped at Eboli Coup de Tete Courage Fuyons A Dangerous Toy The Emperor Ernesto The Europeans Going in Style Hair**** Heaven Sent The Human Factor**** I Am Maria La Cavaleur Les Bons Debarras The Little Archimedes Los Desaparecidos Luna The Man Who Stole the Sun The Marriage of Maria Braun Memories of a French Whoare My Son! My Son! Nahla No More Easy Life The Police War Portrait of Teresa Promises in the Dark Provincial Actors Saint Jack The Strangling Sunburn The Tempest The Three Undelivered Letters Tigers in Lipstick To Forget Venice Velvet Hands Vengeance is Mine Winter Kills Woyzeck Yanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skimpole Posted January 17, 2017 Share Posted January 17, 2017 More great quotations from 1979 Apocalypse Now Colonel Walter E. Kurtz: What did you expect? Are you an assassin? Captain Benjamin L. Willard: I'm a soldier. Colonel Walter E. Kurtz: You're neither. You're an errand boy, sent by grocery clerks, to collect a bill. Manhattan Not everybody gets corrupted. You've got to have faith in people. Being There Life is a state of mind. Monty Python's Life of Brian "If you have enjoyed this film, why not go and see La notte"? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LawrenceA Posted January 17, 2017 Share Posted January 17, 2017 Here are the films from 1979 that were mentioned that I have not seen as yet. The Black Hole with Maximilian Schell and Ernest Borgnine The Champ with Jon Voight Love at First Bite with George Hamilton The Muppet Movie with Jim Henson, Frank Oz, David Goetz, Austin Pendleton, Richard Hunt and Charles Durning Phantasm with Angus Scrimm Tim with Mel Gibson, Alwyn Kurts and Pat Evison I've seen these few. I discussed Phantasm already, and that's my pick of the bunch, although it's technically rough around the edges. The Muppet Movie is a favorite of many, but I never got into it, or any of the subsequent sequels/spin-offs. Love at First Bite I re-watched fairly recently and found it hadn't aged well, for me anyway, but it does stand as an example of the period. The Champ was as schmaltzy as the 1931 version. The Black Hole has some interesting ideas and a few good scenes, but it also hasn't aged well in places. Tim I watched for the first time recently. It's in the public domain, so a lot of inferior copies are lurking about, released frequently during the 1980's and Mel Gibson's career height. It's well-acted, particularly by the parents that won the supporting awards, but it didn't rise far above standard TV-movie melodrama for me. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogie56 Posted January 17, 2017 Author Share Posted January 17, 2017 I have not seen: Bye Bye Brazil Courage Fuyons Going in Style Hair**** The Human Factor**** Les Bons Debarras Luna The Marriage of Maria Braun Provincial Actors Saint Jack Tigers in Lipstick Vengeance is Mine Winter Kills Yanks I've only just discovered that wikipedia now has Les Bons Debarras as a 1980 film. It was previously noted as a 1979 film. So, if anyone is interested I am going to edit my 1979 Best Actress list and Marie Tifo will reappear in 1980! Courage Fuyons is an entertaining light comedy from Yves Robert. Jean Rochefort plays the hero Fuyons who comes from a long line of cowards. He must somehow shake this curse if he is going to win Catherine Deneuve. I saw this film in the theatre with a subtitled print many years ago. The only dvd copy I have been able to locate does not have English subtitles. Drat. Provincial Actors is a Polish film by Agnieszka Holland. It was an early effort that may not be for everyone. It's about the internal political struggles of a small travelling acting troupe. Slawa Kwasniewska (1948-2014) has a tiny part at a dinner where she gets drunk tells a wild tale and finishes by taking off her wig. For me her bit was the highlight of the film and she made my supporting runner up list. Ben Gazzara in Peter Bogdanovich's Saint Jack made my runner up list but Daniel Perry had him as his winner of the alternate Oscars. Gazzara is a low-life trying to live his version of the American Dream by pimping in Singapore. It is worth checking out. It was produced by Playboy which may have this figuring into the Dorothy Stratton timeline? 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogie56 Posted January 17, 2017 Author Share Posted January 17, 2017 **Announcement** Tomorrow, very bright and early we will be switching to Favourite Performances of the 1970's which will start with a tally of all of our various winners in the 5 acting categories for each of the years in the 70's. So if you have missed giving even just the best of any of these years please post them today. After the tally is posted everyone is invited to give one best performance in each of the 5 categories (lead actor & actress, supporting actor & actress, and juvenile) for the decade. Even if you have not participated in the yearly postings you can still give us your best of the decade if you like. I will post those results bright and early on Saturday and then switch over to 1980. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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