CoraSmith Posted February 16, 2017 Share Posted February 16, 2017 In store this week: a forgotten low-budget film, French adolescent girls, and three films from the Benelux. My Brother's Wedding is an independent Afro-American film with a budget of $50,000. After a rough-cut version received negative reactions at the New York Film Festival the film disappeared for twenty-five years. Then Milestone Pictures gave director Charles Burnett the chance to make the final cut and it was rereleased. It's a realistic portrayal of South Central Los Angeles, a neighbourhood with a lot of crime and poverty. Pierce Mundy (Everett Silas) works at his parents' dry cleaners shop. His friend Soldier has just been released from prison. His brother has worked himself up by becoming a lawyer, and he's going to marry a woman from the upper middle class. This leads to a dilemma for Pierce. There aren't many movies with this kind of social realism in the eighties, so it's worth discovering. Pauline at the Beach (Pauline à la plage) is the third part of Eric Rohmer's Comedies and Proverbs. The teenager Pauline (Amanda Langlet) spends time at the beach with her older and more experienced cousin Marion (Arielle Dombasle). There are men, misunderstandings and comical situations. It has a light, summery feel. À Nos Amours is a drama about the teenager Suzanne (Sandrine Bonnaire). She's exploring relationships with men, while her situation at home is unstable, with a brother who's beating her up. The divorced father is played by director Maurice Pialat. One Deadly Summer (L'Été meurtrier) is set in a small village in Southern France. This is my favourite performance by Isabelle Adjani. She plays a young woman who wants revenge for the rape of her mother many years ago. She manipulates the local fireman into executing her demands. The Fourth Man (De Vierde Man) is a Dutch thriller based on a novel by Gerard Reve. Although it's fictional the bisexual protagonist is also called Gerard Reve (Jeroen Krabbé), so it comes across as one big nightmare. Religious symbolism is involved. It starts with a funeral (his own?) and it leads to an encounter with a possible femme fatale (René Soutendijk). Director Paul Verhoeven described this as a forerunner of his Hollywood movie Basic Instinct. Brussels by Night is a Belgian film that broke with the tradition of the provincial drama. It follows a man strolling through one night in Brussels, meeting a female barkeeper and a son of Moroccon immigrants. The final is set on the Ronquières inclined plane, a huge boat lift. De Vlaschaard is a Belgian provincial drama in the tradition against which the previous film revolted. It shows the conflict between an aging farmer and his son. Imdb says it's 1985, but it's 1983. The same novel by Stijn Streuvels was adapted in Nazi Germany as Wenn die Sonne wieder scheint, but they messed it up with a happy ending. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesStewartFan95 Posted February 17, 2017 Share Posted February 17, 2017 Best PictureA Christmas StoryThe Big ChillEducating RitaMerry Christmas Mr. LawrenceNever Cry WolfThe OutsidersThe Right StuffRisky BusinessScarfaceTerms of EndearmentBest DirectorCarroll Ballard, Never Cry WolfPaul Brickman, Risky BusinessFrancis Ford Coppola, The OutsidersLawrence Kasdan, The Big ChillPhilip Kaufman, The Right StuffBest ActorDavid Bowie, Merry Christmas Mr. LawrenceTom Cruise, Risky BusinessRobert Duvall, Tender MerciesC. Thomas Howell, The OutsidersKevin Kline, The Big ChillCharles Martin Smith, Never Cry WolfEddie Murphy, Trading PlacesAl Pacino, ScarfaceDennis Quaid, The Right StuffBest ActressGlenn Close, The Big ChillJamie Lee Curtis, Trading PlacesRebecca De Mornay, Risky BusinessDiane Lane, The OutsidersShirley MacLaine, Terms of EndearmentJulie Walters, Educating RitaNatalie Wood, BrainstormBest Supporting ActorRalph Bellamy, Trading PlacesTom Berenger, The Big ChillMatt Dillon, The OutsidersJeff Goldblum, The Big ChillRalph Macchio, The OutsidersDarren McGavin, A Christmas StoryJack Nicholson, Terms of EndearmentMickey Rourke, Rumble FishRyuichi Sakamoto, Merry Christmas Mr. LawrenceHarry Dean Stanton, ChristinePatrick Swayze, The OutsidersBest Supporting ActressEllen Barkin, Eddie and the CruisersCher, SilkwoodMelinda Dillon, A Christmas StoryMary Kay Place, The Big ChillMeg Tilly, The Big ChillBest Juvenile Performance Peter Billingsley, A Christmas StorySean Carson, Something Wicked This Way ComesVidal Peterson, Something Wicked This Way ComesDanny Pintauro, Cujo Zack Ward, A Christmas Story Best SongFlasdance (What a Feeling), FlashdanceOh what a Merry Christmas Day, Mickey's Christmas CarolOn the Dark Side, Eddie and the Cruisers 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoraSmith Posted February 17, 2017 Share Posted February 17, 2017 Sometimes the best acting can happen when it's not really acting. When Al Pacino had to look surprised at Michelle Pfeiffer's descent in the elevator in Scarface what he really saw was an alien from another film (I can't remember which). The scene when he puts on her hat was improvised, so Michelle Pfeiffer's laugh was genuine - perhaps a little too much for the cool Elvira Hancock. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesStewartFan95 Posted February 17, 2017 Share Posted February 17, 2017 I'd also like to take this opportunity to mention a spectacular vocal talent. Although I didn't nominate him for any award, I feel that Eddie Carroll (pictured here) is quite memorable in his replacement of Cliff Edwards in the role of Jiminy Cricket. In Mickey's Christmas Carol, Carroll is wonderful and holds his own in a stellar group of vocal talents including Alan Young as Scrooge McDuck, Wayne Allwine as Mickey Mouse/Bob Cratchit, and Hal Smith as Goofy/Jacob Marley. Carroll died in 2010 after a 35 year career as Jiminy and all the years of my childhood, I would swear it was Cliff Edwards voicing Pinocchio's conscience in that special. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogie56 Posted February 18, 2017 Author Share Posted February 18, 2017 Leading vs. Supporting Categories in 1984 … IMO Haing S. Ngor and Sam Waterston are both leads in The Killing Fields. Oscar put newcomer, Ngor in the supporting category but the entire film is clearly his story along with Waterston who is helping to tell it. And I think because Ngor won the award people began to see that they would enhance their chances of an award by putting lead performances in the supporting category. F. Murray Abraham and Tom Hulce are both leads in Amadeus. Anthony Hopkins and Mel Gibson are both leads in The Bounty. Albert Finney and Jacqueline Bissett are leads in Under the Volcano. Genevieve Bujold and Lesley Ann Warren are both leads in Choose Me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogie56 Posted February 18, 2017 Author Share Posted February 18, 2017 It’s time for 1984. We will be on 1984 for one week so plenty of time for everyone to respond. Here are Oscar’s choices for 1984. Winners in bold. Best Actor F. Murray Abraham, Amadeus* Jeff Bridges, Starman Albert Finney, Under the Volcano Tom Hulce, Amadeus Sam Waterston, The Killing Fields Best Actress Sally Field, Places In the Heart* Judy Davis, A Passage to India Jessica Lange, Country Vanessa Redgrave, The Bostonians Sissy Spacek, The River Best Supporting Actor Haing S. Ngor, The Killing Fields* Adolph Caesar, A Soldier’s Story John Malkovich, Places In the Heart Noriyuki ‘Pat’ Morita, The Karate Kid Ralph Richardson, Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes Best Supporting Actress Peggy Ashcroft, A Passage to India* Glenn Close, The Natural Lindsay Crouse, Places In the Heart Christine Lahti, Swing Shift Geraldine Page, The Pope of Greenwich Village Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedracer5 Posted February 18, 2017 Share Posted February 18, 2017 1984 This is my year! BEST PICTURE Amadeus Beverly Hills Cop The Flamingo Kid Footloose Ghostbusters Gremlins The Karate Kid The NeverEnding Story A Nightmare on Elm Street Red Dawn Romancing the Stone Sixteen Candles Splash The Terminator This is Spinal Tap BEST ACTOR Tom Hulce, Amadeus F. Murray Abraham, Amadeus Eddie Murphy, Beverly Hills Cop Matt Dillon, The Flamingo Kid Kevin Bacon, Footloose Bill Murray, Ghostbusters Ralph Macchio, The Karate Kid Patrick Swayze, Red Dawn Michael Douglas, Romancing the Stone Anthony Michael Hall, Sixteen Candles Tom Hanks, Splash Arnold Schwarzenegger, The Terminator Christopher Guest, This is Spinal Tap Michael McKean, This is Spinal Tap BEST ACTRESS Lori Singer, Footloose Lea Thompson, Red Dawn Kathleen Turner, Romancing the Stone Molly Ringwald, Sixteen Candles Daryl Hannah, Splash Linda Hamilton, The Terminator BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR Richard Crenna, The Flamingo Kid John Lithgow, Footloose Chris Penn, Footloose Rick Moranis, Ghostbusters Gizmo, Gremlins Stripe, Gremlins Pat Mortia, The Karate Kid Falkor the Luckdragon, The NeverEnding Story Robert Englund, A Nightmare on Elm Street Johnny Depp, A Nightmare on Elm Street Michael Schoeffling, Sixteen Candles Gedde Watanabe, Sixteen Candles John Candy, Splash Harry Shearer, This is Spinal Tap Rob Reiner, This is Spinal Tap BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS Elizabeth Berridge, Amadeus Dianne Wiest, Footloose Sigourney Weaver, Ghostbusters Jennifer Grey, Red Dawn Fran Drescher, This is Spinal Tap *** It was really hard to choose my favorites. There are so many movies from 1984 that I love! *** BEST LAUGH Tom Hulce's in Amadeus BEST INSTRUMENTAL THEME SONG "Axel F" from Beverly Hills Cop BEST NON-INSTRUMENTAL THEME SONG "Ghostbusters" Ray Parker Jr. FUNNIEST SONG "Big Bottom," This is Spinal Tap BEST ANGRY DANCING SCENE Kevin Bacon's double dancing to "Never" in the grain mill in Footloose FUNNIEST GREMLIN Stripe! He is hilarious! BEST QUOTE THAT IS APPLICABLE IN EVERY DAY LIFE "Sweep the leg!" from The Karate Kid. This is appropriate when cheering for someone in any type of competition setting. Football game? "Sweep the leg!" Dance contest? "Sweep the leg!" Chess match? "Sweep the leg!" FUNNIEST QUOTES "This goes to 11." This is Spinal Tap. While holding up the solid black album cover: "It's like, how much more black could this be? and the answer is none. None more black." from This is Spinal Tap "He died in a mysterious gardening accident." This is Spinal Tap "AUTOMOBILE?!" Sixteen Candles "Can I borrow your underpants for 10 minutes?" Sixteen Candles SWEETEST QUOTE Daniel to Mr. Miyagi: "You're the best friend I ever had." In The Karate Kid BEST MOMENT When Ralph Macchio, on one leg (the other leg was injured earlier in the tournament with an illegal hit to the knee), delivers the "crane kick" and nails his opponent in the chin and wins the tournament! in The Karate Kid SECOND BEST MOMENT When the kids are finally able to dance in Footloose. Good thing they all already know the latest moves! No doubt that was due to going to the bar in the next county over! FUNNIEST FACE Angry Marshmallow Man in Ghostbusters BEST PICK UP LINE "What's happenin' hot stuff?" Sixteen Candles (I'll admit that I use this on my husband sometimes. Sure in that context, it's not really a pick up line, but it's funny nonetheless) BEST BEDROOM SCENE When Freddy Krueger kills Johnny Depp while he sleeps in A Nightmare on Elm Street. MOST ANNOYING KID Justin Henry in Sixteen Candles. Yuck. Get him out of here. BEST ADVICE 1) No bright light 2) Don't get him wet 3) And never feed him after midnight, no matter how much he begs. From Gremlins MOVIE THAT HOLDS A SPECIAL PLACE IN MY HEART The Karate Kid. This movie came out on the exact same day I was born. Even though he's the same age as my dad, Ralph Macchio and I go way back. SPEEDRACER'S TAKEAWAY FROM "SIXTEEN CANDLES" Oh Jake Ryan! You're so gorgeous. Be still my beating heart. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LawrenceA Posted February 18, 2017 Share Posted February 18, 2017 1984 BEST ACTOR Jeff Bridges Starman**** Christopher Guest This Is Spinal Tap F. Murray Abraham Amadeus Woody Allen Broadway Danny Rose Tom Hulce Amadeus Terence Stamp The Hit Sam Waterson The Killing Fields Michael Douglas Romancing the Stone Albert Finney Under the Volcano John Hurt 1984 John Hurt The Hit Harry Dean Stanton Paris, Texas Bill Murray Ghostbusters Victor Banerjee A Passage to India Joe Morton The Brother from Another Planet BEST ACTRESS Mia Farrow Broadway Danny Rose**** Kathleen Turner Romancing the Stone Frances McDormand Blood Simple Sally Field Places In the Heart Judy Davis A Passage to India Jessica Lange Country Karen Allen Starman Kelli Maroney Night of the Comet Sissy Spacek The River BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR M. Emmet Walsh Blood Simple**** Kenneth McMillan Dune Robert Englund A Nightmare On Elm Street Harry Dean Stanton Repo Man Rick Moranis Ghostbusters John Malkovich Places In the Heart Brad Dourif Dune Tim Roth The Hit Alfonso Arau Romancing the Stone Dan Hedaya Blood Simple Pat Morita The Karate Kid Paul Shaffer This Is Spinal Tap Richard Mulligan Teachers Bronson Pinchot Beverly Hills Cop Sy Richardson Repo Man BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS Sian Phillips Dune**** Peggy Ashcroft A Passage to India Francesca Annis Dune Elizabeth Berridge Amadeus Nastassja Kinski Paris, Texas Mary Woronov Night of the Comet Laura Del Sol The Hit BEST JUVENILE PERFORMANCE Jonathan Ke Quan Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom**** Drew Barrymore Firestarter 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogie56 Posted February 18, 2017 Author Share Posted February 18, 2017 Here are my choices of the 100 films I've seen from 1984 for… Best Supporting Actress of 1984 1. PEGGY ASHCROFT (Mrs. Moore), A Passage to India 2. CHRISTINE LAHTI (Hazal Zanussi), Swing Shift 3. GAIL YOUNGS (Lu Jansen), The Stone Boy 4. GERALDINE PAGE (Mrs. Ritter), The Pope of Greenwich Village 5. MAGGIE SMITH (Joyce Chilvers), A Private Function 6. ANNE LETOURNEAU (Rita Plouffe), Le Crime d’Ovide Plouffe 7. LONETTE MCKEE (Lila Rose Oliver), The Cotton Club 8. ELIZABETH BERRIDGE (Constanze Mozart), Amadeus 9. TUESDAY WELD (Carol), Once Upon a Time In America 10. THERESA RUSSELL (Sophie Nelson), The Razor's Edge and .. LINDSAY CROUSE (Margaret Lomax), Places In the Heart LAURA DEL SOL (Maggie), The Hit HOLLY HUNTER (Jeannie Sherman), Swing Shift CINDY FISHER (Amalie), The Stone Boy 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogie56 Posted February 18, 2017 Author Share Posted February 18, 2017 Here are my choices of the 100 films I've seen from 1984 for… Best Supporting Actor of 1984 1. ADOLPH CAESAR (Gunnery Sergeant Vernon ‘Stoneass’ Waters), A Soldier's Story 2. NICK APOLLO FORTE (Lou Canova), Broadway Danny Rose 3. ART EVANS (Pvt. Wilkie), A Soldier's Story 4. RICK MORANIS (Louis Tully/”Vince Klortho, Keymaster of Gorzor”), Ghostbusters 5. JEFFREY JONES (Emperor Joseph II), Amadeus 6. JOHN CANDY (Freddie Bauer), Splash 7. M. EMMET WALSH (Loren Visser), Blood Simple 8. FOX HARRIS (J. Frank Parnell), Repo Man 9. NORIYUKI "PAT" MORITA (Kesuke Miyagi), The Karate Kid 10. DANNY GLOVER (Moses “Moze” Hedna), Places In the Heart and ... DENZEL WASHINGTON (Pvt. 1st Class, Milton Peterson), A Soldier's Story DAN HEDAYA (Julian Marty), Blood Simple DENHOLM ELLIOTT (Dr. Charles Swaby), A Private Function ALAIN DELON (Baron de Charlus), Swann In Love DAVID HARRIS (Pvt. Anthony Smalls), A Soldier's Story JOHN MALKOVICH (Mr. Will), Places In the Heart ANTHONY ANDREWS (Hugh Firmin), Under the Volcano JAMES WOODS (Jake Wise), Against All Odds KENNETH MCMILLAN (Barney), The Pope of Greenwich Village RALPH RICHARDSON ("the sixth Earl of Greystoke"), Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes DEAN STOCKWELL (Walt Henderson), Paris, Texas DANIEL DAY-LEWIS (Sailing Master John Fryer), The Bounty RICHARD BURTON (O’Brien), Nineteen Eighty-Four JAMES REMAR (Dutch Schultz), The Cotton Club NICOLAS CAGE (Vincent Dwyer), The Cotton Club 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swithin Posted February 18, 2017 Share Posted February 18, 2017 1984 Favorites The year of David Lean's greatest film: Best Actor F. Murray Abraham (Amadeus) Jeff Bridges (Starman) Soumitra Chatterjee (The Home and the World) Rupert Everett (Another Country) Albert Finney (Under the Volcano) Best Actress Judy Davis (A Passage to India) Mia Farrow (Broadway Danny Rose) Pascale Ogier (Full Moon in Paris) Maggie Smith (A Private Function) Best Supporting Actor Victor Banerjee (A Passage to India) Micha Bergese (The Company of Wolves) Nick Apollo Forte (Broadway Danny Rose) James Fox (A Passage to India) Daniel Stern (C.H.U.D) Best Supporting Actress Peggy Ashcroft (A Passage to India) Melanie Griffith (Body Double) Angela Lansbury (The Company of Wolves) Liz Smith (A Private Function) Mary Woronov (Night of the Comet) Best Juvenile Sarah Patterson (The Company of Wolves) Best Lines: “It’s doing its business!” (Maggie Smith in A Private Function) “Never trust a man whose eyebrows meet in the middle." (Angela Lansbury in The Company of Wolves) Best Song “Agita” sung by Nick Apollo Forte (Broadway Danny Rose) 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jlewis Posted February 18, 2017 Share Posted February 18, 2017 Leading vs. Supporting Categories in 1984 … IMO Haing S. Ngor and Sam Waterston are both leads in The Killing Fields. Oscar put newcomer, Ngor in the supporting category but the entire film is clearly his story along with Waterston who is helping to tell it. And I think because Ngor won the award people began to see that they would enhance their chances of an award by putting lead performances in the supporting category. I agree. I like Sam Waterston but he is still... well, Sam Waterston. I have not seen Haing S. Ngor in other films to compare his performance to, but he sure goes through a lot of torture here. He would be my pick for best actor of the year. The Killing Fields is not a movie you like to see over and over, anymore than you like war footage over and over, but it certainly belongs in any top 5 list for that year. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jlewis Posted February 18, 2017 Share Posted February 18, 2017 1984 Favorites The year of David Lean's greatest film: I really like A Passage To India, which gets better as time passes. I would not necessarily agree it is Lean's "greatest", but it has a nice simple story set against impressive travelogue footage. Also some have commented on the LGBT threads of the curious "bromance" at its heart, even though James Fox's Richard is married to a woman in the finale and Victor Manijee's Aziz is a widower. (Yet Judy Davis' chastity has nothing to fear about Aziz.) I have to admit that Alec Guiness looks completely out of place in this movie. No fault of his. He tries his best playing the "native", but he still resembles all of the Paul Munis and Kate Hepburns of yesteryear playing "natives" and not always pulling it off successfully. I guess we still needed Guiness in this since this was a Lean film. Guiness in a Lean film is almost as important as a loud whistling train in a Lean film. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingrat Posted February 18, 2017 Share Posted February 18, 2017 Favorite line from 1984: "The life of a Repo Man is always intense." You mean 1984 had three movies as quirky, off-the-wall, and really good as Choose Me, This Is Spinal Tap, and Repo Man? Quirky was, like, mainstream that year. Obviously, "Big Bottom" wuz robbed when it came to the best song category. However, all five nominated songs are remembered today, which is highly unusual for this category, especially after the the era of the MGM musical: "Against All Odds," "Footloose," "Ghostbusters," "I Just Called To Say I Loved You," and "Let's Hear It For the Boy." These songs were genuinely popular. I like Sally Field in Places in the Heart, I really like her, but in a fine year for leading performances by women, Judy Davis takes first place for A Passage to India, with Genevieve Bujold in Choose Me, Kathleen Turner in Romancing the Stone, Mia Farrow in Broadway Danny Rose, and Lesley Ann Warren in Choose Me not far behind. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedracer5 Posted February 18, 2017 Share Posted February 18, 2017 Favorite line from 1984: "The life of a Repo Man is always intense." You mean 1984 had three movies as quirky, off-the-wall, and really good as Choose Me, This Is Spinal Tap, and Repo Man? Quirky was, like, mainstream that year. Obviously, "Big Bottom" wuz robbed when it came to the best song category. However, all five nominated songs are remembered today, which is highly unusual for this category, especially after the the era of the MGM musical: "Against All Odds," "Footloose," "Ghostbusters," "I Just Called To Say I Loved You," and "Let's Hear It For the Boy." These songs were genuinely popular. I like Sally Field in Places in the Heart, I really like her, but in a fine year for leading performances by women, Judy Davis takes first place for A Passage to India, with Genevieve Bujold in Choose Me, Kathleen Turner in Romancing the Stone, Mia Farrow in Broadway Danny Rose, and Lesley Ann Warren in Choose Me not far behind. "Big Bottom" was robbed. "I Just Called to Say I Love You" wins the Oscar for best 1984 song ? I mean come on. The entire This is Spinal Tap soundtrack is gold. "Big Bottom," "Sex Farm," "Hell Hole," "Cups and Cakes"... All classics. If only we could have heard "Lick My Love Pump" in the film as well. "...Big Bottom. Big bottom. Talk about bum cakes. My gal's got 'em. Big bottom. Drive me out of my mind. How can I leave this behind?" ... Hilarious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LawrenceA Posted February 18, 2017 Share Posted February 18, 2017 "Big Bottom" was robbed. "I Just Called to Say I Love You" wins the Oscar for best 1984 song ? I mean come on. The entire This is Spinal Tap soundtrack is gold. "Big Bottom," "Sex Farm," "Hell Hole," "Cups and Cakes"... All classics. If only we could have heard "Lick My Love Pump" in the film as well. "...Big Bottom. Big bottom. Talk about bum cakes. My gal's got 'em. Big bottom. Drive me out of my mind. How can I leave this behind?" ... Hilarious. "Hundreds of years before the dawn of history Lived a strange race of people, the Druids No one knows who they were or what they were doing" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedracer5 Posted February 18, 2017 Share Posted February 18, 2017 "Hundreds of years before the dawn of history Lived a strange race of people, the Druids No one knows who they were or what they were doing" The band submits a sketch of Stonehenge and commissions a smaller replica to be built for their performance. However, their drawing is written out as 18" instead of 18'. Hence, during the performance the hilarious Tiny Stonehenge drops down: "I really think you're just making much too big a thing out of it." "Making a big thing out of it would have been a good idea!" 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LawrenceA Posted February 18, 2017 Share Posted February 18, 2017 Two of the shortest performances that I've nominated thus far can be seen almost in their entirety below: Apologies if they both feature some NSFW language. Paul Shaffer in This Is Spinal Tap Bronson Pinchot in Beverly Hills Cop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KilgoreTrout Posted February 18, 2017 Share Posted February 18, 2017 Best Actor: Phillip Baker Hall –Secret HonorBest Actress: Gena Rowlands –Love StreamsBest Supporting Actor: Haing S. Ngor –The Killing FieldsBest Supporting Actress: Nastassja Kinski –Paris, Texas All four are absolutely phenomenal, with Hall narrowly edging out Stanton and Abraham who also do some of the best work of the decade. Kinski's work is some of my favorite ever in that category. If Ngor is really a lead, which I think there's certainly a strong argument for I just hadn't much considered until now, then supporting actor would go to M. Emmett Walsh in Blood Simple. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skimpole Posted February 18, 2017 Share Posted February 18, 2017 Actor Tom Hanks, SplashHarry Dean Stanton, Paris, TexasSteve Martin, All of MeRobert De Niro, Once Upon a Time in AmericaBill Murray, GhostbustersRunner-ups: F. Murray Abraham (Amadeus), John Cassavetes (Love Streams), Haing S, Ngor (The Killing Fields), Sam Waterson (The Killing Fields), Matthew Modine (Birdy), Nicolas Cage (Birdy), Prince (Purple Rain), Woody Allen (Broadway Danny Rose), Keith Carradine (Choose Me), Tom Hulce (Amadeus), John Lurie (Stranger than Paradise), Albert Finney (Under the Volcano), Anthony Hopkins (The Bounty), Dietrich Mattausch (The Wannsee Conference), Kurt Russell (Swing Shift), Steve Martin (The Lonely Guy),ActressDaryl Hannah, SplashNatassja Kinski, Paris, TexasLily Tomlin, All of MeGena Rowlands, Love StreamsMia Farrow, Broadway Danny RoseRunner-ups: Genevieve Bujold (Choose Me), Lesley Ann Warren (Choose Me), Goldie Hawn (Swing Shift), Sigourney Weaver (Ghostbusters), Apollonia Kotero (Purple Rain), Marita Breur (Heimat), Rita Letourneau (The Crime of Ovide Plouffe), Pascale Ogier (Full Moon in Paris), Diane Lane (The Cotton Club), Phoebe Cates (Gremlins)Supporting ActorJames Woods, Once Upon a Time in AmericaDean Stockwell, Paris, TexasRupert Hines, The Cotton ClubM. Emmet Walsh, Blood SimpleRalph Richardson, Greystoke: the Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the ApesRunner-ups: John Candy (Splash), Harold Ramis (Ghostbusters), Hunter Carson (Paris, Texas)*, Bob Hoskins (The Cotton Club), Dan Hedaya (Blood Simple), Eugene Levy (Splash), Morris Day (Purple Rain), Peter Fitz (The Wannsee Conference), Fred Gwynne (The Cotton Club), Richard Edson (Stranger than Paradise), Roy Chiao (Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom), Jose Ferrer (Dune), Jorge Hube (Heimat), Jeffrey Jones (Amadeus), Patrick Bachau (Choose Me), Dean Stockwell (Dune), Donald Pilon (The Crime of Ovide Plouffe), Richard Libertini (All of Me), Kevin McMillan (Dune), Maurice Hines (The Cotton Club), Laurence Fishburne (The Cotton Club)*Juvenile Performance of the YearSupporting ActressPeggy Ashcroft, A Passage to IndiaAurore Clement, Paris, TexasEszter Balint, Stranger than ParadiseElizabeth McGovern, Once Upon a Time in AmericaAngela Lansbury, The Company of WolvesRunner-ups: Chistine Lathi (Swing Shift), Victoria Tennant (All of Me), Jennifer Connelly (Once upon a time in America), Jacqueline Bisset (Under the Volcano), Elizabeth Berridge (Amadeus), Lonette McKee (The Cotton Club), Tuesday Weld (Once Upon a Time in America)Not seen: Country, The Bostonians, The River, The Karate Kid, The Pope of Greenwich Village --------For the first time since 1946, all 20 acting nominees are in English-language movies, notwithstanding the presence of films by Leone and Wenders among them. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesStewartFan95 Posted February 19, 2017 Share Posted February 19, 2017 Best Picture Amadeus Blood Simple Ghostbusters Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes The Killing Fields The Natural Places in the Heart A Soldier's Story Best Director Robert Benton, Places in the Heart Milos Forman, Amadeus Hugh Hudson, Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes Norman Jewison, A Soldier's Story Roland Joffe, The Killing Fields Best Actor F. Murray Abraham, Amadeus Kevin Bacon, Footloose Jeff Bridges, Starman Eddie Murphy, Beverly Hills Cop Bill Murray, Ghostbusters Haing S. Ngor, The Killing Fields Robert Redford, The Natural Howard Rollins Jr., A Soldier's Story Kiefer Sutherland, The Bay Boy Sam Waterston, The Killing Fields Best Actress Phoebe Cates, Gremlins Sally Field, Places in the Heart Diane Lane, The Cotton Club Frances McDormand, Blood Simple Andie McDowell, Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes Kathleen Turner, Romancing The Stone Sigourney Weaver, Ghostbusters Best Supporting Actor William Atherton, Ghostbusters Hoyt Axton, Gremlins Wilford Brimley, The Natural Danny Glover, Places in the Heart Tom Hulce, Amadeus John Lithgow, Footloose John Malkovich, The Killing Fields Pat Morita, The Karate Kid Denzel Washington, A Soldier's Story James Woods, Against All Odds Best Supporting Actress Elizabeth Berridge, Amadeus Glenn Close, The Natural Christine Lahti, Swing Shift Amy Madigan, Places in the Heart Sarah Jessica Parker, Footloose Best Juvenile Performance Noah Hathaway, The Neverending Story Sarah Patterson, The Company of Wolves Molly Ringwald, Sixteen Candles Best Song Against All Odds, Against All Odds Footloose, Footloose I Can Dream About You, Streets of Fire I Just Called to Say I Love You, The Lady in Red Neutron Dance, Beverly Hills Cop 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogie56 Posted February 19, 2017 Author Share Posted February 19, 2017 The New York Film Critics Circle Awards for 1984 were … Best Actor Steve Martin, All of Me* Albert Finney, Under the Volcano Best Actress Peggy Ashcroft, A Passage to India* Vanessa Redgrave, The Bostonians Best Supporting Actor Ralph Richardson, Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes* John Malkovich, Places In the Heart Best Supporting Actress Christine Lahti, Swing Shift* Melanie Griffith, Body Double ————————————————————————————————— The Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards for 1984 were … Best Actors F. Murray Abraham, Amadeus* Albert Finney, Under the Volcano* Best Actress Kathleen Turner, Crimes of Passion and Romancing the Stone* Vanessa Redgrave, The Bostonians Best Supporting Actor Adolph Caesar, A Soldier’s Story* John Malkovich, Places In the Heart and The Killing Fields Best Supporting Actress Peggy Ashcroft, A Passage to India* Christine Lahti, Swing Shift Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoraSmith Posted February 19, 2017 Share Posted February 19, 2017 1984: Danny Peary refused to give awards for 1965. He was wrong. 1984 is the year when no one deserves to win, so I'll leave the top spots empty. ACTOR: 1. NOBODY 2. F. Murray Abraham - Amadeus 3. Rupert Everett - Another Country4. Gene Wilder - The Woman in Red 5. Harrison Ford - Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom6. Craig Wasson - Body Double7. Dan Aykroyd - Ghostbusters 8. Eddie Murphy - Beverly Hills Cop9. Kevin Bacon - Footloose10. Robert De Niro - Once Upon a Time in America ACTRESS: 1. NOBODY 2. Carmen Maura - What Have I Done to Deserve This? 3. Jodie Foster - The Hotel New Hampshire 4. Daryl Hannah - Splash 5. Kathleen Turner - Romancing the Stone6. Heather Langenkamp - A Nightmare on Elm Street7. Kelly LeBrock - The Woman in Red 8. Mia Farrow - Broadway Danny Rose9. Nastassja Kinski - Maria's Lovers10. Goldie Hawn - Protocol SUPPORTING ACTOR: 1. NOBODY 2. Colin Firth - Another Country 3. Denzel Washington - A Soldier's Story 4. Danny DeVito - Romancing the Stone 5. Eugene Levy - Splash6. Paul McCrane - The Hotel New Hampshire 7. Nick Apollo Forte - Broadway Danny Rose 8. John Cusack - Sixteen Candles SUPPORTING ACTRESS: 1. NOBODY 2. Verónica Forqué - What Have I Done to Deserve This? 3. Nastassja Kinski - Paris, Texas 4. Nastassja Kinski - The Hotel New Hampshire5. Melanie Griffith - Body Double6. Angela Lansbury - The Company of Wolves 7. Willeke van Ammelrooy - Ciske de Rat8. Kate Capshaw - Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom JUVENILE:1. Molly Ringwald - Sixteen Candles2. Danny de Munk - Ciske de Rat 3. Hanna Zetterberg - Ronia the Robber's Daughter BEST EXTRA: George Lucas - Indiana Jonesand the Temple of Doom BEST ANIMAL PERFORMANCE: Dinero the lizard - What Have I Done to Deserve This? BEST ORIGINAL SCORE: Harold Faltermeyer - Beverly Hills Cop BEST ORIGINAL SONG: 1. Purple Rain (Prince in Purple Rain) 2. Against All Odds (Phil Collins in Against All Odds) 3. We All Stand Together (Paul McCartney in Rupert and the Frog Song) BEST QUOTE: "I'm really a nice guy. If I had friends you could ask them." (Splash) 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogie56 Posted February 19, 2017 Author Share Posted February 19, 2017 Here are my choices of the 100 films I've seen from 1984 for… Best Actress of 1984 1. JESSICA LANGE (Jewell Ivy), Country 2. SALLY FIELD (Edna Spalding), Places In the Heart 3. SABINE AZEMA (Elisabeth Sutter), L’Amour a Mort 4. JACQUELINE BISSET (Yvonne Firmin), Under the Volcano 5. GOLDIE HAWN (Kay Walsh), Swing Shift 6. GENEVIEVE BUJOLD (Dr. Nancy Lovell/”Dr. Love”/"Ann"), Choose Me 7. SISSY SPACEK (Mae Garvey), The River 8. KATHARINE HEPBURN (Grace Quigley), Grace Quigley 9. JUDY DAVIS (Miss Adella Quested), A Passage to India 10. MIA FARROW (Tina Vitale), Broadway Danny Rose and ... LESLEY ANN WARREN (Eve/"Jane"/"Diane"/"Karen"), Choose Me VANESSA REDGRAVE (Olive Chancellor), The Bostonians FRANCES MCDORMAND (Abby Marty), Blood Simple SWATILEKHA CHATTERJEE (Bimala Choudhury), The Home and the World 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogie56 Posted February 19, 2017 Author Share Posted February 19, 2017 Here are my choices of the 100 films I've seen from 1984 for… Best Actor of 1984 1. ALBERT FINNEY (British Vice Consul, Geoffrey Firmin/”William Blackstone”), Under the Volcano 2. F. MURRAY ABRAHAM (Antonio Salieri), Amadeus 3. TOM HULCE (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart), Amadeus 4. ANTHONY HOPKINS (Lieutenant William Bligh), The Bounty 5. HAING S. NGOR (Dith Pran), The Killing Fields 6. STEVE MARTIN (Roger Cobb), All of Me 7. JOHN HURT (Bob Champion), Champions 8. JEFF BRIDGES (“Starman”/”Scott Hayden”), Starman 9. MEL GIBSON (Master’s Mate Fletcher Christian), The Bounty 10. WOODY ALLEN (Danny Rose), Broadway Danny Rose and ... LAURENCE OLIVIER (Henry Breasley), The Ebony Tower SAM SHEPARD (Gil Ivy), Country NICK NOLTE (Seymour Flint), Grace Quigley BILL PATERSON (Alan “Dickie” Bird), Comfort and Joy HARRY DEAN STANTON (Bud), Repo Man ROBERT DUVALL (Joe Hillerman), The Stone Boy TERENCE STAMP (Willie Parker), The Hit MICKEY ROURKE (Charlie), The Pope of Greenwich Village MICHAEL MCKEAN (David St. Hubbins), This Is Spinal Tap CHRISTOPHER GUEST (Nigel Tufnel), This Is Spinal Tap HARRY DEAN STANTON (Travis Clay Henderson), Paris, Texas JOHN HURT (Winston Smith) Nineteen Eighty-Four JOHN LONE (“the Iceman”/”Charlie”), Iceman 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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