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As it says, why not shine a light on roles and work, that perhaps came and went in films that were less popular, or not seen for other reasons.
I have two pairs of this, in two films I recently re-saw:
"Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me" and "Tideland."
In "TP", Sheryl Lee delivers an amazingly agonizing pice of acting as Laura Palmer. Why she hasn't been used more, I don't know. Her ability to 'turn it on' and go from quiet desperation to all-out aggresion to utter collapse in this role surely merits more work.
Her co-player in it, Ray Wise, as her father, delivers one of the scariest performances I can recall seeing. He was menacing in the series, and in the film, he concentrates the craziness and amps it up in ways that, at the hands of another director, could be considered 'over the top' but here just works right. Domestic hell at its worst.
"Tideland" by Terry Gilliam was not a success; it made a lot of people uncomfortable and downright angry. I think of it as some kind of masterpiece.
Jodelle Ferland carries so much of the film, going seamlessly from little-girl fantasy to almost-adult girlfriend fantasy with incredible skill, concentration and fearlessness. The only other child actor I have seen who could live the role like that is Victoire Thivisol in "Ponette."
Her "boyfriend" and soulmate, the handicapped boy, is done in what must have been absolutely exhausting days of acting by Brendan Fletcher. His ability to be real, pitiful, unpredictable and unsettlingly funny at the same time should have earned him an award somewhere.
So who do you have? Performances that really lived above and beyond the popular acceptance of the film? I'd love to add some more to my list.
CC.
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Treat Williams in "Things To Do In Denver When You're Dead" - The scene with Andy Garcia when Treat's character is hiding out in his room is stupendous. I think Garcia had to use the hanky to stop from laughing.
Val Kilmer should have won a best supporting actor Oscar for his Doc Holiday in "Tombstone"
Jackie Gleason (Minnesota Fats), and Piper Laurie in "The Hustler", are memorable to me.
I also liked George C. Scott, Diana Rigg and Barnard Hughes in "The Hospital"; Annette Benning, Colin Firth and Meg Tilly in "Valmont".
Tom Cruise in Spielberg's "War of the Worlds".
Life long achievement and terribly under appreciated/used: Charles Bronson - strength and sensitivity.
Oh...and Jeff Bridges, John Heard and Lisa Eichhorn in "Cutter's Way" - nice ensemble film work.
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Hoffman is heavily credited for his work in the movie, walking around saying 'K-mart' and 'drive slow on the driveway' 300 times, but I felt Cruise did the real heavy lifting. Bringing along his usual self, coupled with a building frustration that was fed at every turn made this role easily one of my favorites. The other one I think that edged Tom out slightly in the underrated category is Nick Nolte in Cape Fear. I guess the roles are a bit similar now that I think about it. A frustrated man dealing with a nutcase, and driven to near madness trying to deal with 'em.
It is hard to describe in more detail without a spoiler,
A Navy pilot's (in therapy) father who (in only 2 episodes) makes an incredible impression as an angry abusive parent who butts heads with Gabriel Byrne as the therapist.
I really loved the entire series but this was one great performance.
thanks
Phil
A very powerful performance as Sgt. Waters in Norman Jewison's adaptation of Charles Fuller's Pulitzer Prize wining play "A Soldier's Play". The movie and the performance are often forgotten, though the movie in 1984 garnered three Academy Award nominations including Best Picture and Best Supporting Actor (Adolph Caesar). Caesar also earned a Golden Globe nomination for Best Supporting Actor for his performance.
Adolph Caesar
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what a great talent and tragic figure he was.
Baba-Booey to you all!
v
but i've really liked Stanton in everything i've seen him in, 'cept that goofy part he had in that Seagal movie. I think it was about a coal mine or something.
"Only an asshole gets killed over a car".
Great, quirky film that also sports a fine soundtrack.
Highly entertaining and recommended!
"...You're all welcome to stay for the next set...we're going to play all the same tunes, but in different keys..." -Count Basie
...under-rated?
For anyone who's seen the film, it's a classic performance.
"I'd like to find out how much those people owe and make them pay."
with Oates, published only in Japan ( in Japanese ) where Oates says he was "playing Peckinpah", Oates is a Peckinpah regular in his films + they knew each other very well; he's just adopting Peckinpahs character in the film, which was a source of amusement to both men while in production
The sunglasses "Benny" wears so memorably in "Head" were snatched off Sam Peckinpahs nose before each scene
I don't know any character actor that could have done a better job of "Benny" than Warren Oates. That role is a classic + the film is a Masterpiece
GW
I'd think the performance was forgotten, rather than underated.
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