Understated, yet astounding, film performances
Submitted by DaveMog on Thu, 01/03/2002 - 13:24
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- Anthony Hopkins, The Remains of the Day
- Pete Postlethwaite - In The Name of the Father
- Ralph Fiennes - Schindler's List
- Javier Barnem - Before Night Falls
- Paul Newman - Nobody's Fool
- Morgan Freeman - The Shawshank Redemption
- Dianne Wiest - Hannah and Her Sisters
- Annette Benning - The American President
- Geoffrey Wright - Basquiat
- Mark Ruffalo - You Can Count on Me
- Massimo Troisi - Il Postino
- Peter Fonda - Ulee's Gold
- Alison Elliott - The Wings of the Dove
- Jeremy Irons - The Mission
- Tom Skerritt - A River Runs Through It
- Alexander Gudanov (but certainly plenty of others in the cast) - Witness
- Heath Ledger - Brokeback Mountain
- David Strathairn - Good Night and Good Luck
- Jim Carrey - Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
- Virginia Madsen - Sideways
- Joan Allen - Pleasantville
- Mercedes Ruehl - The Fisher King
- Scarlett Johannson - Lost in Translation
Author Comments:
Still compiling...
I didn't know you'd seen Nobody's Fool. Wonderful movie. Nice to see acknowledgement of Newman's performance on this list.
Yes, indeed, Jim. I, too, think "Nobody's Fool" is a great movie. Simple, but not simplistic. And Paul Newman is astounding in it. I even don't mind Melanie Griffith in it, and I don't tend to like her in anything. I am working on putting some more names on this list, but I also planning to put together Wonderfully Overstated performances, too. Keep on the lookout for that one.
Ah, sounds like a promising list!