Preformances that were (or will be) robbed of Oscar nominations

[Backstabba]

Thread title says it all.

Kevin Bacon in The Woodsman
How he wasn't nominated is beyond me. He's AMAZING in this movie, and he's virtually ignored. Not to mention IMO it's one of the more underrated flicks out there.

Sean Penn in The Assassination of Richard Nixon
I know he's already been nominated like 6 times, but he still deserved to be nominated in this IMO. Another movie that was overlooked and didn't get enough exposure.

Patrick Wilson in Little Children
He was every bit as good as Kate Winslet.

Noah Emmerich in Little Children
Jackie Earle Hayley was just a bit better, but both were excellent.

Brad Pitt in Babel
Ok, the supporting actor category was PACKED this year, but he deserved a nom. I won't mention others who I think deserved a nom like Jack Nicholson or etc. It was just too strong this year, but I believe atleast Pitt should have slipped in there.

WILL be snubbed...

Catherine Keener and Ellen Page in An American Crime
Both preformances were amazingly amazing. But I have a feeling either A) The film will still be in limbo and not released or B) It will not get enough exposure.

I know I'm forgetting others so I'll keep this to be continued...

Oh, but if someone posts something like "Jamie Kennedy in The Son of the Mask!"...
I will remove your balls and/or eggs.
And Tagia_Romero will help me.
(...won't you? ;))

[Cronos]

Cuba Gooding Jr. in Boat Trip

[Frank the Tank]

Samuel L. Jackson and Christina Ricci will both get snubbed for Black Snake Moan.

From the 2000's:

Hugh Jackman - The Fountain
Christian Bale - The Prestige, Batman Begins, The Machinist, and American Psycho
Jim Carrey in Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind
Will Ferrell in Stranger Than Fiction (IMO)
Steve Carrell in The 40 Year Old Virgin (Ditto)
Clive Owen in Sin City and Children Of Men
Min-Sik Choi and Ji-Tae Yu in Oldboy
Sergi Lopez in Pan's Labyrinth
Shareeka Eps in Half Nelson
Matt Damon, Leonardo DiCaprio, and Jack Nicholson in The Departed
William H. Macy in Edmond
Joseph Gordon Levitt in Brick and Mysterious Skin
Sylvester Stallone in Rocky Balboa
Paul Dano and Steve Carrell in Little Miss Sunshine
Nicholas Cage in The Weather Man
Michael Caine in The Prestige
Terrance Howard in Crash
Mickey Rourke in Sin City
Jeff Daniels and Laura Linney in The Squid And The Whale
Ellen Page in Hard Candy
Ryan Gosling in The United States Of Leland
Mos Def in The Woodsman
Kevin Bacon in Mystic River
Nicholas Cage in Matchstick Men
Billy Bob Thorton in Bad Santa
Bruce Campbell in Bubba Ho-Tep
Bill Paxton in Frailty
Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz in Vanilla Sky
Johnny Depp in Blow
Billy Crudup in Almost Famous
Denzel Washington in Man On Fire
Jared Leto in Requiem For A Dream

[ilovemovies]

Jodie Foster in Contact
Renee Zellweger in Nurse Betty & Jerry Maguire
Jennifer Lopez in Angel Eyes
Robin Williams in One Hour Photo
Bruce Greenwood in Thirteen Days & Below &
Arnold Schwarzenegger in Junior
Paul Giamatti in Big Fat Liar & Sideways
Liesel Mathews in A Little Princess
Nicole Kidman in To Die For
Jennifer Jason Leigh in Dolores Claiborne
Kathy Bates in Dolores Claiborne
Patrick Stewart in Star Trek: First Contact
Courtney Love in The People Vs Larry Flynt
Michael Keaton in Multiplicity
John Travolta in Get Shorty
Djimon Hounsou in Amistad
Kevin Spacey in L.A. Confidential or Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil (two great performances in the same year!)
Al Pacino in Donnie Brasco
Julia Roberts in My Best Friend's Wedding
Rupert Everett in My Best Friend's Wedding
Miko Hughes in Mercury Rising
Opra Winfrey in Beloved
Scarlett Johansson in The Horse Whisperer
Catherine McCormack in Dangerous Beauty
Nick Nolte in The Thin Red Line
Anthony Hopkins in Meet Joe Black
Jim Carrey in Man on the Moon
Heather Donahue in The Blair Witch Project
Chris Cooper for either American Beauty or October Sky
Nicolas Cage in Bringing Out the Dead
Patricia Arquette in Bringing Out the Dead
Connie Nielsen in Gladiator
Jack Nicholson in The Pledge
Samuel L. Jackson in The Caveman's Valentine
Gene Hackman in The Royal Tenenbaums
Cate Blanchett in The Gift
Billybob Thorton in Monster's Ball
Ellen Pompeo in Moonlight Mile
Scarlett Johansson in Lost in Translation
Tom Hanks in The Terminal

I forget, was Ed Norton nominated for Primal Fear? If he wasn't add him to the list.

[Backstabba]

Originally posted by ilovemovies
I forget, was Ed Norton nominated for Primal Fear? If he wasn't add him to the list.

He was.

And, concerning the preformances in Hard Candy. Though the preformances by Ellen Page and Patrick Wilson are two of my favorite preformances...ever. I don't really think they were oscar-baity stuff. Though if I did run the academy, I'd have given them both the oscars. And if either of them were nominated, I'd have blown every member of the Academy.

I'd like to add another "should've" to the list.

Tom Cruise in Collateral
Pleasssssse!
Jamie Foxx was better than Cruise in Collateral?
In my opinion, that's hogwash.
Foxx was great but if anyone from that movie should've been nominated from that movie, it should've been Cruise.

[ilovemovies]

As for great performances this year that will not be snubbed:


Iaon Gruffod in Amazing Grace
John Cusack in 1408
Chris Cooper in Breach
Robert Downey Jr in Zodiac
Mark Ruffalo in Zodiac
Jake Gyllenhaal in Zodiac
Paul Rudd in Knocked Up
Leslie Mann in Knocked Up
Albert Finney in Amazing Grace

[ToiletBug]

Paul Newman in the Verdict should have won

[Rick-James]

Christian Bale - American Psycho
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Tom Cruise - Collateral
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Al Pacino - Scarface
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Jeff Daniels - The Squid and the Whale
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Jason Schwartzman- Rushmore
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Jack Nicholson - The Shining
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Jeff Bridges - The Big Lebowski
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Uma Thurman & David Carradine - Kill Bill Volumes
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Robert De Niro - Heat
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[JJFlamingo]

John Goodman-The Big Lebowski

[Hominid]

Jeff Bridges - The Big Lebowski
John Cazale - Dog Day Afternoon
Jack Nicholson - The Shining
Choi Min-sik - Oldboy
Robin Williams - One Hour Photo
Courtney Love - The People Vs Larry Flynt
Sean Astin - The Lord Of The Rings: THe Return Of The King
Robert shaw - Jaws
Bruce Campbell - Bubba Ho-Tep
Chris Cooper - American Beauty

Special Award - The Cast of American Splendor, Which featured oscar worthy performances from Paul Giamatti, Hope Davis, and Judah Friedlander.

[FilmKing2000]

The first performance that immediatley came to mind:

Eric Bana - Munich
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The 2006 awards were certainly very substantial in high-quality performances, but nevertheless, Bana's heavily demanding performance was just BEGGING for at least a mere form of recognition. This may as well have been his breakthrough performance, and he absolutely nailed his character to the very core not only by providing that empathetic emotional punch, but also by simultaneously juggling with and understanding the heavy, provocative, and not to mention controversial subject matter of the film. Do the math, and you have a performance that is just as well rounded, and dare I say just as haunting, as the film itself. Hopefully Bana will garner a more substantial (both in terms of quality and quantity) body of work, because he was just scorching with intensity in Munich. Truly an overlooked masterwork.

[Le_Big_Mac]

John Cazale - Dog Day Afternoon
Robert De Niro - Taxi Driver
Jeff Bridges - The Big Lebowski
John Goodman - The Big Lebowski
Tom Cruise - Collateral
Dustin Hoffman - Straw Dogs
Eli Wallach - The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Jack Nicholson - The Shining
Jack Nicholson - The Departed
Robert Shaw - Jaws
Brad Pitt - Babel
Michael Caine - Children of Men
R. Lee Ermey - Full Metal Jacket
Vincent D'Onofrio - Full Metal Jacket

[ToiletBug]

Sorry le big mac to start an debate with you but please give me one good reason why jack should have been nominated for the departed? Please ANYBODY give me one good reason. He couldnt even hold his accent.

[Hannibal21]

Dear God where to start?

Tony Leung Chiu Wai & Maggie Cheung - In the Mood for Love
Michael Douglas - Wonder Boys
Zhang Ziyi - Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon & 2046
Gene Hackman, Luke Wilson, & Gwyneth Paltrow - The Royal Tenenbaums
Ewan McGregor - Moulin Rouge!
Isabelle Huppert & Benoit Magimel - The Piano Teacher
Naomi Watts - Mulholland Drive
Charlotte Rampling - Under the Sand, Swimming Pool, & Lemming
Steve Buscemi - Ghost World
Brian Cox - L.I.E
Ryan Gosling - The Believer
Ivan Dobronravov - The Return
Sarah Polley - My Life Without Me
Scarlett Johansson - Lost in Translation
Kevin Bacon - The Woodsman
Gael Garcia Bernal - Bad Education
Paul Giamatti - Sideways
Nicole Kidman - Dogville
Joseph Gordon-Levitt - Mysterious Skin & Brick
Tommy Lee Jones & Barry Pepper - The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada
Bill Murray - Broken Flowers
Clifton Collins Jr. - Capote
Deborah Francois - The Page Turner & L'Enfant
Jack Nicholson - The Departed
Ellen Page - Hard Candy
Kate Dickie - Red Road

I would consider all of the above to be among the top 5 or 10 performances of their respective years in this decade, yet not one of them received a nom. Admittedly, I do realize that a good portion of these are not the typical 'Oscar bait' performances that are recognized, but I would've definitely given special attention to all of them if I were a member of the AMPAS.

Going beyond the 2000s, I would say

Ingrid Bergman - Casablanca & Notorious
The name that immediately came to mind when I read the title of this thread. This woman has 3 Oscars added to her resume and she doesn't even receive a fucking nomination for her two greatest, most legendary and iconic performances?! :mad:

Humphrey Bogart - The Maltese Falcon
Another WTF? omission. Seriously, Academy....

The chilling and gut wrenching nuanced turns from Liv Ullmann and Bibi Andersson in Persona. I know, I know, not 'Oscar bait', but you get the picture.

Bill Murray - Rushmore
Too low key and quirky for the Academy perhaps. I think this is a better performance than his nominated turn in Lost in Translation, and that's saying a LOT.

Jack Nicholson - The Passenger & The Shining
Two completely different styles of acting, featuring Jack in one of his most subdued parts and Jack at his most "Jack"; both are equally extraordinary.

Harry Dean Stanton & Nastassja Kinski - Paris, Texas
That final moment with them in the booth ranks among one of the top 10 acting scenes ever committed to celluloid. No matter how good the monologues are on script, without the right actors to pour their emotional weight into those lines with the understated intensity that's called for, I wouldn't have been moved by the scene as much as I did.
It's all in the subtleties, but unfortunately, subtle performances rarely get recognition from the Academy.

Shelley Duvall - 3 Women
Acting (if it can even be called that in this case) of the highest caliber. Duvall wasn't portraying Millie, she was Millie. I'm just happy that she at least received a well deserved Cannes award.

Michael Redgrave - The Browning Version
Once again, Oscar, understatement (not histrionics) is key.

[ToiletBug]

Bruce WIllis- 12 Monkeys
MEl Gibson- Braveheart or even Conspiracy Theory
Paul Newman- Somebody Up There Likes Me
Russel Crowe- Cinderella Man

[Scarfather]

Originally posted by ToiletBug
Sorry le big mac to start an debate with you but please give me one good reason why jack should have been nominated for the departed? Please ANYBODY give me one good reason. He couldnt even hold his accent.

Because he was great.

[ilovemovies]

TOTALLY agree with Russell Crowe in Cinderella Man.

A few more:

Vince Vaughn in The Wedding Crashers
Robert Redford in An Unfinished Life
Gwyneth Paltrow in Proof
Anthony Hopkins in Proof
Jack Nicholson in The Departed
Hugo Weaving in V for Vendetta
Matt Damon in The Good Shepherd
Nicole Kidman in The Interpreter
Gena Rowlands in Another Woman

[Brando @$$ Fat]

Ingrid Bergman in Casablanca
Kirk Douglas in Paths of Glory
Stephen Boyd in Ben-Hur
Malcolm McDowell in A Clockwork Orange
John Cazale in The Deer Hunter
Brad Davis in Midnight Express
Donald Sutherland in Ordinary People
Dennis Hopper in Blue Velvet
Eric Bogosian in Talk Radio
Willem Dafoe in The Last Temptation of Christ
Miranda Richardson in The Crying Game
Forest Whitaker in The Crying Game
Paul Sorvino in Nixon
Steve Buscemi in Ghost World
Naomi Watts in Mulholland Dr.
Paul Giamatti in Sideways

[ToiletBug]

OK well if Jack gets a nod for the Departed then give him a nod for Batman too

And Bruce Willis for Die Hard.

[sweEt_Mauritius]

Mary Astor - The Maltese Falcon
Ruth Chatterton - Dodsworth
Imelda Staunton - Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Barbara Stanwyck - Meet John Doe
Bette Davis - Of Human Bondage
Leslie Howard - The Petrified Forest
Jeff Bridges - Fearless
Margaret Hamilton - The Wizard of Oz
Lionel Barrymore - You Can't Take it With You

[Scarfather]

Originally posted by ToiletBug
OK well if Jack gets a nod for the Departed then give him a nod for Batman too

No.

[notchreturns]

Originally posted by ilovemovies


A few more:

Vince Vaughn in The Wedding Crashers


"And the Best Actor is Vince Vaughn" just doesnt sound right to me.

[sweEt_Mauritius]

Is there a thread for performances nominated for Oscars but robbed of Oscar WINS??

[Natty]

Originally posted by sweEt_Mauritius
Is there a thread for performances nominated for Oscars but robbed of Oscar WINS??

Yo Yo, I think you mean this one:

http://www.joblo.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&postid=2375318#post2375318

There are many but for me the ones that stand out are:

Christian Bale - American Psycho
Jack Nicholson - The Departed (13 noms but not this!)
Leo diCaprio - The Departed
Sacha Baron Cohen - Borat (bout time a comedy performance was recognised)

and...


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How Marky Mark was nominated instead of Adam Beach for Flags of our Fathers I will never know.

[joeyatog]

I think Ian McDiarmid for "Star Wars: Episode III - The Revenge of the Sith" was overlooked for Supporting Actor. He did a great job in that one.