After recently watching BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN I was amazed how compelling Anne Hathaway was in her beautiful closing scene where she's talking to Ledger about Jack Twist. It is an amazing scene done exquisitely well by the young actress.
Another great one was the heartwrenching telephone scene in THE WAY WE WERE with Streisand. It was that scene that was shown on all the preaward shows back in the day and the scene that madede me want to see the movie.
Other examples of actor (cant think of actor) or actress "phoning" in a performance?
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I LOVED the Anne Hathaway telephone scene in "Brokeback Mountain" as well!! For some reason, when I think about that movie, THAT is the scene I always think about.
I honestly would've given Anne Hathaway a nomination based off of that scene. The rest of her performance was really good but it was that scene that made me realize "Wow. She can really act!".
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It's hard to think of a performance by an actor clutching a telephone that beats Drew Barrymore in "Scream."
"A movie is not good because it arrives at conclusions you share, or bad because it does not. A movie is not about what it is about. It is about how it is about it: about the way it considers its subject matter, and about how its real subject may be quite different from the one it seems to provide." - Roger Ebert, from the introduction to "Awake in the Dark" (2006)
Grammy FYC: Kanye West, 808s & Heartbreak; Black Eyed Peas, The E.N.D.; John Legend, Evolver; Paolo Nutini, Sunny Side Up; David Guetta, One Love; Kelly Clarkson, "Already Gone"; Jordin Sparks, "Battlefield"; Kings Of Leon, "Use Somebody"; Maxwell, "Pretty Wings"
For Your Oscar Consideration: Charlotte Gainsbourg, "Antichrist" - Best Actress in a Leading Role Sharlto Copley, "District 9" - Best Actor in a Leading Role Christoph Waltz, "Inglourious Basterds" - Best Actor in a Supporting Role
"Inglourious Basterds" - Best Picture, Best Director, Best Cinematography, Best Editing, Best Original Screenplay, Best Costume Design, Best Art Direction "District 9" - Best Editing, Best Visual Effects "God Bless Us Everyone", A Christmas Carol - Best Original Song
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Frank Langella, Frost/Nixon. That was one of the most spine-shivering performances I have seen when Richard Nixon was drunk and made a random phone call to David Frost.
2010 Oscars FYC:
Lead Actor - Joseph Gordon-Levitt, (500) Days of Summer Lead Actress - Meryl Streep, Julie & Julia Supporting Actor - Christoph Waltz, Inglourious Basterds Supporting Actress - Mo'Nique, Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire Original Screenplay - Scott Neustadter & Michael H. Weber, (500) Days of Summer
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The reason I started this thread was because I was trying to think of a trivia question. My question would have been: What do Oscar nominees Barbara streisand in THE WAY WE WERE; Bette Midler in THE ROSE ; Montgomery Clift in FROM HERE TO ETERNITY ; Catherine Keener in CAPOTE and Brenda Blethyn in SECRETS AND LIES have in coommon? Adding Barbara Stanwyck in SORRY WRONG NUMBER would have given away the answer. So-who is the Oscar winner? I find these scenes fascinating and actors must love doing them.
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Minnie Driver, Good Will Hunting Sandra Bullock, Crash
Grammy FYC: Kanye West, 808s & Heartbreak; Black Eyed Peas, The E.N.D.; John Legend, Evolver; Paolo Nutini, Sunny Side Up; David Guetta, One Love; Kelly Clarkson, "Already Gone"; Jordin Sparks, "Battlefield"; Kings Of Leon, "Use Somebody"; Maxwell, "Pretty Wings"
