The Top 50 Female Performances List was a rousing success! As a reminder, here's the top 10 from that list:

10. Nicole Kidman -- The Hours
9. Bjork -- Dancer in the Dark
8. Ellen Burstyn -- Requiem for a Dream
7. Judi Dench -- Notes on a Scandal
6. Naomi Watts -- Mulholland Dr.
5. Nicole Kidman -- Moulin Rouge!
4. Kate Winslet -- Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
3. Marion Cotillard -- La Vie en Rose
2. Julianne Moore -- Far from Heaven
1. Charlize Theron -- Monster

Now for the Male Performances voting!

Same voting method as last time:

SEND 25 *RANKED* PERFORMANCES TO ME IN A PRIVATE MESSAGE OR E-MAIL. MY E-MAIL ADDRESS IS slaytonbourdon@hotmail.com

Your #1 performance will be given 20 points, your #20 performance will be given 1 point - etc, etc. Performances #21 through #25 will be given 0.5 points each

For those of you who cannot understand this (I noticed last time that there were quite a few), here's what your ballot should look like:

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SOME MORE RULES

+ If you want to count a performance in a film that is part of a trilogy or a two-parter, you MUST COUNT THE PERFORMANCE FOR EACH SEPARATE FILM, NOT THE TRILOGY OR TWO-PARTER.
For example, you can vote for Ian McKellen for any one of the three LOTR films, but not for the trilogy as a whole. You can vote for Benicio Del Toro for either Che: Part One or Che: Part Two, but not just for 'Che'.

+ You can only rank 25 PERFORMANCES by ONE ACTOR EACH in ONE FILM EACH.

+ Films listed MUST HAVE BEEN RELEASED IN THE UNITED STATES BETWEEN 2000 AND 2008. If a film released in America in 1999 or earlier is on your list I will have to ask you to change your ballot.

+ I reserve the right to ask you to change your ballot in compliance with any of the above rules before I officially count it.

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You will have until December 26th, 2009 to vote for this list. Keep the ballots coming, and happy voting!

Feel free to offer FYCs in this thread, or discuss the list.

've received fully approved ballots from these posters:
202chicago
AJ
bocaboy7
cassius
Hey, Jude!
Mr.Buff
oscarnutlen
pacinofan
puxzkkx
Try Again
Tye-Grr

I've received ballots that need changes made from these posters:

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Another note - if the film never got an American release, judge its year of eligibility as the year of its first release in one of these markets:
UK
Canada
Ireland
Australia
New Zealand
South Africa

If it never got an English-language release at all, or if it never got a theatrical release at all, judge it as eligible in the year on its IMDb profile.

Unfortunately, I won't be counting performances in TV movies or mini-series for this list, because I didn't do it for the females list and I'd like things to be even.

Can you clarify what you mean by 25 PERFORMANCES by ONE ACTOR EACH in ONE FILM EACH?

FYC:

2000
ERIC BANA in “CHOPPER”
JIA HONGSHEN in “SUZHOU HE”/”SUZHOU RIVER”
DENIS LAVANT in “BEAU TRAVAIL”
SERGI LÓPEZ in “UNE LIAISON PORNOGRAPHIQUE”/”AN AFFAIR OF LOVE”
EMMANUEL SCHOTTÉ in “L’HUMANITÉ”/”HUMANITÉ”
TOBEY MAGUIRE in “WONDER BOYS”
JEAN-NICOLAS VERREAULT in “MAELSTRÖM”

2001
GUSTAF HAMMARSTEN in “TILLSAMMANS”/”TOGETHER”
BEN KINGSLEY in “SEXY BEAST”
STANISLAS MERHAR in “LA CAPTIVE”/”THE CAPTIVE”
JOHN CAMERON MITCHELL in “HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH”
TOM WILKINSON in “IN THE BEDROOM”

2002
LEONARDO DICAPRIO in “CATCH ME IF YOU CAN”
JACK KEHLER in “LOVE LIZA”
TIMOTHY SPALL in “ALL OR NOTHING”

2003
JOSÉ ÁNGEL EGIDO in “LOS LUNES AL SOL”/”MONDAYS IN THE SUN”
ARTYOM BOGUCHARSKY in “LILJA 4-EVER”/”LILYA 4-EVER”
FRANCESCO CASISA in “RESPIRO”
VINCENT CASSEL in “IRRÉVERSIBLE”/”IRREVERSIBLE”
PAUL GIAMATTI in “AMERICAN SPLENDOR”
OLIVIER GOURMET in “LE FILS”/”THE SON”
NAO OMORI in “VIBRATOR”
MARKKU PELTOLA in “MIES VAILLA MENNEISYYTTÄ”/”THE MAN WITHOUT A PAST”
SEAN PENN in “21 GRAMS”
LUIS TOSAR in “LOS LUNES AL SOL”/”MONDAYS IN THE SUN”

2004
JIM CARREY in “ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND”
IVAN DOBRONRAVOV in “VOZVRASHCHENIYE”/”THE RETURN”
VINCENT GALLO in “THE BROWN BUNNY”
JOHN LITHGOW in “KINSEY”
SIMON PEGG in “SHAUN OF THE DEAD”
SONG KANG-HO in “SALINUI CHUEOK”/”MEMORIES OF MURDER”
LUIS TOSAR in “TE DOY MIS OJOS”/”TAKE MY EYES”

2005
MAURICE BÉNICHOU in “CACHÉ”/”HIDDEN”
JOHNNY DEPP in “THE LIBERTINE”
ROBERT DOWNEY, JR. in “KISS KISS BANG BANG”
RALPH FIENNES in “THE CONSTANT GARDENER”
TOM HOLLANDER in “PRIDE & PREJUDICE”
EUGENE HUTZ in “EVERYTHING IS ILLUMINATED”
TERRENCE HOWARD in “HUSTLE & FLOW”
PAVEL LISKA in “STESTÍ”/”SOMETHING LIKE HAPPINESS”
JOHN MALKOVICH in “THE LIBERTINE”
BENJAMIN MCKENZIE in “JUNEBUG”
YÛYA YAGIRA in “DARE MO SHIRANAI”/”NOBODY KNOWS”

2006
MATT DAMON in “THE DEPARTED”
SIMON MCBURNEY in “FRIENDS WITH MONEY”
MICHAEL SHEEN in “THE QUEEN”

2007
JAVIER BARDEM in “NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN”
GEORGE CLOONEY in “MICHAEL CLAYTON”
DANIEL DAY-LEWIS in “THERE WILL BE BLOOD”
ADAM GOLDBERG in “2 DAYS IN PARIS”
HAL HOLBROOK in “INTO THE WILD”
FRANKIE J. HOLDEN in “CLUBLAND”
TOMMY LEE JONES in “NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN”
TONY LEUNG CHIU-WAI in “SE, JIE”/”LUST, CAUTION”
ULRICH MÜHE in “DAS LEBEN DER ANDEREN”/”THE LIVES OF OTHERS”
SIMON PEGG in “HOT FUZZ”
PAUL RUDD in “KNOCKED UP”
RICHARD WILSON in “CLUBLAND”

2008
JASON BUTLER HARNER in “CHANGELING”
COLIN FARRELL in “IN BRUGES”
BILL IRWIN in “RACHEL GETTING MARRIED”
HEATH LEDGER in “THE DARK KNIGHT”
EDDIE MARSAN in “HAPPY-GO-LUCKY”
CHARLIE MCDERMOTT in “FROZEN RIVER”
SEAN PENN in “MILK”

2009
DANIEL BRÜHL in “INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS”
CHRISTIAN FRIEDEL in “DAS WEIßE BAND”/”THE WHITE RIBBON”

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Originally posted by melobruceiam:
Can you clarify what you mean by 25 PERFORMANCES by ONE ACTOR EACH in ONE FILM EACH?

You can't do this:
10TIE. BLANK 1 in "BLANK"
10TIE. BLANK 2 in "BLANK"

or this:
10. BLANK in "BLANK 1" & "BLANK 2"

You can only do this:
10. BLANK in "BLANK"

lol, is that simpler?

I get that there's no ties, since you have a ranking system. And you've already said it's del Toro in Che 1 OR 2, not just Che unspecified.

But we can choose the same actor for any number of different films they've been in, correct?

Yes.
And you can have Benicio Del Toro on your list for both films, but you're going to have to choose which one comes first.

Same for McKellen. Feel free to have him on your list three times.

Any one actor can be on the list for any number of performances, but there can be no ties and no actor occupying one place for two or more performances.

O.Kay thanx. I'll submit a ballot asap.

I've submitted my ballot! It wasn't easy, but I put great thought into my choices, recalling a lot of specific moments in individual performances. I like looking back on performances that I've nearly forgotten about, or haven't seen in a while. Thanks, Puxzkkx!

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I'll put in a list in the main post of how many ballots I've received and from whom.

FYC:

PAUL GIAMMATTI, "Sideways"
SEAN PENN, "Milk"
HEATH LEDGER, "Brokeback Mountain"
DENNIS QUAID, "Far From Heaven"
DANIEL DAY LEWIS, "There Will Be Blood"
GEORGE CLOONEY, "Michael Clayton"
COLIN FARRELL, "In Bruges"
STEVE CARELL, "Little Miss Sunshine"
EWAN MCGREGOR, "Moulin Rouge!"

FYC:

Jim Carrey in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Jamie Foxx in Collateral
Will Smith in The Pursuit of Happyness
Johnny Depp in Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Paul Giamatti in Cinderella Man
John C. Reilly in Chicago
Daniel Day-Lewis in There Will Be Blood
Heath Ledger in The Dark Knight
Heath Ledger in Brokeback Mountain
Jake Gyllenhaal in Donnie Darko
Eddie Murphy in Dreamgirls
Jamie Foxx in Ray
Sean Penn in Milk
Benicio Del Toro in 21 Grams
Terrence Howard in Hustle & Flow
Denzel Washington in Training Day
Johnny Depp in Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl

I personally don't think anyone should be allowed to vote for this list unless they have seen Andrei Zvagintsev's "The Return", Iciar Bollain's "Take My Eyes" or Andrew Dominik's "Chopper". All three are available on Netflix and EVERYONE WITH NETFLIX SHOULD QUEUE THEM AND BUMP THEM TO THE TOP STRAIGHT AWAY.

And I don't think anyone should be allowed to vote if they haven't seen my favorites. Too damn bad.

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Originally posted by puxzkkx:
I personally don't think anyone should be allowed to vote for this list unless they have seen Andrei Zvagintsev's "The Return", Iciar Bollain's "Take My Eyes" or Andrew Dominik's "Chopper". All three are available on Netflix and EVERYONE WITH NETFLIX SHOULD QUEUE THEM AND BUMP THEM TO THE TOP STRAIGHT AWAY.

I've seen two out of three films and still plan on voting. And I am not planning on voting for Eric Bana from "Chopper" or any of the three leads, the father and his sons, in "The Return".

pacino, i highly recomend you "Take my Eyes" (te doy mis ojos). I think it will be good for your spanish and also it is a great movie.

One of my favourites, but i prefer the girls than the male actor.

Just my opinion. I consider the performances of Dobronravov, Bana and Tosar to be absolutely essential viewing.

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Originally posted by MysteriousRent:
And I don't think anyone should be allowed to vote if they haven't seen my favorites. Too damn bad.

Lol!
And I think voice-overs should be eligible for voting. (relax; I know that's not going to happen coughGandolfinicoughO'TooleAsnercoughWilliams)

Wait...why do you have FYCs up for 2009 when you cut off the dates at 2008?

Performances from this year are not eligible, right?

I am seeing some marvelous Gaumont French short films just released by Kino on DVD by great early directors like Alice Guy and Louis Feuillade, many of which were made between 1900-1909. Some have very memorable performances, which I can add later, along with some early Griffith and other pioneers). I assume based on the name of this thread they qualify.

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