Robbed of an Oscar

Al Pacino! Well maybe he wasn't so good in Dog Day Afternoon like Nicholson was in "..Cuckoo's Nest" in 1975 but Pacino wasn't even nominated for Scarface!And didn't win for Godfather. :/

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Val Kilmer wasn't even nominated for his supporting role of Doc Holiday in Tombstone. I thought that was a travesty. For all intents and purposes, he will remain the Doc Holiday for generations to come.

Sissy Spacek for Carrie.

The problem with Dog Day Afternoon is that John Cazale upstaged Pacino in that movie.

Well, Pacino was pretty damn good in Dog Day Afternoon, but I've always found Scarface to be overrated. It's not terrible, but everybody praises it for the things I find annoying in it.

To put it in perspective, Scarface was the relevant movie of it's day, what with the cocaine cowboys running amock, it was perfect.

I liked them both a lot.Well I liked Pacino's character more so maybe that's why I noticed him more too.
I rate villains(Tony Montana maybe is more of an antihero but still) usually this way - the more I don't like him and find him terrifying,bad and repulsive the better performance it is for me.Yes,there are some villains which are interesting and I try to sympathize with them(Joker from Dark Knight) and I like them too but Tony Montana was a negative character and I didn't like him.And that emotions villains should rise for the viewer.If it did - actor did a good job.Oh and Scarface isn't my favorite movie,too but it's one of the best villains I've seen.

Best Actor
Clark Gable, Gone with the Wind
Orson Welles, Citizen Kane
Humphrey Bogart, Casablanca
Marlon Brando, A Streetcar Named Desire
Peter Sellers, Dr. Strangelove
Peter O'Toole, A Lion in Winter
Al Pacino, The Godfather Part II
Peter Sellers, Being There
Robert DeNiro, Awakenings
Anthony Hopkins, Nixon
Daniel Day-Lewis, Gangs of New York
Gary Oldman, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

Best Supporting Actor
Montgomery Clift, Judgment at Nuremberg
Al Pacino, The Godfather
Robert Duvall, Apocalypse Now
Pat Morita, The Karate Kid
River Phoenix, Running on Empty
Gary Sinise, Forrest Gump
Edward Norton, Primal Fear
Ethan Hawke, Training Day

Best Actress
Norma Shearer, A Free Soul
Bette Davis, Of Human Bondage
Joan Fontaine, Rebecca
Bette Davis, All About Eve
Deborah Kerr, From Here to Eternity
Judy Garland, A Star is Born
Bette Davis, What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
Bette Midler, The Rose
Cate Blanchett, Elizabeth

Best Supporting Actress
Olivia de Havilland, Gone with the Wind
Lily Tomlin, Nashville
Meryl Streep, The Deer Hunter
Cathy Moriarty, Raging Bull
Lorraine Bracco. Goodfellas
Jessica Tandy, Fried Green Tomatoes
Samantha Morton, Sweet and Lowdown
Meryl Streep, Adaptation.
Marcia Gay Harden, Mystic River
Cate Blanchett, Notes on a Scandal
Marisa Tomei, The Wrestler
Melissa McCarthy, Bridesmaids

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Brad Pitt wasn't even nominated for Fight Club. That was one of his best performances.

Al Pacino was amazing in Dogs Day Afternoon. He should have won the academy award for that.

I recently saw Dogs Day Afternoon for the first time and I had pretty high expectations going in and truthfully not all of them were met, the film itself wasn't as strong as I had hoped but Pacino's performance was pretty amazing, I think he mainly holds that movie up and I think he's the reason that movie is so highly regarded.

I agree that Pacino's performance is the reason it is considered to be one of the great films. He pretty much carried the whole film from start to finish.

Held his own, yes. Upstaged..? no.

'Starship Troopers' losing 'Best Visual Effects' to 'Titanic' bugged me a tad. No pun intended. I don't hold the Oscars in high regard, or any regard, anyway.

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Actors robbed of Oscars? I hope I have enough space here:


Bette Davis for ALL ABOUT EVE

Marlon Brando for A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE

Katharine Hepburn for LONG DAY'S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT and THE PHILADELPHIA STORY

Doris Day for LOVE ME OR LEAVE ME

Jack Lemmon, Shirley MacLaine, and Fred MacMurray for THE APARTMENT

Dustin Hoffman for MIDNIGHT COWBOY

Richard Burton for WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF?

Gene Hackman for THE CONVERSATION

Jessica Lange for FRANCES

Paul Giamatti for SIDEWAYS

Mary Tyler Moore for ORDINARY PEOPLE

Gene Rowlands for A WOMAN UNDER THE INFLUENCE

Jim Carrey and Ed Harris for THE TRUMAN SHOW

Cher for MASK

Whoopi Goldberg for THE COLOR PURPLE

Jessica Walter for PLAY MISTY FOR ME

Judy Garland in A STAR IS BORN

Joanne Woodward in SUMMER WISHES WINTER DREAMS

Dustin Hoffman in STRAIGHT TIME

William Holden in NETWORK

Truman Show. Jim Carrey. I think that's one of the worst ones ever.

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Dustin Hoffman - Midnight Cowboy
Robert Deniro - Cape Fear
Billy Bob Thornton - Sling Blade
Joaquin Phoenix - The Master
Jack Nicholson - Easy Rider
James Caan - The Godfather
Tom Berenger or Willem Dafoe - Platoon
Samuel Jackson - Pulp Fiction
Ben Kingsley - Sexy Beast

Edward Norton - American History X

The ones that come immediately to mind:

MARILYN MONROE for SOME LIKE IT HOT and THE MISFITS

PETER SELLERS for DR. STRANGELOVE and BEING THERE

GEORGE CLOONEY for UP IN THE AIR and THE DESCENDANTS

PAUL NEWMAN for THE VERDICT (though "Best Actor" was a highly competitive field that year)

DUSTIN HOFFMAN for TOOTSIE (see statement above)

ANTHONY HOPKINS for MAGIC

SYLVESTER STALLONE for ROCKY and ROCKY BALBOA

ANDY ROBINSON for DIRTY HARRY

CLINT EASTWOOD for MILLION DOLLAR BABY and GRAN TORINO

BILL MURRAY for LOST IN TRANSLATION

JACK NICHOLSON for ABOUT SCHMIDT

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I don't agree with a few of them but the ones that stand out are definitely Sly over Peter Finch For Rocky . And Sly to even be nominated for Rocky Balboa . I like it though some unique choiches .