I just looked at the awards section of this film and saw that Mary Beth Hurt was only nominated on the BAFTAs as best newcomer and nothing else. To me, she was the center of the movie and she played it extremely well, I could relate to her in her journey for trying to find something to make out of life. It was quite a complicated role which she handed superbly. Page's and Stapleton's oscar nominations were well-deserved, but Hurt deserved one too.
shareHonestly I think the entire cast did great work, but I will say that out of the actresses who portrayed the three sisters Mary Beth Hurt impressed me the most...she should have received a Best Actress Oscar nod for sure. About Miss Page: She's an extraordinary actress and I think her portrayal of the disturbed mother is absolutely brilliant, but her amount of screen time amounts to what is a supporting role and she really should have been placed in that category. Anyway, I'm glad The Academy recognized her wonderful performance with a nomination.
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There weren't enough awards to go around for the acting in this film. I can't think of another film where the acting was so universally superb.
shareI have to agree with everyone on this thread that every person in Interiors was amazing and really all of them deserved Oscar nominations. But I agree with the original poster that Mary Beth Hurt was the centerpiece of this movie and if could choose one person to be nominated it would be her. I do not begrudge Geraldine Page being nominated because she was always incredible in every role I have seen her play. I just think she should have been included as a supporting player with Ms. Hurt receiving a Best Actress nomination.
shareI agree with the movie book author who wrote that Mary Beth and E.G.Marshall were the standouts in the cast.
shareOne could make the argument that Geraldine Page was lead simply because of how central her character is to the plot. She is the force that moves the rest of the characters along their paths in life. She has a profound impact on the film even when she's not there. She's much like Jaws, or The Joker in The Dark Knight, to give her a more contemporary parallel. But there we have two supporting characters in their respective films, so there we have an argument for her as supporting.
Regardless, Mary Beth Hurt was splendid. Her coy, twee yet frustrated and angsty Joey was a marvel to behold. You could just sense each emotion her character was exuding simply on those close up shots of her expressionless face during the Wedding party. I'd have given her a nomination most assuredly.
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Well....LOL, Mary Beth Hurt did get a career out of this film. Look at her imdb credits. This film set her on her way. I think she might take that vs. winning an Oscar and disappearing. Don't get me wrong in one way. Winning an Oscar is a great thing. It certainly is unforgettable. But something tells me actors want to act in great projects and have some longevity too.
Would you rather win an Oscar and disappear or have a long running career in great roles?
I'd definitely take the long career, especially since Oscars are so political anyway. If I were an actor, I'd prefer to be working rather than campaigning for an award. If they want to give me one, yes, I'd appreciate it, but getting one wouldn't be high on my list of priorities.
shareI totally agree - hers was the breakout performance and the film's most memorable and haunting. Page should have been nominated for supporting and left the lead Actress nomination for Hurt. She was robbed.
shareI love Mary Beth Hurt. But her "type" and the type of character she was playing are just not Oscar bait. The Oscars like showy suffering, not intellectual slow burns. Her work in "The World According To Garp" was also wonderful. I kind of think of that role as "Joey gets Married". And again, she was brilliant as Jean Seberg in "From the Journals of Jean Seberg". She's usually cast as an uptight brainiac, and lately, The Judge (literally) but she can also play saucy types: see, "Compromising Positions" and "Six Degrees of Separation". It's always great to see her. Wish she worked more!
shareJust finished watching this and was so impressed by it and by Marybeth Hurt. I kept thinking (though I think she's great too) thank goodness Mia Farrow did not play this role; she would have over-powered it and that was the mother's role. Hurt was just suberb in this almost puritanical little-girl behind big glasses; the mother, wonderfully menacing as the "decorator." And of course, Gordon Willis' intimately beautiful cinematography.
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Nothing to add here except another voice who agrees w/ all the positive things said about Hurt's performance. Unforgettable...
shareI have to be the odd one out here. I thought Hurt;s acting was wooden and her delivery of lines was flat and unimpressive. She sounded as though she were reading it. I do love the movie but I thought Hurt was the weak part of the movie.
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It's a spectacular performance, and it holds up against the Autumn Sonata duo.
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