No Academy Award for her??
I mean, Jeff Bridges was pretty good but Karen Allen was excellent!
Her character beautiful and moving...her last shot in the film, wow, haunting!!
John Carpenter is great.
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I'm SO glad someone brought this up! I feel the same way. Karen Allen is an exceptional actress and while her turn in Raiders of the Lost Ark was trendsetting, and standard setting in some ways, it's beyond me why no one paid as much attention to her here, least of all the Academy, who certainly noticed the efforts of the ever wonderful Jeff Bridges.
Ms. Allen though, she was remarkable. The scene in which she defines love in the diner, so heartbreaking, yet warm and loving at the same time. She truly does convey a woman who is in utter pain at describing love to the spitting image of her deceased husband, all the while she is teaching him something about humanity so it's both a positive and devastating moment portrayed eloquently by Karen Allen. The rest of the film is drenched in her strong emotions, and so much of us seeing her feelings so powerfully. She should have receieved MUCH more attention for this picture. An oscar nod to say something.
When will you ever learn, this feeling is all you can discern?
"he scene in which she defines love in the diner, so heartbreaking, yet warm and loving at the same time. She truly does convey a woman who is in utter pain at describing love to the spitting image of her deceased husband, all the while she is teaching him something about humanity so it's both a positive and devastating moment portrayed eloquently by Karen Allen."
It's a great scene very well acted by Karen Allen, i agree.
The final shot sums up that "Starman" is mostly all about Jenny's character...this last shot in the film is really magic, so sad and haunting.
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this last shot in the film is really magic, so sad and haunting.
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Sally Field won that year in a film I haven’t seen, Judy Davis was nominated that year in a film I haven’t seen, Jessica Lange was nominated that year in a film I haven’t seen, Vanessa Redgrave was nominated that year in a film I haven’t seen, Sissy Spacek was nominated that year in a film I haven’t seen, Karen Allen was great that year in a film I have seen (many times).
shareSALLY FIELD - Places in the Heart
JUDY DAVIS - A Passage to India
JESSICA LANGE - Country
VANESSA REDGRAVE - The Bostonians
SISSY SPACEK - The River
Pretty heavy list but I have to agree. Seen some of these a long time ago but Starman is the only one I still watch every couple of years.
Yep, I haven’t seen any of those films, strange that I missed A Passage to India, I saw alot of Merchant Ivory films back in the day.
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I agree!!!