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Best performance?

posted 2 months ago by ducksoup (3243)
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If there were an Oscar for best performance in this movie, which of the cast would have won it? They all turn in stellar performances, so no one is out yet!

[–] seagal72 (338) 2 months ago

Jack Lemmon

[–] ducksoup (3243) 2 months ago

You got a good polint there.

[–] Ace_Spade (4712) 2 months ago

Seconded.

[–] ducksoup (3243) 2 months ago

I think I lean towards Ed Harris, but Alan Arkin is great too. Of course, Lemmon and Pacino, Spacey and Pryce, they all do great jobs. I really don't know. I think I would have to see specific clips for specific actors in competition with each other to begin to figure it out.

[–] seagal72 (338) 2 months ago

I think Lemmon was the most fleshed out character. They all had cracking dialogue, but Levine seemed to have a backstory (that transcended the mamet soundbites)

[–] ducksoup (3243) 2 months ago

That's true enough. I might agree he had the best written character.

[–] spacecomedy (313) 2 months ago

Shelly's phone calls to his daughter are absolutely heartbreaking. Lemmon deserved an Oscar based on those calls alone.

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