"Actors who've given great performances in at least three diff. decades."
That's simple enough, right?
I'll start with the man who inspired this post: Ray Liotta in: 80s - Something Wild / 90s - Goodfellas / 00's - Narc
So, name the actor / actress and their great performances that have spanned at least three different decades. Also, if they've done it in four, five, or even six (??) different decades, put those down too.
6. "Controversy begins with the first reply." In response to Reply # 1 Sun Jan-20-08 11:44 PM by genius.switch
>70s (Godfather)- 90s (Scent of a Woman)- 00s (Angels in >America)
So, you give him the over-acting in Scent of a Woman but not in Scarface? See, the coked-out, operatic performance he gave as Tony Montana, when his vision is on the whole world and so his energy must be just as large, makes sense there. In just about every other movie with Pacino that I've seen (The Godfather and Carlito's Way excluded, and maybe Donnie Brasco), his acting calls way too much attention to itself. With Montana, it calls attention to only the extreme mania of the character, and that serves the story in a way a more subdued performance would not.
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25. "I think if Al hadn't beaten Denzel for the Oscar, there'd be less hate." In response to Reply # 6 Mon Jan-21-08 01:10 PM by Frank Longo
That flick is well-acted around (yes, including by Chris O'Donnell) and well- written in a script that is chock full of memorable moments and quotable lines. And Pacino is the one who makes the whole thing turn. Frank is a large character too, and merits the shouting. He's a lieutenant colonel, it's in his blood.
The one thing I will say is the film is too long. But Martin Brest stopped caring about editing somewhere around that time in his career (see: Meet Joe Black, Gigli).
And as far as Scarface? You could give him that one too. It is a hell of a performance.
58. "My Nicholson picks" In response to Reply # 3 Thu Feb-07-08 07:36 PM by Sponge
60s - The Shooting 70s - The King of Marvin Gardens; The Passenger (tie) 80s - The Shining; Terms of Endearment (tie) 90s - As Good As It Gets 00s - The Pledge; About Schmidt (tie)
50s: Somebody Up There Likes Me, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof 60s: Hustler, Hud, Cool Hand Luke, Butch and Sundance 70s: Sting, Slap Shot 80s: Fort Apache the Bronx, The Verdict, The Color of Money 90s: Nobody's Fool, Twilight 00s: Where the Money Is
30s: The Roaring Twenties, Angels with Dirty Faces 40s: Maltese Falcon, Casablanca, To Have and Have Not, The Big Sleep, Treasure of the Sierra Madre 50s: The Caine Mutiny
the seventh seal ('57) hawaii ('66) the exorcist ('73) pelle the conqueror ('87) snow falling on cedars ('99)
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43. "so i've heard. omitted it b/c i haven't seen it yet." In response to Reply # 36
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35. "Yeah, people (rightly) slag on him for that Scientology shit" In response to Reply # 33
but I can't front on dudes' abilities, both to give a good performance and open a movie (well, up until recently, that is) ________________________________________________________________________ Magnificent Trident
44. "RE: alright, fine: Laurence Fishburne" In response to Reply # 42
>Apocalypse Now (79) >School Daze (88) >Boyz N The Hood (91)/What's Love Got To Do With It (93) > >and except for Mystic River I haven't seen a single movie of >his in the from the new millennium, so who knows, maybe he was >amazing as the Surfer.
See, I'd only list 'What's Love Got to Do With It' as a great performance.
52. "Hanna Schygulla; Barbara Sukowa" In response to Reply # 0
Hanna Schygulla 60s - Katzelmacher 70s - Marriage of Maria Braun 80s - Sheer Madness 00s - Werckmeister Harmonies (dubbed-over, but still a memorable supporting performance)
Barbara Sukowa 80s - Lola; Rosa Luxemburg (tie) 90s - Zentropa 00s - Urbania (cameo)
56. "Harriet Andersson; Liv Ullmann" In response to Reply # 0
Harriet Andersson 50s - Sawdust and Tinsel; Smiles of a Summer Night (tie) 60s - Through a Glass Darkly 70s - Cries and Whispers 80s - Fanny and Alexander
Liv Ullman 60s - Persona; Shame (tie) 70s - Scenes From a Marriage 00s - Saraband
64. "RE: Good call on Tony Leung." In response to Reply # 63
>That dude is dope.
Really talented. His 2046 performance came up short on a tie w/ his in ITMFL in my book.
Maggie Cheung got Centre Stage in the 90s and ITMFL in the 00s, but I haven't seen a great peformance from her in the 80s yet. Need to see more of her 80s work. You got any recommendations? She was good in As Tears Go By, but I don't think it's a great one as of now.
67. "Yeah, I couldn't decide between In the Mood... and 2046 either." In response to Reply # 64
But since it's the same character, it don't really matter.
Yeah, Maggie Cheung is awesome. One of my favourite actresses ever. I really liked her in Clean (2004) too, she killed that role.
Haven't seen too many of her 80s joints though. I mean, she got Police Story, but that's more Jackie Chan's show. How about Days of Being Wild (RIP Leslie)? I can't remember what year that is, I think it might actually be 90s, but I'm not too sure.
50s - Some Like It Hot; Mister Roberts (tie) 60s - The Apartment 70s - Save the Tiger (Lemmon and Gilford are amazing here) 80s - Missing 90s - Glengarry Glen Ross
74. "Sir, I salute you!" In response to Reply # 62
!sig!
We need to go back in time to when motherfuckers could rock 88 miles per hour, bring it back to the block and get (Mc Fly) Peel the fuck out before the lightning hit the clock
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