[SelwynMcGinty]

As the title of the thread suggests, we're looking to pinpoint the Next Best Celebrated Acting Performances of film history. Plenty of great turns get ignored or forgotten through the sands of time, and this is a quick way to review and vote for our favorites.

This is for the North American calendar release year of 1976, so to save us clicking on Wikipedia, the following Oscar nominees are exempt:

Best Actor - Peter Finch, Network
Robert De Niro, Taxi Driver
Giancarlo Giannini, Seven Beauties
William Holden, Network
Sylvester Stallone, Rocky

Best Supp. Actor - Jason Robards, All the President's Men
Ned Beatty, Network
Burgess Meredith, Rocky
Laurence Olivier, Marathon Man
Burt Young, Rocky

Anything else is fair game! You may notice that the choices are primarily Leading roles, but I'm not going to disallow other selections. It doesn't seem fair or sensible to quibble about Lead/Supporting categories.

Feel free to discuss these or other choices, 1976 the movie year in general, or any other rankings or opinions.


Thanks to everyone participating in these crazy polls! Cheers!!