Favorite Non-Oscar Nominated Performances: Actor, 1977 - Blu-ray Forum

SelwynMcGinty · 09-18-2024, 06:37 PM

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 1977, so to save us clicking on Wikipedia, the following Oscar nominees are exempt:

Best Actor - Richard Dreyfuss, The Goodbye Girl
Woody Allen, Annie Hall
Richard Burton, Equus
Marcello Mastroianni, A Special Day
John Travolta, Saturday Night Fever

Best Supp. Actor - Jason Robards, Julia
Mikhail Baryshnikov, The Turning Point
Peter Firth, Equus
Alec Guinness, Star Wars
Maximilian Schell, Julia

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, 1977 the movie year in general, or any other rankings or opinions.

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

RFK · 09-18-2024, 07:26 PM

Bruno Schleinstein, Stroszek

BerC · 09-18-2024, 07:27 PM

John Gielgud for "Providence."

Cruel Angel · 09-18-2024, 07:52 PM

Roger Moore, The Spy Who Loved Me

Beckford · 09-18-2024, 08:11 PM

Christopher Walken "Roseland"

View Poll Results: Favorite Non-Oscar Nominated Performances: Actor, 1977
George Burns, Oh, God!	0	0%
Art Carney, The Late Show	0	0%
Keith Carradine, The Duellists	0	0%
James Coburn, Cross of Iron	0	0%
Broderick Crawford, The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover	0	0%
Robert DeNiro, New York, New York	0	0%
William Devane, Rolling Thunder	0	0%
Richard Dreyfuss, Close Encounters of the Third Kind	1	10.00%
Harrison Ford, Star Wars	1	10.00%
Bruno Ganz, The American Friend	0	0%
Richard Gere, Looking for Mr. Goodbar	0	0%
John Gielgud, Providence	1	10.00%
Rutger Hauer, Soldier of Orange	1	10.00%
Anthony Hopkins, Audrey Rose	1	10.00%
Dennis Hopper, The American Friend	0	0%
Robert Judd, Fight for Your Life	0	0%
Harvey Keitel, The Duellists	0	0%
Jack Lemmon, Airport ’77	0	0%
Roger Moore, The Spy Who Loved Me	2	20.00%
Paul Newman, Slap Shot	0	0%
Rudolf Nureyev, Valentino	0	0%
Jose Perez. Short Eyes	0	0%
Richard Pryor, Greased Lightning	0	0%
Richard Pryor, Which Way Is Up?	0	0%
Fernando Rey, That Obscure Object of Desire	1	10.00%
Roy Scheider, Sorcerer	0	0%
Bruno Schleinstein, Stroszek	1	10.00%
David Warner, Cross of Iron	0	0%
Henry Winker, Heroes	0	0%
Other (please specify)	1	10.00%
Voters: 10. You may not vote on this poll

09-18-2024, 06:37 PM	#1
SelwynMcGinty Blu-ray Guru Member since:Jun 2024 Location:California	Favorite Non-Oscar Nominated Performances: Actor, 1977 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 1977, so to save us clicking on Wikipedia, the following Oscar nominees are exempt: Best Actor - Richard Dreyfuss, The Goodbye Girl Woody Allen, Annie Hall Richard Burton, Equus Marcello Mastroianni, A Special Day John Travolta, Saturday Night Fever Best Supp. Actor - Jason Robards, Julia Mikhail Baryshnikov, The Turning Point Peter Firth, Equus Alec Guinness, Star Wars Maximilian Schell, Julia 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, 1977 the movie year in general, or any other rankings or opinions. Thanks to everyone participating in these crazy polls! Cheers!!

09-18-2024, 07:26 PM	#2
RFK Blu-ray Guru Member since:Apr 2015	Bruno Schleinstein, Stroszek

09-18-2024, 07:27 PM	#3
BerC Power Member Member since:Mar 2017 Location:The Silver Screen	John Gielgud for "Providence."

09-18-2024, 07:52 PM	#4
Cruel Angel Blu-ray Prince Member since:Nov 2009 Location:San Antonio TX 4K collection:316 Blu-ray collection:1189 DVD collection:281	Roger Moore, The Spy Who Loved Me

09-18-2024, 08:11 PM	#5
Beckford Expert Member Member since:Sep 2019 Location:Neither here nor there	Christopher Walken "Roseland"

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