Vincent D'Onofrio in Full Metal Jacket
R. Lee Ermey in Full Metal Jacket
Mandy Patinkin in The Princess Bride
Alternate Best Supporting Actor 2005: Ed Harris in A History of Violence
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Best Supporting Actor 2011: Nick Nolte in Warrior
Nick Nolte received his third Oscar nomination for portraying Paddy Conlon in Warrior.Warrior details a winner take all mixed martial art tournament whose two main combatants are estranged brothers (Tom Hardy, Joel Edgerton) fighting for their own difficult reasons.
Alternate Best Actor 2011
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Showing posts with label Vincent Gardenia. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Vincent Gardenia. Show all posts
Wednesday, December 14, 2011
Best Supporting Actor 1987: Results
Vincent D'Onofrio in Full Metal Jacket
R. Lee Ermey in Full Metal Jacket
Mandy Patinkin in The Princess Bride
Saturday, December 10, 2011
Best Supporting Actor 1987: Vincent Gardenia in Moonstruck
Vincent Gardenia received his second and final Oscar nomination for portraying Cosmo Castorini in Moonstruck.
Moonstruck is about a soon to be married Italian woman Loretta Castorini(Cher) finds some difficulties when she has an affair with her fiancee's brother.
Vincent Gardenia portrays the father of Cher's character who is facing a late life crisis. Cosmo is one of the many colorful family members in the film. Gardenia though although certainly is colorful in his own way in his portrayal of Cosmo never goes over the top to make these sorts of qualities apparent. Gardenia simply adds to the color of the film with his presence with a great deal of ease in his performance that realizes the character of Cosmo quite well.
Gardenia has terrific chemistry with everyone else that he interacts with and with this chemistry he effectively conveys everything he needs to about Cosmo. In his scenes with Cher there is not an a lot of fatherly love found, not that he is cold at all as he does want what is best for her. The two actors though naturally convey a long family history between the two that leaves him less than enthusiastic to hear about her new martial plans with a man he has no respect for.
There is always a certain frustration in his performance that is just perfect for Cosmo, and Gardenia manages to make it appropriately humorous while still keeping Cosmo fairly realistic. Gardenia is very good because he doesn't show Cosmo frustration around his family and his wife as just him being tired, but Gardenia subtly suggests that there is always more on his mind and that he is most certainly hiding something.
What he is hiding is that he is having an affair outside of his marriage with his wife Rose (Olympia Dukakis). Gardenia is great when he is outside the family in one particular scene where he is acting as a plumber where he has a great deal of cockiness and a certain that is totally unapparent in the family scenes that shows just how Cosmo is without his frustrations about that he has at home.
The most interesting factor about Gardenia's performance though is his chemistry with Dukakis. Again they show a family history together that can just be seen in the way they react with one another in such a quiet but knowing fashion. The best single scene I think is a short but just about perfect moment where she tells him she wants him to stop seeing his mistress. Gardenia reaction is almost silent but really quite perfect as he shows Cosmo's history and connection is strong that he instantly understands and accepts. Gardenia throughout is always exactly as he should be adding color, humor and depth whenever needed with his nicely handled performance.
Vincent Gardenia portrays the father of Cher's character who is facing a late life crisis. Cosmo is one of the many colorful family members in the film. Gardenia though although certainly is colorful in his own way in his portrayal of Cosmo never goes over the top to make these sorts of qualities apparent. Gardenia simply adds to the color of the film with his presence with a great deal of ease in his performance that realizes the character of Cosmo quite well.
Gardenia has terrific chemistry with everyone else that he interacts with and with this chemistry he effectively conveys everything he needs to about Cosmo. In his scenes with Cher there is not an a lot of fatherly love found, not that he is cold at all as he does want what is best for her. The two actors though naturally convey a long family history between the two that leaves him less than enthusiastic to hear about her new martial plans with a man he has no respect for.
There is always a certain frustration in his performance that is just perfect for Cosmo, and Gardenia manages to make it appropriately humorous while still keeping Cosmo fairly realistic. Gardenia is very good because he doesn't show Cosmo frustration around his family and his wife as just him being tired, but Gardenia subtly suggests that there is always more on his mind and that he is most certainly hiding something.
What he is hiding is that he is having an affair outside of his marriage with his wife Rose (Olympia Dukakis). Gardenia is great when he is outside the family in one particular scene where he is acting as a plumber where he has a great deal of cockiness and a certain that is totally unapparent in the family scenes that shows just how Cosmo is without his frustrations about that he has at home.
The most interesting factor about Gardenia's performance though is his chemistry with Dukakis. Again they show a family history together that can just be seen in the way they react with one another in such a quiet but knowing fashion. The best single scene I think is a short but just about perfect moment where she tells him she wants him to stop seeing his mistress. Gardenia reaction is almost silent but really quite perfect as he shows Cosmo's history and connection is strong that he instantly understands and accepts. Gardenia throughout is always exactly as he should be adding color, humor and depth whenever needed with his nicely handled performance.
Wednesday, December 7, 2011
Best Supporting Actor 1987
Albert Brooks in Broadcast News
Denzel Washington in Cry Freedom
Sean Connery in The Untouchables
Vincent Gardenia in Moonstruck
Morgan Freeman in Street Smart
Tuesday, November 1, 2011
Best Supporting Actor 1973: Results
character as well as he really could be.
Robert Shaw in The Sting
Max Von Sydow in The Exorcist
Best Supporting Actor 1973: Vincent Gardenia in Bang the Drum Slowly
Vincent Gardenia received his first Oscar nomination for portraying Dutch Schnell in Bang the Drum Slowly.
Bang the Drum Slowly depicts a star pitcher on a baseball team who tries hard to help his friend simple catcher who has a terminal disease.
Vincent Gardenia portrays the team manager Dutch who is unaware why the star pitches Henry (Michael Moriarty) wants the simple catcher Bruce (Robert De Niro) to catch for him, but he intends to find out. The exasperated sports team manager certainly is not the most original of character and Gardenia never tries to portray this type of character in an particularly unusual fashion.
Gardenia though does manage to play Dutch just as he should be as well. Dutch is a tough manager who wants to handle his team his way, and does not much care for being told he won't have control over his lineup. Gardenia gets the constantly frustrated style of Dutch down just right. He also handles the frustrations of Dutch just wanting to figure what the deal is with Henry and Bruce is exactly well as well.
Gardenia mostly is simply consistent in his performance through the film but he does have a single big scene when he finds out what really is wrong with Bruce. He has a nice heartfelt scene where he shows that Dutch maybe is a bit of a softie at heart. Gardenia is appropriate earnest in this scene and does not seem fake either being honestly saddened by a member of his team dying that does not override the rest of his performance, but more of suggests his toughness toward his team is simply the way he has to do it.
Gardenia's performance is never an amazing one, but he does seem to get the most out of Dutch as a character. He does not take a completely unorthodox approach to the role, but Gardenia is effective in all of his scenes, and adds a nice presence to the film. I can't say it is ever all that much, or even especially memorable but it is a good performance.
Vincent Gardenia portrays the team manager Dutch who is unaware why the star pitches Henry (Michael Moriarty) wants the simple catcher Bruce (Robert De Niro) to catch for him, but he intends to find out. The exasperated sports team manager certainly is not the most original of character and Gardenia never tries to portray this type of character in an particularly unusual fashion.
Gardenia though does manage to play Dutch just as he should be as well. Dutch is a tough manager who wants to handle his team his way, and does not much care for being told he won't have control over his lineup. Gardenia gets the constantly frustrated style of Dutch down just right. He also handles the frustrations of Dutch just wanting to figure what the deal is with Henry and Bruce is exactly well as well.
Gardenia mostly is simply consistent in his performance through the film but he does have a single big scene when he finds out what really is wrong with Bruce. He has a nice heartfelt scene where he shows that Dutch maybe is a bit of a softie at heart. Gardenia is appropriate earnest in this scene and does not seem fake either being honestly saddened by a member of his team dying that does not override the rest of his performance, but more of suggests his toughness toward his team is simply the way he has to do it.
Gardenia's performance is never an amazing one, but he does seem to get the most out of Dutch as a character. He does not take a completely unorthodox approach to the role, but Gardenia is effective in all of his scenes, and adds a nice presence to the film. I can't say it is ever all that much, or even especially memorable but it is a good performance.
Sunday, October 30, 2011
Best Supporting Actor 1973
Jason Miller in The Exorcist
Randy Quaid in The Last Detail
John Houseman in The Paper Chase
Vincent Gardenia in Bang the Drum Slowly
Jack Gilford in Save the Tiger
