Jon Voight won 'Best Actor' for this!!!
Robert De Niro got really screwed that year.
Ralphie Cifaretto and Paulie Walnuts..RULE!!!
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I think Robert De Niro was excellent, one of his best performances.
But Jon Voight rightfully won this time for the best acting performance of that year and De Niro his lead-Oscar for Raging Bull.
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I'm going to have to agree that De Niro got robbed. Voight's performance was great, but De Niro as Michael is pure brilliance in the art form that is acting.
shareVoight and De Niro's performances were great
but the one who got robbed in my opinion was Brad Davis for Midnight Express, he didn't even get a nomination!
"All sugg and no pick makes bump a dull boy!"
I disagree, Deniro's performance was a bit over the top compared to Voight's. Some of this due to writing. Voight's charachter was written to perfectly. It was just so real that you believe he really was a Nam vet. I think Deer Hunter had some too over the top scenes that turned the academy voters off while Coming Home was genuine human realness all the way. No russian roulette *beep* that made the protaganist a bad ass. Just my opinion.
Come after me, I'm a man, I'M 40!!!
also in the running that year was Gary Busey as Buddy Holly, in The Buddy Holly Story.. and it was really him singing all the songs.. when i first learned that years ago, i couldn't understand why Busey didn't win.. after seeing The Deer Hunter (which got its due with Best Picture, among other awards) i still couldn't understand why Busey didn't win.. well i watched Coming Home yesterday, and now i know..
shareVoight was OK, De Niro was marvellous and should have won easily.
As for Brad Davis getting nominated... Oh, please!
Wow you are right - forgot about that one
shareIt's funny because whenever I think of De niro's BEST performances, I tend to think Mean Streets, Taxi Driver, The Deer Hunter, Cape Fear, King of Comedy, The Last Tycoon, but rarely do I include his performance in Raging Bull. Maybe it's because his work is almost TOO good, that he sheds any likability he may have in his other roles to play an truly dispicable human being? Not sure.
shareDid you live during that time? If you did, then you know that John Voight was incredible in that role. We lost so many boys during that time and I went to several rallies protesting the war. We hated the war....not the warrior. NEVER think we hated the soldiers...They were victims of war just like the citizens of VietNam.Just like the citizens of Iraq and Afghanistan are now. War is started by men who are greedy for power and don't care anything at all for the common man. To them, we are cattle/sheep to be sacrificed for their cause and ultimate glory.
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