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Nick Nolte

posted 19 years ago by ijonesiii
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As wonderful as Anthony Hopkins was in SILENCE OF THE LAMBS, a film in which he only appears in about 23 minutes of, does anyone besides me think Nick Nolte should have won the Oscar that year for this film? He is in virtually every frame of the film and gives a richly complex performance of a man dealing with a failing marriage, a mentally ill sister, and his own inner demons as well as a new romance and beoming father figure to a boy who desperately needs one. Nolte was amazing in this movie...creating a character of deep sensitivity who never who never looses his maleness.

[–] aleros6 19 years ago

I agree with you and olso think that, if that year The silence of the lamb hasn´t won so many Oscar this film should have won a lot more.

[–] renee916 19 years ago

Nick Nolte was his best in this movie.

[–] doreen-hill 19 years ago

Nolte should have won. I think Hopkins should have gotten best supporting actor instead.

[–] alpa41 19 years ago

Oscar for this and Affliction. Nick is so underrated as an actor. Its seems his personal life is what most want to discuss.

[–] Agent-69 18 years ago

I think he should have won for best supporting actor in Thin Red Line but he wasn't even nominated

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[–] rbostic84 18 years ago

yeah Nick Nolte was great it this movie. should have got best actor

[–] MoviesGuru90069 12 years ago

ditto

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[–] joestank15 18 years ago

When he wasn't yelling he was great I'll giv eyou. However he was written too damn schizophrenic. One minute he's yelling at Lowenstein the next, asking her out for lunch. WTF?

No friend, Hopkins took home the Oscar because his "23 minute" performance was one of the most chilling and captivating in cinema history.

[–] austinc3172 18 years ago

Are you kidding me? I've read the novel about 5 times, and Nolte's performance disgusts me. Tom Wingo is supposed to be a sensitive, articulate, troubled man, balancing the roughness of a football coach with the refinement of an English teacher. Nick Nolte's about as eloquent as a drunk eating his own puke. Whoever cast this film should be fired.

[–] ohmandylicious 18 years ago

The movie is much better when you haven't read the book. The book shames the movie, but I still liked Nolte.

[–] Lowenstein1992 18 years ago

Sir Anthony Hopkins's -deserving, no doubt- win over Nick Nolte is my biggest upset ever in the history of the Academy Awards. I felt like a deflating balloon after being full of air all night (I was so sure he'd win!).

[–] ShakespearesSister 16 years ago

"When he wasn't yelling he was great I'll giv eyou. However he was written too damn schizophrenic. One minute he's yelling at Lowenstein the next, asking her out for lunch. WTF?

No friend, Hopkins took home the Oscar because his "23 minute" performance was one of the most chilling and captivating in cinema history."

Amen

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[–] hbotis 16 years ago

HOLLYWOOD HATES STREISAND BECAUSE SHE DOESN'T PLAY BALL AND SPEAKS HER MIND.

The Oscars give their awards to "feel good" movies like CRASH and BABEL because they rid of their middle class guilty conscience.

[–] SeisCinemaSeis 15 years ago

Nolte is fine as Tom Wingo but Anthony Hopkins was PERFECT as Hannibal Lecter.

Besides Nick was bad directed by Streisand in several scenes. He overacts, yelling way too much. Another director with more experience behind the camera would have asked Nick to temper his acting in those scenes.

[–] ibbi 15 years ago

I don't think I'd give him the Oscar but he was fantastic and pretty much the sole reason to watch the film.

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