I know this film was technically made in 2005, but it only got a (limited) release in the UK in 2006. Would Timothy Spall be eligible for an Oscar nomination? I certainly think he would deserve one, but I'm not sure about the rules if a film hasn't been released in the US. Any thoughts / information?
shareI believe that as long as it was released in the United States during the Oscar period of eligibility for the 2008 awards it can be nominated at the upcoming ceremony. I would love to see Timothy Spall nominated. I think he gives an amazing perforance. You can read the details in my review at IndieCliché.com.
Pete
Great performance by Spall but I think that the film is too small for the Oscars. It was produced by Masterpiece Theater and if it was shown on television he would definitely get an Emmy and Golden Globe nomination.
shareTimothy Spall is always good but I thought that the outstanding performance was Eddie Marsan. He should surely be up for an Oscar within the next few years if there is any justice.
sharePierrepoint became available on Netflix 10/30
I watched it last night and it was a fantastic film. I`m a huge Timothy Spall fan and this movie did not disappoint. He was excellent as Albert Pierrepont.
Tim Spall is an amazing actor, completely brilliant and believable in any role he takes on, including the groveling, deceitful "Wormtail" in "Harry Potter".
I loved "Pierrepoint" and definitely think his performance should be nominated.
Though he is not what I would call classically handsome, he is consistently interesting on the screen...and there is something engagingly endearing about him even in the "rat" make up and costume...LOL! You know he is going to bring a quality performance...reminds me so much of Charles Laughton in his way...
"Don't dream it!! Be it!!"
Great film but Spall probably won't get an Oscar nomination. To someone else's point, it's too small and there is no big studio to push/promote it. Shame however because TS did a great job.
shareThis film was really under the radar so a nomination is doubtful, but of the movies I've seen this year, I'm really tempted to say that Spall gave the best performance by a male lead. I haven't seen There Will Be Blood yet, however.
Looking at the SAG nominations, I don't really understand the fuss over Clooney in Michael Clayton or Viggo Mortensen in Eastern Promises. I was not as impressed with Into the Wild as many others were and I thought Emile Hirsch did a serviceable though not an especially noteworthy job. And while Ryan Gosling certainly gave it his best effort, I have to say that Lars and the Real Girl is seeming like a case of mass hysteria to me as I do not understand all the fuss being made about it.
Moving to Globes, James McAvoy was good in Atonement, but that film was very disappointing on the whole and he was better in Last King of Scotland anyhow. Denzel completely phoned in American Gangster so I don't understand that nomination in the least. Philip Seymour Hoffman was strong (as always) in The Savages, as well as Before the Devil Knows You're Dead, but with the apparent lack of nominations, The Savages looks like the little-indie-that-couldn't. I cannot comment on Depp or Hanks because I have no interest in Sweeney Todd or Charlie Wilson's War.
As for me, some of my favorite leading male performances this year include
Brad Pitt in The Assassination of Jesse James (subtle and emotional, but I think Pitt is now suffering from being a walking tabloid article)
Casey Affleck in The Assassination of Jesse James (to me he was absolutely a co-lead) or Gone, Baby, Gone
Joseph Gordon-Levitt in The Lookout (the flawed sleeper that has been utterly forgotten)
Richard Gere in The Hoax (forgotten now, but Gere gives one of his best performances, running away with the character, though perhaps overdoing it some. besides, the Oscars don't like him)
Cillian Murphy in The Wind That Shakes the Barley (one I need to watch again, but again came too early and not enough promotion)
Perhaps Spall was partly so impressive because it is unexpected in a small independent film from a lesser name actor.
I'd have been happy to see Timothy Spall win major honours for this, but the sad fact is that the Oscars are not about excellence in acting, producing, directing music etc etc, they have more to do with mutual self-congratulation among major studios and distributors.
shareEven if it was eligible I don't think it would've been nominated for any Oscar as the subject would be considered too "controversial" by the academy. I can see this movie doing well at the Spirit Awards but I don't think it was eligible or nominated there either. The Oscars sadly shy away from anything that might cause actual discussion or argument, whilst at the same time pat themselves on the back for being so daring as to nominate something like "Boys Don't Cry".
shareThe movie was great and Timothy Spall was beyond words, just amazing. I don't know the rules of Oscars or other awards but Spall deserves a huge recognition for his performance.
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