Best Actress Nominees

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The year was so abysmal for leads that the Academy had to scour the indies for nods; four of the five nominees are big actresses slumming in Ameri-indie.

Thompson's win is one of the few deserved in Oscar history, even though she won the award by default. McDonnell is second place.

Poll Results

Option	Votes
Emma Thompson - Howards End	9
Catherine Denueve - Indochine	2
Mary McDonnell - Passion Fish	2
Susan Sarandon - Lorenzo's Oil	1
Michelle Pfeiffer - Love Field	0

― Gucci Mane hermeneuticist (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 8 September 2010 01:41 (fifteen years ago)

Mary McDonnell being nominated while Alfre Woodward wasn't: truly appalling

― kind of shrill and very self-righteous (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 8 September 2010 01:43 (fifteen years ago)

Yup. Dump Deneuve playing...what exactly -- Severine in colonial garb?

― Gucci Mane hermeneuticist (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 8 September 2010 01:53 (fifteen years ago)

yeah how could they not nominate woodard that's crazy?

― horseshoe, Wednesday, 8 September 2010 01:55 (fifteen years ago)

So both your votes are for Thompson?

― Gucci Mane hermeneuticist (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 8 September 2010 01:56 (fifteen years ago)

passion fish and howard's end are the only ones i've seen but yeah

― horseshoe, Wednesday, 8 September 2010 01:57 (fifteen years ago)

i love michelle pfeiffer tbh but had no idea love field even existed till just now

― horseshoe, Wednesday, 8 September 2010 01:58 (fifteen years ago)

First time I ever saw Dennis Haysbert in anything.

― Gucci Mane hermeneuticist (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 8 September 2010 01:59 (fifteen years ago)

Also: Passion Fish is my favorite Sayles film.

― Gucci Mane hermeneuticist (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 8 September 2010 01:59 (fifteen years ago)

do we have a sayles thread? i <3 him

― horseshoe, Wednesday, 8 September 2010 02:00 (fifteen years ago)

I haven't rewatched HE -- or Lorenzo's Oil -- since '92

― kind of shrill and very self-righteous (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 8 September 2010 02:08 (fifteen years ago)

i've watched howard's end a bunch of times since. thompson's performance holds up.

― horseshoe, Wednesday, 8 September 2010 02:11 (fifteen years ago)

It just got a sparkling Criterion reissue.

― Gucci Mane hermeneuticist (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 8 September 2010 02:17 (fifteen years ago)

I completely forgot Love Field ever existed.

― a cankle of rads (Gukbe), Wednesday, 8 September 2010 02:18 (fifteen years ago)

Not at all a fan of Howards End, but Thompson can have this one.

― Eric H., Wednesday, 8 September 2010 03:34 (fifteen years ago)

yeah glancing at other awards lists or films i can remember coming out this year and other than sheryl lee for the twin peaks movie and juliette binoche for the lovers on the bridge (and both of these are strictly only possible in some alternate universe) and maaybe cynda williams (though she's pretty easily the worst lead performance in one false move right?)(god she looked good in mo better blues though) or sharon stone i guess i can't come up w/ someone who really could've been nominated other than woodard obv. ps: did you know sara gilbert was nominated for best actress at the independent spirit awards this year? i don't need to tell you the movie do i?

― balls, Wednesday, 8 September 2010 07:09 (fifteen years ago)

o and if pfeiffer had been nominated for batman's back i might've voted for that but this is a pretty easy vote for thompson and i have no use for that movie (shocker).

― balls, Wednesday, 8 September 2010 07:11 (fifteen years ago)

Howards End is a decent to very good adaptation.

Sheryl Lee is a good alternative, and, yeah, I'd have swapped Love Field for Batman Returns.

― Gucci Mane hermeneuticist (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 8 September 2010 11:08 (fifteen years ago)

Is Poison Ivy > Passion Fish?

― Eric H., Wednesday, 8 September 2010 11:21 (fifteen years ago)

I haven't seen any of these films. I've only heard of two.

― rhythm fixated member (chap), Wednesday, 8 September 2010 11:39 (fifteen years ago)

pfeiffer was so gr8 in batman returns

― horseshoe, Wednesday, 8 September 2010 20:35 (fifteen years ago)

Love Field is such oscar-bait: kennedy, monroe, and race relations all in a mix. Caught part of it on tv for the first time since 92 (er probably 93, I'm sure I saw it on video) and found it to be pretty terrible. Used to love Passion Fish, especially Strathairn, but Lone Star is the best Sayles imo.

― elephant rob, Wednesday, 8 September 2010 20:44 (fifteen years ago)

pretty sure this will prompt mockery but i swear limbo's my fave after eight men out

― balls, Thursday, 9 September 2010 04:29 (fifteen years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

― System, Monday, 13 September 2010 23:01 (fifteen years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

― System, Tuesday, 14 September 2010 23:01 (fifteen years ago)

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