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Thanks for this superb video which perfectly follows your video from last week. I was surprised by the cool fact about Ursula Andress almost getting one of these roles. I agreed with all of your choices. With me, selecting among the two performances was easiest for Sally Field (as you noted, Norma Rae really is her signature role) and hardest for Jodie Foster (I’m favoring The Accused today, but only today). My guess is Jennifer Lawrence, Olivia Colman, and Jessica Chastain all end up joining this exclusive club - I bet each of them has another Best Actress Oscar coming in the future.
Can you even fathom Andress in that role? Maybe she had acting chops we didn't know about 😉. Foster had the two strongest winning performances, so that choice (for me) was the toughest as well. I love your speculations on the 3 BA winners, and I don't disagree! Thanks for your kind words and encouragement.
I can’t see Ursula in the role it’s like Streep was put on earth because no one else could have played her then she proved how many characters she could play. I like that line up for a second Oscar.
@@oscarman42 I remember reading that too. I think it had to do with the physical description of Sophie .I mean even without Meryl I would never think Andress .
Well my picks are "almost" the same as yours oscarman. 😊 Jane Fonda - Klute definitely, although I also really liked her in Coming Home. Have to agree that the movie was a Jon Voight showcase. Sally Field - Curiously I am not a huge fan of either performance. I watched Places in the Heart only in 2021 and although I loved the movie, I didn't 'get' her performance. Her Norma Rae performance follows the arc of a normal Oscar-winning performance, and would be my choice. Meryl Streep - I haven't seen Iron Lady, but I can't imagine it being better than her performance in Sophie's Choice. Jodie Foster - I agree with you. Her performance in Accused was unique also more forceful I think. However she was also good in Silence of the Lambs. Hilary Swank - Now here I disagree. She was untecognizable in Boys Dont Cry, but her performance in Million Dollar Baby was so moving. The movie would have never won BP without that performance. Emma Stone - Poor Things of course.
I wholeheartedly agree with all your choices ! Two of these wins in retrospect are absolutely undeniable for me: Meryl Streep for Sophie's Choice first and Jane Fonda for Klute second. And while we are speaking of that film, tenuously related :), let us celebrate the great Donald Sutherland on his passing. There is a performance he could have and should have been nominated for, among others.
Watching this made me realise how strong the dual wins are from Swank, Streep and Foster. I like Emma Stone but I don't think she should have won either one of her Oscars.
Maybe a tad off-topic. I've liked Emma Stone since "EASY-A." The opening scene in "LA LA LAND" blew me away! I was unimpressed after that. I wanted "MOONLIGHT" to win. The Best Actress category was weak that year and I still haven't forgiven them for snubbing Amy Adams for "ARRIVAL" (off-off topic, Toni Collette's snub for HEREDITARY was the last straw, the OACARS are dead to me!!😤). When Emma won, I was fine with it. Then came BEST PICTURE....."LA LA LAND." "....damn...." and I very, very nearly turned off the t.v. and went to bed. Mere seconds before my finger hit the 'off' button, something happened: then someone said: "...by the way, MOONLIGHT won." I thought, (that's not funny, my guy.) "...no...really.... MOONLIGHT won Best Picture," and he showed the envelope. I! WAS!! FLOORED!!! In retrospect, my reaction was silly. But I almost lost my damn mind!!!😳🤯🤯!!!! and I swear, I was sooooooo close to turning off the television and missing it all!!!
I'd like to spend few words where my interest is on mostly Meryl and Jodie. I really think Meryl got lucky when casted on Sophie's Choice. She had the chance to extend her performance given already in Holocaust. I was 10 yrs old when seen her 1st time in that Tv drama series. To these days the only thing i can recollect about that programme is Meryl. Then i thought as left hypnotised, she was going to be someone. When won her 1st oscar in 1980 not surprised and i did recalled that thought about her 2 yrs before. So when she won her 2nd honestly i felt cheated as she magnified a character already played. For this reason i choose The Iron Lady. Somehow i like to think Ms Thatcher agrees with me. Jodie...my darling my love my contemporary actress. First class Remarkable Splendid Terrific in The Accused. Never made a gang rape movie before. The reason why Jodie won deservedly because she gave an unflinching performance. Easy peasy To whom is still moaning abour Glenn losing out to Jodie: Get over it!! Sure she was good, but always thought that movie was more about John Michelle and Uma too. To mr O ..if you put Hilary and probably Vivien ( remember correctly) your top 5...who are the other 3? Out of curiosity I'd like to know..Ta
Foster is really good in The Accused, but I think her performance in The Silence of the Lambs was better as it was a more psychological, emotional and sophisticated performance.
Definitely prefer Jodie's Silence performance- mainly because I thought Glenn Close should have won the year Jodie won for The Accused. Sadly, "Boys Don't Cry' probably wouldn't be made today with Swank- the trans community would have stopped it.
Foster's first win was a surprise, since most were betting on Close to finally win. That said, I still think Foster deserved it because portraying that type of character was so unexpected of her.
@@oscarman42 Jodie was very good- but she also got votes for a come back of sorts- she left Hollywood for college and after the Hinckley shooting- she still worked, but most were under the radar- Hollywood was welcoming her back with this and making up for the shooting nightmare she went through. It's odd how in 1988 we were already saying Close should FINALLY win...
Emma Stone (both Poor Things & La La Land) Jodie Foster; The Silence of the Lambs Sally Field; Norma Rae Jane Fonda; Klute Meryl Streep; Sophie's Choice Hilary Swank; Million Dollar Baby Frances McDormand; Three Billboards
I don't know who I'd vote for but Sally Field definitely did not deserve her second Oscar for Places in the Heart. Remember her speech, 'You like me, you really like me', sorry Sally, we didn't.
In 1978, do you think Ingrid Bergman would've won 'Best Actress' for 'Autumn Sonata' over Jane Fonda, if Ingrid hadn't of basically said when winning her 'Best Supporting Actress' award for 'Orient Express;' 'You've made the wrong choice, I would've given it to Valentina Cortese?!'
@@PC1974 I thought Jill Clayburgh in An Unmarried Woman should have won over Jane Fonda for Coming Home because Fonda did not need to win for Coming Home, she already had an Oscar for Klute. Meryl Streep in Sophie's Choice is definitely a better win than her win for The Iron Lady.
@BFA100 I beg to differ. Playing a real-life character is a difficult task to pull off for an actor, but Streep's take on Thatcher was sublime in every way. Can't say about Jill Clayburgh as I've never seen the film but will bow to your judgement on that one.
I honestly don't think Bergman's comment had anything to do with it. She was the sentimental favorite that year because her ill health was well known and this film was considered her 'swan song,' so many expected her to win what would have been an unprecedented 4th Oscar.
This may be controversial but Jodie foster should never have won for The Accused, it was hammy, overwrought and for me an average performance in an essentially made for TV film. Glenn Close gave one of the most incredible performances in the history of film in Dangerous Liaisons and to this day, the fact she lost to that performance, I will never understand. The Silence Of The Lambs stands as Jodie's towering achievement and one of the best performances in film, no contest between that and The Accused and she should be a one time winner.
I respectfully disagree. The Accused was based on a true, harrowing incident. Foster conveyed the victim's pain and anguish with powrrful intensity. Thanks for sharing your thoughts.
I am unsure about Emma Stone's wins. I know I still need to see both films, which I will. I generally agree with your choices otherwise. To be honest, I didn't think Meryl Streep deserved her second Best Actress Oscar for The Iron Lady. I thought Viola Davis should have won for The Help. I wasn't impressed by Meryl's performance and the script was horrible. I do love Meryl Streep, but there was better work that could have been recognized.
You're in good company regarding Streep's second win. I recommend watching Poor Things. It's not for everyone's taste, but if you give it a chance, you may be surprised by Stone's performance.
@@oscarman42 Meryl had Weinstein and I am sure the Academy was partial to recognize her again considering her new millenium box office draw and the overall excellence of her work. I was more pleased at Frances McDormand's second Best Actress win than I was at Meryl's. With Emma Stone and Poor Things, I heard lots of concerns from the disabled community about her character and the book itself, and as a member of that community, I am unsure. I will be brave enough to see it, but it seems that Emma Stone got Oscars in questionable circumstances. La La Land made many professional actors quiver and leave the theatre, and I was all about Viola Davis getting Best Actress in 2017. I'm glad she got Oscar number 1, but that's a talent that doesn't require consolation.
I never understood how Jane won over such strong competition,I'd hand the award to Ingrid in a heartbeat with Page and Clayburgh very close runners up then Jane in 4th and Glenda Jackson in Stevie 5th. I'd take away Sally's 2nd Oscar to give her the win in 2012 for Lincoln Hilary surprisingly is my favourite of the two time winners though Foster runs her a close second. Stone's Poor Things performance will be talked about for a long time La La Land less so. I think Meryl's third should have been for Bridges in 95 or for Prada in 2006 or maybe 2017's The Post.
Foster, Swank and Stone performances are the most difficult to choose from. Foster and Stone are doing different things in both films which is why it is hard to choose. Swank just breaks your heart in both films so it would be the film that resonates more with the viewer. Therefore, Foster would be Silence of Lambs because it is stronger film and doesn't work without her and Hopkins. Stone would be Poor Things, she is basically in every scene and if she is not on her A game then the film doesn't works. And Swank, I say Million Dollar Baby because I think more people can relate to what decisions she makes. I agree with the rest of your choices.
Jane Fonda most definitely Klute. Sally Field Norma Rae a real revelation at the time Meryl Streep Sophie's Choice there's no comparison Jodie Foster she's great in both films but The Silence of the Lambs is a better film and she's singular in it. Hilary Swank is also very good in iboth roles but for me Boys Don't Cry is more revelatory. Emma Stone witout doubt Poor Things,she's fine in the other film but Poor Things requires a little more heft.
Random trivia. Jodie Foster actually had to console the male actors playing her SA attackers. In the middle of the scene, they kept breaking down and crying, they HATED doing the scene. Apparently, one of them was ready to quit on the spot and swear to NEVER act again! Foster took it upon herself to give him her sholder to cry on and convince him that she was fine.
I don't like when actresses win this award more than once. The gap in quality between their performances are usually very big imo. And i can't stop thinking about the more deserving candidates who lost to them. Sure, it was very difficult for the Academy to predict Silence of the lambs after The Accused but Hillary Swank didn't need that second academy award. Neither did Meryl for such a lousy film. If Meryl was going to win a second Oscar she has WAY better films than that. Judy dench still doesn't have a Best Actress oscar and she isn't getting any younger
I think that the best performance of Glenn Close was in Dangerous Liasons, so i don't think foster deserved that same year, although i understand the appeal of her caracter.
Not exactly sure her character, a victim of a brutal gang rape, was considered to have "appeal." But her blistering performance is likely what captured the attention of Academy voters.
Good morning Oscarman42 and Friends All Two things: 1) I think Jane Fonda's best work was in THEY SHOOT HORSES, DON'T THEY? I think the main reason she lost was back then, most people thought "Hanoi" was her first names 2) Meryl Streep stole Glenn Close's Oscar back in 2012. What do Academy members have against Ms. Close? Just wonderin'
Fonda was considered the frontrunner in 1969, but one can't really argue with the Academy's choice that year. As for 2011, Close was not going to win for Albert Nobbs if she couldn't prevail for Fatal Attraction or Dangerous Liaisons.
Absolutely agree regarding Glenn Close. She's always pipped to the post. If any other actress had played Albert Nobbs they would've got the Oscar. There's some nefarious dealings going on in the Academy.
Exceptional video, 2 today for us to review. My choices, Jodie, Jane & Hilary & after rewatching Poor Things, I see why Emma won, what a transformation in her character and actually a good performance. YL gets 2 cheers for giving us 2 BActress winners, Olivia and Emma.
Places In The Heart is a sweet, beautiful film. The quiet strength Field displays is quite different from her more powerful one in Norma Rae. Set in the depression, she goes from a woman immersed only in her husband, children and home to having to become the leader and provider of her family due to a wreck less accident that destroys two families. She has to persevere over misogyny and her own doubts to find her own worth apart from her husband to save her home and keep her family together. It's not a showy performance, but a nuanced one that I personally love and have enjoyed since I saw it in its first release. John Malkevich and Lindsay Crouse also give excellent performances. The final scene always always hits me in the heart. I think it's a well deserved Oscar winning performance in a quiet, ernest, but deeply heartfelt film.
Klute all the way, and thanks for posting that second clip. Although she won, I think it's still an underrated performance, most likely due to the quietness of the film...Coming Home? Never saw it...While Streep deserved the Sophie Oscar, I always found the movie insufferable...Same with Accused. It's all personal I guess...Sally can do no wrong...Do I want to watch either of those films again? hell no! She'll always have me at Sybil (another genre, another channel!)..I'm probably in the minority here, and while I like the idea of Emma Stone, I don't believe her in much...Not to say she's bad...I don't know....She seems always just out of her element but I'm happy for her success. Thanks for Part 2!!!
@@oscarman42 And since we mentioned Klute and Donald Sutherland was in it and he just left us for the big drive-in in the sky, I'd love thoughts on Ordinary People...I'm sure he's been brought up before, never having been nominated for anything...Maybe cause he was hard to work with? But dang, I think you could do a whole video on Ordinary People! or have you??? He was robbed of a nom...MTM should have won! sorry if I'm off topic...
For those who aren't crazy about Foster in THE ACCUSED, there was a brief period where she would have agreed: Foster was finishing her college years and preparing to try and return to acting. After a pre-screening of the film, she thought she was so AWFUL that she prepared to leave acting once-and-for-all and continue to follow her academia. The film was a mild-success (the subject matter was a "hard sell" for your average film goer) critics were mixed about the film but they ALL praised her performance and (of course) she won her first Oscar.
Both of Stone winning performances were good but not really worth an Oscar. Especially where there were far superior performances in her lineups (Huppert, Gladstone, and Huller)
Fonda - Klute is her best (her performance in Julia was better than Coming Home in my opinion), Field - Norma Rae, Streep - Sophie's Choice without a doubt (A Cry in the Dark and/or Silkwood are her best as well - nominations but no win), Foster - The Accused is the better of the two, Swank - Boys Don't Cry (I didn't see Million Dollar Baby as I really don't care for Swank but Boys Don't Cry was a doozy of a performance!), Stone - Poor Things,
My picks are almost exactly the same as yours! Only exception is I prefer Jodie Foster in "The Silence of The Lambs " not to take away how brilliant she was in "The Accused" I just prefer the more quiet intelligence of Clarice. Of course Streep in "Sophie's Choice " in my eyes, is the greatest performance ever by an an actor. 😍 Thanks for this list of phenomenal performances 🎭 👏!
Jodie, in my opinion, had two of the best performances with these two films. She reminds me so much of Bette Davis, strong and giving riveting performances in the rolesthey play.
Good selection here. I agree with your choices. Klute was a tour de force for Fonda. By necessity, she carried that movie. As Stone did in Poor Things. She the always stellar Mark Ruffalo to work off of. Like her character, she started with a blank canvas and built Bella from the ground up. Loved her in LLL too. Did not see Boys Don't Cry because of the disturbing subject matter. Million Dollar Baby was great, but I NEVER want to see it again. You're right about Norma Rae being Fields' signature role. Big assist to Ron Liebman. And you're right in saying Coming Home primarily showcased Jon Voigt. His speech at the end is extremely moving. "I've done things for my country I'm not proud of." I got into a big fight with my NYC GF about "Sophie's Choice". Coming out of the theater, I said, "I don't ever want to see another picture about the Holicaust!" To which she tearfully yelled, "She wasn't even Jewish!" Ah, the memories . . .
Ironically, many of the performances depicted here are from films that are quite disturbing and tough to watch. Is that what it takes to win an Oscar? Hmmm.....
I agree with your choices...Jane Fonda in Klute, Sally Field in Norma Rae...I don't think her second win was deserving...Meryl Streep in Sophie's Choice...one of the All Time Best Actress performances and wins, Jodie Foster in The Accused, though, on a whole her performance SOTL, help make the film a success, her first was more memorable, Hillary Swank in Boys Don't Cry, a difficult performance and another All Time Best Actress performance and win and Emma Stone in Poor Things also an All Time Best Actress performance/win ...I don't think her first win was deserving of the Oscar...
Fonda -Klute .If one was for They Shoot Horses Don't They or Julia this would be tougher Field -Norman Rae Streep -Sophie's Choice a different second win I might be more challenged for the answer despite such a devastating preformance . Foster -is a draw she is the best two time winner in history .Totally different roles .The Accused is so unlike her but The Silence of the Lambs she is never overwhlemed by flashier performances which was basically most of them .She's the anchor that makes it work.She gives Clarice an integrity that was needed and largely missing in the follow film when Julianne Moore takes over the role. Love Moore but she's not Clarice. Swank -Boys Don't Cry is an all timer .I don't like MDB at all. Stone -sorry neither .I like her but not either of the wins. I might give the edge to La La Land because she gets the emotional tone right .But I find both her wins odd. I think she an It girl .I also think she did better in in her supporting roles in Birdman and The Favorite.
Foster's films were diametrically different, which allowed her to show her range as an actress. As for Stone, I think she deserved it for The Favourite.
@@oscarman42 I think she is very charismatic .In The Help for example she isn't the most interesting character maybe the least but she makes more of it than I think is actually there .
I might be in the minority here, but Meryl's performance in The Iron Lady was astonishing. I remember seeing it in the cinema, and I honestly forgot it was an actress playing Margaret Thatcher. Her mannerisms, voice, and facial features were spot on. Others on the list: Jodie (The Accused) Hilary (Boys Don't Cry) Sally (Norma Rae) Jane (Coming Home)
@@oscarman42 I think it was her playing such a controversial figure as Thatcher that caused a lot of the criticism. It certainly was the case here in the UK.
@oscarman42 Unlike abroad, Thatcher is hated in this country for a myriad of reasons, and the criticism was directed at the film's writers for making Streep's Thatcher a sympathetic character. No one had any problem with her portrayal, which also won her the Best Actress BAFTA here too.
I can't say I disagree with any of these choices. Fonda winning for Coming Home when you had all-time great performances from Ingrid Bergman, Geraldine Page, and in particular, Jill Clayburgh, doesn't quite sit right, though. I also do think it is definitely a coin-flip for Foster. I agree with her win for Silence Of The Lambs, but I do think Glenn Close should have won what should have been her second Oscar for Dangerous Liaisons that year. Foster's performance is still on pretty equal footing with her second win, though.
Jane Fonda (Klute) Sally Field (Norma Rae) Meryl Streep (Sophie's Choice) Jodie Foster (The Silence of the Lambs) Hilary Swank (Million Dollar Baby) Emma Stone (Poor Things)
@@oscarman42 Streep in Sophie's Choice. That scene where she has to make the choice is heart rending. The little girl's performance just added to the shattering impact of the scene.
Sally Field was purely magical in Norma Rae (1979), compared to her tender and more subdued Oscar performance in Places from the Heart (1984). What is admirable about Sally is her transformation from the girl next door television character playing Gidget to a confidential dramatic movie actress by taking the role of a textile worker trying her hardest to have her factory unionized. She was compelling and mesmerizing throughout the film, and it was only appropriate that Field warmly received her first Oscar in 1980. In Sophie's Choice (1982), this is where Meryl Streep was at her magnificence. In my observation, her performance ranks as one of the top five Lead Actresses in cinema history for her commitment to playing a Holocaust survivor who faced horrific memories and concealed dark secrets after her interment in Auschwitz. Meryl's bravura performance in the 1982 film stood out as her most memorable, and you can feel she pledged herself to make the film character absolute, along with her knowledge of German and Polish dialects. The worse scene I couldn't hold back my tears is where Sophie was interrogated by a bastard Nazi who demanded she keep one of her two young kids and the other to be sent to the children's camp, only to lose them to the gas chamber. (I can't tell you how much I couldn't contain myself when I watched this disturbing scene on TCM. In addition, finding Sophie and Nathan died by suicide together by taking cyanide in the ending, despite she survived the death camp after losing her husband and children) Her Oscar role in The Iron Lady (2011) was stuffy and overblown, but if there's one crowning achievement Streep will always be remembered in her career is her dignified role in Sophie's Choice. Jody Foster's role in The Accused (1988) was too much for me to bear due to her raucous performance and using loud filthy language, and the rape scene was enough to draw me out of the theatre. (Truly shocking and disgusting) Fairly, Glenn Close would be the ideal Oscar winner for Dangerous Liaisons (1988) than Foster without prejudice. Sally Field and Meryl Streep are two of Hollywood's most notable actors who personify their career goals with professionalism and inspiration to be the best.
The Accused is indeed a difficult film to watch, especially since it was based on a true incident. That said, Foster earned that first Oscar, though I understand why you (and many others) could not sit through it. Another wonderful and detailed analysis!
I'd agree with all your choices except I prefer jodie foster in lambs. The rest are spot on. Meryl in sophies choice is one of the best best actress wining performances ever, in my top 3. Jane fonda stands out in klute although I think her greatest screen performance is in julia. You're right about sally field, most people remember that cringeworthy acceptance speech for places in the heart more than the movie itself.
I agree about Sally and Jane, can't believe Jodi won for Silence, thought Hillary was way too mannered in Boys, didn't see Million, same with Meryl in Sophie's Choice, to me, it's always apparent that she's acting, she never becomes the character
Respectfully disagree. I think Swank brilliantly captured the heart of Brandon/Teena; perhaps the "mannered" affect you observed was the accurate portrayal of the character. In any case, a tough film to experience. Thanks as always for sharing your thoughts.
