I consider Pacino's performance in this to be one of the greatest performances not to win the Oscar. Unfortunately he had the bad luck of doing this the same year that One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest won everything (and Jack did deserve it). Anybody agree?
sharei agree. but Jack Nicholson should have won it for the Last Detail, Pacino should have won for this, which I consider his best performance after the Godfather part II. I mean, he was holding the movie together, Nicholson was a playing a character, while pacino was playing the whole movie.
anyways, seems to me like the Academy was a little delayed back then as well as it is now. it took Scent of a Woman to give Pacino his well deserved award after part II, this and Serpico.
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How about Dustin Hoffman in Tootsie losing out to Ben Kingsley in Ghandi? NO JUSTICE in Hollywood! Also while I'm at it: Whoopi Golberg in The Color Purple was WAY WAY WAY better than Geralding Page in The Trip to Bountiful. Rip-off city! And another thing: Out of Africa sucked! The Color Purple AND Witness were far better. One Final Beef: Haley Joel Osment (The Sixth Sense) was SCADS better than Michael Caine (Cider House Rules). Should've been best supporting cameo! Sheesh!
shareI definetely agree. But, more than that, I think that Nicholson didn't deserve this Oscar.. of course for other roles, but in OFOTCN I really see him in a normal character! And Pacino in DDA is the *beep* best performance I've ever watched! And in GFII the second!
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Cruising was also a performance where Pacino deserved the oscar. that movie was way ahead of it's time, and Pacino's character psicoligical downfall is something I havent seen in many movies or as brilliantly portraied
sharePeter O'Toole for Lawrence of Arabia and Daniel Day-Lewis for Gangs of New York
shareS man.. I totally agree with u.OSCAR is always not fair for AL.
shareRobert De Niro in Taxi Driver is my choice. But yours is close too.
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The Oscars have often been blind.
But Pacino in DDA is one of the best performances of all time, especially considering it came right after another astounding performance (and vastly different character) in 'Godfather Part 2'.
Nicholson was great that year too, but I think Pacino will stand the test of time as greatest of the great!