Category Fraud that went the other way (Lead instead of Supporting)

[RobertPius Joined: Nov 22nd, 2012 Topics: 265 Posts: 1868 View Predictions]

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Nowadays it is always lead performers slumming in the supporting categories.

Can you think of cases where it went the other way?

The two that come to mind are Talia Shire in the first Rocky. (that was such a blunder, I think she would have walked away with a supporting award easily)

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Courtney Love in The People Vs. Larry Flynt. She won some supporting stuff but then wanted to try for lead.  I think she screwed herself out of a nomination. 

(or do you not think those two are  supporting performances? I haven’t seen those movies in a long time so I’m open to debate on that!) 

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[Michael Norris Joined: Jan 24th, 2013 Topics: 3 Posts: 279 View Predictions]

#217973

Anthony Hopkins

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[GusCruz Joined: Feb 26th, 2012 Topics: 54 Posts: 13348 View Predictions]

#217974

Maybe Meryl in Osage County, one could argue.

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[Jason Travis Joined: May 20th, 2011 Topics: 98 Posts: 1863 View Predictions]

#217975

Patricial Neal – Hud (def supporitng IMO)

Marlon Brando – The Godfather (he’s missing from BIG chunks of the movie; Al Pacino was the lead)

Frances McDormand – Fargo (she is the central female, but she doesn’t show up until half an hour in and it’s a short movie. Deserving win though)

David Niven for best actor in Seperate Tables….15 minutes and 38 seconds

 

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[MrScreenAddict Joined: Feb 3rd, 2016 Topics: 6 Posts: 72 View Predictions]

#217976

Steve Carell, Foxcatcher
Meryl Streep, The Devil Wears Prada
Daniel Day-Lewis, Gangs Of New York
Ellen Burstyn, Requiem For A Dream

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[RobertPius Joined: Nov 22nd, 2012 Topics: 265 Posts: 1868 View Predictions]

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Patricial Neal – Hud (def supporitng IMO)

Marlon Brando – The Godfather (he’s missing from BIG chunks of the movie; Al Pacino was the lead)

Frances McDormand – Fargo (she is the central female, but she doesn’t show up until half an hour in and it’s a short movie. Deserving win though)

Cliff Robertson – Charly

 

Cliff Robertson? Really? I never saaw that. Does he have a small role? That was always an odd win to me to begin with. (It just got odder, how’d he win?) 

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[Jason Travis Joined: May 20th, 2011 Topics: 98 Posts: 1863 View Predictions]

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Patricial Neal – Hud (def supporitng IMO)

Marlon Brando – The Godfather (he’s missing from BIG chunks of the movie; Al Pacino was the lead)

Frances McDormand – Fargo (she is the central female, but she doesn’t show up until half an hour in and it’s a short movie. Deserving win though)

Cliff Robertson – Charly

 

Cliff Robertson? Really? I never saaw that. Does he have a small role? That was always an odd win to me to begin with. (It just got odder, how’d he win?) 
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Scratch that- I got confused for some reason. I replaced him with David Niven, who was only on screen for 15 minutes in Separate Tables. (BTW I have no idea how Cliff Robertson won over Peter O’Toole in The Lion in Winter) 

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[Asgaroth Joined: Nov 1st, 2012 Topics: 13 Posts: 408 View Predictions]

#217980

Louise Fletcher – Cuckoo’s Nest

That’s 100% a supporting role.

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[RobertPius Joined: Nov 22nd, 2012 Topics: 265 Posts: 1868 View Predictions]

#217981

How did David Niven happen? He had some pretty strong competition. 

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[Michael Norris Joined: Jan 24th, 2013 Topics: 3 Posts: 279 View Predictions]

#217982

James Franco- 127 Hours
Denzel Washington- Malcolm X
Jennifer Lawrence- Winter’s Bone
Sandra Bullock- Gravity
Matt Damon- The Martian
Tom Hanks- Cast Away
Leonardo DiCaprio- The Revenant
Quvenzhane Wallis- Beasts of the Southern Wild
Tom Hanks- Forrest Gump
Hilary Swank- Boys Don’t Cry
Robert De Niro- Taxi Driver

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[Michael Norris Joined: Jan 24th, 2013 Topics: 3 Posts: 279 View Predictions]

#217985

Okay fine, just James, Sandra, and Tom.

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[MarcusJamesDixon Joined: Jun 12th, 2011 Topics: 216 Posts: 737 View Predictions]

#217986

Bruce Dern in Nebraska.

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[JabberCash Joined: Dec 1st, 2015 Topics: 1 Posts: 71 View Predictions]

#217988

Dustin Hoffman in Wag The Dog. Never understood how that was a lead performance.

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[sidharth Joined: Feb 22nd, 2016 Topics: 0 Posts: 4 View Predictions]

#217989

Meryl in Osage County for one could argue..it is best

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