Tuesday, September 18, 2007

Top Ten Male, Drama (lead) (1969-present) - Mike

1. Paul Newman – The Verdict
2. Marlon Brando – The Godfather
3. Robert DeNiro - Taxi Driver (not Raging Bull)
4. Dustin Hoffman – Midnight Cowboy (why I made it 1969 Midnight Cowboy is ...the start of Modern Cinema)
5. Heath Ledger - Brokeback Mountain
 (I love ties)5. the men of  Network - Peter Finch / William Holden
6. Al Pacino – Dog Day Afternoon
7. Jack Nicholson – Cuckoo’s Nest
8. Sean Penn - Milk
9. Phillip Seymour Hoffman - Capote
10. Jack Lemmon – Missing, William Hurt – Kiss of the Spiderwoman, Sean Penn – The Assassination of Richard Nixon/ Dead Man Walking, 
honorable mentions: Ben Kingsley – Gandhi / House of Sand and Fog, Anthony Hopkins - Silence of the Lambs, Daniel Day Lewis – My Left Foot/ Gangs of New York/ There will be Blood ( Barely...I kinda think it's not going to hold up overtime) , Kevin Kline – Sophie’s Choice ( didn't get enough kudos 4 this one). Jon Voight – Midnight Cowboy / Runaway Train. Kevin Spacey – American Beauty. Robert Duvall – Tender Mercies.

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