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est actor<br />
in a supporting role<br />
Javier Bardem*<br />
No Country for Old Men<br />
Not since Hannibal Lecter has the<br />
cinema seen a character with such a<br />
cold passion for murder as Javier<br />
Bardem’s portrayal of Anton<br />
Chigurh, a serial killer with a Buster<br />
Brown haircut, in No Country for<br />
Old Men. Bardem’s offbeat style<br />
matches perfectly with that of directors<br />
Joel and Ethan Coen. With that<br />
winning combination emerges a performance<br />
that will be the most<br />
talked about in years. He’s clearly the<br />
frontrunner in the Best Supporting<br />
Actor <strong>ca</strong>tegory.<br />
tribute.<strong>ca</strong><br />
user picks:<br />
Javier Bardem*<br />
28%<br />
Philip Seymour Hoffman<br />
26%<br />
Casey Affleck<br />
24%<br />
Tom Wilkinson<br />
12%<br />
Hal Holbrook<br />
10%<br />
* Golden Globe winner<br />
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interviews with Javier Bardem<br />
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Philip Seymour<br />
Hoffman<br />
Charlie Wilson’s War<br />
The real standout in Charlie<br />
Wilson’s War is Philip Seymour<br />
Hoffman playing CIA agent<br />
Gust Avrakotos, who, from the<br />
opening scene until the closing<br />
credits,bowls over everyone in<br />
his path. Sleazy and outspoken<br />
but not as menacing as we<br />
have seen him in his last couple<br />
of roles, Hoffman takes the wit from Aaron Sorkin’s<br />
screenplay and makes you wish everyone in Government<br />
talked this way. Not as good as he was in Capote but definitely<br />
one of the frontrunners in this year’s race.<br />
Tom Wilkinson<br />
Michael Clayton<br />
“Amazing” is the first word<br />
that pops in your head after<br />
seeing Wilkinson’s bipolar<br />
character Arthur Edens<br />
unravel onscreen. He <strong>ca</strong>n go<br />
from madness to total clarity<br />
in an instant. Anybody else<br />
in this over-the-top role<br />
would have been off the<br />
mark, but Wilkinson shows<br />
us why he is one of the best in the business. Will the<br />
A<strong>ca</strong>demy like his character, have an epiphany and<br />
honor this incredible performance? If he doesn’t win,<br />
it will definitely warrant a court appeal.<br />
Casey Affleck<br />
The Assassination of Jesse<br />
James by the Coward<br />
Robert Ford<br />
Stealing the movie away from<br />
Brad Pitt is an accomplishment<br />
in itself.Tack on another<br />
strong role in his brother<br />
Ben’s directorial debut Gone<br />
Baby Gone,and it’s apparent<br />
that this is Affleck’s year. His<br />
quiet and hypnotic portrayal<br />
of Robert Ford, subtle as it is, grows on you. Affleck’s performance<br />
will surprise most people but it may not be<br />
enough to beat Javier Bardem. One thing is clear: Casey<br />
Affleck is here to stay.<br />
Hal Holbrook<br />
Into the Wild<br />
There is a scene in Into the<br />
Wild where Hal Holbrook’s<br />
character Ron Franz asks to<br />
adopt the young star of the<br />
film (Emile Hirsh) and<br />
become a grandfather to the<br />
grandchild he never had. It<br />
is one of 2007’s most powerful<br />
moments in cinema. It<br />
is also this scene that lands<br />
82-year-old Holbrook his first Os<strong>ca</strong>r nomination.<br />
Delivering a performance that tears at your heart,<br />
you’ll wish Holbrook was in the entire film and not just<br />
the end.<br />
—Chuck Thomas<br />
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<strong>Tribute</strong> FEBRUARY <strong>2008</strong><br />
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