*Battle of the Oscar Winners*

[Mister Wright]

With the battle of the current bands & NRL stars over, it's time for another; the battle of the oscar winners.

I've taken the last 32 male and female best oscar winners to start the battle (2006-1975). Once we get down to the last 16, I'll set up a poll to find 16 more performances that weren't included in the original list to come up with the final 32 to playoff for the finest cricketweb rated Oscar performance ever.

There will be four performances each round. You can vote for 2.

Here's the list:

Year Actor Role Movie
2006 Forest Whitaker Idi Amin The Last King of Scotland
2005 Philip Seymour Hoffman Truman Capote Capote
2004 Jamie Foxx Ray Charles Ray
2003 Sean Penn Jimmy Markum Mystic River
2002 Adrien Brody Wladsylaw Szpilman The Pianist
2001 Denzel Washington Alonzo Harris Training Day
2000 Russell Crowe Maximus Decimus Meridius Gladiator
1999 Kevin Spacey Lester Burnham American Beauty
1998 Robert Beningi Guido Orefice Life Is Beautiful
1997 Jack Nicholson Melvin Udall As Good As It Gets
1996 Geoffry Rush David Helfgott Shine
1995 Nicholas Cage Ben Sanderson Leaving Las Vegas3
1994 Tom Hanks Forrest Gump Forrest Gump
1993 Tom Hanks Andy Beckett Philadelphia
1992 Al Pacino Lt. Col. Frank Slade Scent of a Woman
1991 Anthony Hopkins Hannibal Lector Silence of the Lambs
1990 Jeremy Irons Claus von Bulow Reversal of Fortune
1989 Daniel Day-Lewis Christy Brown My Left Foot
1988 Dustin Hoffman Raymond Babbitt Rain Man
1987 Michael Douglas Gordon Gecko Wall Street
1986 Paul Newman Fast Eddie Felson Paul Newman
1985 William Hurt Luis Molina Kiss of the Spiderwoman
1984 F. Murray Abraham Antonio Salieri Amadeus
1983 Robert Duvall Mac Sledge Tender Mercies
1982 Ben Kingsley Mahatma Ghandi Ghandi
1981 Henry Fonda Norman Thayer Jr. On Golden Pond
1980 Robert De Niro Jake LaMotta Raging Bull
1979 Dustin Hoffman Ted Kramer Kramer v Kramer
1978 Jon Voight Luke Martin Coming Home
1977 Richard Dreyfuss Elliot Garfield The Goodbye Girl
1976 Peter Finch Howard Beale Network
1975 Jack Nicholson Randle Patrick Murphy One Flew Over the Cukoo's Nest

Best Leading Actress
Number Year Actor Role Movie
1 2006 Helen Mirren Queen Elizabeth II The Queen
2 2005 Reese Witherspoon June Carter Walk The Line
3 2004 Hilary Swank Maggie Fitzgerald Million Dollar Baby
4 2003 Charlize Theron Aileen Wuornos Monster
5 2002 Nicole Kidman Virginia Wolf The Hours
6 2001 Halle Berry Leticia Musgrove Monster's Ball
7 2000 Julia Roberts Erin Brockovich Erin Brockovich
8 1999 Hilary Swank Brandon Teena Boys Don't Cry
9 1998 Gwyneth Paltrow Viola de Lesseps Shakespeare In Love
10 1997 Helen Hunt Carol Connelly As Good As It Gets
11 1996 Frances McDormand Marge Gunderson Fargo
12 1995 Susan Sarandon Helen Prejean Dead Man Walking
13 1994 Jessica Lange Carly Marshall Blue Sky
14 1993 Holly Hunter Ada McGrath The Piano
15 1992 Emma Thompson Margrot Wilcox Howards End
16 1991 Jodie Foster Clarice Starling Silence of the Lambs
17 1990 Kathy Bates Annie Wilkes Misery
18 1989 Jessica Tandy Daisy Werthan Driving Miss Daisy
19 1988 Jodie Foster Sarah Tobias The Accused
20 1987 Cher Loretta Castorini Moonstruck
21 1986 Marlee Matlin Sarah Norman Children of a Lesser God
22 1985 Geraldine Page Carrie Watts The Trip to Bountiful
23 1984 Sally Field Edna Spalding Places in the Heart
24 1983 Shirley McLaine Aurora Greenway Terms of Endearment
25 1982 Meryl Streep Sophie Zawistowska Sophie's Choice
26 1981 Kathryn Hepburn Ethel Thayer On Golden Pond
27 1980 Sissey Spacek Loretta Lynn Coal Miner's Daughter
28 1979 Sally Field Norma Rae Webster Norma Rae
29 1978 Jane Fonda Sally Hyde Coming Home
30 1977 Diane Keaton Annie Hall Annie Hall
31 1976 Faye Dunaway Diana Christiansen Network
32 1975 Louise Fletcher Nurse Ratched One Flew Over the Cukoo's Nest

[Mister Wright]

First battle:

Remember vote for 2 of the 4

Forest Whitaker as Idi Amin in The Last King of Scotland (2006)

&

Helen Mirren as Queen Elizabeth II in The Queen (2006)
&

Jack Nicholson as Randle Patrick Murphy in One Flew Over the Cukoo's Nest (1975)

&

Louise Fletcher as Nurse Ratched in One Flew Over the Cukoo's Nest (1975)

[DCC_legend]

Forest Whitaker and Helen Mirren.

[pasag]

Might be an idea to have the battle of voting for the actors overall not the specific performances as you're not going to get a whole heap of numbers for the latter, imo.

[_Ed_]

Jack Nicholson, Helen Mirren

[cover drive man]

Louise Flecther and Jack Nicholson.

[KiWiNiNjA]

Might be an idea to have the battle of voting for the actors overall not the specific performances as you're not going to get a whole heap of numbers for the latter, imo.

Yeah, what Sags says.

*waiting on clarification before voting*

[Jono]

Yeah this should definitely be voting for the actors rather than performances.

[Piper]

Forest Whitaker
Helen Mirren

[Matteh]

Forest Whitaker
Jack Nicholson

[cameeel]

Forest Whitaker
Jack Nicholson

[HeathDavisSpeed]

Louise Flecther and Jack Nicholson.

I'll second that emotion; though Dexter Fletcher would have been preferable.

[Anil]

jack nicholson and louise fletcher

[Perm]

Jack Nicholson, Helen Mirren

[pasag]

Might be an idea to have the battle of voting for the actors overall not the specific performances as you're not going to get a whole heap of numbers for the latter, imo.

Oh well, doesn't matter then. Bit gutted 1971's George C Scott missed the cut as well Marlon Brando in 73. Anyways enough complaining from me.

Jack Nicholson in one of the greatest performances ever. Thought Louise Fletcher was abit overrated, can't really see what all the fuss was about, Helen Mirren on the other hand...