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Sam Rockwell
Ever since i watched Charlies Angels ( I know), i've been blown away by how good an actor he is. Recently I've watched Galaxy Quest, Seven Psychopaths, Choke, Moon and i've seen Confessions of a Dangerous Mind a couple of times. Tonight i watched The Sitter and didn't know he was even in it, but he stole every scene as usual.
He's definitely not an under rated actor but i don't think a lot of people know about him, which is a bit weird considering how many movies he's done and performances he's delivered.
What do you guys think?
He's definitely not an under rated actor but i don't think a lot of people know about him, which is a bit weird considering how many movies he's done and performances he's delivered.
What do you guys think?
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an oscar waiting to happen.
Try Lawn Dogs, too.One of his earlier indie hits...
Second this. Brilliant underrated gem.
I'd also recommend Matchstick Men and Everybody's Fine if you haven't seen them, both worth watching if you enjoy Rockwell's performances. The latter is a tad schmaltzy but, in my opinion, a very moving film that also has an excellent performance from Robert DeNiro.
He is very good at playing characters that are either a little bit slimy, or slightly weird/damaged/unstable in some way.
But the film that made me sit up and take notice of him was Heist, an excellent, labyrinthine plotted movie from David Mamet.
Though I think most will probably remember him more for Green Mile, Galaxy Quest, and especially Moon, which was a tour-de-force performance.
With his recent appearance in the Poltergeist movie, I kind of hope he is not moving to more conventional roles in major movies...though that said, if he can bring his own particular quirky style to them, all well and good.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1TiNAYpVVr4
Seen Sam on quite a few American talk shows like Jimmy Fallon, Jimmy Kimmel etc and Sam is a brilliant dancer. Theres a clip somewhere on YouTube with both Sam and Tom Hiddleston having a dance off.
Anyway, fast forward to this year during the lockdown, it was a Saturday late afternoon/ early evening in early May and I just had Film 4 on in the background. I had nothing to do, so I sat down to watch the end of one family comedy (I can't remember the name of it), but what followed was the film The Way, Way Back from 2013.
It had Steve Carrell and Toni Collette as the divorced parents who had entered a relationship but each had a child of their own. It follows the path of Collette's son Duncan whilst they all go and spend the summer at Carrell's beach house.
Duncan is outcasted by family but encounters Owen played by Sam Rockwell. I must say Rockwell was excellent in this film as he play the charismatic Owen who takes Duncan under his wing. I had never heard of this film before and if I looked at he poster for it, I wouldn't even think to watch it. I looked it up afterwards and it was quite well received. Rockwell was highly credited and various critics said he should have got an Academy nomination for Best Supporting Actor.
My Mum has always rated him since Welcome To Collingwood and I saw my Dad and told him about this film and told him about Rockwell (who was in Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri) about his great performance in this film. Again, this is not the type of film he would watch, but I did recommend it to him. My Mum would watch it it was on TV.
Toni colette is one of the best actresses about these days. She's just fabulous.
Its funny I forget her and Rachel Griffiths are Australian as I'm so used to them in American accents.
Yeah I was just going to recommend that. He was excellent.
It’s available on IPlayer for anyone interested
Yes, he was great in that. That was actually quite a good film, I was surprised how good it was.
I also thought Sam Rockwell was great in Jojo Rabbit and Vice.
A lot of people (film critics) say he should have got nominated for an Academy Award for that film.
He's won an Oscar already
I adore him. He's wonderful
I don't know about that. He was brilliant but I would expect that you need to do a much more demanding role for an award.
It was for the supporting role. That is subjective really. The supporting role can be seen in differing ways. Sometimes it is seen as safe role for actors being the sub plot, but then there are times (or many time) when "the supporting actor steals the show." For example, Samuel L Jackson in Pulp Fiction, Javier Bardem in No Country For Old Men etc.
There are occasions when you ask how was he/she not winning the best actor award? The example I have used is how Anthony Hopkins won best actor in Silence Of The Lambs for being on screen for just over 15 minutes, but Heath Ledger won for best supporting actor in The Dark Knight. The latter surely being the "demanding role" as you say. That is where the Academy Awards can look dubious in what is a main or supporting role.
Also, the supporting role can be where an upcoming actor is coming to prominence and may gain stronger roles in the future?
I would say in Sam Rockwell's case there may have been years he could have been nominated for the performance, but in this case for whatever reason, he was not.
Lawn dogs is a classic film
Massively underated
Welcome to Collingwood also massively underated