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Uff. such a great performance.
Holly Hunter is a national treasure. Who else could have both this and The Piano in her?
1987 was frankly an incredible year for Best Actress at the Oscars. That said, Holly Hunter should've won (give or take Glenn Close—it's that...close).
1. Hunter, Broadcast News
2. Close, Fatal Attraction
3. Cher, Moonstruck
4. Sally Kirkland, Anna
5. Meryl Streep, Ironweed
Holly Hunter isn't celebrated enough. Her performance in The Piano is career defining. But she has been as compelling elsewhere in other provocative material. I want her to work with David O Russell, and I want him to cast her in a leading role. Jennifer Lawrence isn't his muse, she's just the go-to tart of the industry.
1. Hunter, Broadcast News
2. Meryl Streep, Ironweed
3. Close, Fatal Attraction
4. Cher, Moonstruck
Should not have nominated: Sally Kirkland, Anna
This movie gave me stress dreams. I identified with Holly's character so much. She is both tired from overworking and willing to overwork because no one else will do it just right. That is my life at my job right now.
Hilary -- Why? Sally Kirkland getting nominated was one of those rare David vs Goliath moments we rarely get in the race.
Hunter is great in this movie. I want to know as much about everything the same way her character does.
She's wonderful in "The Piano" but I'd give her the Oscar for "Broadcast News".
Broadcast News is one of those films that everyone loves dearly but doesn't get the historical mention that it deserves.
Hunter is fantastic, Albert Brooks hit his peak, but William Hurt really blew me away. There was a great article from The AV Club a few years ago about how Hurt did such a good job of playing stupid.
Here it is: http://www.avclub.com/article/it-takes-very-smart-film-accurately-depict-stupidi-239180
Hilary -- what Peggy Sue said. Sally Kirkland is incredible in ANNA. One of those rare cases of critics really getting behind a performance and helping it to Oscar history.
Cosign the Kirkland comments from Nathaniel and Peggy. She's absolutely sensational in a very demanding role and unlike the other ladies she's basically carrying her film on her back. The weak link in the 1987 race IMO was Cher. She's terrific in Moonstruck but I can't imagine the argument being made that she's superior to the other women in the race, all of whom are absolutely nailing much more difficult roles than Cher's. And the strange thing (to me at least) is that Cher had given better performances. I think Mask, for which she wasn't nominated, is an absolutely incredible piece of acting, and her work in Silkwood is miles ahead of Moonstruck.
My vote would have gone
Close or Hunter (probably Close in retrospect because she never won one, but Hunter is pretty much just as good)
Kirkland and Streep (Same as above)
Cher (a great performance that I like quite a bit).
In short, 1987 was an across the board terrific category.
I am team Cher forever, but Hunter and Close would tie in second
Glenn Close FATAL ATTRACTION
Holly Hunter BROADCAST NEWS
Meryl Streep IRONWEED
Sally Kirkland ANNA
Cher MOONSTRUCK
Close was robbed in 1987 and 1988 (Jodie Foster in THE ACCUSED? Really? Come on!)
Close's back-to-back Best Actress losses are such a mystery to me. As much as I cherish Kathy Bates' Oscar-winning performance in Misery, the fact that she won (over Angelica Huston in The Grifters) a mere few years after AMPAS passed over Close's devilish turns in Fatal Attraction *and* Dangerous Liaisons is a miracle. Close's performance (in Fatal Attraction) is, in my opinion, even more accomplished than Bates'. Anyway, you win some (Bates, Hunter), you lose some (Close).
I love this film and Holly Hunter's performance. That said, something always feels off to me about her crying jags in the movie. They come so out of nowhere (wouldn't there be some build up to them, even if she's all alone?), and it feels like Brooks wants us to laugh at them, when they're really so sad.
Huston had the least amount of screen time and was the most recent previous winner in the category. Many in the press and public laughed at Roberts' earned nomination. Woodward had the misfortune of too many old lady performers and performances hogging up all the glory in the previous decade on top of two additional Oscars in her home for her husband. Streep was a non-factor entirely for the race. Kathy Bates was the underdog and the public's choice. Annie Wilkes is her signature role and I'm grateful she clenched that victory to solidify her standing for the decade. @Mareko
Snap out of it! I suppose it's the great affection I have for Cher. But I think it was her year to deservedly win. I work in TV - the holly hunter / broadcast news character is just too painful to watch. Every legend deserves at least one Oscar. She has hers. Is Glenn too young for an Honorary Oscar at this point?