Assignment Requirements
#2 Film Response: Students will watch one of the movies listed below, paying careful attention to one of the actor’s listed. After watching the film the student will then choose an actor/film from the Film Response # 1 list (that you did not write about before) and also watch that film. The objective is to compose a paper comparing and contrasting the two actor’s acting style, and believability. You can do some brief cited research on the actors training if you’d like but it’s not necessary. The important thing is to focus on what similarities or differences you see in each actor by watching each film. Did you believe or prefer one actor to the other? Again this is a comparison of the actors not the characters they portray. Make sure you choose two movies you’ve never seen and that your own response to the two actors in each film is apparent in the paper. Minimum word requirement is 600 to 750 words, but feel free to expand if needed. Again research is really not necessary but if you do include please cite properly!
Mary Tyler Moore, Donald Sutherland, Tim Hutton: Ordinary People (1980)
Sissy Spacek: Coal Miner’s Daughter (1980)
Robert DeNiro: Raging Bull (1980)
Jodie Foster The Accused (1988)
Meryl Streep: The Bridges of Madison County (1995), Music of The Heart (1999), Adaptation (2002), Julie and Julia (2009), The Iron Lady (2011)
Sally Field: Norma Rae (1979), Places in the Heart (1984)
Peter O’Toole: The Stunt Man (1980), My Favorite Year (1982)
Robert Duvall, Michael O’Keefe: The Great Santini (1980)
Robin Williams: The World According To Garp (1982), Good Will Hunting (1997)
Glenn Close: The World According To Garp (1982), Fatal Attraction (1987)
Paul Newman: Absence of Malice (1981), The Verdict (1982), Nobody’s Fool (1994)
Mel Gibson: Tim (1979) Gallipoli (1981), Hamlet (1990)
Richard Gere, Louis Gossett Jr.: An Officer and a Gentleman (1982), Chicago (2002)
Jessica Lange: Tootsie (1982), Sweet Dreams (1985)
Debra Winger: An Officer and a Gentleman (1982), Terms of Endearment (1983), Shadowlands (1993)
Sean Penn: Fast Times Ridgemont High (1982), Milk (2008)
Shirley MacLaine: Terms of Endearment (1983)
Haing S. Ngor: The Killing Fields (1984)
Michael J. Fox: Back to the Future (1985), Casualties of War (1989)
Harrison Ford: Witness (1985), Presumed Innocent (1990), Patriot Games (1992)
Whoopi Goldberg: The Color Purple (1985)
Oprah Winfrey: The Color Purple (1985), The Butler (2013)
Ed Harris: Sweet Dreams (1985), Pollock (2000), Gone Baby Gone (2007)
Diane Wiest: Hannah and Her Sisters (1986), Parenthood (1989)
Michael Douglas: Fatal Attraction (1987)
Tom Hulce, Ray Liotta: Dominick and Eugene (1988)
Tom Hanks: Big (1988), A League of Their Own (1992), Philadelphia (1993), Captain Phillips (2013), Saving Mr. Banks (2013)
Denzel Washington: Glory (1989), Philadelphia (1993)
Morgan Freeman: Glory (1989), Driving Mrs. Daisy (1989), Gone Baby Gone (2007)
Steve Martin, Mary Steenburgen: Parenthood (1989)
Daniel Day Lewis: My Left Foot (1989), There Will Be Blood (2007)
Kevin Costner: Field of Dreams (1989), The Upside of Anger (2005)
James Earl Jones: Field of Dreams (1989)
Jessica Tandy: Driving Miss Daisy (1989), Fried Green Tomatoes (1991)
Mary Stuart Masterson, Mary Louise Parker: Fried Green Tomatoes (1991)
Kathy Bates: Fried Green Tomatoes (1991) Primary Colors (1998), About Schmidt (2002)
Nick Notle, Kate Nelligan: The Prince of Tides (1991)
Kevin Bacon: JFK (1991), The River Wild (1994), My Dog Skip (2000), The Woodsman (2004)
Samuel L. Jackson: Jungle Fever (1991), A Time To Kill (1996)
Brad Pitt: A River Runs Through It (1992), Burn After Reading (2008), Moneyball (2011)
Robert Downey Jr.: Chaplin (1992), Zodiac (2007)
Clint Eastwood: Unforgiven (1992), The Bridges of Madison County (1995)
Leonardo DiCaprio: What’s Eating Gilbert Grape (1993), Marvin’s Room (1996)
Anthony Hopkins: Shadowlands (1993)
Forest Whitaker: The Crying Game (1993), The Last King of Scotland (2006), The Butler (2013)
Johnny Depp: What’s Eating Gilbert Grape (1993), Benny and Joon (1993)
Toni Collette: Muriel’s Wedding (1993), About a Boy (2002)
Emma Thompson: Sense and Sensibility (1995), Saving Mr. Banks (2013)
Will Smith: Six Degrees of Separation (1995), Ali (2001)
Kate Winslet: Sense and Sensibility (1995), Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004), Little Children (2006), The Reader (2008)
Steve Buscemi: Fargo (1996), Ghost World (2001)
Edward Norton: Primal Fear (1996), 25th Hour (2002)
Francis McDormand, William H Macy: Fargo (1996)
Tom Cruise: Jerry Maguire (1996), Magnolia (1999)
Cuba Gooding Jr.: Jerry Maguire (1996)
Natalie Portman: Beautiful Girls (1996), Closer (2003). Black Swan (2010)
Julianne Moore: Boogie Nights (1997), The Hours (2002), The Kids are Alright (2010), Don Jon (2013)
Jack Nicholson: As Good as it Gets (1997), About Schmidt (2002)
Greg Kinnear, Helen Hunt: As Good as it Gets (1997)
John C. Reilly: Boogie Nights (1997), Chicago (2002)
Matt Damon: Good Will Hunting (1997), The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999)
Burt Reynolds Marc Walhberg: Boogie Nights (1997)
Angelina Jolie: Playing By Heart (1998), Changeling (2008)
Kevin Spacey : The Usual Suspects (1995), American Beauty (1999), Margin Call (2012)
Annette Benning: American Beauty (1999), The Kids are All Right (2010)
Hugh Grant: Notting Hill (1999), About a Boy (2002), Music and Lyrics (2007)
Jude Law: The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999), Closer (2003), Side Effects (2013)
Russell Crowe: The Insider (1999), A Beautiful Mind (2001), 3:10 to Yuma (2007)
Christian Bale: American Psycho (2000), 3:10 to Yuma (2007), The Fighter (2010), American Hustle (2013)
Julia Roberts: Notting Hill (1999), Erin Brockovich (2000) Closer (2003), August Osage County (2013)
Javier Bardem: Before Night Falls (2000), Vicki Cristina Barcelona (2008), No Country for Old Men (2007)
Diane Lane: Under the Tuscan Sun (2003)
Laura Linney: Mystic River (2003), Kinsey (2004), The Squid and the Whale (2005)
Mark Ruffalo: You Can Count on Me (2000), Zodiac (2007), The Kids are Alright (2010)
Cate Blanchette: The Gift (2000), Notes on a Scandal (2006), I’m Not There (2007), Blue Jasmine (2013)
Ellen Burstyn:Requiem for A Dream (2000)
Ewan McGregor: Moulin Rouge (2001), I Love You Phillip B. Morris (2009) Beginners (2010), The Impossible (2012)
Nicole Kidman: Moulin Rouge (2001), The Hours (2002), Rabbit Hole (2010)
Ryan Gosling: The Believer (2001), Half Nelson (2006), Lars and the Real Girl (2007), Blue Valentine (2010), The Ides of March (2011), Drive (2011), The Place Beyond the Pines (2013)
Clive Owen: Gosford Park (2001), Closer (2003)
Helen Mirren: Gosford Park (2001), The Queen (2006), Hitchcock (2012)
Renee Zellweger: Bridget Jones Diary (2001), Chicago (2002)
Chiwetel Ejiofor: Dirty Pretty Things (2002), Talk to Me (2007)
Jason Statham: The Transporter (2002), Crank (2006)
Catherine Zeta-Jones, Queen Latifah,: Chicago (2002)
Sam Rockwell: Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (2002), Joshua (2007), Moon (2009), The Way Way Back (2013)
Naomi Watts: 21 Grams (2003), The Impossible (2012)
Charlize Theron: Monster (2003), Young Adult (2011)
Rachel Weisz: The Shape of Things (2003), The Constant Gardener (2005)
Paul Rudd: The Shape of Things (2003)
Don Cheadle, Sophia Okonedo: Hotel Rwanda (2004)
Paul Gamatti: Sideways (2004), Barney’s Version (2010), The Ides of March (2011), Saving Mr. Banks (2013)
Jim Carrey: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004), I Love You Phillip B. Morris (2009)
Thomas Hayden Church, Virginia Madsen, Sandra Oh: Sideways (2004)
Sarala: Water (2005)
Amy Adams: Junebug (2005), Julie and Julia (2009), The Fighter (2010), American Hustle (2013)
Felicity Hoffman: Transamerica (2005)
Mads Mikkelson: After the Wedding (2006)
Philip Seymour Hoffman: Capote (2005), The Ides of March (2011)
Michael Sheen: The Queen (2006), Frost/Nixon (2008)
Penelope Cruz: Volver (2006), Vicki Cristina Barcelona (2008)
Adrianna Barraza: Babel (2006)
Judi Dench: Notes on a Scandal (2006)
Will Ferrell: Stranger than Fiction (2006), Blades of Glory (2007)
Ben Affleck: Hollywoodland (2006)
Taraji Henson: Talk to Me (2007), The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)
Casey Affleck, Amy Ryan: Gone Baby Gone (2007)
Ryan Reynolds: The Nines (2007), Buried (2010), Definitely Maybe (2008)
Marion Cotillard: La Vie En Rose (2007)
Isla Fisher: Definitely Maybe (2008)
Colin Ferrell: In Bruges (2008)
James Franco: Milk (2008), 127 Hours (2010)
Richard Jenkins, Hiam Abass: The Visitor (2008)
Josh Brolin: Milk (2008)
Mickey Rourke, Marisa Tomei: The Wrestler (2008)
Frank Langella: Frost/Nixon (2008)
Viola Davis: Doubt (2008)
Red West, Souleymane Sy Savane: Goodbye Solo (2009)
Jeremy Renner: The Hurt Locker (2009), The Town (2010), American Hustle (2013)
Anthony Mackie: The Hurt Locker (2009)
George Clooney: Up in the Air (2009), The Ides of March (2011) The Descendents (2011)
Vera Farmiga, Anna Kendrick: Up in the Air (2009),
Gabourey Sidibe, Mo’Nique: Precious (2009)
Carey Mulligan: An Education (2009), Shame (2011)
Colin Firth: Bridget Jones Diary (2002), A Single Man (2009), The King’s Speech (2010)
Jeff Bridges: Crazy Heart (2009)
Maya Rudolph, John Krasinski: Away We Go (2009)
Anne Hathaway: Love and Other Drugs (2010), Les Miserables (2012)
Jake Gyllenhaal: Love and Other Drugs (2010)
Mark Wahlberg, Melissa Leo: The Fighter (2010)
Annette Bening: The Kids are Alright (2010)
Barbara Hershey: Black Swan (2010)
Geoffrey Rush: The King’s Speech (2010)
Miles Teller: Rabbit Hole (2010), The Spectacular Now (2013)
Michelle Williams: Blue Valentine (2010), My Week With Marilyn (2011)
Jonah Hill: Moneyball (2011)
Owen Wilson, Corey Stoll: Midnight in Paris (2011)
Demian Bichar: A Better Life (2011)
Christopher Plummer: Beginners (2010)
Patton Oswald: Young Adult (2011)
Michael Fessbender: Shame (2011)
Shailene Woodley: The Descendants (2011), The Spectacular Now (2013)
Isiah Whitlock Jr.: Cedar Rapids (2011)
Joseph Gordon-Levitt: 50/50 (2011), Don Jon (2013)
Seth Rogen, Anjelica Huston: 50/50 (2011)
Ed Helms: Cedar Rapids (2011), Jeff Who Lives at Home (2012)
Jason Segel: Jeff Who Lives at Home (2012)
Matthew McConaughey: Magic Mike (2012), Mud (2013)
John Hawkes: The Sessions (2012)
Bradley Cooper: Silver Linings Playbook (2012), The Place Beyond the Pines (2013), American Hustle (2013)
Jennifer Lawrence: Silver Linings Playbook (2012), American Hustle (2013)
Bruce Willis: Moonrise Kingdom (2012)
Logan Lorman, Ezra Miller, Emma Watson: The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012)
John Hawkes: The Sessions (2012)
John Goodman, Bryon Cranston: Argo (2012)
Suraj Sharma, Irrfan Khan: Life of Pi (2012)
Quvenzhane Wallis: Beasts of the Southern Wild (2012)
Hugh Jackman, Eddie Redmayne: Les Miserables (2012)
Bradley Cooper: Silver Linings Playbook (2012), The Place Beyond the Pines (2013)
Tom Holland: The Impossible (2012)
Mara Rooney: Side Effects (2013)
Sharni Vinson: You’re Next (2013)
Julia Louis Dreyfus, James Gandolfini: Enough Said (2013)
Michael B Jordan: Fruitvale Station (2013)
Bruce Dern, Will Forte, June Squibb: Nebraska (2013)
Robert Redford: All is Lost (2013)
Jaoquin Phoenix, Scarlett Johansson: Her (2013)
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