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Post by pacinoyes on Aug 9, 2023 13:59:17 GMT
In the last 50 years - maybe ever (?) - for Lead? I'm not sure about this but just did it off the top of my head - lots of British males (Rylance, etc) ......Canadian (Plummer)........but Americans almost never even get the chance to even try on Broadway: * The greatest living American stage actor (by far) Frank Langella couldn't get his acclaimed King Lear ON Broadway at all ...... * That leaves out a lot of guys who are heavy hitters and who were were eligible - James Earl Jones (Othello)..........Denzel Washington (Julius Caesar).............who did Shakespeare on Broadway ....................with no nod........ * Hoffman and Pacino - for the same role - Shylock - are the only American "movie stars" at that level - with at least 6 Oscar nominations and - 1 Tony nomination for playing Shakespeare .........
That's kind of ridiculous.......
Pacino, Hoffman, Kline - the only 3 American Leading Males with Tony Nods For Shakespeare - in the last 50 years ? maybe ever ?
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Post by pacinoyes on Aug 11, 2023 13:06:00 GMT
That's kind of ridiculous.......
Pacino, Hoffman, Kline - the only 3 American Leading Males with Tony Nods For Shakespeare - in the last 50 years ? maybe ever ? This really speaks to Hoffman's achievement btw - which rivals Brando in film and in some ways exceeds Brando in one unique nuance - arguable though - he was still a "star": He does what Brando did in film......and unlike Brando - and every other Shakesperean American nominated who comes after him - in Film or Theater - he had no prior achievement in that awards medium at all - ie Hoffman has no Tony nomination until this - whereas all of the other Americans in film or theater at least had an Oscar nod if they did it in film, or a Tony nod (wins actually) if they did it on the Broadway stage........it is after this point his career declined but.......from The Graduate to this point he has amazing achievements ........ |
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Post by pacinoyes on Aug 30, 2023 10:13:14 GMT
What a great picture........Dustin Hoffman getting unemployment checks after shooting The Graduate:
In the end, The Graduate became the highest-grossing movie of the year, earning $35 million in the first six months. The feature notes, however, that Hoffman was only paid $17,000 for his work in the movie, and after taxes and living expenses were taken out, he only had $4,000. He even had to collect unemployment for some time after the movie was released.  |
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