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Posted by: Josh! 26th June 2017, 08:39 AM

OSCARS 2009
BEST LEADING ACTOR



The nominees were:
Sean Penn "Milk"
Richard Jenkins "The Visitor"
Frank Langella "Frost/Nixon"
Brad Pitt "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"
Mickey Rourke "The Wrestler"

What were your favourites? What was unfairly snubbed? Who shouldn't have even been here in the first place?

Here are some of the other nominees from major awards from the same year:
Golden Globes
Drama:
Mickey Rourke "The Wrestler"
Frank Langella "Frost/Nixon"
Brad Pitt "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"
Sean Penn "Milk"
Leonardo DiCaprio "Revolutionary Road"

Musical or Comedy:
Colin Farrell "In Bruges"
Javier Bardem "Vicky Cristina Barcelona"
James Franco "Pineapple Express"
Brendan Gleeson "In Bruges"
Dustin Hoffman "Last Chance Harvey"

BAFTAS
Mickey Rourke "The Wrestler"
Frank Langella "Frost/Nixon"
Brad Pitt "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"
Sean Penn "Milk"
Dev Patel "Slumdog Millionare"

SAG Awards
Sean Penn "Milk"
Richard Jenkins "The Visitor"
Frank Langella "Frost/Nixon"
Brad Pitt "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"
Mickey Rourke "The Wrestler"

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Posted by: Josh! 26th June 2017, 08:46 AM

This was a really, really strong year. All four that I've seen could've been winners in any other year.

1 Frank Langella
2 Mickey Rourke
3 Brad Pitt
4 Sean Penn

I wasn't expecting to enjoy Frost/Nixon so much but I did find it excellent and that was largely down to Langella's performance, he's exactly how I imagine Nixon to be in real life. Rourke knocked it out of the park in the Wrestler too and it's a shame he didn't win because I doubt he'll ever get a role this good again. I thought Pitt was brilliant to capture how people act differently in different stages of their lives and it is one of the most interesting roles that I've ever seen on-screen so certainly a deserving nominee. I was impressed with Penn too but he's had better roles imo and I also found the character slightly unlikable which dampened my view of the performance, I guess? I'm not sure he deserved to win a second Oscar so soon after his first either.

I'd have probably put Michael Sheen in Frost/Nixon as my fifth nominee, I loved the film and he worked really well with Langella.

Posted by: Regina 26th June 2017, 10:32 AM

I've only ever seen Milk from that list, and while I prefer James Franco's role, I'm glad Sean got a win since both were amazing.