Alternate Best Supporting Actor 1979: Results

5. James Remar in The Warriors- Remar is gives a compelling and complex portrayal of the most interesting member of the Warriors even his performance is cut short.

Best Scene:  Ajax is caught.

4. Marlon Brando in Apocalypse Now-Brando earns the build up to his character and gives a fascinating depiction of a man lost in his own delusions of grandeur.

Best Scene: "An errand boy"

3. Michael Palin in Life of Brian- Palin creates several hilarious characters particularly a not particularly commanding Pontius Pilate, and a particularly pleasant Centurion.

Best Scene: The guard sends men on their way to the cross.

2. Dennis Hopper in Apocalypse Now- Hopper, despite not even giving a name, creates a fascinating depiction, worthy of his own film, of a burn out who has discovered an odd sort of faith.

Best Scene: Photojournalist greets Willard.

1. Ian Holm in Alien- Holm gives an excellent performance, which is amplified all the more by the terrific ensemble around him, of a rather unique deception and a particularly chilling depiction of a unique sort of evil.

Best Scene: Ash's final message.

Overall Ranking:

1. Ian Holm in Alien
2. Robert Duvall in Apocalypse Now
3. Dennis Hopper in Apocalypse Now
4. Michael Palin in Life of Brian
5. John Hurt in Alien 
6. Marlon Brando in Apocalypse Now
7. Yaphet Kotto in Alien 
8. Fredric Forrest in Apocalypse Now
9. Tom Skerritt in Alien
10. Harry Dean Stanton in Alien
11. James Remar in The Warriors
12. Justin Henry in Kramer vs. Kramer
13. Fredric Forrest in The Rose
14. John Cleese in Life of Brian
15. Eric Idle in Life of Brian
16. Larry Hankin in Escape From Alcatraz
17. Burgess Meredith in Rocky II 
18. Paul Dooley in Breaking Away
19. Carl Weathers in Rocky II
20. Wilford Brimley in The China Syndrome
21. Michael O'Keefe in The Great Santini
22. Harrison Ford in Apocalypse Now
23. Jackie Earl Haley in Breaking Away
24. Richard Dysart in Being There 
25. Harry Dean Stanton in Wise Blood
26. Laurence Fishburne in Apocalypse Now
27. John Forsythe in And Justice For All
28. Albert Hall in Apocalypse Now
29. Patrick McGoohan in Escape From Alcatraz 
30. Christopher Lloyd in The Onion Field
31. David Patrick Kelly in The Warriors
32. Ted Danson in The Onion Field
33. Ned Beatty in Wise Blood
34. Paul Benjamin in Escape From Alcatraz
35. Michael Douglas in The China Syndrome
36. Dan Shor in Wise Blood
37. Mickey Rooney in The Black Stallion
38. Deforest Kelly in Star Trek The Motion Picture
39. Sam Bottoms in Apocalypse Now
40. Michael Murphy in Manhattan
41. Laurence Olivier in Dracula
42. Roger Hill in The Warriors
43. Joe Spinell in Rocky II
44. Dennis Quaid in Breaking Away
45. Hoyt Axton in The Black Stallion
46. Roland Topor in Nosferatu The Vampyre
47. Jack Warden in And Justice For All
48. Leonard Nimoy in Star Trek the Motion Picture
49. Daniel Stern in Breaking Away
50. Walter Ladengast in Nosferatu The Vampyre 
51. Alan Bates in The Rose
52. Donald Pleasence in Dracula 
53. Melvyn Douglas in Being There
54. Ed Begley Jr. in The In-Laws
55. Steve Bisley in Mad Max
56. Burt Young in Rocky II
57. Jack Warden in Being There
58. Marcelino Sanchez in The Warriors
59. Terry Jones in Life of Brian
60. Trevor Eve in Dracula
61. Richard Libertini in The In-Laws
62. Jeffrey Tambor in And Justice For All

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