1997 Best Lead Actor Geoffrey Rush

Geoffrey Rush wins an Academy Award for his performance in "Shine".

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• 1997
• best
• actor
• in
• a
• leading
• role
• tom
• cruise
• ralph
• fiennes
• woody
• harrelson
• geoffrey
• rush
• billy
• bob
• thornton

[jonbz17]

Tom Cruise was robbed!

[gokcal]

@jonbz17 Tom Cruise is a fucking hack. He hasn't deserved anything for his god-awful acting in his entire life.

[88flyaway]

Susan Sarandon....Mrs. Suspence!!!!! andtheoscargoestogeoffreyrushi­nshine!!!!

[HagSIN]

The video glitches in Rush's performance package made it look like a Max Headroom skit

[MrCure4]

Much deserved for Rush, love Tom but Rush deserved it more.

[TheRocknRollfreak]

@gokcal Haven't seen Tom Cruise in Born on the Fourth of July i see. Or Magnolia, Risky Business, Collateral, and Eyes Wide Shut. Among others.

[drxwnedxwxrld]

@Gilch30 Agreed. In fact, I would say that Cruise's performance may have been the strongest of that year (not saying Rush and the others are bad) -- see Louis Morgan's Best Actor Oscar Blog

[Gilch30]

@gokcal Show that you know nothing about acting what so ever. Cruise in Risky Business, Rainman, Born on the Fourth Of July, A Few Good Men, Jerry Maguire, Eyes Wide Shut, Magnolia, and Collatoral are brilliant performances. I would like to see you do better

[jazzmann16]

@jonbz17 no he was not! Have you actually seen Shine?

[SinisterSkyline]

@gokcal i wouldn't say that him being very good actor is a factm he dosen't act with versatility like the giants of the likes of Depp, Thompson, Streep, Pacino and Rush but he's good. No question about that

[Troboughbo]

Geoffry truly deserved this award. He made playing the piano a bloodsport in Shine.

[whitley4ever]

Ralph Fiennes was unlucky any other year he would have won this hands down.

[drxwnedxwxrld]

@AstriaICOW Uh I thought they still show clips when the actors are announced? They did it at this years oscars (but not the past 2 years -- and '10 oscars where only supporting nom. had clips). But either way, the Oscars seem worse (especially after '05)