Response 3 is a compare/contrast paper between two actors in different times. Students will watch one of the movies from the list below (years 1980 to now). After watching the actor in the more recent films listed below, the student will then choose an actor/film from an older film provided in the Film Response # 1 or 2 lists–years 1920 to 1979 (that you did not write about before) and 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 would like but it is 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 and it is important we see you own reaction in the paper. Minimum word requirement is 600 to 750 words, but feel free to expand if needed. Research is not necessary but if you do include please cite properly!

Timothy Hutton or Mary Tyler Moore or Donald Sutherland: Ordinary People (1980)

Sissy Spacek: Coal Miner’s Daughter (1980)

Jack Nicholson: The Shining (1980), A Few Good Men (1992), As Good as it Gets (1997), About Schmidt (2002)

Robert DeNiro: Raging Bull (1980), The King of Comedy (1982)

Peter O’Toole: The Stunt Man (1980), My Favorite Year (1982)

Robert Duvall, Michael O’Keefe: The Great Santini (1980)

Gene Wilder, Richard Pryor: Stir Crazy (1980)

Mel Gibson: Gallipoli (1981), Hamlet (1990), Pocahontas (John Smith) 1995

Paul Newman: Absence of Malice (1981), The Verdict (1982), Nobody’s Fool (1994)

Robin Williams: The World According To Garp (1982), Awakenings (1990), Aladdin (1992), Good Will Hunting (1997), One Hour Photo (2002)

Jerry Lewis: The King of Comedy (1982)

Glenn Close: The World According To Garp (1982), Fatal Attraction (1987)

Mel Gibson: Gallipoli (1981), Hamlet (1990)

Richard Gere: An Officer and a Gentleman (1982), Chicago (2002)

Louis Gossett Jr.: An Officer and a Gentleman (1982)

Jessica Lange: Tootsie (1982), Sweet Dreams (1985)

William Hurt: Kiss of the Spider Woman (1985), Children of a Lesser God (1986), Broadcast News (1987), A History of Violence (2005)

Debra Winger: An Officer and a Gentleman (1982), Terms of Endearment (1983), Shadowlands (1993), The Lovers (2017)

Sean Penn: Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982), Milk (2008)

Shirley MacLaine: Terms of Endearment (1983)

Meryl Streep: Silkwood (1983) The Bridges of Madison County (1995), Music of the Heart (1999), Adaptation (2002), Julie and Julia (2009), The Iron Lady (2011), The Post (2017)

Cher: Silkwood (1983), Moonstruck (1987)

Matthew Broderick: War Games (1983), Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (1986)

Sally Field: Places in the Heart (1984)

Molly Ringwald: Sixteen Candles (1984), Pretty in Pink (1986)

Haing S. Ngor: The Killing Fields (1984)

Oprah Winfrey: The Color Purple (1985)

Whoopi Goldberg: The Color Purple (1985), Ghost (1990)

Michael J. Fox: Back to the Future (1985), Casualties of War (1989)

Harrison Ford: Witness (1985), Presumed Innocent (1990), Patriot Games (1992)

Ed Harris: Sweet Dreams (1985), Pollock (2000), Gone Baby Gone (2007), Kodachrome (2018)

Diane Wiest: Hannah and Her Sisters (1986), Parenthood (1989)

Dennis Hopper: Blue Velvet (1986), Hoosiers (1986)

Michael Douglas: Fatal Attraction (1987)

Jennifer Grey: Dirty Dancing (1987)

Patrick Swayze: Dirty Dancing (1987), Ghost (1990)

Nicholas Cage: Raising Arizona (1987), The Family Man (2000), Adaptation (2002)

Holly Hunter: Raising Arizona (1987), Broadcast News (1987), Home for the Holidays (1995), The Big Sick (2017)

Tom Hulce, Ray Liotta: Dominick and Eugene (1988)R