The more screen time an actor has, the more opportunities they have to wow Oscar voters.
Some of the best Oscar-winning performances had plenty of breathing room to chew the scenery.
Mazursky directs the movie with a slow, patient pace that allows Carneys performance to really shine.
Streeps turn inSophies Choiceis still one of her most affecting performances.
So, Phoenixs performance and Lawrence Shers gorgeous cinematography had to do a lot of heavy lifting.
He appears for 103 of the films 122 minutes.
He appears for an hour and 45 minutes.
The movie follows Forrest wherever he goes.
If hes sent to fight in Vietnam, it goes to Vietnam.
If he becomes a ping pong prodigy, it goes to the ping pong circuit.
But he famously declined the award, becoming the first actor to do so.
The movies producer, Frank McCarthy, accepted the award on Scotts behalf.
At 172 minutes,Pattonis almost three hours long, and Scott appears on-screen for 108 of those minutes.
Scott often has the screen all to himself.
The movie opens with Scott delivering a rousing monologue with a giant American flag behind him.
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Murphys first lead role in a Nolan movie also scored him his first Academy Award for Best Actor.
Nolan puts Murphys mesmerizing performance front and center throughoutOppenheimer.
Hes more interested in showing the conflict on Oppenheimers face than showingthe bullet-point historical events of the Manhattan Project.
Murphy gets a lot of extensive IMAX closeups to really shine, and that undoubtedly earned him the Oscar.
Streisand has a total of two hours and one minute of screen time in the role of Fanny.
(Technically, Streisands Best Actress win was tied with Katharine Hepburn forThe Lion in Winter.)
Much like Streisand inFunny Girl, Heston has two hours and one minute of screen time inBen-Hur.
Part of the reason for Hestons above-average screen time is the movies above-average runtime.
Heston had plenty of time to shine.
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It helps thatGone with the Windis one of the longest mainstream movies ever made.
Shes so perfect for that part, its as if she was born to play it.
