 Heath Ledger: Critics back film for Oscar
On Friday actor Heath Ledger won positive reviews from Australian critics for his final performance as the Joker in the forthcoming Batman movie, thereby creating speculation of an exceptional posthumous Oscar.
Details about Heath Ledger’s news have been inferred from various sources. Australian film critics said that the late actor was "manically mesmerizing" and surpassed everyone else in the film titled "The Dark Knight" that was previewed in Sydney on Thursday. Preview was done much ahead of the world premiere of the movie in New York on July 14.
"Hypnotic farewell from the Joker," Sydney Morning Herald critic Garry Maddox said that the film reminded him of the brilliance of twenty eight year old Heath Ledger who expired in his Manhattan apartment out of an accidental prescription drug overdose. It happened in the month of January.
There are few more that too are very much hopeful about the prospective win of Heath Ledger’s film. David Stratton, the critic of a newspaper of Australia said that the performance of Heath Ledger as "an unforgettable, genuinely creepy, villain" combines the acting flair of Marlon Brando and James Cagney with a touch of Edward G. Robinson in it.
The Australian newspaper's critic David Stratton said Ledger's performance of "an unforgettable, genuinely creepy, villain" was a cross between Marlon Brando and James Cagney with a touch of Edward G. Robinson thrown in.
Vicky Roach, the film editor of a popular newspaper of US too put forth his comments. According to him, there was a melancholic intensity in Heath Ledger's final performance. He further commented that “triumph in creating one of the most memorable villains in recent cinematic history should be celebrated."
The weird performance of Heath Ledger as the Joker has already won him applause from critics worldwide and co-stars, thus making him an unlikely forerunner to posthumously win the Oscar Award for best supporting actor to be held in the month of February 2009.
Heath Ledger got the Oscar nomination in the year 2006 for the category of best actor for his role as a brooding gay cowboy in "Brokeback Mountain."
"If there's a movement to get him the first posthumous (acting) Oscar since Peter Finch won for 1976's "Network," sign me up." This is the comment of critic Peter Travers of another newspaper.
Finch, who was born in England but raised in Australia, died of a heart attack aged 60 during the voting period for the Oscars and remains the only actor to win the award posthumously although Oscars have been awarded posthumously to several non-actors.
Co-star Christian Bale, who has portrayed the character of Batman, was quoted by a famous musical company as remarking, "I do think that Heath has created an iconic villain that will stand for the ages, and of course, I would love to see him get an award.
Before Heath Ledger there are five actors who have been nominated posthumously for Oscars. However none of them achieved success.
For instance James Dean was nominated twice for a best actor after his death. Other eminent film personalities namely Spencer Tracy, Massimo Troisi, Ralph Richardson and Jeanne Eagels also have received posthumous Oscar nomination.
All the residents of Heath Ledger's home town at Perth, Western Australian have found their own way to ensure his legacy thereby naming a theatre in his honor for his contribution to the world of acting.
Last week at a naming ceremony, state premier for Western Australia Alan Carpenter said that $87 million, 575-seat theatre was a fitting tribute to Ledger who gave encouragement to all the budding young actors.
While talking to the reporters Carpenter said, "Heath Ledger was totally dedicated to the craft of being an actor and that's what made him successful." "I think what we're doing is continuing that support for young people who want to make a career in the arts and acting, stage and in film, whatever it happens to be."  |
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