Peter Sellers should have won Best Actor

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zygomatic_arch — 11 years ago(October 25, 2014 07:44 PM)

I love Hoffman as hell too. He is little giant man but lets be honest. Sellers was the greatest in this movie.
His acting skills are way beyond any actors nowadays.

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IkuharaKunihiko — 11 years ago(October 26, 2014 07:49 AM)

I agree. Sellers was unbeatable in this role, at least to me. So genuine, so far away from today's awards' cliches. Hoffman is a great actor, of course, but I don't consider Kramer vs. Kramer a superior film to Being There: he should have won earlier, for Lenny or The Graduate.

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HomicideWireShield — 11 years ago(December 28, 2014 09:56 PM)

I agree as well. Hoffman is indeed a great actor and was fine in
Kramer v Kramer
but Sellers' performance was simply superior to Hoffman's.

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rtw416 — 11 years ago(February 24, 2015 09:06 PM)

I was never a fan of Sellers comedybut his work in this film was outstanding.

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rpartrid-2 — 10 years ago(August 02, 2015 02:48 PM)

in my opinion one of the greatest performances of all time - Peter Sellers belongs on any list of superlative actors

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johndworkin65 — 10 years ago(August 19, 2015 05:02 PM)

Generally agreed w/ everyone here. I would just add that in addition, the film should've been nominated for best picture that year. Easily over Breaking Away (and I loved Breaking Away). That being said, Apocalypse Now should've taken the oscar that year for picture. I mean, come on
"Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana."

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Aticusfinch — 10 years ago(February 05, 2016 10:01 AM)

He certainly deserved it; however it was a tough call that year. The other contestants were Al Pacino, Jack Lemmon, Roy Scheider and Dustin Hoffman.
However I find it more outrageous that "Being there " wasnt even nominated for the Best Picture Award.

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CalibMcBolts — 9 years ago(June 05, 2016 02:58 PM)

I love Seller's performance in this, it's truly remarkable, but Hoffman was soo great too, he rightfully won in my opinion

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somesunnyday — 9 years ago(June 21, 2016 04:51 AM)

I absolutely agree. I do believe Hoffman should have won an Oscar for Midnight Cowboy.