I agree Bernau managed to find the line. I think Raines could have too, but not as easily.
My biggest issues with Raines were a lack of charisma and lack of chemistry with leading ladies. Clearly, he had that in his stage career, but I rarely saw this in his work as Alan. Bernau is fascinating in every glimpse, whereas Raines would have been a slightly sourer grandfather in the Werther's Originals ads.
There also seemed to be no real long-term plans for him after the Mr. Tashiwa nonsense, maybe due to the frequent writer turnover in JFP's last year. The best they figured out being a pairing with Tangie does suggest JFP had another actor in mind, although I have no idea who. I wonder if she may have wanted Jed Allan. I think pages ago there was a list of potential Alans mentioned in Soap Opera Update or another magazine at the time. I can't remember the names. Joe Gallison may have been one, but I am not sure.
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Cannes Film Festival - Palme d'Or: The Square
Toronto Film Festival - People's Choice Award: Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Gotham Independent Film Awards - Best Picture: Call Me By Your Name
National Board of Review - Best Film: The Post
NYFCC - Best Picture: Lady Bird
National Society of Film Critics Winners - Best Film: Lady Bird
Golden Globes - Best Picture Drama: Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Golden Globes - Best Picture Musical or Comedy: Ladybird
Critics Choice Awards - Best Picture: The Shape of Water
Producers Guild of America Award for Best Theatrical Motion Picture: The Shape of Water
Directors Guild Award - Feature Film: The Shape of Water
Writers Guild Award - Best Original Screenplay: Get Out
Writers Guild Award - Best Adapted Screenplay: Call Me by Your Name
Screen Actors Guild Awards - Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture: Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Satellite Awards - Best Film: God's Own Country / Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
BAFTA - Best Film: Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Independent Spirit Awards - Best Picture: Get Out
Academy Awards - Best Picture: The Shape of Water
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Cannes: Full List of Winners:
Palme d'Or: The Square (Ruben Östlund)
Grand Prix: 120 Beats per Minute (Robin Campillo)
Best Director: Sofia Coppola (The Beguiled)
Best Screenplay: Yorgos Lanthimos / Efthymis Filippou (The Killing of a Sacred Deer) & Lynne Ramsay ( You Were Never Really Here) (tie)
Best Actress: Diane Kruger ( In the Fade)
Best Actor: Joaquin Phoenix (You Were Never Really Here)
Jury Prize: Loveless (Andrey Zvyagintsev)
70th Anniversary Prize: Nicole Kidman
Honorary Palme d'Or: Jeffrey Katzenberg
TIFF - A full list of winners can be found here
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