The Stephen A. Smith Hottest Take Award
Trade Hanks’s earlier Oscars for his Apollo 13 performance
In the discussion (6)
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- Amanda calls this the essential and best Hanks performance
- She praises the silent communication of ambition, loss, fear and dignity
- The moon-landing reaction and navigation anecdote support her case
- Cast Away is offered as a harder solo performance
- A compromise gives Oscars to Apollo 13 and Cast Away
- The panel believes Hanks deserved at least a nomination here