The Dion Waiters Award for Best Heat Check Performance
Wayne Knight, Bob Peck, and Samuel L. Jackson are considered; the exchange most strongly rallies around Bob Peck’s pulp-perfect Muldoon.
In the discussion (3)
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- Wayne Knight is the opening nominee because Nedry’s magic-word routine and comic behavior are indelible despite objections to the performance.
- Bob Peck’s Robert Muldoon is championed as a muscular, alarmist great-white-hunter figure completely committed to the movie’s pulp tradition.
- Samuel L. Jackson is praised for doing much with a seated role, a dangling cigarette, calm delivery, and “hold on to your butts.”