RE: "Sorry, I stand corrected. we were discussing Schindler's List. I recently saw House of Sand and Fog and thought it was elegantly directed, and Kingsley is always enjoyable."
Yes, I greatly admire the House of Sand and Fog, and think that the film adaptation can stand proudly alongside the heartbreaking novel that it is based on (even the screenplays detours from the novel work out in their own way).
I see what you mean, when you were discussing Kingsley's role in Schindler's List. While he didn't earn an Oscar nomination that year (though he SHOULD have), I think that Kingsley might have won a Golden Globe for the performance (or was at least nominated), hence the slight confusion.
Just to inspire a few "What-If" thoughts, the nominees for Best Supporting Actor at the Oscars in 1993 were:
* Tommy Lee Jones in The Fugitive (the winner, probably because it was a leading role
* John Malkovich in In the Line of Fire
* Leonardo DiCaprio in What's Eating Gilbert Grape?
* Pete Posthelwaite in In the Name of The Father.
* Ralph Fiennes in Schindler's List.
It was a good field that year, but Kingsley should have earned a nomination for his refined and subtle work in place of the pretty good but slightly overcooked DiCaprio.
Wasn't the novel upon which it was based written by Andre Debus?