#1
Posted: 2/6/15 at 3:15pm
1961, I thought Judgement at Nuremberg kicked West Side Story ass.
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Did the right movie win best picture the year you were born?
#3
Posted: 2/6/15 at 3:58pm
1964 - My Fair Lady over Mary Poppins.
I dunno, that's a tough call.
But a few observations:
Three musicals were nominated for something that year: MFL, Poppins and Unsinkable Molly Brown
Brits were still stealing the nominations from Americans:
Richard Burton, Rex Harrison, Peter O'Toole, Peter Sellers, John Geilgud, Stanley Holloway, Peter Ustinov, Julie Andrews, Gladys Cooper, Edith Evans
I dunno, that's a tough call.
But a few observations:
Three musicals were nominated for something that year: MFL, Poppins and Unsinkable Molly Brown
Brits were still stealing the nominations from Americans:
Richard Burton, Rex Harrison, Peter O'Toole, Peter Sellers, John Geilgud, Stanley Holloway, Peter Ustinov, Julie Andrews, Gladys Cooper, Edith Evans
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#4
Posted: 2/6/15 at 4:03pm
1998 - Shakespeare in Love
Nope. Elizabeth, Life is Beautiful, and Saving Private Ryan were all better.
Nope. Elizabeth, Life is Beautiful, and Saving Private Ryan were all better.
#5
Posted: 2/6/15 at 4:05pm
Fantod, I thought THE ARTIST won Best Picture the year you were born.
#6
Posted: 2/6/15 at 4:08pm
Either way it would be the wrong movie. Hugo was better that year.
#7
Posted: 2/6/15 at 4:08pm
Life is Beautiful is an absurd revisionist piece of merde.
I thought the first Oscar was given out a few years after Fantod was born.
I thought the first Oscar was given out a few years after Fantod was born.
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#8
Posted: 2/6/15 at 4:09pm
What Flicker was released the year After Eight was unleashed upon society?
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#9
Posted: 2/6/15 at 4:10pm
Did you like Shakespeare in love better than Saving Private Ryan and Elizabeth?
#10
Posted: 2/6/15 at 4:10pm
Are you joking?
There weren't movies when A8 was born. I'm not even sure there was print.
There weren't movies when A8 was born. I'm not even sure there was print.
....but the world goes 'round
Updated On: 2/6/15 at 04:10 PM
#11
Posted: 2/6/15 at 4:11pm
For the record, Private Ryan should have won.
I think a lot of people feel that way now.
I think a lot of people feel that way now.
....but the world goes 'round
Updated On: 2/6/15 at 04:11 PM
#12
Posted: 2/6/15 at 4:13pm
1989 was kind of a lame year. Driving Miss Daisy won over Born on the Fourth of July, Dead Poets Society, Field of Dreams, and My Left Foot.
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#13
Posted: 2/6/15 at 4:13pm
Taz,
The right movie won.
The right movie won.
#14
Posted: 2/6/15 at 4:15pm
Kad, we just had a discussion on here not too long ago about the movies of 1989, do you remember that? I don't know what thread that was in. But that was such an amazing year in film and I think any of those films could have won, but DRIVING MISS DAISY is such a perfect film in every single way, I can never find any fault in it taking the statue.
#15
Posted: 2/6/15 at 5:41pm
1996 - Braveheart
Eh, I guess?
Eh, I guess?
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#16
Posted: 2/6/15 at 5:42pm
For the record, Private Ryan should have won.
I think a lot of people feel that way now.
Not me. After the famous first 20 minutes, I felt the film just deflated into a cliche. I thought it was better than The Thin Red Line and Life is Beautiful, but I agreed with Shakespeare in Love winning that year (with Elizabeth in a close second).
For my year, the answer is yes. Midnight Cowboy.
I think a lot of people feel that way now.
Not me. After the famous first 20 minutes, I felt the film just deflated into a cliche. I thought it was better than The Thin Red Line and Life is Beautiful, but I agreed with Shakespeare in Love winning that year (with Elizabeth in a close second).
For my year, the answer is yes. Midnight Cowboy.
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#17
Posted: 2/6/15 at 6:14pm
Yes for me. Big fan of THE ENGLISH PATIENT. Though, would have been fine with FARGO winning.
#18
Posted: 2/6/15 at 6:20pm
ANNIE HALL was the winner in '78 and I have a hard time finding any fault in that win.
#19
Posted: 2/6/15 at 6:27pm
It was Forrest Gump, so yes.
EDIT: Now that I think about it, Pulp Fiction and Shawkshank were nominated that year also...hmmm I might have to think on this one.
EDIT: Now that I think about it, Pulp Fiction and Shawkshank were nominated that year also...hmmm I might have to think on this one.
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#20
Posted: 2/6/15 at 6:29pm
Dances With Wolves beat out Goodfellas in 1991, so no.
#21
Posted: 2/6/15 at 6:42pm
Out of Africa beat The Color Purple and Kiss of the Spider Woman in 1986, but honestly Back to the Future was totally snubbed a best picture nom. I say it should have won. 
#22
Posted: 2/6/15 at 6:56pm
1993- UNFORGIVEN
Honestly I'm not so sure about this one but a lot of people really liked this Clint Eastwood film... I guess?
Honestly I'm not so sure about this one but a lot of people really liked this Clint Eastwood film... I guess?
#23
Posted: 2/6/15 at 7:21pm
Wow, I'm old.
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#24
Posted: 2/6/15 at 7:32pm
Born in 1960. Not sure which season you mean by your question, South Fla, so I'll answer twice.
The best picture of 1959, presented in 1960, went to Ben Hur instead of the nominated Anatomy of a Murder and The Nun's Story. Ridiculous. Even more ridiculous, Rear Window, Wild Strawberries, The 400 Blows and Some Like it Hot weren't even nominated. So that is a definite no.
The best picture of 1960, presented in 1961, went to The Apartment, in my opinion perhaps the wisest best picture selection ever. So a definite yes!
The best picture of 1959, presented in 1960, went to Ben Hur instead of the nominated Anatomy of a Murder and The Nun's Story. Ridiculous. Even more ridiculous, Rear Window, Wild Strawberries, The 400 Blows and Some Like it Hot weren't even nominated. So that is a definite no.
The best picture of 1960, presented in 1961, went to The Apartment, in my opinion perhaps the wisest best picture selection ever. So a definite yes!
Updated On: 2/6/15 at 07:32 PM
#25
Posted: 2/6/15 at 7:37pm
Did you by any chance enjoy "The Prisoner of Second Avenue"?
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