Did the right movie win best picture the year you were born? - Page 3

[CarlosAlberto]

Posted: 2/7/15 at 12:39pm

3 great performances from Poitier in '67:

* GUESS WHO'S COMING TO DINNER?
* IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT
* TO SIR, WITH LOVE

...and not even a nomination?

[Stage Door Sally]

Posted: 2/7/15 at 1:09pm

Skoosh over on the park bench After Eight, I promise I won't hit you with my handbag.

The 1958 Oscar winner was The Bridge on the River Kwai, a war epic, that to this day is one of only two war films I'll still watch when it's on TV. (Kelly's Heroes being the other one.) So yes, much deserved Oscar. Alec Guinness (believe it or not kids, he was in films BEFORE Star Wars) was nothing short of amazing, with William Holden and Sessue Hayakawa adding terrific support. The ending has that intensity that makes sitting through a long film most worthwhile. Young whippersnappers, give this one a whirl.

Other films nominated were, Peyton Place (crapola), Sayonara (a tad shocking in its day perhaps, but maudlin now), 12 Angry Men (good), and Witness for the Prosecution.

Witness is an absolute GEM. Another one that I still watch on TV. If it had won Best Picture - no complaints. Marlene Dietrich is at her finest, and how can you not love the banter between Charles Laughton and Elsa Lanchester.

[After Eight]

Posted: 2/8/15 at 9:10am

20s: -----
30s: The Women
40s: Pinocchio
50s: Gigi
60s: Summer and Smoke
70s: none
80s: none
90s: none
00s: none
10s: none

[Lavieboheme3090]

Posted: 2/8/15 at 1:07pm

"The Last Emperor" won the year I was born, it does't seem to be a movie that has stood the test of time.

What a year for performances though!

Best Actor
Michael Douglas – Wall Street as Gordon Gekko (Winner)
William Hurt – Broadcast News as Tom Grunick
Marcello Mastroianni – Dark Eyes as Romano
Jack Nicholson – Ironweed as Francis Phelan
Robin Williams – Good Morning, Vietnam as Adrian Cronauer

Cher – Moonstruck as Loretta Castorini (Winner)
Glenn Close – Fatal Attraction as Alex Forrest
Holly Hunter – Broadcast News as Jane Craig
Sally Kirkland – Anna as El?bieta Czy?ewska
Meryl Streep – Ironweed as Helen Archer

Sean Connery – The Untouchables as Jim Malone (Winner)
Albert Brooks – Broadcast News as Aaron Altman
Morgan Freeman – Street Smart as Leo "Fast Black" Smalls, Jr.
Vincent Gardenia – Moonstruck as Cosmo Castorini
Denzel Washington – Cry Freedom as Steve Biko

Olympia Dukakis – Moonstruck as Rose Castorini (Winner)
Norma Aleandro – Gaby: A True Story as Florencia
Anne Archer – Fatal Attraction as Beth Gallagher
Anne Ramsey – Throw Momma from the Train as Mrs. Lift
Ann Sothern – The Whales of August as Tisha Doughty

[Fantod]

Posted: 2/8/15 at 1:31pm

Forgot about the Long Day's Journey into Night Movie in 1962, which would probably be my favorite of the decade. Also that decade was The Jungle Book.

[wonderfulwizard11]

Posted: 2/8/15 at 1:47pm

Born in 92, so mine's also Unforgiven. Haven't seen it or any of the other nominees though, so I can't say if it's the right or wrong choice.

[baal]

Posted: 2/8/15 at 2:26pm

This was a little more difficult than I thought it would be. And most of my favorites ended up being horror films.

1920's - The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari or Nosferatu
1930's - Gone With The Wind or Wizard of Oz
1940's - Fantasia
1950's - Sunset Boulevard or Rear Window
1960's - Psycho or Rosemary's Baby
1970's - Halloween, The Godfather or Rocky Horror Picture Show
1980's - The Shining, Poltergeist or Once Upon a Time in America
1990's - Titanic
2000's - Moulin Rouge!
2010's - Insidious or Sinister


Updated On: 2/8/15 at 02:26 PM

[promisespromises2]

Posted: 2/8/15 at 4:58pm

Born in '91 and Dances with Wolves won. I'm embarrassed to say that I have not seen it! That was the year Kathy Bates beat out Julia Roberts for Pretty Women AND Meryl Streep for Postcards from the Edge for best actress.

For Best Music, Original Song: STEPHEN SONDHEIM. For the song "Sooner or Later (I Always Get My Man) from Dick Tracy.

[JohnPopa]

Posted: 2/11/15 at 6:00pm

Born in '73. 'The Godfather' won. Kind of hard to argue against that one.

[Mister Matt]

Posted: 2/12/15 at 12:44pm

"The Last Emperor" won the year I was born, it does't seem to be a movie that has stood the test of time.

What a year for performances though!

A lot of great films that year, but my pick for Best Picture wasn't nominated...Empire of the Sun. I think Spielberg was still experiencing backlash from The Color Purple the year before. No nominations for Picture, Adapted Screenplay, Spielberg, Bales or Malkovich. And no wins.

[Eris0303]

Posted: 2/12/15 at 12:54pm

Apparently, 1979 was a very good year. The Deer Hunter beat out Coming Home, Heaven Can Wait, Midnight Express, and An Unmarried Woman. I'm going to say that the best film did win.

[South Florida]

Posted: 2/12/15 at 1:46pm

The Deer Hunter dragged a little bit for me. Of those 5 Midnight Express gets the vote.

[South Florida]

Posted: 2/12/15 at 1:49pm

"1964 - My Fair Lady over Mary Poppins." Gotham, I think the right one won, I'm as disturbed with Dick Van Dyke as the author was.

[South Florida]

Posted: 2/12/15 at 1:53pm

"Not me. After the famous first 20 minutes, I felt the film just deflated into a cliche." Yes Mister Matt a movie that had you gripped lost something, but a good war flick on the whole.

[South Florida]

Posted: 2/12/15 at 1:55pm

"Yes for me. Big fan of THE ENGLISH PATIENT. Though, would have been fine with FARGO winning."

Both great, Fargo came out in February, that made it hard.

[South Florida]

Posted: 2/12/15 at 1:57pm

20s: -----
30s: The Women
40s: Pinocchio
50s: Gigi
60s: Summer and Smoke
70s: none
80s: none
90s: none
00s: none
10s: none

AE, Gigi, really?

[South Florida]

Posted: 2/12/15 at 2:10pm

"Witness is an absolute GEM. Another one that I still watch on TV. If it had won Best Picture - no complaints." True, I liked it better than Bridge...

[Fantod]

Posted: 2/12/15 at 2:41pm

Love Gigi.

[Gothampc]

Posted: 2/12/15 at 2:41pm

"Gotham, I think the right one won, I'm as disturbed with Dick Van Dyke as the author was."

The author was disturbed with everything, so she doesn't count.

I don't think DvD was that bad. He was charming, he moved well, he brought the Disney fun that was expected. So his accent was a little off, this wasn't a documentary on eastenders at the turn of the century.

[South Florida]

Posted: 2/12/15 at 3:22pm

Verdad, just hands down better than MP.

Updated On: 2/12/15 at 03:22 PM

[WOSQ]

Posted: 2/12/15 at 4:02pm

I may be the luckiest person to post on this thread. I was born in 1950 (Yes, I'm way old.), and the Oscar for Best Picture that year went to All About Eve which is my favorite film, period. You cannot top the crackling script for Eve nor the performances--any of them.

Yes, you can discuss Sunset Blvd.and even Born Yesterday, but if those two are runners-up, 1950 is pretty wonderful.

"How nice for you. How nice for everybody."

[South Florida]

Posted: 2/12/15 at 8:06pm

WOSQ, movies were great once.

[Fantod]

Posted: 2/13/15 at 2:03am

Wow, 1950 was quite a year for films. Three absolutely perfect movies pitted against each other.

[VintageSnarker]

Posted: 2/14/15 at 10:06pm

"Born in '91 and Dances with Wolves won. I'm embarrassed to say that I have not seen it!"

Same, promisespromises2. But not embarrassed. Of course the 64th Academy Awards celebrated the movies actually released in 1991 so we get The Silence of the Lambs. Should it have gone to Beauty and the Beast? I mean, probably not but I'm still upset that Pixar has so many awards and the Disney movies that paved the way do not (Best Animated Feature award was first given out in 2001).