Oscar Boo Boos

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 9/4/06 at 12:52pm

Richard Burton dying without an oscar - while Mr Moore gets one

The set designers of the Bronston epics not even nominated

Cary Grant & Hitchcock never getting an oscar

Having to give an Honorary oscar to Peter O Toole instead of him winning one

[Fabrizio2]

Posted: 9/4/06 at 12:55pm

I also am upset with the fact that Cary Grant nor Alfred Hitchcock never won an Oscar.


I wasn't alive then, but I am a huge fan of old films. Thanks for posting this thread. Mr Roxy always has great threads.

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 9/4/06 at 12:59pm

Thanks Fabrizio

[spiderdj82]

Posted: 9/4/06 at 1:00pm

Cary Grant should have gotten at least two Oscars (ARSENIC AND OLD LACE and FATHER GOOSE)

Hitchcock should have gotten multiple Oscars as well.

[Fabrizio2]

Posted: 9/4/06 at 1:01pm

Aresenic and Old Lace was a GREAT and HILARIOUS film. A perfect example of dark humor not being too dirty.

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 9/4/06 at 1:03pm

How about his direction of Psycho & North By Northwest ?

[spiderdj82]

Posted: 9/4/06 at 1:04pm

And Rebecca (even though I am not a big fan of the movie, his direction is spot on!)

[vmlinnie]

Posted: 9/4/06 at 1:16pm

Hitchcock didn't win an oscar for a film, but he did win an honourary oscar, and accepted it in 1968 with the shortest Oscar speech ever, 'Thank You'.

[spiderdj82]

Posted: 9/4/06 at 1:25pm

Well, go him! He still should have won a "real" Oscar.

[jasonf]

Posted: 9/4/06 at 5:18pm

Hitchcock should have gotten an Oscar for Psycho, North by Northwest, Vertigo, AND Rear Window. I didn't look at what movies these would have been up against - but that NONE of the four of those received an award is just wrong.

[justme2]

Posted: 9/4/06 at 7:34pm

Barbara Stanwyck should have won for Double Indemnity, at least. I would have preferred to see her win for "BabyFace" but that was too early in her career for them to consider. Unfortunately.

No Oscar at all.

[Rose_MacShane]

Posted: 9/4/06 at 7:40pm

I thought this was about bloopers in Oscar telecasts, the most famous of which has to be the streaker behind David Nevin.

[flicker_]

Posted: 9/4/06 at 7:41pm

I think Jon Stewart said it best:

"Three 6 Mafia- one; Martin Scorsese- zero."

[ShbrtAlley44]

Posted: 9/4/06 at 7:44pm

Or Entertainment Weekly - "Eminem now has more Oscars than Martin Scorcese."

I agree about Cary Grant. What's funny is that Arsenic and Old Lace was his least favorite of his performances (he thought it was too over-the-top), and yet it's regarded as one of his best.

[Elphaba3]

Posted: 9/4/06 at 9:01pm

Judy not winning for A Star Is Born, Eminem winning over Kander & Ebb, Three 6 Mafia winning...

[neddyfrank2]

Posted: 9/4/06 at 9:33pm

Stephen Daldry not winning for Billy Elliot.

[broadway86]

Posted: 9/4/06 at 9:38pm

Brokeback Mountain not winning BP.
Far from Heaven not winning ANYTHING!
Jimmy Stewart not winning for Mr. Smith.

Honestly, there's too many.

[fflagg]

Posted: 9/4/06 at 10:50pm

Never nominated: EDWARD G. ROBINSON, MYRNA LOY

Never won: ROZ RUSSELL, BARBARA STANWYCK, CARY GRANT, HITCHCOCK, SCORCESE, JUDY GARLAND [juvenile Oscars do not count], DEBORAH KERR, MONTY CLIFT, RICHARD BURTON

Unfair snubs: Barbra [Yentl], Faye Dunaway [Barfly], Maggie Smith [The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne], Fred MacMurray [The Apartment, Double Indemnity], honorary Oscars to Bela Lugosi and Boris Karloff

[peggyandvelma]

Posted: 9/4/06 at 11:19pm

I think I'm the only person alive who detests Double Indemnity, but I digress.

No director win for Scorsese yet?? Come on, Oscar voters! Also, any original song winner that wasn't actually in the film doesn't deserve the award. Popping up during the credits doesn't count, my friends. At least, not to me.

[fflagg]

Posted: 9/4/06 at 11:27pm

Double Indemnity is one of the greats. It has just been released in a deluxe 2-DVD set and you should watch it again to see how great it is.

The Best Song category is one of the worst categories in all of Oscar history in terms of songs that were not nominated or did not win.

[munkustrap178]

Posted: 9/5/06 at 12:36am

I think Eminem rightfully won. He wrote a fantastic song that made the movie better than it actually was. Sure, us Broadway people would have voted for Kander and Ebb just because they're Kander and Ebb - but "I Move On" isn't even a great song. Decent, yes - but not better than "Loose Yourself" or it's other competition.

[zzannahk]

Posted: 9/5/06 at 12:39am

imo, honorary awards are just as pointless as honorary degrees. most of the time the are a direct insult to the people who actually did the winning/earning

[munkustrap178]

Posted: 9/5/06 at 1:04am

2005

Reese Witherspoon over Felicity Huffman
Brokeback Mountain's score over Geisha's score
Three Six Mafia's "Pimp" over Parton's "Travelin' Thru"
CRASH over BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN

2004

Jamie Foxx over Johnny Depp or Leonardo DiCaprio
Morgan Freeman over Clive Owen
Cate Blanchett over Laura Linney

2003

Renee Zellweger over Shohreh Aghdashloo or Marcia Gay Harden
Peter Jackson over Sofia Coppola or Clint Eastwood
LORD OF THE RINGS: RETURN OF THE KING over MYSTIC RIVER

2002

Catherine Zeta-Jones over Julianne Moore
FRIDA's score over THE HOURS' score

2001

Denzel Washington over Russell Crowe or Sean Penn
Halle Berry over anyone else

2000

Julia Roberts over Ellen Burstyn
Bjork being snubbed

1999

Michael Caine over Jude Law or Haley Joel Osment
Angelina Jolie over Toni Collette

1998

SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE over LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL

1997

Helen Hunt over Kate Winslet

1996

Cuba Gooding, Jr. over anyone else
Madonna being snubbed
Anthony Minghella over Joel Coen
THE ENGLISH PATIENT over FARGO

1995
Mel Gibson over anyone else
BRAVEHEART over anything else

[SueleenGay]

Posted: 9/5/06 at 1:18am

I don't think honorary Oscars should be dismissed. Take Hitchcock or Altman, for instance. They both made some incredible films and were nominated. It just so happens that the years they were nominated there was one other film that was perceived by the voting members as being a little better. If the films of these directors had been released in another year they may very well have won. So the Academy recognizes this and says in a way you are worthy of this award, even thought it was not won in direct competition. I have a feeling Annette Benning will be one that receives an Honorary Oscar, especially if she keeps making films that are released the same year that a Hillary Swank film is released.

[Caroline-Q-or-TBoo]

Posted: 9/5/06 at 2:47am

Idina winning NOTHING! I mean, c'mon, her performance in Wicked just screamed OSCAR!