#1
Posted: 2/24/08 at 11:58pm
Did anyone else notice that Brad Renfro wasn't in the In Memoriam video? I was shocked. That is incredibly disrespectful.
The "In Memoriam" Reel at the Oscars
#2
Posted: 2/25/08 at 12:02am
This was even worse than E! news calling him Brad Redfro.
#3
Posted: 2/25/08 at 12:04am
There were a lot of people missing from the dead reel.
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#4
Posted: 2/25/08 at 12:05am
I think the biggest applause of the reel went to Ingmar Bergman. That was cool.
#5
Posted: 2/25/08 at 12:07am
Someone suggested that all applause should be held until after the reel is over. I feel like it's a popularity contest when everyone applauds during some people and then it's dead-silence when other people come up.
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#6
Posted: 2/25/08 at 12:07am
As mean as this sounds, You know they're had Mickey Rooney's clips for YEARS now and just waiting for his year......that's so mean but so true!
#7
Posted: 2/25/08 at 12:10am
I agree about holding applause.
#8
Posted: 2/25/08 at 12:13am
What, Oscar night shouldn't bear any relation to a popularity contest?
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#9
Posted: 2/25/08 at 12:16am
no Mako!!?!?!
geez.
geez.
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#10
Posted: 2/25/08 at 12:17am
I didn't know, or forgot, that Roscoe Lee Brown died.
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#11
Posted: 2/25/08 at 12:20am
And what about Charles Lane? The man died at 102, was in every other movie and TV show ever made. Where's the love?
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#12
Posted: 2/25/08 at 12:24am
I could be mistaken but I think that Mako was on last years Memoriam Montage.
#13
Posted: 2/25/08 at 12:24am
Either clap all the way through or hold until done.
And seriously, poor Brad Renfro's death has been all but an afterthought since Heath died a week later. A real shame.
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And seriously, poor Brad Renfro's death has been all but an afterthought since Heath died a week later. A real shame.
"Hey little girls, look at all the men in shiny shirts and no wives!" - Jackie Hoffman, Xanadu, 19 Feb 2008
#14
Posted: 2/25/08 at 12:26am
Some people they showed the audience didn't even seem to recognize
Michael Kidd - dancer, choreographer
William Tuttle - make-up man throughout the golden era, mostly at MGM - 1930s thru 1980s - almost 350 films
Michael Kidd - dancer, choreographer
William Tuttle - make-up man throughout the golden era, mostly at MGM - 1930s thru 1980s - almost 350 films
#15
Posted: 2/25/08 at 12:26am
And someone mentioned in another thread that they forgot Robert Goulet.
....but the world goes 'round
#16
Posted: 2/25/08 at 12:42am
I was surprised (and somewhat disappointed) they didn't show Deborah Kerr polka dancing with Yul Brynner. That's the image I was expecting.
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Vita, dulcedo, et spes nostra
Salve, Salve Regina
Ad te clamamus exsules filii Eva
Ad te suspiramus, gementes et flentes
O clemens O pia
#17
Posted: 2/25/08 at 12:45am
Me too! They should have added that one in for her part!
#18
Posted: 2/25/08 at 1:43am
The only one I noticed was missing was Robert Goulet.
Was Yvonne DeCarlo on last years reel? I can't recall, I feel like if she was I wouldn't have expected her to be on it tonight since I watched last year.
Was Yvonne DeCarlo on last years reel? I can't recall, I feel like if she was I wouldn't have expected her to be on it tonight since I watched last year.
#19
Posted: 2/25/08 at 7:18am
I agree that the applause should be held. It won't happen I guess but I noticed that at the BAFTAS they do that and it is more respectful. Last night there was silence for a lot of people and huge applause for a few - Heath Leger , Suzanne Pleshette and Ingmar Bergman I think got the best response.
#20
Posted: 2/25/08 at 8:57am
This may be the first year you're all noticing it, but they NEVER have everyone they should in the Dead Reel.
They choose a diverse number of people who make films, NOT all actors and celebrities, and honor them. And they have a short amount of time slotted to do it, because they MUST race back to their host's lame jokes.
These are the priorities.
They choose a diverse number of people who make films, NOT all actors and celebrities, and honor them. And they have a short amount of time slotted to do it, because they MUST race back to their host's lame jokes.
These are the priorities.
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#21
Posted: 2/25/08 at 10:00am
I didn't get that upset this year--none of my faves bit it...
I don't mind the applause--I clapped for Tuttle and Kidd--mostly for Jane Wyman though I think.
I don't mind the applause--I clapped for Tuttle and Kidd--mostly for Jane Wyman though I think.
#22
Posted: 2/25/08 at 10:58am
seeing heath shown last was still a bit of a shock... its been weeks and i still cant believe it when i see it. incredibly sad.
#23
Posted: 2/25/08 at 12:56pm
Remember, kids: Its all a popularity contest. Even in death.
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#24
Posted: 2/25/08 at 12:58pm
Yeah, but they really have no excuse for not including Roy Scheider.
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#25
Posted: 2/25/08 at 1:12pm
Roscoe, Scheider died on Feb 10. This year's memorial was for deaths before Feb. 1. Look for Scheider's tribute next year.
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