The "In Memoriam" Reel at the Oscars- Page 2

[Roscoe]

Posted: 2/25/08 at 2:09pm

Oh, I see. Thanks for the clarification on Scheider.

[Mrs Mangel]

Posted: 2/25/08 at 2:55pm

lady R.- they didn't have Yvonne de Carlo in last years- I remember waiting, 'cause I figured it was a sure thing, and then- nuthin'.

[Unknown User]

Posted: 2/25/08 at 3:55pm

don't no who otter peeple r in memo reel. but heath gone. very sad. i mess him.

[Auggie27]

Posted: 2/25/08 at 4:52pm

The 'applaud for your favorite dead person' competition has always been unseemly, if also slightly giggle-provoking. Sort of fits with Clooney's comment earlier in the evening about Cary Grant.

Aren't they chronological? Didn't they used to be calendar year, not as of 3 1/2 weeks before the show? I think it works better this way, since it would be odd to see Heath next year.

[DivaBrigader]

Posted: 2/25/08 at 5:48pm

The montage is also reserved only for people who were in the Academy, not necessarily everyone in show business who passed away. As Brad Renfro never received an Oscar nomination, it's very possible he was not a member. Ledger, while also young, became a member through his nomination for "Brokeback."

[gilliane]

Posted: 2/25/08 at 7:37pm

The official reason was that they didn't have enough time to fit him in.

[Yawper]

Posted: 2/25/08 at 7:42pm

just had to make room for all that horrible patter and the lousy jokes