Academy Awards - Live Thread 79th Oscar Awards

25 February 2007 | DollyCali

[montag813]

Helen's a babe. There are some interesting grabs from some of her earlier roles . . . .

She may want to use some of her large earnings to buy up the remaining copies of "Caligula" still in circulation.

[montag813]

Helen's a babe. There are some interesting grabs from some of her earlier roles . . . .

She may want to use some of her large earnings to buy up the remaining copies of "Caligula" still in circulation.

[daisyscarlett]

Oh I am sure there are plenty here who feel as you do about Jack Nicholson.

I, however, am not one of them. Do you know that he has won an Oscar every decade since 1980?

I do miss the past Hollywood greats though and love to watch "old" movies.

[roses of sharon]

Absolutely, I heard that song and almost cried, lol, such a touching and violent film, beautiful score and perfect scenery.

On my top 10 list!


"As boys they promised to die for each other. As men they did."

[Borges]

You mean the 70s! Cuckoo's Nest, Terms of Endearment, As Good it gets.

[daisyscarlett]

He did get a lifetime achievement award a few years ago...but it is just not the same as an Oscar and I think he knows this was his last chance. He has got lots of company, though, of great actors who never got the Oscar...John Wayne comes to mind...

[Borges]

John Wayne won for True Grit.

[antceecee]

I love Jack... his faults and all... scared the cr@p out of me in The Shining.

He charmed me in As Good as it Gets.

Even when it is obvious he is so into himself, I still enjoy watching him be an ass.

[antceecee]

Thanks for the info on that. Nice to know they did honor him. Sorry, but I haven't been watching many of these "pat ourselves on the backs"celebrations put on by Hollywood since Sept. 11, 2001.
Just got a bit jaded.

[doesnt suffer fools gladly]

A quote from Jack Nicholson.

"I'm very contra my constituency in terms of abortion because I'm positively against it. I don't have the right to any other view. My only emotion is gratitude, literally, for my life." ~ Jack Nicholson

[Borges]

Sorry, but I haven't been watching many of these "pat ourselves on the backs"celebrations put on by Hollywood since Sept. 11, 2001. Just got a bit jaded.

American culture (which cinema is a big part of) became more important than ever after that. IMO

[antceecee]

I didn't stop watching movies, I stopped watching awards shows.

Thought I made that clear. IMO.

[stanz]

Just logged on.(12:30) I watched the entire show. Suffered through the insufferable Al Gore, his greenhouse gases and his cheerleader, George Clooney. Anyway, the only two films I saw were "Devil Wore Prada" and "The Queen." I love Helen Mirren and I'm so glad she won. I can't really comment on the other awards except that I think they should have given it to Peter O'Toole for fortitude alone, He does not look well.
I'm sure I'll be seeing photos of the fashions for days. My favorite.....Cate Blanchette..she's always so classy.

[Borges]

One usually goes with the other. The Oscars are such a part and parcel of American movies.

[daisyscarlett]

I love Nicholson too and I realize that his performance in the Departed was not nearly one of his best. I need to rent Terms of Endearment and Five Easy Pieces, have not seen them in ages and so loved them both, especially the restaurant scene in Five Easy Pieces.

So I was off by a decade, huh? Guess that means he only has three years to keep the string going...I was thinking As Good As It Gets was 2000...well this new movie he is making with Morgan Freeman sounds promising - is listed as a comedy adventure...

So John Wayne did win an Oscar, wonder who I am thinking of who did not? Any ideas...

[Borges]

Cary Grant never won a competitive Oscar. There's one. If you want to take it by nominations with Nicholson you can even bo back to the 1960s as he was nominated for Easy Rider.

[Bender2]

Re: Hard to believe he is only 74. Looks more like 88.

Gad! I'm just shy of 60 and I look ever bit of 62...

And if I'd drank as much as Peter O'Toole did...

And old Sam knows I tried!

... if I'd drank as much as Peter O'Toole did, I'd look 108...

If I were still alive

I wish to thank Cutty Sark... and Players Cigarettes for keeping me alive long enough to be stiffed eight times by the Academy!

I shall make it a point to fulfill the rest of my life in hunting down and beating senseless each and every Academy member that did not vote for me...

Have you people forgotten? I... Am... British!

However...

I did hold... an Oscar once! It peed on me...

[antceecee]

I disagree.
The Oscars is an awards celebration where the award is given by the participants themselves... it is a pat ourselves on the back celebration and NOT indicative of what the common ordinary "man/woman on the street" feels about the work they present. It is an opportunity for them to TELL us what we should like/love about the work they have presented in the past year.
Look back at the history of this awards presentation and you will see example after example of movies/persons awarded who did not truly earn what was given.
American culture vis a vis the movie industry is truly served and reflected by the common folk who view the art as presented and react to it through their actions in everyday life.
The Academy Awards is purely about the artists awarding themselves and one another, it is not about the common man/woman and their opinion.
Movies take from the culture. Sometimes they faithfully represent it and sometimes they bastardize it. Too often it is the latter.

[DeerfieldObserver]

ALFRED HITCHCOCK (the renowned "Master of Suspense") never won a single award for Best Director - not even when his film "Rebecca" (1940) was voted Best Motion Picture... Among the film profession, many (who ultimately also do the voting) found the Master difficult to work with.

Famous actors who have never won an Oscar include JAMES DEAN (who d.1955 just after completing "Giant"), and HARRISON FORD (despite starring in 6 of the top 10 highest grossing films by 1989 - the "Star Wars" trilogy and the "Indiana Jones" trilogy). However the record for most nominations without a win is shared by two actors, RICHARD BURTON and PETER O'TOOLE, each with seven nominations (a record shared with Geraldine Page until she finally won an award in 1985).

[DollyCali]

John Wayne won with the patch on his eye.. True Grit. He mentioned if he knew "that is what it took" he would have put a patch on LONG BEFORE.

I think Nicholson in As Good as It Gets was excellent ..also The Shining (but it is scary,,, or I recall it the one time I saw it)