Movies You'd Give Best Picture/Director/Screenplay & All Four Acting Awards

[Antonio]

There's only one in the history of movies that I would bestow those honors upon:

A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE

BEST PICTURE: Producer Charles K. Feldman
BEST DIRECTOR: Elia Kazan
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY: Tennessee Williams (Adapted from his stage play)
BEST ACTOR: Marlon Brando (The best male performance ever!)
BEST ACTRESS: Vivien Leigh
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: Karl Malden
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Kim Hunter

Two movies that come close: WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF? and PSYCHO (if Janet Leigh was bumped up to leading lady status, since she did carry the first half of the film). Same thing with KILL BILL: VOLUME TWO (if Carradine was considered a lead performance). GONE WITH THE WIND is a maybe. So is BONNIE & CLYDE.

[zeppelin]

None, but the two that come the closest are Raging Bull and The Deer Hunter, both of which come short only because there is no lead actress in either movie to win an award for. But besides that, I'd give each of them Best Picture, Director, Actor, Supporting Actor, Supporting Actress, and Screenplay.

Regarding A Streetcar Named Desire, my favorite movie from that year is actually Strangers on a Train, and I would have given Hitchcock Best Director, and Best Supporting Actor to Robert Walker, but Streetcar is still a really good choice, if you were to award any movie every major prize.

[dman476]

Streetcar is a great choice, but not my # 1 choice.
I'd give it to Shawshank really, but the thing is no female roles - at all.
Unless you count that poster of Raquel Welch (I hope I'm right on this one, otherwise I'll be very said and discredit myself) and Rita Hayworth as the two stars :D
It's really tough though, I'd have to think about it.
Raging Bull has Cathy Moriarty, but I guess that's it. :(
I'd so give it to Raging Bull.
Kubrick films tend to lack proper roles for women.
Network should fucking work, but I'm having difficulty finding a second actress.
This is really much harder than I thought it'd be.
Streetcar is really at the top of that, if only because it fits the requierements.
I think All About Eve fits quite well.
My personal choice would have to be Magnolia though.
It's instantly become one of my absolute favorites.
Since you'd voted for Streetcar, I give my votes to Magnolia and All About Eve.

[Tayzlor]

Originally posted by dman476

Network should fucking work, but I'm having difficulty finding a second actress.

It does work. Beatrice Straight is your second actress, and she even won the Supporting Oscar that year. I would have forgotten her too, provided she didn't win the Oscar.

Screenplay - easily
Actor - Holden
Actress - Dunaway
Sup. Actor - Finch or Ned Beatty
Sup. Actress - Straight

I'm having trouble giving Director to Lumet, with Scorsese and Nicolas Roeg looming. But it can be done.

[dman476]

Originally posted by Tayzlor
It does work. Beatrice Straight is your second actress, and she even won the Supporting Oscar that year. I would have forgotten her too, provided she didn't win the Oscar.

Screenplay - easily
Actor - Holden
Actress - Dunaway
Sup. Actor - Finch or Ned Beatty
Sup. Actress - Straight

I'm having trouble giving Director to Lumet, with Scorsese and Nicolas Roeg looming. But it can be done.
Oh thanks, I did forget about her.I think it works. Lumet should win I think. Has Roeg or Scorcese had a film that had a five-way like this?
But I see what you mean - if I had one choice for best five-way, it'd be tough to award Lumet as best director.
But what can you do?

[Hannibal21]

None, but there are three that come the closest.......

CASABLANCA:
Let's see....
Best Picture - check
Best Director (Michael Curtiz) - check
Best Actor (Humphrey Bogart) - check
Best Actress (Ingrid Bergman) - check
Best Supporting Actor (Claude Rains) - check
Best Screenplay - check
The only downside is in the Best Supporting Actress category. Joy Page does make my list of nominations, but my pick from that year is Agnes Moorehead in The Magnificent Ambersons

A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE: Hardly any competition from that year. Director, Actor (Brando), Actress (Leigh), Supporting Actor (Malden), Supporting Actress (Hunter), & Screenplay would all receive top honors. However, while I regard this movie very highly, I much prefer the delightful romance/adventure The African Queen, as my favorite picture of that year. Strangers on a Train is a runner-up in 2nd place as Best Picture, while Streetcar only comes in 3rd.

ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST would receive the Best Picture, Director, Actor (Jack Nicholson), Actress (Louise Fletcher), Supporting Actor (Brad Dourif), and Screenplay Oscars from me. What it lacks is a Best Supporting Actress (of course, you could always put Fletcher in this category, but then who would be be the leading actress?)

Regarding some of the choices mentioned here:

All About Eve - One of my all time favorite movies, but 1950 was such a great year and also produced Sunset Blvd., a film that I love just as much as 'Eve', so that tightens the competition. I'd definitely award 'Eve' the Best Actress, Supporting Actor, Supporting Actress, & Screenplay Oscars. I could go either way with Best Picture, whereas Billy Wilder would be awarded the Best Director Oscar.

Raging Bull - Best Picture, Director, Actor, Supporting Actress, and Screenplay? Most definitely. However, my choice for Best Supporting Actor of 1980 is also the same as the Academy's: Timothy Hutton in Ordinary People.

Network - It's a terrific movie but with the exception of Best Supporting Actor (Peter Finch) and Best Screenplay, I wouldn't give it any other award (sorry dman). For Best Picture, Director, Actor, and Supporting Actress of 1976, it's all about Taxi Driver, Scorsese, De Niro, and Jodie Foster, while my personal choice for Best Actress would be Sissy Spacek's haunting performance in Carrie.

[Monotreme]

If only there were more defined lead and supporting characters, this one would work. Oh, what the hell:

Best Picture - Magnolia
Best Director - Paul Thomas Anderson
Best Original Screenplay - Paul Thomas Anderson
Best Actor: Tom Cruise
Best Actress: Julianne Moore
Best Supporting Actor: Philip Seymour Hoffman
Best Supporting Actress: Melora Waters

[jimmyjdmb]

Requiem for a Dream

Director: Darren Aronofsky
Screenplay: Hubert Selby Jr.
Actress/Supporting Actress: Ellen Burstyn/Jennifer Connely
Actor/Supporting Actor: Jared Leto/Marlon Wayans

The four principle actors are sort of all supprting actors though.

[ilovemovies]

I don't think there is any such movie for me, but the movie that probably comes closest is Almost Famous.

That one I'd give best picture, best director, best screenplay, maybe best best actor, definately supporting actress and maybe supporting actor.

Schindler's List is also close as well, but that one misses on best actress and supporting actress.

[Monotreme]

Just to show how good a year 1999 was, I'll also nominate American Beauty for a contender for this treatment. Too bad this and Magnolia had to duke it out, it's so hard for me to choose which one I like more.

Thing is, American Beauty came so close to actually WINNING all these awards, but only one thing stood in its way: Hillary Swank. I saw Boys Don't Cry and Swank's performance is indeed absolutely and shockingly phenomenal... her win was justified. If only Boys Don't Cry would have come out a year earlier or later... otherwise, Annette would have and should have gotten the Oscar for sure!

Best Picture: American Beauty
Best Director: Sam Mendes
Best Screenplay: Alan Ball
Best Actor: Kevin Spacey
Best Actress: Annette Bening
Best Supporting Actor: Wes Bentley
Best Supporting Actress: Thora Birch

That the younger cast members failed to get Oscar nominations came truly as a shock to me. All the performances in this movie, every single one of them, deserved at least SOME recognition in the form of a nomination.

[Antonio]

Great choices! I totally forgot about AMERICAN BEAUTY, ALMOST FAMOUS, ALL ABOUT EVE, SUNSET BOULEVARD, NETWORK, REQUIEM FOR A DREAM and especially MAGNOLIA, which has such a large cast, one couldn't really judge which actors were lead or supporting...Cruise and Moore were the standouts, though.

[bigred760]

Originally posted by Tayzlor
It does work. Beatrice Straight is your second actress, and she even won the Supporting Oscar that year. I would have forgotten her too, provided she didn't win the Oscar.

Screenplay - easily
Actor - Holden
Actress - Dunaway
Sup. Actor - Finch or Ned Beatty
Sup. Actress - Straight

I'm having trouble giving Director to Lumet, with Scorsese and Nicolas Roeg looming. But it can be done.

I find it a little ironic that you picked Holden for Best Actor when it was Peter Finch that won for the movie, though Holden was nominated. :D

As far as the thread goes: Pulp Fiction:

Director: Tarantino
Best Actor: John Travolta
Best Actress: Uma Thurman
Best S. Actor: Samuel L. Jackson (or just about any other)
Best S. Actress: Amanda Plummer

[ChemicalRomance]

THE GODFATHER

Picture
Screenplay
Director: Francis Ford Coppola
Actor: Marlon Brando
Supporting Actor: Pacino, Duvall, Caan
Actress: Diane Keaton
Supporting Actress: ???


REQUIEM FOR A DREAM

Picture
Screenplay
Director: Darren Aronofsky
Actor: Jared Leto (:))
Supporting Actor: Marlon Wayans
Actress: Ellen Burstyn
Supporting Actress: Jennifer Connelly

[bigred760]

Originally posted by ChemicalRomance
THE GODFATHER

Picture
Screenplay
Director: Francis Ford Coppola
Actor: Marlon Brando
Supporting Actor: Pacino, Duvall, Caan
Actress: Diane Keaton
Supporting Actress: ???


-Talia Shire

[dman476]

Originally posted by Antonio
Great choices! I totally forgot about AMERICAN BEAUTY, ALMOST FAMOUS, ALL ABOUT EVE, SUNSET BOULEVARD, NETWORK, REQUIEM FOR A DREAM and especially MAGNOLIA, which has such a large cast, one couldn't really judge which actors were lead or supporting...Cruise and Moore were the standouts, though.
Me too. I did totally forget American Beauty and Sunset Blvd.
They're both excellent films, but I still think Magnolia would be the one film I'd award it to.
It's okay that you don't like Network that much Hannibal, for I love it, but don't think it deserves to be the one film that gets all the top categories.
It's great, but not that great.
The Godfather could work too actually. I'd give the award to Pacino and Brando for sure.

[dalomini]

This one could be a stretch, but how about It's a Wonderful Life

Picture
Screenplay
Director: Frank Capra
Actor: Jimmy Stewart
Supporting Actor: Lionel Barrymore, Thomas Mitchell, or Henry Travers
Actress: Donna Reed
Supporting Actress: Beulah Bondi? ( I realize this one is pushing it)

And maybe, if you're feelin frisky, Psycho?

Picture
Screenplay
Director: Hitchcock
Actor: Anthony Perkins
Supporting Actor: John Gavin
Actress: Janet Leigh
Supporting Actress: Vera Miles

I definately agree with The Godfather I & II and Network.

The very close ones (I have a hard time for supporting actress for these) are Deer Hunter (move Streep to leading) or Raging Bull.

[The Other]

Two years ago I started a huge marathon (that will take more years to go) of trying to see as many films as I can from one given year before going on to the next in chronological order starting with 1930 (I will get to the silent era after) and I'm currently on 1949, so I've almost gone through 20 years. No film so far has deserved all four for me (and I've kept a list of my own Oscar-type ballot).

The closest, though, was Marcel Carne's Children of Paradise. For my 1945 awards it would take:

Best Picture
Best Director (Marcel Carne)
Best Actor (Jean-Louis Barrault)
Best Actress (Arletty)
Best Supporting Actor (Pierre Brasseur)
Best Original Screenplay (Jacques Prévert)


There is a supporting actress (María Casarès) in the film with enough screentime and relevance to the plot, etc., to warrant a nomination but she doesn't even make my top 5 supporting actress turns that year.

Any other year other than the 1930s and 1940s for me would be unfair since I've seen so little from most other years. For 1951, I've only seen 6 movies, but A Streetcar Named Desire does take all the major awards (and I think it will stay that way). It will be EXTREMELY hard to beat, honestly. Like, I can tell you right now that it won't be beat.

[Antonio]

Originally posted by dalomini
And maybe, if you're feelin frisky, Psycho?

Picture
Screenplay
Director: Hitchcock
Actor: Anthony Perkins
Supporting Actor: John Gavin
Actress: Janet Leigh
Supporting Actress: Vera Miles


Definitely what I was thinking. Janet Leigh carried the first half of that film, Perkins the second half. She had more screen time than Frances McDormand in FARGO or Anthony Hopkins in THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS, and they took home the Lead Actor/Actress trophies.

[The Other]

None of these movies deserved all 7 awards, but if we’re talking hypothetically here:

**asterisks denote whether that person REALLY should've won...


Grand Hotel (1932)

Best Picture
Best Director (Edmond Goulding)
Best Actor (John Barrymore)
Best Actress (Joan Crawford)
Best Supporting Actor (Loinel Barrymore)
Best Supporting Actress (Greta Garbo)
Best Adapted Screenplay

---Walter Huston should've won Best Actor for Rain in 1932, but John Barrymore is an extremely close runner-up.


The Gay Divorcee (1934)

Best Picture
Best Director (Mark Sandrich)
Best Actor (Fred Astaire)
Best Actress (Ginger Rogers)
Best Supporting Actor (Edward Everett Horton)
Best Supporting Actress (Alice Brady)
Best Adapted Screenplay


Top Hat (1935)

Best Picture
Best Director (Mark Sandrich)
Best Actor (Fred Astaire) ***
Best Actress (Ginger Rogers)
Best Supporting Actor (Eric Blore)
Best Supporting Actress (Helen Broderick)
Best Original Screenplay


My Man Godfrey (1936)

Best Picture
Best Director (Gregory La Cerva)
Best Actor (William Powell)
Best Actress (Carole Lombard)
Best Supporting Actor (Eugene Pallette)
Best Supporting Actress (Alice Brady) ***
Best Adapted Screenplay


Swing Time (1936)

Best Picture
Best Director (George Stevens)
Best Actor (Fred Astaire)
Best Actress (Ginger Rogers) ***
Best Supporting Actor (Victor Moore)
Best Supporting Actress (Helen Broderick)
Best Adapted Screenplay


Rebecca (1940)

Best Picture
Best Director (Alfred Hithcock)
Best Actor (Laurence Olivier)
Best Actress (Joan Fontaine) ***
Best Supporting Actor (George Sanders)
Best Supporting Actress (Judith Anderson)
Best Adapted Screenplay


Lifeboat (1944)

Best Picture ***
Best Director (Alfred Hithcock) ***
Best Actor (John Hodiak) - more supporting though
Best Actress (Tallulah Bankhead)
Best Supporting Actor (Walter Slezak)
Best Supporting Actress (Mary Anderson) ***
Best Adapted Screenplay


Notorious (1946)

Best Picture
Best Director (Alfred Hithcock)
Best Actor (Cary Grant)
Best Actress (Ingrid Bergman) ***
Best Supporting Actor (Claude Rains) ***
Best Supporting Actress (Leopoldine Konstantin)
Best Original Screenplay


Sunset Blvd. (1950)

Best Picture
Best Director (Billy Wilder)
Best Actor (William Holden) ***
Best Actress (Gloria Swanson) ***
Best Supporting Actor (Erich von Stroheim)
Best Supporting Actress (Nancy Olson)
Best Adapted Screenplay


More to come...

[Tayzlor]

Originally posted by bigred760
I find it a little ironic that you picked Holden for Best Actor when it was Peter Finch that won for the movie, though Holden was nominated. :D


Finch won the Oscar, but he was the sideshow in the movie. He had the big line, but Holden was the emotional center of the movie.

[Hannibal21]

Originally posted by dman476
Me too. I did totally forget American Beauty and Sunset Blvd.
They're both excellent films, but I still think Magnolia would be the one film I'd award it to.
It's okay that you don't like Network that much Hannibal, for I love it, but don't think it deserves to be the one film that gets all the top categories.
It's great, but not that great.
The Godfather could work too actually. I'd give the award to Pacino and Brando for sure.

Shame on you for thinking that I don't like Network. ;) It's actually in my top 100 (if not, in my top 150), and as I stated in my post, I think it's a terrific movie, but.......just not over Taxi Driver, which came out the same year. :)

Regarding more of the choices mentioned here....

Top Hat (1935)
Deserved the Best Picture, Actor, Actress, & possibly Screenplay Oscars. My choice for Best Director that year would be Alfred Hitchcock (for The 39 Steps), but Supporting Actor and Supporting Actress probably wouldn't make my list of noms.

Swing Time (1936)
While it is one of my all time favorite films, in the end I would probably only reward it the 'Best Picture' and 'Best Director' Oscars. Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers are at their finest here, but 1936 also produced César (the final part of The Fanny Trilogy), so Raimu and Orane Demazis would be awarded the Best Actor and Best Actress awards, respectively, while Pierre Fresnay would receive Best Supporting Actor. The Best Supporting Actress and Best Screenplay awards, on the other hand, would go to Alice Brady/My Man Godfrey.

Gone with the Wind (1939)
Best Picture, Actress (Vivien Leigh), Supporting Actress (Olivia de Havilland), and Screenplay - all check. For Best Director, I could go with Fleming, Lubitsch (for Ninotchka), or Renoir (for Rules of the Game), but Best Actor Clark Gable wouldn't even make my top 5 of that year, and
Thomas Mitchell's performance in GWTW would only be nominated (his turn in Stagecoach is what got the win, and deservedly so IMO).

Rebecca (1940)
Easily my favorite movie of 1940 (and also one of my favorites of all time) so it easily receives the Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Screenplay awards from me, while Joan Fontaine are Judith Anderson are also my choices for, respectively, Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress. Laurence Olivier would have been my choice for Best Actor, but Henry Fonda in The Grapes of Wrath takes that prize, whereas George Sanders wouldn't make my top 5.

Notorious (1946)
Best Picture - Definitely makes my list of nominations, but my personal favorite from 1946 would be 'It's a Wonderful Life'
Best Director (Alfred Hitchcock) - check
Best Actor (Cary Grant) - Probably wouldn't make my top 5, so....no.
Best Actress (Ingrid Bergman) - check, no other leading female performance from that year comes close IMO
Best Supporting Actor (Claude Rains) - check (though on some days I could also go with Herbert Marshall, for The Razor's Edge)
Best Supporting Actress (Leopoldine Konstantin) - No
Best Screenplay - check

Psycho (1960)
Best Picture - check
Best Director - check
Best Actor (Anthony Perkins) - Makes my list of noms, but I prefer Kirk Douglas (for Spartacus)
Best Actress - If I were to put Janet Leigh in this category, then she wouldn't receive an award, that 'prize' goes to Monica Vitti (for L'Avventura)
Best Supporting Actor - None of the Supporting Actors from this film would make my top 5, I don't think.
Best Supporting Actress - If I were to put Janet Leigh in this category, then she'd easily receive the award.
Best Screenplay - check

The Godfather (1972)
Best Picture - check
Best Director - check
Best Actor - check (Pacino, not Brando)
Best Actress - None, Diane Keaton's part is too small to be bumped up to leading lady status)
Best Supporting Actor - check (Caan, that is)
Best Supporting Actress - check (Keaton, that is, maybe Shire)
Best Screenplay - check

[Funnyman]

Any of the Lord of the Rings movies.

[Monotreme]

There isn't exactly a female lead in the LOTR movies. Nor would I consider any of the female supporting roles Oscar-worthy... The performances were good and strong in the movies, but the only one I would actually say is Oscar-worthy is Ian McKellen. How ROTK failed to even get him an acting NOMINATION is beyond me - he got one for FOTR and deserved one for ROTK as well.

[dalomini]

Magnolia
Best Picture
Best Director - PTA
Best Actor - Tom Cruise (kinda forced upwards to make this work)
Best Actress - Julianne Moore (I fucking HATE her in this movie, I think she's awful...I just want to get my point across)
Best Supporting Actor - William H. Macy/Philip Seymour Hoffman/Jason Robards
Best Supporting Actress - Melora Walters/Melinda Dillon
Best Screenplay

I realize some of these are forced, but c'mon, pretty darn good movie.

[Monotreme]

Originally posted by dalomini
Best Actress - Julianne Moore (I fucking HATE her in this movie, I think she's awful...I just want to get my point across)
How can ANYBODY think Julianne Moore is awful in ANYTHING? She's fucking incredible. And just look at her! So sweet!

http://www.crazy4cinema.com/Actress/imgs/jmoore3.jpg

[dalomini]

Originally posted by Monotreme
How can ANYBODY think Julianne Moore is awful in ANYTHING? She's fucking incredible. And just look at her! So sweet!

I really just can't stand her in Magnolia, the faces she makes, the way she says things, I just think she's god-awful. I cringed at many of the ways she said and expressed things. I really don't know why, I just couldn't stand it.

[SIREN30]

THis one is super easy for me:

YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU (1938)

BEST PICTURE
BEST DIRECTOR (FRANK CAPRA)
BEST ACTOR-JIMMY STEWART
BEST ACTRESS-JEAN ARTHUR
SUPPORTING ACTOR-LIONEL BARRYMORE
SUPPORTING ACTRESS-SPRING BYINGTON
SCREENPLAY-GEORGE S KAUFMAN AND MOSS HART

[Tayzlor]

Originally posted by dalomini
I cringed at many of the ways she said and expressed things. I really don't know why, I just couldn't stand it.

I think I know what you mean.

She was great in the movie, but "Shut the fuck up. Shut the fuck up. Okay, you really need to shut the fuck up." was grating.

[FilmKing2000]

Originally posted by Monotreme
There isn't exactly a female lead in the LOTR movies. Nor would I consider any of the female supporting roles Oscar-worthy... The performances were good and strong in the movies, but the only one I would actually say is Oscar-worthy is Ian McKellen. How ROTK failed to even get him an acting NOMINATION is beyond me - he got one for FOTR and deserved one for ROTK as well.

I though Sean Astin's performance in ROTK was worthy of at least a nomination.

[dman476]

Originally posted by Tayzlor
I think I know what you mean.

She was great in the movie, but "Shut the fuck up. Shut the fuck up. Okay, you really need to shut the fuck up." was grating.
I thought she was pretty annoying in Magnolia - especially in the pharmacy scene, but I think these are complaints aimed at the nastiness of her character rather than her acting and enunciation.
I think her character is placed well in the film.

[dalomini]

Originally posted by dman476
I thought she was pretty annoying in Magnolia - especially in the pharmacy scene, but I think these are complaints aimed at the nastiness of her character rather than her acting and enunciation.
I think her character is placed well in the film.

These are complaints about her acting, at least mine is. The pharmacy scene, the SHUT THE FUCK UPS, the "sucked another mans cock," it all just made me cringe in the way she said it and the inflection in her voice.

[dalomini]

Go with me on this one:

http://www.poster.net/exorcist-the/exorcist-the-linda-blair-portrait-5000054.jpg


A case can be made for this, at least in my eyes:
BEST PICTURE
BEST DIRECTOR-William Friedkin
BEST ACTOR-Jason Miller
BEST ACTRESS-Ellen Burstyn
SUPPORTING ACTOR-Lee J. Cobb or Max Von Sydow
SUPPORTING ACTRESS-Regina Blair (I respect the controveresy with this one, but you still gotta act it)
SCREENPLAY-William Peter Blatty

[dalomini]

Max Von Sydow just reminded me of this one, which I think very easily qualifies:

http://imagesource.allposters.com/images/MG/194392.jpg

BEST PICTURE
BEST DIRECTOR-Woody Allen, it's only a crime he has just ONE directing Oscar.
BEST ACTOR-Michael Caine, yes he won Supporting but his character is the most central in this ensemble piece.
BEST ACTRESS-Barbara Hershey
SUPPORTING ACTOR-Woody Allen (c'mon, he was great in this) or Max Von Sydow (that breakup scene with Hershey is one of my fav scenes in movie history)
SUPPORTING ACTRESS-Mia Farrow or Dianne Wiest
SCREENPLAY-Woody Allen

[dman476]

Originally posted by dalomini
These are complaints about her acting, at least mine is. The pharmacy scene, the SHUT THE FUCK UPS, the "sucked another mans cock," it all just made me cringe in the way she said it and the inflection in her voice.
Take it up with the director ;)

[dalomini]

Originally posted by dman476
Take it up with the director ;)

I think I will, PTA probably coulda done a better job than Moore in this role :p

[Hannibal21]

I thought Moore was excellent in Magnolia and really played her character well. I would've given her a nom.

[Lazy Boy]

Originally posted by Monotreme
How can ANYBODY think Julianne Moore is awful in ANYTHING? She's fucking incredible.

I take it you haven't seen Freedomland. ;)

A performance worthy to be heralded in the halls of Razziedom.

[ilovemovies]

Originally posted by Monotreme
There isn't exactly a female lead in the LOTR movies. Nor would I consider any of the female supporting roles Oscar-worthy... The performances were good and strong in the movies, but the only one I would actually say is Oscar-worthy is Ian McKellen. How ROTK failed to even get him an acting NOMINATION is beyond me - he got one for FOTR and deserved one for ROTK as well.

I disagree. I thought Miranda Otto was simply superb and definately deserved a nomination for her work in Return of the King.

And I thought there were plenty of oscar worthy performances. You mentioned McKellen and somebody else mentioned Sean Astin. There is also great work by Bernard Hill, Elijah Wood and Viggo Mortenssen. Oh, and Andy Serkis as well, of coarse.

[dalomini]

Originally posted by Monotreme
How can ANYBODY think Julianne Moore is awful in ANYTHING? She's fucking incredible.

The Forgotten?

[Monotreme]

I could never agree with the claims that Andy Serkis' performance as Gollum deserved a nomination. Yes, I am well aware that he actually did all the acting during photography and Gollum was added later, mimicking Serkis' acting... But still, TECHNICALLY it's not actually Serkis you see on the screen. It is a computer generated character. Sure, he's probably the most alive and realistic CG characters to appear in a movie, but still. All animated characters are influenced by actual human elements - you can't animate facial expressions from scratch. I thought the "acting" in The Incredibles was spectacular, and all the acting and facial expressions of the characters are based on expressions the animators do in front of mirrors and stuff. But you don't see the animators that did Mr. Incredible get a nomination for best actor. Which is the same reason I don't really agree that Serkis should have gotten a nomination for his work as Gollum. As brilliant as it was. Kinda contradicting myself there, but I think you get it.

[dalomini]

Originally posted by Monotreme
I could never agree with the claims that Andy Serkis' performance as Gollum deserved a nomination. Yes, I am well aware that he actually did all the acting during photography and Gollum was added later, mimicking Serkis' acting... But still, TECHNICALLY it's not actually Serkis you see on the screen. It is a computer generated character. Sure, he's probably the most alive and realistic CG characters to appear in a movie, but still. All animated characters are influenced by actual human elements - you can't animate facial expressions from scratch. I thought the "acting" in The Incredibles was spectacular, and all the acting and facial expressions of the characters are based on expressions the animators do in front of mirrors and stuff. But you don't see the animators that did Mr. Incredible get a nomination for best actor. Which is the same reason I don't really agree that Serkis should have gotten a nomination for his work as Gollum. As brilliant as it was. Kinda contradicting myself there, but I think you get it.

But The Incredibles wasn't filmed live-action, then later changed digitally into the Pixar movie, was it? I'm not rubbing anything in if I'm right, I really don't know. I just thought that they drew from scratch in the Incredibles. Therein lies the difference between the Incredibles and Gollum.

[Monotreme]

Yeah, The Incredibles is drawn from scratch while Gollum was created (mostly) using motion capture technology. They are different, both using different technologies, but technically, both are "animated".

[dalomini]

So then, in conclusion, the animation goes over Andy Serkis' face. I just see that as really fancy makeup. You don't discredit John Hurt for having all that stuff on his face for "The Elephant Man."

[Sheriff Wydell]

It's not like Lynch needs this but come on.
Wild at Heart

Best Film, Best Director, Adapted Screenplay, Best Actor ( Cage), Best Actress ( Dern), Supporting Actor ( Willem Dafoe ), Supporting Actress ( Ladd ).

Squid & The Whale could of dominated this year's Oscars too.

[FilmKing2000]

Best Picture: Almost Famous
Best Actor: Patrick Fugit
Best Supporting Actor: Billy Crudup
Best Actress: Kate Hudson
Best Supporting Actress: Francis McDormand
Original Screenplay: Cameron Crowe
Director: Cameron Crowe



Best Picture: The Graduate
Best Actor: Dustin Hoffman
Best Actress: Anne Bancroft
Best Supporting Actor: Murray Hamilton
Best Supporting Actress: Katharine Ross
Director: Mike Nichols
Adapted Screenplay: Calder Willingham

[HerbertWestPwns]

I could only come up with one (two come very close but are missing some of the categories):

Best Picture: Blue Velvet
Best Director: Lynch
Best Screenplay: Lynch
Best Actor: Kyle MacLachlan
Best Actress: Isabella Rosselini
Best Supporting Actor: Dennis Hopper
Best Supporting Actress: Laura Dern

I really loved this movie, definately Lynch's best film, arguably Hopper's best performance. Rosselini gives a spectacular performance as a woman who nothing goes right for. MacLachlan is really good in this as well.

The other two that come close are:

Best Picture: Der Untergang (Downfall)
Best Director: Oliver Hirshbiegel
Best Screenplay: Bernd Eichinger
Best Actor: Bruno Ganz
Best Actress: Alexandra Maria Lara

I would love to see that happen, Bruno Ganz gives the performance of a lifetime in this. It is arguably the best performance I have ever seen.

Best Picture: Once Upon a Time in America
Best Director: Sergio Leone
Best Screenplay: Harry Grey and Leone
Best Actor: Robert De Niro
Best Supporting Actor: James Woods

This was a spectacular movie, I'm dissapointed it didn't win anything at the oscars. It lacks though any sort of leading actress, hell it barely has a supporting actress. But both Woods and De Niro give amazing performances.

[Le_Big_Mac]

Best Picture: Pulp Fiction
Best Director: Quentin Tarantino
Best Original Screenplay: Quentin Tarantino and Roger Avary
Best Supporting Actor: Samuel L. Jackson
Best Supporting Actress: Maria de Medeiros
Best Actor: John Travolta
Best Actress: Uma Thurman

Best Picture: Taxi Driver
Best Director: Martin Scorsese
Best Original Screenplay: Paul Schrader
Best Supporting Actor: Harvey Keitel
Best Supporting Actress: Cybil Sheperd
Best Actor: Robert De Niro
Best Actress: Jodie Foster

[zeppelin]

Actually, looking through my archived "awards," the only movie that I'd give every acting award to is Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? I'd also give it Best Screenplay, but I wouldn't give it Best Picture or Director...not in the same year that The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly was released.

I know I already suggest Raging Bull and The Deer Hunter eariler as coming close (though I'd have to change my mind about the latter, since I have a new choice for Supporting Actress in 1978), but here are 2 more that come close:

ADAPTATION- Picture, Actor, Supporting Actor, Supporting Actress, Screenplay (but not Director, and there is no leading actress)

CASABLANCA- all except Supporting Actress

[Rick-James]

BEST PICTURE: BOOGIE NIGHTS
BEST DIRECTOR: PAUL THOMAS ANDERSON
BEST SCREENPLAY: PAUL THOMAS ANDERSON
BEST ACTOR: MARK WAHLBERG
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: BURT REYNOLDS
BEST ACTRESS: JULIANNA MORE
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: HEATHER GRAHM


BEST PICTURE: JACKIE BROWN
BEST DIRECTOR: QUENTIN TARANTINO
BEST SCREENPLAY: QUENTIN TARANTINO
BEST ACTOR: SAMUEL L. JACKSON
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: ROBERT FORSTER
BEST ACTRESS: PAM GRIER
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: BRIDGET FONDA

[Monotreme]

What the hell:

Best Picture: Children of Men
Best Director: Alfonso Cuaron
Best Screenplay: Alfonso Cuarón, Timothy J. Sexton, David Arata, Mark Fergus, Hawk Ostby
Best Actor: Clive Owen
Best Actress: Claire-Hope Ashitey
Best Supporting Actor: Michael Caine
Best Supporting Actress: Julianne Moore
Best FUCKING CINEMATOGRAPHY: Emmanuel Lubezki(!!!!!!!!!!)

[Gordon]

The Graduate
Best Picture: Without a doubt
Best Director: Fuck yes
Best Adapted Screenplay: No question
Best Actor: Dustin Hoffman
Best Actress: Anne Bancroft
Best Supporting Actor: Murray Hamilton, I know it's a bit of a stretch over John Cassivates and Gene Hackman but I can dig it.
Best Supporting Actress: Katherine Ross

[fooknasty]

BEST PICTURE: Memento
DIRECTOR: Chris Nolan
BEST SCREENPLAY: Jonathon Nolan
BEST ACTOR: Guy Pearce
BEST ACTRESS: Carrie-Ann Moss
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: Joe Pantoliano
BEST SUPPORTING ACRESS: N/A

Damn, almost had it..........