BEST PICTURE:
Chocolat
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Erin Brockovich
Gladiator
Traffic
BEST ACTOR:
Javier Bardem
Russel Crowe
Tom Hanks
Ed Harris
Geoffery Rush
BEST ACTRESS:
Joan Allen
Julliette Binoche
Ellen Burstyn
Laura Linney
Julie Roberts
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR:
Jeff Bridges
Willem Dafoe
Benicio Del Toro
Albert Finney
Jaoquim Phoenix
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS:
Judi Dench
Maricia Gay Harden
Kate Hudson
Frances McDormand
Julia Walters
Last Years 2000 Winners were:
BEST PRICTURE:
American Beauty
BEST ACTOR:
Kevin Spacey for American Beauty
BEST ACTRESS:
Hilary Swank for Boys Don't Cry
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR:
Michael Caine for Cider House Rules
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS:
Angelina Jolie for Girl, Interrupted
BEST DICTOR:
Sam Mendes for American Beauty
The things most movie-goers (like myself) love about Oscar night are the anomalies. For the Academy Awards are as much about those who win Oscars as about those who don't win…
In the Oscar 'losers category', Richard Burton heads the list by being the only actor to receive as many as seven nominations without winning once. His nominations include such classics as, "The Robe" (1953) "Becket" (1964) "The Spy Who Came In From The Cold" (1965) "Whos's Afraid Of Vrigina Woolf?" (1966) and "Equus" (1977).
Others 'losers' over the years have been Peter O'Toole, Montgomery Clift, Peter Sellers, and Cary Grant. Al Pacino finally broke out of the losers ranks with "A Scent of a Woman".
With Robert Redford for "Ordinary People" and Kevin Costner "Dances With Wolves" having only won Oscars for their directorial debuts.
The actresses, who hold the distinction of being the bridesmaid never the bride, are Deborah Kerr, Greta Garbo and Judy Garland.
However, in my book the worst crime committed by The Academy was Paul Newman's token 1987 Oscar for Best Actor in "The Color Of Money." Blue-eyes himself will gladly have this Oscar winning performance omitted from his eulogy. For Newman will always be remembered for classics such as, "Hud," "Cool Hand Luke" and of course "The Hustler." I'll even bet my bottom dollar, Newman is prouder of his role in "Exodus" because he had so many convinced he was Jewish. (In real life Newman readily admits to being half Jewish and half Christian.)
Nevertheless, winning Best Picture means an instant 20 million-dollar raise at the box office, according to past statistics.
When Charlton Heston was at the helm as President of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences, the irony became tragic when the man who played Judah Ben-Hur named-names during the McCarthy communist witch-hunt trails.
The 65-year history of the Academy Awards is full of little crimes and misdemeanours like these. And it seems like history is about to repeat itself on the 29th March 1993.
Go To Page: 1 2
