The Oscars From the Past - Nominations and Winners

[musicradio77]

For those of you who watch the Oscars. I have a list of nominations and winners from the past. Let's bring up the envelopes. Here are the lists of nominations and winners from Oscars past:

1. "Mary Poppins"
2. "Pluto's Blue Note"
3. "The King and I"
4. "The Godfather"
5. "Dances With Wolves"
6. "Lord of the Rings Series"
7. "Snow White & the Seven Dwarfs"
8. "Pollyanna"
9. "The Three Little Pigs"
10. "Tweetie Pie"
11. "The Sound of Music"
12. "Ben Hur"
13. "The French Connection"
14. "Gone With the Wind"
15. "Wings" (first movie to win the Oscar)
16. "Saturday Night Fever"

I don't know how to list a couple of winners and nominations of these movies. Stay tuned and find out!

[Liza]

I don't quite know what you're trying to do with this thread - there have been 77 years of awards, far too many to try and list out. But I have time to kill, so I'll just list some of my favorite winners.

Best Picture Winners:

Gone With the Wind (1939)
Rebecca (1940)
Casablanca (1943)
All About Eve (1950)
The Greatest Show on Earth (1952)
West Side Story (1961)
My Fair Lady (1964)
Sound of Music (1965)
Amadeus (1984)
Forrest Gump (1994)
Titanic (1997)
Shakespeare in Love (1998)
A Beautiful Mind (2001)
Chicago (2003)

Best Actor:

Frederic March, Best Years of Our Lives
Humphrey Bogart, The African Queen
Gregory Peck, To Kill a Mockingbird
Yul Brynner, The King and I
Rex Harrison, My Fair Lady
F. Murray Abraham, Amadeus

Best Actress:

Jennifer Jones, Song of Bernadette
Greer Garson, Mrs. Miniver
Ingrid Bergman, Gaslight / Anastasia
Olivia deHavilland, The Heiress
Audrey Hepburn, Roman Holiday
Grace Kelly, A Country Girl
Katharine Hepburn, The Lion in Winter
Julie Andrews, Mary Poppins
Emma Thompson, Howards End
Susan Sarandon, Dead Man Walking

Best Supporting Actor:

Harold Russell, Best Years of Our Lives
George Saunders, All About Eve
George Chakires, West Side Story
Red Buttons, Seyonara
Louis Gosset Jr., An Officer and a Gentleman

Best Supporting Actress:

Teresa Wright, Mrs. Miniver
Anne Baxter, The Razor's Edge
Donna Reed, From Here to Eternity
Rita Moreno, West Side Story
Ruth Gordon, Rosemary's Baby
Tatum O'Neal, Paper Moon
Whoopie Goldberg, Ghost
Marissa Tomei, My Cousin Vinny
Cate Blanchett, The Aviator

[Liza]

I have way too much time on my hands - and I'm really enjoying this. Here in my unasked for opinions, are the people who were ROBBED!

Alfred Hitchcock, Rebecca / Vertigo
Roman Polanski, Rosemary's Baby / Chinatown
Dana Andrews, Best Years of Our Lives
Gene Tierney, Leave Her to Heaven
Judy Garland, A Star is Born
James Dean, Giant
Debbie Reynolds, Tammy and the Bachelor / Unsinkable Molly Brown
Peter O'Toole, Lawrence of Arabia
Omar Sharif, Doctor Zhivago
Julie Andrews, The Sound of Music
Sidney Blackmeier, Rosemary's Baby
Linda Blair, The Excorcist
Madeline Khan, Paper Moon
Tom Hulce, Amadeus
Jerry Orbach, Dirty Dancing
Morgan Freeman, The Shawshank Redemption
Helena Bonham Carter, Howards End / Wings of the Dove
Julie Christie, Hamlet
Helen Mirren, Gosford Park

[*MIBabe03*]

I know another person who was robbed. The little old lady who was up for an Oscar for Titanic. Kim Basinger won instead. That made me mad.

[Liza]

Originally Posted by Desperate_Fan03

I know another person who was robbed. The little old lady who was up for an Oscar for Titanic. Kim Basinger won instead. That made me mad.

Gloria Stewart. You're right. She's been in films since the thirties - she costarred with Shirley Temple! I can't believe she lost to Kim Basinger for L.A. Confidential. Basinger did nothing in that film.

[*MIBabe03*]

Originally Posted by Liza

Gloria Stewart. You're right. She's been in films since the thirties - she costarred with Shirley Temple! I can't believe she lost to Kim Basinger for L.A. Confidential. Basinger did nothing in that film.

Yep. I never saw L.A. Confidential, but didn't Basinger play a whore in that movie? If so, that's even worse that Gloria Stewart didn't win.

[*MIBabe03*]

Did "American Beauty" win in 1999 for Best Picture? Also Helen Hunt won for Best Actress in "As Good as it Gets."

[Liza]

Originally Posted by Desperate_Fan03

Did "American Beauty" win in 1999 for Best Picture? Also Helen Hunt won for Best Actress in "As Good as it Gets."

Yes, "American Beauty" did win Best Picture - not one of my favorite films of all time, but it was one of the better films of that year.

I still can't believe Helen Hunt won for "As Good as it Gets." There was not much of a performance in that role - especially when you consider the other nominees that year: Helena Bonham Carter in "Wings of the Dove," Judi Dench in "Mrs. Brown," Julie Christie in "Afterglow," and Kate Winslet in "Titanic." You want to tell me Helen Hunt is a better actress than all those people? There was a huge thing that all the other nominees were British and we should emphasize the talents of American actors, so that's why I think Helen won. Too bad

[Liza]

Originally Posted by Desperate_Fan03

Yep. I never saw L.A. Confidential, but didn't Basinger play a whore in that movie? If so, that's even worse that Gloria Stewart didn't win.

To be fair, it is very difficult to play prostitutes - I've taken my fair share of acting classes to know that. Sharon Stone, Mira Sorvino, and Donna Reed all were nominated for playing them, and Donna Reed won. But Basinger's part in LA Confidential was surprisingly small and in my opinion, not very impressive. Not a great role and she didn't do much with it.

[dlemond]

Here are some choices of movies that lost best picture that I feel strongly should have won.

1977 - Star Wars over Annie Hall (Annie Hall is very good and all, but Star Wars was a marvel)

1990 - GoodFellas over Dances With Wolves (am I the only person who isn't impressed with this movie)

1994 - The Shawshank Redemption over Forrest Gump (even Pulp Fiction over it!)

1998 - Saving Private Ryan over Shakespeare in Love (what were they thinking?)

[HuntingtonM15]

Originally Posted by Liza

I still can't believe Helen Hunt won for "As Good as it Gets." There was not much of a performance in that role

I feel the same way. The role is quite simple. I don't really see anything Oscar worthy about it. It's not very memorable at all. 10-20 years from now, I don't think people are going to say, "Remember the great performance that Helen Hunt gave!"

[dlemond]

Best Actor for 2001 (74th)

ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE

Russell Crowe -- A Beautiful Mind {"John Nash"}
Sean Penn -- I Am Sam {"Sam Dawson"}
Will Smith -- Ali {"Muhammad Ali"}
* Denzel Washington -- Training Day {"Alonzo"}
Tom Wilkinson -- In the Bedroom {"Matt Fowler"}

If you saw all these movies, you would know that Denzel at best should have been in third place.

Russell Crowe and Tom Wilkinson blew him away.

Like that wasn't some political move, to have Denzel win with one of his weaker roles in a lesser movie. It's like they tried to make up for Malcolm X.

The same way they gave Paul Newman the Oscar for The Color of Money (again, a weaker role, a weaker movie) to make up for him not getting the award for The Verdict- a stellar performance (Ben Kingsley was no slouch in Ghandi though)- or Cool Hand Luke, another great one.

Again, the same thing with Al Pacino (who beat out Denzel in Malcolm X).
He won for Scent of a Woman, though a very good performance and an interesting role, not his best work or movie (try Godfather II, Serpico, Dog Day Afternoon)

[Mijada]

Originally Posted by Liza

Here in my unasked for opinions, are the people who were ROBBED!

Alfred Hitchcock, Rebecca / Vertigo
Debbie Reynolds, Tammy and the Bachelor / Unsinkable Molly Brown
Julie Andrews, The Sound of Music
Linda Blair, The Excorcist

I agree with all these, Debbie Reynolds should also have at least been nominated for 'Mother'. She was great in that movie.

[SBTB Geek]

1999
Best Picture-
"Shakespeare In Love"
WHO DESERVED IT: "Saving Private Ryan"

Best Actor-
Roberto Benigni, "Life Is Beautiful"
WHO DESERVED IT: Tom Hanks, "Saving Private Ryan," -or- Edward Norton, "American History X"

Best Actress-
Gwyneth Paltrow, "Shakespeare In Love"
WHO DESERVED IT: Cate Blanchett, "Elizabeth"

Best Director-
WINNER: Steven Spielberg, "Saving Private Ryan"

2000
Best Picture-
"American Beauty"

Best Actor-
Kevin Spacey, "American Beauty"

Best Actress-
Hilary Swank, "Boys Don't Cry"
Honorable Mention: Annette Bening, "American Beauty"

Best Director-
Sam Mendes, "American Beauty"

2001
Best Picture-
"Gladiator"

Best Actor-
Russell Crowe, "Gladiator"

Best Actress-
Julia Roberts, "Erin Brockovich"
WHO DESERVED IT: Ellen Burnstyn, "Requiem for a Dream"

Best Director-
Steve Sonderbergh, "Traffic"
WHO DESERVED IT: Ridley Scott, "Gladiator"

2002
Best Picture-
"A Beautiful Mind"

Best Actor-
Denzel Washington, "Training Day"
WHO DESERVED IT: Russell Crowe, "A Beautiful Mind" -or-
Sean Penn, "I Am Sam"

Best Actress-
Halle Berry, "Monster's Ball"
Honorable Mention: Nicole Kidman, "Moulin Rouge!"

Best Director-
Ron Howard, "A Beautiful Mind"
Honorable Mention: David Lynch, "Mulholland Dr."

2003
Best Picture-
"Chicago"

Best Actor-
Adrien Brody, "The Pianist"
WHO DESERVED IT (BUT WASN'T EVEN NOMINATED): Richard Gere, "Chicago"

Best Actress-
Nicole Kidman, "The Hours"

2004
Best Picture-
"Lord of the Rings: Return of the King"
WHO DESERVED IT: "Mystic River"

Best Actor-
Sean Penn, "Mystic River"

Best Actress-
Charlize Theron, "Monster"

Best Director-
Peter Jackson, "Lord of the Rings..."

BTW, Christina Ricci should of at least been nominated for Best Supporting Actress for her work in "Monster." Evan Rachel Wood was also ignored.

2005
Best Picture-
"Million Dollar Baby"

Best Actor-
Jamie Foxx, "Ray"

Best Actress-
Hilary Swank, "Million Dollar Baby"
Honorable Mention: Catalina Sandino Moreno, "Maria Full of Grace"

Best Director-
Clint Eastwood, "Million Dollar Baby"

[Mr. Television]

Originally Posted by dlemond

Here are some choices of movies that lost best picture that I feel strongly should have won.

1977 - Star Wars over Annie Hall (Annie Hall is very good and all, but Star Wars was a marvel)

1990 - GoodFellas over Dances With Wolves (am I the only person who isn't impressed with this movie)

1994 - The Shawshank Redemption over Forrest Gump (even Pulp Fiction over it!)

1998 - Saving Private Ryan over Shakespeare in Love (what were they thinking?)

I agree with you about Star Wars and Saving Private Ryan. Unfortunately the Academy never treats Sfi-Fi movies with respect and for some reason they just love everything Shakespeare.