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Darrellh
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07-21-2004

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LOL! We'll wake you when we talk about Attack Of The Killer Tomatoes.

Mamie316
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07-08-2003

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The banter in the old films was just wonderful. Tracy/Hepburn, Loy/Powell, Grant and whoever he acted with. I love him with Irene Dunne.

Reiki
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08-12-2000

Tuesday, October 03, 2006 - 4:02 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Reiki a private message Print Post    
Much as I loved Tracy/Hepburn movies, my favorite Hepburn movie is "Philadelphia Story". Oh to have the choice between Jimmy Stewart and Cary Grant.

"Mr. Smith goes to Washington" was on tv recently and it is just as riveting and relevant as ever.

I may just have to add some of the movies in this thread to my netflix queue.

Mameblanche
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08-24-2002

Tuesday, October 03, 2006 - 4:07 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mameblanche a private message Print Post    
Bette Davis chewing up the scenery is always a good bet too.

Darrellh
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07-21-2004

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You're right, Mameblanche. Bette could take over any scene she was in.

Legalboxer
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11-17-2003

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just saw A Place In the Sun and totally fell in love with it - as heartbreaking as it is, i see why it could be one of the best moviees ever made, and Montgomery Clift totally won me over with his performance .. so i am posting the 1952 Academy Awards (for 1951 movies(

Best Picture

Winner:
American in Paris, An (1951) - Arthur Freed

Other Nominees:
Decision Before Dawn (1951) - Anatole Litvak; Frank McCarthy (II)
Place in the Sun, A (1951) - George Stevens (I)
Quo Vadis (1951) - Sam Zimbalist
Streetcar Named Desire, A (1951) - Charles K. Feldman


Best Actor in a Leading Role

Winner:
African Queen, The (1951) - Humphrey Bogart

Other Nominees:
Bright Victory (1951) - Arthur Kennedy (I)
Death of a Salesman (1951) - Fredric March
Place in the Sun, A (1951) - Montgomery Clift
Streetcar Named Desire, A (1951) - Marlon Brando


Best Actress in a Leading Role

Winner:
Streetcar Named Desire, A (1951) - Vivien Leigh
- Vivien Leigh was not present at the awards ceremony. Greer Garson accepted on her behalf.

Other Nominees:
African Queen, The (1951) - Katharine Hepburn
Blue Veil, The (1951) - Jane Wyman
Detective Story (1951) - Eleanor Parker (I)
Place in the Sun, A (1951) - Shelley Winters


Best Actor in a Supporting Role

Winner:
Streetcar Named Desire, A (1951) - Karl Malden

Other Nominees:
Come Fill the Cup (1951) - Gig Young
Death of a Salesman (1951) - Kevin McCarthy (I)
Quo Vadis (1951) - Leo Genn
Quo Vadis (1951) - Peter Ustinov


Best Actress in a Supporting Role

Winner:
Streetcar Named Desire, A (1951) - Kim Hunter (I)
- Kim Hunter was not present at the awards ceremony. Bette Davis accepted on her behalf.

Other Nominees:
Blue Veil, The (1951) - Joan Blondell
Death of a Salesman (1951) - Mildred Dunnock
Detective Story (1951) - Lee Grant (I)
Mating Season, The (1951) - Thelma Ritter


Best Director

Winner:
Place in the Sun, A (1951) - George Stevens (I)

Other Nominees:
African Queen, The (1951) - John Huston (I)
American in Paris, An (1951) - Vincente Minnelli
Detective Story (1951) - William Wyler
Streetcar Named Desire, A (1951) - Elia Kazan


Best Writing, Story and Screenplay

Winner:
American in Paris, An (1951) - Alan Jay Lerner

Other Nominees:
Ace in the Hole (1951) - Billy Wilder; Lesser Samuels; Walter Newman (I)
David and Bathsheba (1951) - Philip Dunne
Go for Broke! (1951) - Robert Pirosh
Well, The (1951) - Clarence Greene; Russell Rouse


Best Writing, Motion Picture Story

Winner:
Seven Days to Noon (1950) - Paul Dehn; James Bernard (I)

Other Nominees:
Bullfighter and the Lady (1951) - Budd Boetticher; Ray Nazarro
Frogmen, The (1951) - Oscar Millard
Here Comes the Groom (1951) - Robert Riskin; Liam O'Brien (IV)
Teresa (1951) - Alfred Hayes; Stewart Stern


Best Writing, Screenplay

Winner:
Place in the Sun, A (1951) - Michael Wilson (I); Harry Brown (I)

Other Nominees:
African Queen, The (1951) - James Agee; John Huston (I)
Detective Story (1951) - Philip Yordan; Robert Wyler
Ronde, La (1950) - Jacques Natanson; Max Ophüls
Streetcar Named Desire, A (1951) - Tennessee Williams


Best Cinematography, Black-and-White

Winner:
Place in the Sun, A (1951) - William C. Mellor

Other Nominees:
Death of a Salesman (1951) - Franz Planer
Frogmen, The (1951) - Norbert Brodine
Strangers on a Train (1951) - Robert Burks
Streetcar Named Desire, A (1951) - Harry Stradling Sr.


Best Cinematography, Color

Winner:
American in Paris, An (1951) - Alfred Gilks; John Alton (I)

Other Nominees:
David and Bathsheba (1951) - Leon Shamroy
Quo Vadis (1951) - Robert Surtees; William V. Skall
Show Boat (1951) - Charles Rosher
When Worlds Collide (1951) - John F. Seitz; W. Howard Greene

Darrellh
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07-21-2004

Monday, October 16, 2006 - 12:01 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Darrellh a private message Print Post    
Legal, that was a good year, too. I liked the pic that won, but you can make great arguments for A Place In The Sun (,my personal fave), and Streetcar Named Desire.
As far as best actor, I liked all of them that I've seen. (Have not seen Bright Victory)
Best actress, Great choice. Shelley Winters was awesome that year, but her role was more subtle than that of Vivian's or Katherine's.

Legalboxer
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11-17-2003

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when the camera goes directly on shelley's face in the boat as she starts to talk, right before she gets up, and she has that tired, crazed looked on her, it totally made me believe in her as an actor

Ketchuplover
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08-30-2000

Saturday, October 21, 2006 - 5:32 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ketchuplover a private message Print Post    
I finally saw Gone With the Wind. Not bad. Scarlett's a *itch.

Twinkie
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09-24-2002

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I probably saw GWTW 20 times from childhood on. LOL

Escapee
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06-15-2004

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What I wouldn't give to be able to have been present at the awards ceremony the year when Gone with the wind was nominated. Can you imagine? Real hollywood glamour before it was so tainted? The fashion. The stars. The movies. The music. They just don't do it like that anymore.

Mamie316
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07-08-2003

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I watched A Place In The Sun this weekend.

Oh, The Mating Season is a good one too. I want to see that again. I just adore Thelma Ritter.

Weeniewhiner
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07-22-2005

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For you 'A Place in the Sun' fans, I found the site, link below, a few months ago after watching the movie and wanting more info. I thought you might like to read it, too.

Did you know this movie was based on a real-life murder? The movie was based on Theodore Dreiser's book about the murder, 'An American Tragedy.'

"Historians and scholars of the case debate how close to the actual tale Dreiser stayed when he told the story of Clyde Griffths (Chester Gillette) and Roberta Alden (Grace Brown). Dreiser certainly played up the tenuous "love triangle" aspect involving Sondra Finchley (Harriet Benedict) that may never have occurred in real life." (The names in parenthesis are the real names of the people involved)

This site is CrimeLibrary by CourtTV. There are 10 short chapters to choose from. ex: The Missing Boat, Chester, Grace.

http://tinyurl.com/vhbdo

Melfie1222
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07-29-2002

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GWTW/Scarlett trivia... Scarlett Johansson's mom's first name is Melanie.

Mamie316
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07-08-2003

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My daughter is taking a class at Berkeley about the evolution of women's roles in film. I love that she's seeing some great old movies. They watched The Lady From Shanghai last night and the week before, they watched Bringing Up Baby, which is one of the best comedies ever.

Darrellh
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07-21-2004

Tuesday, October 24, 2006 - 2:36 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Darrellh a private message Print Post    
Mamie? Did you like Stella Dallas?

Mamie316
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07-08-2003

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What's not to like about Barbara Stanwyck?! Not the Bette Midler remake though.

Mamie316
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07-08-2003

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My favorite Barbara Stanwyck movies, though, are Double Indemnity, Christmas in Connecticut and Meet John Doe.

Darrellh
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07-21-2004

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Does anybody like "Breaking Away"? It was on last night. I LOVE that movie. It won the Oscar for best screenplay, I believe.

Scout
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01-20-2005

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Great movie. I always got a kick out of the dad.

Mamie316
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07-08-2003

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Paul Dooley was the dad. I always thought that Dennis Christopher was a very good actor. Very scary in Fade To Black.

Legalboxer
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11-17-2003

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great movie and one that people dont always think of as a oscar nomination

definitely was my first dose into cycling

Darrellh
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07-21-2004

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It's time for the new awards season. I was just looking at some of the other years. 1970 was an interesting year. The direction of movies was changing. Midnight Cowboy won best picture. Others nominated were Hello, Dolly!, Anne of a Thousand Days, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, and Z. This was truly a mix of "Old school" movie making and the new.
This was also the year of one of my favorite movies and it's theme song..."Jean", from The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie.

Darrellh
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07-21-2004

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NEW YORK - When Jack Nicholson opened the envelope and read "Rocky" as the best-picture winner at the 49th Academy Awards 30 years ago, Sylvester Stallone was caught without his tie.

The actor's rental bow tie had fallen off on his way to the ceremony, but producers Irwin Winkler and Robert Chartoff still dragged Stallone up to the stage. Stallone may have been caught unprepared for the occasion, but he wasn't alone — most of Hollywood was surprised too.

In fitting underdog fashion, "Rocky" upset a legendary class of films. Also up for best picture at the 1977 Oscars were three movies generally considered among the best America has produced: "All the President's Men," "Network" and "Taxi Driver." (Hal Ashby's Woody Guthrie biopic "Bound for Glory" was the fifth nomination.)

As the 30th anniversary of those Oscars nears, there are a few notable parallels. Stallone has again produced a "Rocky" film ("Rocky Balboa"), though it would be fortunate to win one nomination, let alone the ten that the original did. "Taxi Driver" director Martin Scorsese is again in the hunt with "The Departed."

But for many, the 49th Academy Awards remains exhibit A in any argument about the academy's less than perfect taste — a critique that usually cites the best-picture loss of "Citizen Kane" in 1942 (to John Ford's "How Green Was My Valley"), Alfred Hitchcock's lack of a best-director award or Art Carney's best-actor win in 1975 over Nicholson ("Chinatown"), Al Pacino ("The Godfather: Part II") and Dustin Hoffman ("Lenny").

"In hindsight, it looks crazy that, of those nominated films, `Rocky' won — because `Rocky' is the flimsiest by far, and was so at the time," says film critic and historian David Thomson. "But at the time, there was this stupid notion that Sly Stallone represented a great American success story."

"It's a shining example of how silly (the Oscars) can be," adds Thomson.

Sidney Lumet directed "Network," the darkly satirical portrait of TV news. It won three acting Oscars and best screenplay for Paddy Chayefsky, but the best-picture loss still stings for Lumet.

"I've been nominated five times," the director told The Associated Press last year. "But on two occasions, I got so pissed off about what beat us. With `Network,' we were beaten out by `Rocky' for Christ's sake." (Lumet, who was finally awarded an honorary Oscar in 2005, also mentions the best picture win for "Gandhi" over his "The Verdict" in 1983.)



Darrellh
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07-21-2004

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Motion Picture of the Year

Babel
The Departed
Letters from Iwo Jima
Little Miss Sunshine
The Queen

Actor in a Leading Role

Leonardo DiCaprio, Blood Diamond
Ryan Gosling, Half Nelson
Peter O'Toole, Venus
Will Smith, The Pursuit of Happyness
Forest Whitaker, The Last King of Scotland

Actress in a Leading Role

Penélope Cruz, Volver
Judi Dench, Notes on a Scandal
Helen Mirren, The Queen
Meryl Streep, The Devil Wears Prada
Kate Winslet, Little Children

Actor in a Supporting Role

Alan Arkin, Little Miss Sunshine
Jackie Earle Haley, Little Children
Djimon Hounsou, Blood Diamond
Eddie Murphy, Dreamgirls
Mark Wahlberg, The Departed

Actress in a Supporting Role

Adriana Barraza, Babel
Cate Blanchett, Notes on a Scandal
Abigail Breslin, Little Miss Sunshine
Jennifer Hudson, Dreamgirls
Rinko Kikuchi, Babel

Director

Alejandro González Iñárritu, Babel
Martin Scorsese, The Departed
Clint Eastwood, Letters from Iwo Jima
Stephen Frears, The Queen
Paul Greengrass, United 93

Best Animated Feature

Cars
Happy Feet
Monster House

Adapted Screenplay

Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan, screenplay by Sacha Baron Cohen, Anthony Hines, Peter Baynham and Dan Mazer; story by Sacha Baron Cohen, Peter Baynham, Anthony Hines and Todd Phillips
Children of Men, Alfonso Cuarón, Timothy J. Sexton, David Arata, Mark Fergus and Hawk Ostby
The Departed, William Monahan
Little Children, Todd Field and Tom Perrotta
Notes on a Scandal, Patrick Marber

Original Screenplay

Babel, Guillermo Arriaga
Letters from Iwo Jima, Iris Yamashita and Paul Haggis
Little Miss Sunshine, Michael Arndt
Pan's Labyrinth, Guillermo del Toro
The Queen, Peter Morgan

Art Direction

Dreamgirls
The Good Shepherd
Pan's Labyrinth
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
The Prestige

Cinematography

The Black Dahlia
Children of Men
The Illusionist
Pan's Labyrinth
The Prestige

Costume Design

Curse of the Golden Flower
The Devil Wears Prada
Dreamgirls
Marie Antoinette
The Queen

Documentary Feature


Deliver Us from Evil
An Inconvenient Truth
Iraq in Fragments
Jesus Camp
My Country, My Country

Documentary Short Subject

The Blood of Yingzhou District
Recycled Life
Rehearsing a Dream
Two Hands

Film Editing

Babel
Blood Diamond
Children of Men
The Departed
United 93

Foreign-Language Film

After the Wedding (Denmark)
Days of Glory (Indigènes) (Algeria)
The Lives of Others (Germany)
Pan's Labyrinth (Mexico)
Water (Canada)

Makeup

Apocalypto
Click
Pan's Labyrinth

Original Score

Gustavo Santaolalla, Babel
Thomas Newman, The Good German
Philip Glass, Notes on a Scandal
Javier Navarrete, Pan's Labyrinth
Alexandre Desplat, The Queen

Original Song

"I Need to Wake Up" (An Inconvenient Truth), music and lyrics by Melissa Etheridge
"Listen" (Dreamgirls), music by Henry Krieger and Scott Cutler, lyrics by Anne Preven
"Love You I Do" (Dreamgirls), music by Henry Krieger, lyrics by Siedah Garrett
"Our Town" (Cars), music and lyrics by Randy Newman
"Patience" (Dreamgirls), music by Henry Krieger; lyrics by Willie Reale

Animated Short

The Danish Poet
Lifted
The Little Matchgirl
Maestro
No Time for Nuts

Live-Action Short

Binta and the Great Idea (Binta Y La Gran Idea)
Éramos Pocos (One Too Many)
Helmer and Son
The Saviour
West Bank Story

Sound Editing

Apocalypto
Blood Diamond
Flags of Our Fathers
Letters from Iwo Jima
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest

Sound Mixing

Apocalypto
Blood Diamond
Dreamgirls
Flags of Our Fathers
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest

Visual Effects

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
Poseidon
Superman Returns