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I will never forgive awards season for ignoring Silence the way it did. Jesus, that was gross. Issei Ogata 5ever. Adding Minnelli and De Niro for New York, New York, Rosanna Arquette in After Hours, and Anna Paquin in The Irishman.
If they could just give Paquin some dialogues and a few minutes of screentime, she could get nominated.
ReplyCopy URLThe first one that came to mind was Sandra Bernhard for THE KING OF COMEDY. Along with her, DeNiro and Lewis should’ve been easy nominations. Honestly, all three of them should’ve been in serious contention to win.
I’ll also second Griffin Dunne and Rosanna Arquette for AFTER HOURS.
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In my opinion, Dances with Wolves shouldn’t even been nominated for anything (at least above the line). I just found that movie to be such a chore to sit through. Goodfellas hands down should’ve swept the Oscars that year. Not because it’s by far more remembered today, but because it’s a much better movie than Dances with Wolves.
I totally agree that Goodfellas should’ve won but Dances with Wolves absolutely deserved its nominations above the line. Kevin Costner did a hell of a job, specially considering it was his first ever movie as a director. I understand the white savior part kinda kills the movie a bit, but it’s still visually stunning and has a fantastic direction. I really don’t understand all the hate this movie keeps getting.
ReplyCopy URLSo I’ve compiled my selections and all of yours so far, and there’s been quite a lot of widespread support so far. Here’s the top 5 tallies so far:
1. Willem Dafoe (The Last Temptation Of Christ)—7 votes
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2. Jack Nicholson (The Departed) and Michelle Pfeiffer (The Age Of Innocence)—6 votes
3. Robert De Niro (The King Of Comedy) and Leonardo DiCaprio (The Departed)—5 votes
4. Robert De Niro (The Irishman), Andrew Garfield (Silence), Ben Kingsley (Hugo), Issey Ogata (Silence), and Margot Robbie (The Wolf Of Wall Street)—4 votes
5. Leonardo DiCaprio (Shutter Island), Griffin Dunne (After Hours), Jerry Lewis (The King Of Comedy), and Ray Liotta (Goodfellas)—3 votesPerformances in Scorsese movies that were snubbed at the Oscars but nominated at at least one of the major precursors (BAFTA, Critic’s Choice, GG, SAG):
Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore– Lelia Goldoni
New York, New York– Robert De Niro, Liza Minnelli
The King of Comedy– Robert De Niro, Jerry Lewis
After Hours– Rosanna Arquette, Griffin Dunne
The Last Temptation of Christ– Barbara Hershey
Goodfellas– Robert De Niro
The Age of Innocence– Miriam Margoyles, Michelle Pfeiffer
Gangs of New York– Cameron Diaz
The Departed– Leonardo DiCaprio, Jack Nicholson
The Irishman– Robert De Niro
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This post was found to be inappropriate by the moderators and has been removed.Is DiCaprio really a snub for The Departed? I can vaguely remember reading how they wanted him to campaign for supporting actor or something, and clearly that was not going to happen.
He could have been easily nominated in Supporting too, but the truth is that DiCaprio himself didn’t want to campaign in the category against his co-stars.
ReplyCopy URLRay Liotta not getting nominated for Henry Hill is the biggest travesty in Oscar history!
That was probably a result of two factors:
1. Liotta was 36 at the time, so he probably suffered from the whole ‘slap the stud’ syndrome as the academy (which mainly consists of old men) don’t usually like to award 20/30-something year olds in the Best Actor category.
2. Not just the Oscars, but Ray Liotta didn’t really gain any traction anywhere for his performance in Goodfellas (just a couple of nods from Critics groups, and that was it). His absence from the major precursors that year might’ve been the signal that Goodfellas was not winning Best Picture.
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