Favorite Posthumous Oscar nomination performance

[Derp Boy Joined: Feb 1st, 2017 Topics: 6 Posts: 201 View Predictions]

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With buzz on Chadwick Boseman’s performance from Ma Rainey’s, it seems he will join the elite club of actors to get an Oscar nom posthumously. (Though that is to be seen)

What is your personal favorite? 🙂
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[Eddy Q Joined: Oct 13th, 2012 Topics: 23 Posts: 5060 View Predictions]

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‘Posthumous performance’? What devilry is this?

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[Derp Boy Joined: Feb 1st, 2017 Topics: 6 Posts: 201 View Predictions]

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What do you mean? (Not being mean just curious)

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[Foolio Joined: Jan 24th, 2017 Topics: 4 Posts: 6707 View Predictions]

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Derp Boy wrote:

What do you mean? (Not being mean just curious)

“Posthumous performance” would literally mean that the actor has risen from the dead to give a performance, and I’m guessing that’s why Eddy Q. finds the wording confusing or at least funny. That’s why I find it confusing / funny anyway.

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[Derp Boy Joined: Feb 1st, 2017 Topics: 6 Posts: 201 View Predictions]

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Oh sorry for the confusion. I was trying to see who out of these 7 people that were posthumously nominated for an Oscar was their favorite.

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[Dan Backslide Joined: Apr 24th, 2016 Topics: 63 Posts: 5681 View Predictions]

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Has to be Heath Ledger.

But shoutout to Peter Finch as well.

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[Foolio Joined: Jan 24th, 2017 Topics: 4 Posts: 6707 View Predictions]

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Incidentally, I would have flopped big time at my local pub’s movie quiz night had they asked which two films Jimmy Dean was posthumously nominated for. Giant is an obviousity but I would have bet my grandfather’s corpse on the other one being A Rebel Without a Cause and not East of Eden.

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[Eddy Q Joined: Oct 13th, 2012 Topics: 23 Posts: 5060 View Predictions]

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Derp Boy wrote:

Oh sorry for the confusion. I was trying to see who out of these 7 people that were posthumously nominated for an Oscar was their favorite.

I wasn’t confused, I was merely joking lol.

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[vinny Joined: May 20th, 2011 Topics: 23 Posts: 76778 View Predictions]

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James Dean – Giant for me. Close second was James Dean – East of Eden

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[FairWeatherAffair Joined: May 11th, 2018 Topics: 7 Posts: 1025 View Predictions]

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I hope Elia Kazan is burning in Hell, but…damn, East of Eden is quite the show, and Dean is phenomenal.

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[Derp Boy Joined: Feb 1st, 2017 Topics: 6 Posts: 201 View Predictions]

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For those that are curious how they died
Ledger, Eagels- drug overdose
Dean- road accident
Triosi, Finch, Richardson, Tracy- heart attack

If Boseman is nominated,
Boseman- colon cancer

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[JayDF Joined: Sep 18th, 2011 Topics: 36 Posts: 19986 View Predictions]

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Most of these are great. The only one that I don’t think is, is the first person to do this and the only female. Doesn’t help that it was at the advent of sound but if Eagels stage performance of “The Letter” was like this then I don’t understand the fuss she was given for it.

I almost went with Heath Ledger, but I decided not to deny Spencer Tracy. That speech at the end is so incredibly great I can’t deny iy.

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[Atypical Joined: Dec 1st, 2011 Topics: 360 Posts: 22109 View Predictions]

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Peter Finch

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[Derp Boy Joined: Feb 1st, 2017 Topics: 6 Posts: 201 View Predictions]

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JayDF wrote:

Most of these are great. The only one that I don’t think is, is the first person to do this and the only female. Doesn’t help that it was at the advent of sound but if Eagels stage performance of “The Letter” was like this then I don’t understand the fuss she was given for it.

I almost went with Heath Ledger, but I decided not to deny Spencer Tracy. That speech at the end is so incredibly great I can’t deny iy.

Isn’t Eagels’s film considered lost?

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[ENGLAND Joined: Oct 5th, 2011 Topics: 134 Posts: 4282 View Predictions]

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Peter Finch was my favorite performance from Network. I am glad he won.

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