I would certainly replace Pacino (the one weak link in that sterling line-up) with Reynolds. Allen wasn’t much of a factor in Best Actor – the United Artists awards campaign for Manhattan was curiously half-hearted, with most of their chips stacked on Apocalypse Now. Many actually thought Dudley Moore would make the cut for 10.

THE OSCAR 100…[Read more]

Shelley Winters may have triumphed down in Supporting for A Place in the Sun – alas, she insisted on a Lead campaign.

THE OSCAR 100 (#15-11): Charlie Chaplin, Timothy Hutton, Mary Tyler Moore, Ida Kaminska and Gregory Peck

Queen Glenn! 🙂

THE OSCAR 100 (#15-11): Charlie Chaplin, Timothy Hutton, Mary Tyler Moore, Ida Kaminska and Gregory Peck

Nicholson would’ve been aces but I was surprised to see his name floated, given all of the chatter years ago about his difficulty remembering lines.

I’d actually love to see Nick Nolte in this role but doubt he’d ultimately make the cut.

THE OSCAR 100 (#15-11): Charlie Chaplin, Timothy Hutton, Mary Tyler Moore, Ida Kaminska and Gregory Peck

I can fathom Fiennes winning. He’s totally upstaged by Moss and Strahovski is his tape but has decent screen time and is at his most sympathetic (if that’s possible).

THE OSCAR 100 (#15-11): Charlie Chaplin, Timothy Hutton, Mary Tyler Moore, Ida Kaminska and Gregory Peck

Patinkin’s tape is strong but can he really win with Homeland not having scored an Emmy since Season 2?

THE OSCAR 100 (#15-11): Charlie Chaplin, Timothy Hutton, Mary Tyler Moore, Ida Kaminska and Gregory Peck

Moore handily would’ve triumphed in Supporting.

THE OSCAR 100 (#15-11): Charlie Chaplin, Timothy Hutton, Mary Tyler Moore, Ida Kaminska and Gregory Peck

Hutton has 65 minutes of screen time, 52 percent of the running time.

O’Neal has 66 minutes of screen time, 63 percent of the running time.

THE OSCAR 100 (#15-11): Charlie Chaplin, Timothy Hutton, Mary Tyler Moore, Ida Kaminska and Gregory Peck

I think it might actually be Oh.

THE OSCAR 100 (#15-11): Charlie Chaplin, Timothy Hutton, Mary Tyler Moore, Ida Kaminska and Gregory Peck

De Niro was campaigned Lead for Goodfellas.

Re: Poitier – the thing is, 1967 Best Actor was stacked. I don’t even know who of the Academy’s five would’ve been the one dropped. (Newman, I guess?)

THE OSCAR 100 (#15-11): Charlie Chaplin, Timothy Hutton, Mary Tyler Moore, Ida Kaminska and Gregory Peck

Gilpin’s tape is fabulous but I can’t picture her prevailing when Brie and Maron failed to make the cut. Likewise, hard to fathom Mullally winning when the reception for Will & Grace was so lackluster. This applies to Metcalf too – all three have strong submissions. I have a feeling, barring Atlanta or The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel absolutely romping…[Read more]

I suspect Pretty Woman has a Legally Blonde-level run.

THE OSCAR 100 (#15-11): Charlie Chaplin, Timothy Hutton, Mary Tyler Moore, Ida Kaminska and Gregory Peck

I liked but didn’t quite love the first two. Without the Jimmy-Chuck dynamic, the proceedings aren’t nearly as compelling. Thus far, Jimmy actually feels more like a supporting character.

THE OSCAR 100 (#15-11): Charlie Chaplin, Timothy Hutton, Mary Tyler Moore, Ida Kaminska and Gregory Peck

Crawford was indeed the shoo-in of shoo-ins. It’s arguable whether Bakula or McGillin was the (very distant) runner-up. The presumed category front-runner – Tony winner Len Cariou as Teddy Roosevelt – faded when Teddy & Alice crashed and burned that winter.

THE OSCAR 100 (#15-11): Charlie Chaplin, Timothy Hutton, Mary Tyler Moore, Ida Kaminska…[Read more]

Brightman’s snub wasn’t a huge shock – it was between her (who didn’t earn great notices for her acting but whose production was a smash), Bernadette Peters (who would’ve been a shoo-in had she not exited Into the Woods four months prior to the Tonys), Lillas White (whose turn as Effie in the failed Dreamgirls revival didn’t quite match Jennifer…[Read more]

Legend, though Daniels seems plausible too.

THE OSCAR 100 (#20-16): Jodie Foster, Martin Landau, Jessica Lange, Patty Duke and Anne Bancroft

I had mixed feelings. My two cents…

As we approach the 30th anniversary of Spike Lee’s masterpiece, Do the Right Thing, it seems a fitting time as ever to reflect on the maddening lack of recognition the filmmaker’s pictures have earned at the Oscars over his more than three decades in the industry.

Do the Right Thing should have been a Best…[Read more]

Lynch should easily be winning.

THE OSCAR 100 (#20-16): Jodie Foster, Martin Landau, Jessica Lange, Patty Duke and Anne Bancroft

^agreed, though odds are Lange (whose Sweet Dreams underperformed both critically and commercially), not Bancroft, was fifth for a nomination.

THE OSCAR 100 (#20-16): Jodie Foster, Martin Landau, Jessica Lange, Patty Duke and Anne Bancroft