Unofficial Academy Awards Discussion Board

My Tony nomination predictions... MUSICAL Billy Elliot Next To Normal 9 to 5 Rock of Ages MUSICAL (REVIVAL) Guys and Dolls Hair Pal Joey West Side Story ACTOR (MUSICAL) Alvarez/Kowalik/Kulish - Billy Elliot James Barbour - A Tale of Two Cities Gavin Creel - Hair Brian d'Arcy James - Shrek J Robert ...

How many of you fols have read Pictures at a Revolution ? Talk about a page-turner. At least for me; a lot of the detail on these films was unfamiliar to me prior to reading it. I'd be curious to know if someone with more familiarity had any issues with the presentation of events in that book. Read...

BEST PICTURE The Crying Game Husbands and Wives The Player Raise The Red Lantern Strictly Ballroom BEST DIRECTOR Woody Allen – Husbands and Wives Robert Altman – The Player Neil Jordan – The Crying Game Baz Luhrmann – Strictly Ballroom Yimou Zhang – Raise The Red Lantern BEST ACTOR Robert Downey Jnr...

BEST PICTURE Groundhog Day The Long Day Closes The Piano The Remains of the Day Schindler’s List BEST DIRECTOR Jane Campion – The Piano Terence Davies – The Long Day Closes Sally Potter - Orlando Steven Speilberg – Schindler’s List Peter Weir - Fearless BEST ACTOR Jeff Bridges - Fearless Lawrence F...

BEST PICTURE Amadeus Paris, Texas A Passage To India This Is Spinal Tap The Times Of Harvey Milk BEST DIRECTOR Rob Epstein – The Times of Harvey Milk Milos Forman - Amadeus David Lean – A Passage To India Rob Reiner – This Is Spinal Tap Wim Wenders – Paris, Texas BEST ACTOR F Murray Abraham – Amade...

BEST PICTURE An Angel At My Table Beauty and the Beast Delicatessan Europa Europa Thelma and Louise BEST DIRECTOR Jane Campion - An Angel At My Table Marc Caro and Jean-Pierre Jeunet - Delicatessen Agnieszka Holland - Europa Europa Ridley Scott - Thelma and Louise Gary Trousdale and Kirk Wise - Bea...

BEST PICTURE Coal Miner's Daughter The Elephant Man The Empire Strikes Back Melvin and Howard Ordinary People BEST DIRECTOR Jonathan Demme - Melvin and Howard David Lynch - The Elephant Man Robert Redford - Ordinary People Richard Rush - The Stunt Man Martin Scorsese - Raging Bull BEST ACTOR Robert...

BEST PICTURE Blow Out Body Heat Gallipoli The Great Muppet Caper Raiders Of The Lost Ark BEST DIRECTOR Warren Beatty - Reds Brian De Palma - Blow Out Lawrence Kasdan - Body Heat Steven Spielberg - Raiders Of The Lost Ark Peter Weir - Gallipoli BEST ACTOR Harrison Ford - Raiders of the Lost Ark John...

PICTURE Dangerous Liaisons Distant Voices, Still Lives Hairspray Running On Empty Working Girl DIRECTOR Terence Davies - Distant Voices, Still Lives Stephen Frears - Dangerous Liaisons Sidney Lumet - Running On Empty Mike Nichols - Working Girl John Waters - Hairspray ACTOR Divine - Hairspray Tom H...

Rush was an acclaimed theatre actor in Australia for two decades before he was cast in Shine ; I recall the popular opinion when the film was released was along the lines of "that's same old schtick he's been doing for years" (although, to be fair, that schtick can be very effective on st...

BEST PICTURE The English Patient Fargo Lone Star Secrets and Lies Trainspotting BEST DIRECTOR Danny Boyle – Trainspotting Joel Coen - Fargo Mike Leigh – Secrets and Lies Anthony Minghella – The English Patient John Sayles – Lone Star BEST ACTOR Ralph Fiennes – The English Patient Woody Harrelson – ...

Billy Elliot and God of Carnage to win the top prizes? Unless there's something lurking out there I don't know about. I think Billy Elliot's a done deal. God of Carnage's only competition would seem to be Reasons To Be Pretty, Dividing The Estate and Irena's Vow. Unless they want to honor the late ...

There are very few original musicals getting premiered on Broadway this season. How would this affect the Tonys? Billy Elliot is a sure thing among the Best Muscial Show line up, but what else is out here? Definite nominee will be Billy Elliot (winner) and the 'make up the numbers' nominees will co...