Unofficial Academy Awards Discussion Board

Big Magilla wrote: ↑Sun Apr 14, 2024 9:10 pm And the winners are...

Original: The Holdovers
Adapted: American Fiction
Documentary: The Pigeon Tunnel

Wonder what was the rational for coming up with their winners so late in life.

Bandini (1963) - 8/10 - Kalyani is a quiet resident of a women's prison in 1930s India. She volunteers to take care of a TB patient, a dangerous thing to do at the time. She gains the eye and the ear of one of the prison doctors and the story of how she came to be a prisoner is revealed in flashbac...

The First Omen (Arkasha Stevenson, 2024) 7/10 It's amazing how one can often find a dichotomy within the same place - the beauty and tranquility of a church and the menace and evil within it as well.....the latter of which one mainly gets to see only at the movies. This creepy prequel to Richard Don...

The man lived quite a "full & eventful" life. Never a dull moment.

Was Clift a serious contender this year? The Chakiris win is such a headscratcher.

I think Maurice Chevalier would have easily won if he had been nominated for Gigi. And wonder how Hermione Gingold also missed out for a nod for the same film.

Do You Love Me (Gregory Ratoff, 1946) 4/10 Mousy music school dean (Maureen O'Hara) is insulted for her looks and dress sense by band leader (Harry James who blows his famous trumpet) so she decides to remove her glasses - with help from close friend and composer colleague (Reginald Gardiner) - and ...

Devdas (2002) - 5/10 - This one was a real chore to get through. Devdas (Shah Rukh Khan) has been living in the UK for many years when he finally comes home, apparently as a lawyer. He reunites with his childhood friend, Paro, and the two expect to marry, but Devdas's mother (egged on by her schemi...

Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar (1992) - 6.5/10 - Aamir Khan portrays a slacker who goes to the 'poor' school in the area and hangs out with his friends. Their rivals are a nearby 'rich' school which has a few jerks of their own, including the big man on campus and his followers. This isn't a great film, bu...

Mughal-E-Azam (1960) - 8/10 - A Mughal prince falls for a court dancer/maid. She tries to resist because of the difference in their stations, but loves him as well. Unfortunately, this relationship displeases the emperor and he takes steps to keep it from happening. I thought the first half of the ...

Awaara / The Tramp (1951) - 9/10 - Raj is on trial for attempted murder and his lawyer is his girlfriend/childhood friend Rita. Rita is the ward of the man Raj is charged with attempting to kill. The story of what led to this moment is told through flashbacks and goes back to before Raj was even bo...

Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar (1992) - 6.5/10 - Aamir Khan portrays a slacker who goes to the 'poor' school in the area and hangs out with his friends. Their rivals are a nearby 'rich' school which has a few jerks of their own, including the big man on campus and his followers. This isn't a great film, bu...

Voted for Gleason here. My picks for 1961: 1. Maximillian Schell, Judgement at Nuremberg 2. Jackie Gleason, The Hustler 3. Montgomery Clift, Judgement at Nuremberg 4. George Chakiris, West Side Story 5. George C. Scott, The Hustler The 6th Spot: Rod Steiger, The Mark I would throw out Chakiris and ...

Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award 1937: Darryl F. Zanuck 1938: Hal B. Wallis 1939: David O. Selznick 1941: Walt Disney 1942: Sidney Franklin 1943: Hal B. Wallis 1944: Darryl F. Zanuck 1946: Samuel Goldwyn 1948: Jerry Wald 1950: Darryl F. Zanuck 1951: Arthur Freed 1952: Cecil B. DeMille 1953: George ...

Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award 1956: Y. Frank Freeman 1957: Samuel Goldwyn 1959: Bob Hope 1960: Sol Lesser 1961: George Seaton 1962: Steve Broidy 1965: Edmond L. DePatie 1966: George Bagnall 1967: Gregory Peck 1968: Martha Raye 1969: George Jessel 1970: Frank Sinatra 1972: Rosalind Russell 1973: L...