1992 Oscar Shouldabeens

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1. The Crying Game
2. Husband And Wives
3. Batman Returns
4. Passion Fish
5. Howard's End
6. Damage
7. One False Move
8. Unforgiven
9. The Player
10. Bram Stoker's Dracula

Best Supporting Actor

Jaye Davidson ... The Crying Game *
Al Freeman Jr. ... Malcolm X
Jack Nicholson ... A Few Good Men
Sydney Pollack ... Husbands And Wives
Billy Bob Thornton ... One False Move

Best Supporting Actress

Judy Davis ... Husbands And Wives
Michelle Pfeiffer ... Batman Returns
Miranda Richardson ... The Crying Game
Cynda Williams ... One False Move
Alfre Woodard ... Passion Fish *

Best Actor

Robert Downey Jr. ... Chaplin
Jack Lemmon ... Glengarry Glen Ross
Gary Oldman ... Bram Stoker's Dracula
Stephen Rea ... The Crying Game
Denzel Washington ... Malcolm X *

Best Actress

Bridget Fonda ... Single White Female
Mary McDonnell ... Passion Fish *
Susan Sarandon ... Lorenzo's Oil
Sharon Stone ... Basic Instinct
Emma Thompson ... Howard's End
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I do think goodfellas is an amazing film, and it would have been my number 1 that year even if the year was a lot better. But it wasn't. I'm glad you appreciated Pacino's performance though, so many people talk to trash about it. I agree the film didn't deserve the nomination but he did. I also love what he's doing in Angels in America. I love everything about it actually, not only him. I also agree that Denzel and Lemmon gave the years two best performances. I would have gave it to Denzel, but its a toss up. And i didn't have any reservations about malcolm x. Thought it should have been nominated. Emma Thompson did deserve her award as did Hackmen. In the supporting category, i would have personally given it to Davis. But i thought tomei gave a great performance as well. Glad she was nominated.
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I agree with those who feel 1992 wasn't all that bad. 1990 was perhaps the worst year since 1928-29 for Oscar worthy films. GoodFellas was the best of that year by default. It wasn't that it was so great, but that practically everything else fell short of expectations. By comparison subsequent years have been an improvement.

What was odd about 1992 was the absence of the year's best actor in the lead actor race and the surprise win of a surpise nominee in the supporting actress category.

Jack Lemmon was the early favorite for best actor for Glengarry Glen Ross, and my choice still. Oddly enough, I always felt Al Pacino deserved Lemmon's 1973 Oscar for Serpico so that when he won in 1992 it was an ironic payback. Sure, Pacino was over the top in Scent of a Woman, but deliciously so. Although he had sporadically chewed scenery in such films as And Justice for All, Scarface and Dick Tracy, he was usually low-keyed in his films to that point. It's only since Scent that most of his performances have been overkill. At that time we weren't yet sick of his schtick. With Angels in America, he has gone back to acting instead of grandstanding and hopefully has a few more decent performances in him.

As for the film itself, Scent of a Woman it was hardly Oscar material and owes its best picture nomination to its bizarre Golden Globe win.

What spoiled my appreciation of Malcolm X was Spike Lee's shove it down their throats coda at the end. I didn't need the added history lesson and I doubt anyone else who went to see the film did either. Still, Denzel Washington's performance came close to Lemmon's in being the best of the year.

Emma Thompson was like a breath of fresh air in films of the early 90s. I as very happy to see her win. Ditto Gene Hackman for supporting actor.

I had no clear favorite for supporting actress. I would have been equally happy to have seen either Judy Davis, Joan Plowright, Vanessa Redgrave, Miranda Richardson or Alfre Woodard win in that category. I was shocked to see Marisa Tomei nominated over Woodard and doubly shocked when she won. I loved her scene stealing scene in the courtroom as much as anyone, but her performance didn't come anywhere close to the exquisite work of the other women.
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I think you should give Pacino's performance another look. I don't think it should have won, or it's even in his top 5 best, but its not horrible, it probably should have been nominated. But 1992 was bad, I loved Unforgiven(and eastwood's performance) and i though Malcolm X couldn't have been much better then it was. Spike Lee did an amazing job and Denzel transformed himself so that i am more impressed everytime i watch that film. But other then that, A Few Good Men is actually a pretty good film, and then theres really nothing more then pretty good. The Player is very good, along with the crying game, glengary glen ross, husbands and wives, aladdin, my cousin vinny, It's actually a pretty depressing year, but not as is 1990.



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My favourite film from 92 is Keith Gordon's A Midnight Clear, one of the best WW2 movies ever made IMO. It has a unique, magical charm that enchants me every time.

And yes, 1990 was a pretty dire year for American films too, although I like GoodFellas and adore Edward Scissorhands.
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I agree, Josh, that 1992 was a horrible year to choose Oscar shouldabeens. I almost believe a worse year to choose was 1990. Utterly horrible choices from the occaisional Goodfellas.
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I've never understood why anyone, anywhere, ever thought Pacino's performance in Scent of a Woman was anything better than utterly terrible. He's an actor who has always had a tendency to blow way, way over the top, but he stretches even the limits of entertaining ham here. I've only seen the film once - that was enough - so maybe I should give him the benefit of the doubt, but I don't think so.

That said, wasn't 92 a terrible year? Apart from Unforgiven I wouldn't have let any of the best pic nominees anywhere near the door - and even that I have some problems with (Clint's performance, to be precise, which I don't think measures up to his best acting work, nor to his co-stars). I disliked Emma Thompson's performance, too - she was just a twittering irritant to me, and was far, far better the next year in The Remains of the Day (also far worse - one of the great modern miscastings - in In the Name of the Father). But Pacino was the one. He was great in Glengarry Glen Ross, but Scent of a Woman? Awful.
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PICTURE
The Crying Game
A Few Good Men
The Last of the Mohicans
The Player
**Unforgiven**

ACTOR
Robert Downey, Jr., Chaplin
Clint Eastwood, Unforgiven
Al Pacino, Scent of a Woman
Tim Robbins, The Player
**Denzel Washington, Malcolm X**

ACTRESS
Geena Davis, A League of their Own
Shirley MacLaine, Used People
Susan Sarandon, Lorenzo's Oil
Sharon Stone, Basic Instinct
**Emma Thompson, Howard's End**

SUPPORTING ACTOR
Alec Baldwin, Glengarry Glen Ross
Gene Hackman, Unforgiven
**Jack Lemmon, Glengarry Glen Ross**
Al Pacino, Glengarry Glen Ross
Lawrence Tierney, Reservoir Dogs

SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Geraldine Chaplin, Chaplin
**Judy Davis, Husbands and Wives**
Joan Plowright, Enchanted April
Miranda Richardson, Damage
Marisa Tomei, My Cousin Vinny

DIRECTOR
**Clint Eastwood, Unforgiven**
Neil Jordan, The Crying Game
Michael Mann, The Last of the Mohicans
Rob Reiner, A Few Good Men
Ridley Scott, 1492: Conquest of Paradise

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
**The Crying Game**
Husbands and Wives
Lorenzo's Oil
My Cousin Vinny
Unforgiven

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
**A Few Good Men**
Glengarry Glenn Ross
The Last of the Mohicans
Malcolm X
The Player

ART DIRECTION
1492: Conquest of Paradise
**Bram Stoker's Dracula**
Chaplin
Toys
Unforgiven

CINEMATOGRAPHY
1492: Conquest of Paradise
**The Last of the Mohicans**
Malcolm X
A River Runs Through It
Unforgiven

COSTUME DESIGN
**Bram Stoker's Dracula**
Chaplin
Howard's End
Malcolm X
Toys

FILM EDITING
A Few Good Men
The Last of the Mohicans
The Player
Scent of a Woman
**Unforgiven**

MAKEUP
Batman Returns
**Bram Stoker's Dracula**
Chaplin

ORIGINAL SCORE
**1492: Conquest of Paradise**
Bram Stoker's Dracula
Chaplin
Far and Away
The Last of the Mohicans

SOUND
Aladdin
Bram Stoker's Dracula
A Few Good Men
The Last of the Mohicans
**Unforgiven**

SOUND EFFECTS EDITING
Aladdin
Bram Stoker's Dracula
**The Last of the Mohicans**

VISUAL EFFECTS
**Alien 3**
Batman Returns

The Crying Game - 4 (1 win)
A Few Good Men - 5 (1)
The Last of the Mohicans - 8 (2)
The Player - 3 (0)
Unforgiven - 9 (4)
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I think it was released in its country of origin in 1991 when it was up for foreign film at the Academy Awards. So I assumed that it would have been eligible for awards during 1992. The foreign film issue is very confusing to me. In my lists I sometimes use the year of eligibility and sometimes the year of release in the original country.

Yes, Raise the Red Lantern is a masterpiece and easily the best film of either 1991 or 1992!
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Was Raise the Red Lantern considerable for 92'Oscars? Was it released theatrically in LA during the period of elegibility? It was nominated the previous year (and it would have been a far, far better choice than Mediterraneo, which by the way is not a bad film in any way) for Best Foreign Language Film and I don't know if it could have been nominated in the main categories the next year... anyway, it's one of my all time favorite films, I just love it and there's no way I can forget that wonderful masterpiece...
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1992
Best Picture
Un coeur en hiver
The Crying Game
*Howards End
Malcolm X
The Player

Best Actor
Daniel Auteuil, Un coeur en hiver
Jeff Bridges, American Heart
Clint Eastwood, Unforgiven
Jack Lemmon, Glengarry Glen Ross
*Denzel Washington, Malcolm X

Best Actress
Catherine Deneuve, Indochine
Mary McDonnell, Passion Fish
Michelle Pfeiffer, Love Field
Sharon Stone, Basic Instinct
*Emma Thompson, Howards End

Best Supporting Actor
Al Freeman Jr., Malcolm X
*Gene Hackman, Unforgiven
Anthony Hopkins, Howards End
Al Pacino, Glengarry Glen Ross
Sydney Pollack, Husbands and Wives

Best Supporting Actress
Helena Bonham Carter, Howards End
*Judy Davis, Husbands and Wives
Vanessa Redgrave, Howards End
Miranda Richardson, Damage
Alfre Woodard, Passion Fish

Best Director
Robert Altman, The Player
*James Ivory, Howards End
Neil Jordan, The Crying Game
Spike Lee, Malcolm X
Claude Sautet, Un coeur en hiver
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Best Picture
The Crying Game

Best Director
Neil Jordan, The Crying Game

Best Actor
Denzel Washington, Malcolm X

Best Actress
Emma Thompson, Howards End

Best Supporting Actor
Gene Hackman, Unforgiven

Best Supporting Actress
Miranda Richardson, Damage

Best Screenplay, Original
The Crying Game

Best Screenplay, Adapted
Howards End

Best Ensemble
Unforgiven
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BEST PICTURE
Bitter Moon
The Crying Game
A Few Good Men
The Player
*Unforgiven

BEST DIRECTOR
Robert Altman, The Player
*Clint Eastwood, Unforgiven
Neil Jordon, The Crying Game
Roman Polanski, Bitter Moon
Rob Reiner, A Few Good Men

BEST ACTOR
Robert Downey, Jr., Chaplin
Jack Lemmon, Glengary Glen Ross
*Al Pacino, Scent Of A Woman
Stephen Rea, The Crying Game
Denzel Washington, Malcolm X

BEST ACTRESS
Catherine Deneuve, Indochine
Miranda Richardson, Enchanted April
Susan Sarandon, Lorenzo's Oil
*Sharon Stone, Basic Instinct
Emma Thompson, Howard's End

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Jaye Davidson, The Crying Game
*Gene Hackman, Unforgiven
Jack Nicholson, A Few Good Men
Chris O'Donnell, Scent Of A Woman
Al Pacino, Glengary Glen Ross

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
*Judy Davis, Husbands and Wives
Joan Plowright, Enchanted April
Vanessa Redgrave, Howard's End
Miranda Richardson, Damage
Marisa Tomei, My Cousin Vinny
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1992
Best Picture
The Crying Game
*Howards End
Husbands and Wives
Scent of a Woman
Unforgiven

Best Actor
Robert Downey, Jr., Chaplin
*Al Pacino, Scent of a Woman
Stephen Rea, The Crying Game
Tim Robbins, The Player
Denzel Washington, Malcolm X

Best Actress
Catherine Deneuve, Indochine
Michelle Pfeiffer, Love Field
Susan Sarandon, Lorenzo's Oil
Sharon Stone, Basic Instinct
*Emma Thompson, Howard's End

Best Supporting Actor
Jaye Davidson, The Crying Game
*Gene Hackman, Unforgiven
Jack Nicholson, A Few Good Men
Chris O'Donnell, Scent of a Woman
Al Pacino, Glengarry Glen Ross

Best Supporting Actress
*Judy Davis, Husbands and Wives
Joan Plowright, Enchanted April
Vanessa Redgrave, Howards End
Miranda Richardson, Damage
Marisa Tomei, My Cousin Vinny

Best Director
Woody Allen, Husbands and Wives
Robert Altman, The Player
Clint Eastwood, Unforgiven
*James Ivory, Howards End
Neil Jordan, The Crying Game
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