89th Oscars: In Memoriam
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I've added last-on-the-in-memoriam-list as a tie-breaker in my Oscar party pool, and, since I can't expect my friends to be quite as up-to-speed on exactly who died last year, I gave them a list from which to work. People I included on our list who didn't make the roll:
Richard Davalos
Garry Shandling
Anne Jackson
Madeleine Sherwood
Peter Shaffer (particularly notable omittee, since he's an Oscar winner)
David Huddleston (on the basis of The Big Lebowski)
Steven Hill
Jon Polito
Robert Vaughn
Alec McCowen
Richard Davalos
Garry Shandling
Anne Jackson
Madeleine Sherwood
Peter Shaffer (particularly notable omittee, since he's an Oscar winner)
David Huddleston (on the basis of The Big Lebowski)
Steven Hill
Jon Polito
Robert Vaughn
Alec McCowen
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Yes, Reynolds should have gotten a clip of her singing and dancing from Singing in the Rain played.
Precious Doll wrote:Yes. But seriously it was really odd that the scene from Ordinary People seemed to go on and on and poor Debbie Reynolds, who starred in one of the most iconic films of all time, just had her photo shown. Still they can't please all of the people all of the time. And let's face it if you had 50 different takes on In Memoriam you would have 50 different versions.anonymous1980 wrote:But that one film of note got her an Oscar nomination. And I think Flirting with Disaster qualifies as a film of note as well.
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Still, he was nominated for an Oscar as best supporting actor for The Young Philadelphians (1959).nightwingnova wrote:Vaughn was a TV actor with not much of a mark in movies.
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Producer Jan Chapman's image was used instead of Janet Patterson's is what I read.
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I forgot both the name and the source, but I just read that the segment featured a live person - a friend of Janet Patterson, the reclusive Australian costume designer who died last year, instead of Patterson herself.
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Someone on Twitter wrote that next year's In Memoriam will feature the guys from Price Waterhouse.
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Yes. But seriously it was really odd that the scene from Ordinary People seemed to go on and on and poor Debbie Reynolds, who starred in one of the most iconic films of all time, just had her photo shown. Still they can't please all of the people all of the time. And let's face it if you had 50 different takes on In Memoriam you would have 50 different versions.anonymous1980 wrote:But that one film of note got her an Oscar nomination. And I think Flirting with Disaster qualifies as a film of note as well.
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But that one film of note got her an Oscar nomination. And I think Flirting with Disaster qualifies as a film of note as well.
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Robert Vaughn worked between cinema and TV with some roles in popular memorable films even if they were a lifetime ago .He was certainly way more prolific than Mary Tyler Moore (a giant of the small screen) who really only has one film of note. I checked out the In Memoriam segment on YouTube and was surprised to see that Mary Tyler Moore had more 'screen time' than anyone else.nightwingnova wrote:Vaughn was a TV actor with not much of a mark in movies. I'm not sure Arquette's movie footprint warrants mention either.
Precious Doll wrote:Only Robert Vaughn & Alexis Arquette (you don't get anymore diverse the Alexis) absence is somewhat surprising.anonymous1980 wrote:Anyone major they missed? I'm impressed they got Abbas Kiarostami and Raoul Coutard in.
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Vaughn was a TV actor with not much of a mark in movies. I'm not sure Arquette's movie footprint warrants mention either.
Precious Doll wrote:Only Robert Vaughn & Alexis Arquette (you don't get anymore diverse the Alexis) absence is somewhat surprising.anonymous1980 wrote:Anyone major they missed? I'm impressed they got Abbas Kiarostami and Raoul Coutard in.
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The envelope wasn't the only screw up at this year's Oscars.
The picture they showed during the In Memoriam segment acknowledging costume designer Janet Patterson was actually that of Jan Chapman who's still alive.
The picture they showed during the In Memoriam segment acknowledging costume designer Janet Patterson was actually that of Jan Chapman who's still alive.
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Only Robert Vaughn & Alexis Arquette (you don't get anymore diverse the Alexis) absence is somewhat surprising.anonymous1980 wrote:Anyone major they missed? I'm impressed they got Abbas Kiarostami and Raoul Coutard in.
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Anyone major they missed? I'm impressed they got Abbas Kiarostami and Raoul Coutard in.
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89th Oscars: In Memoriam
Arthur Hiller
Ken Adam
Tracy Scott
Bill Nunn
Alice Arlen
George Kennedy
Gene Wilder
Donald P Harris
Paul Sylbert
Michael Cimino
Andrzej Wajda
Patty Duke
Garry Marshall
Wilma Baker
Emmanuelle Riva
Janet Patterson
Anton Yelchin
Mary Tyler Moore
Prince
Kenny Baker
John Hurt
Jim Clark
Norma Moriceau
Fern Buchner
Kit West
Lupita Tovar
Manlio Rocchetti
Pat Conroy
Nancy Davis Reagan
Abbas Kiarostami
William Peter Blatty
Ken Howard
Tyrus Wong
Hector Babenco
Curtis Hanson
Marni Nixon
George "Ray" West
Raoul Coutard
Zsa Zsa Gabor
Antony Gibbs
Om Puri
Andrea Jaffe
Richard Portman
Debbie Reynolds
Carrie Fisher
Ken Adam
Tracy Scott
Bill Nunn
Alice Arlen
George Kennedy
Gene Wilder
Donald P Harris
Paul Sylbert
Michael Cimino
Andrzej Wajda
Patty Duke
Garry Marshall
Wilma Baker
Emmanuelle Riva
Janet Patterson
Anton Yelchin
Mary Tyler Moore
Prince
Kenny Baker
John Hurt
Jim Clark
Norma Moriceau
Fern Buchner
Kit West
Lupita Tovar
Manlio Rocchetti
Pat Conroy
Nancy Davis Reagan
Abbas Kiarostami
William Peter Blatty
Ken Howard
Tyrus Wong
Hector Babenco
Curtis Hanson
Marni Nixon
George "Ray" West
Raoul Coutard
Zsa Zsa Gabor
Antony Gibbs
Om Puri
Andrea Jaffe
Richard Portman
Debbie Reynolds
Carrie Fisher
Wesley Lovell
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