2024 Governors Awards

[Greg]

Speaking of Dolly Parton, does anyone agree with me that she can be quite funny and it is too bad that she hasn't done more comedy?

[dws1982]

I've said before that I think Harrison Ford would be a no-brainer for an honorary. Multiple franchises covering several decades, multiple non-franchise hits over several decades, in the public consciousness for about fifty years now, has been in eight Best Picture nominees but never had the personal recognition. Glenn Close would be a good choice as well, although I know there is hope that she would get that winning role eventually. But I don't think her winning competitively would be the way to bet.

For cinematographers, I like the idea of Taj Fujimoto, who worked for decades in lots of major films with very little recognition for himself. And for directors, I would like to see Terrence Malick recognized, because he may not complete another film after the one he's working on, and he'll never win in competition. Although they may be reluctant to give the honorary to someone who would almost definitely not show for the ceremony. Would also be nice to see Jan Troell get recognized while he's still alive, but that's deeply unlikely.

Could definitely see Kevin Feige getting the Thalberg eventually. Not right now, because we as a culture are not in Marvel-positive place, but eventually. And Dolly Parton wold be a great choice for the Hersholt.

[Big Magilla]

I like the idea of posthumous awards, but I don't see them doing that ever.

They do seem, however, to like to have at least one marquee name to give their awards to every year so I would say in that regard that Glenn Close and Harrison Ford have to lead the conversation again this year.

In addition to the marquee name, there will be at least one out of the blue that no one would have predicted. How about Ed Lachman or Rodrigo Prieto for that one?

[Reza]

Leslie Caron & Isabelle Adjani would be good choices too.

They should give one posthumous Honorary award each year to deserving actors or technicians who were never rewarded - Swanson, Burton, Irene Dunne....

[Reza]

Depardieu with all the rape charges hanging over him will never get to the podium at the Academy.

[anonymous1980]

It may be a bit too early for proper Oscar predictions but since they announce this around June/July, it isn't too early to speculate who will be this year's honorary awards recipients. In recent years, it seems they're no longer averse to giving the honorary awards to people who are young-ish and/or still active. Here are some ideas:

ACTORS
Annette Bening
Beau Bridges
Albert Brooks
Claudia Cardinale
Maggie Cheung
Glenn Close
Alain Delon
Bruce Dern
Catherine Deneuve
Gerard Depardieu
Harrison Ford
Rosemary Harris
James Hong
Isabelle Huppert
Diane Ladd
Ian McKellen
Tatsuya Nakadai
Kim Novak
Dick Van Dyke
Chow Yun Fat

DIRECTORS
Don Bluth
Albert Brooks
Ken Burns
Mabel Cheung
David Cronenberg
Jean Pierre & Luc Dardenne
Brian De Palma
Werner Herzog
Hou Hsiao-Hsien
Ann Hui
Ken Loach
Mira Nair
Rob Reiner
Bela Tarr
Gus Van Sant
John Waters
Wim Wenders
Wong Kar-Wai
John Woo
Zhang Yimou

ARTISANS
Vic Armstrong (stunts)
Caleb Deschanel (cinematography)
Christopher Doyle (cinematography)
Danny Elfman (music)
Tak Fujimoto (cinematography)
Thomas Newman (music)
Greg P. Russell (sound)
Wynn Thomas (production design)
Phil Tippett (visual effects)
Bo Welch (production design)

IRVING G. THALBERG MEMORIAL AWARD
Kevin Feige
Christine Vachon

JEAN HERSHOLT HUMANITARIAN AWARD
Jane Fonda
Elton John
Dolly Parton

Any other ideas?