Brokeback Mountain: Our Community's Common Bond > Heath Ledger Remembrance Forum
Heath Ledger - the grieving thread
moremojo:
--- Quote from: TOoP/Bruce on January 23, 2008, 04:52:54 pm ---Peter Finch won a posthumous Oscar for "Network".
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I stand corrected. Do you know if Finch was also nominated posthumously?
MaineWriter:
--- Quote from: moremojo on January 23, 2008, 04:55:47 pm ---I stand corrected. Do you know if Finch was also nominated posthumously?
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Peter Finch died on January 14, 1977. If the timing then is similar to the timing today, it would mean he died about a week before the nominations were announced. He died of a heart attack so his death wasn't expected. It is likely that the Academy knew of his nomination at the time of his death but didn't change it.
With Heath, it would be a very different situation since the movie hasn't even come out yet. But it still might be possible.
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Ellemeno:
I got a call from Meryl and John a couple of hours ago. They were at 421 Broome Street. Here are two pics John took there.
Hm, I haven't gotten them to load to Photobucket yet.
Kelda:
--- Quote from: bbm_stitchbuffyfan on January 23, 2008, 04:53:55 pm ---My parents told me someone who died and that it's something I won't want it to hear. I expected it to be Britney (I am fan of hers), but when I saw "Heath Ledger 1979-2008" I was mortified.
I felt really numb after that, and I couldn't muster anything to say about it. I went back and looked through all my Brokeback Mountain pictures. And I cried myself to sleep.
I didn't expect this. I had no idea. I wish it never happened, and it's so hard to accept the fact that he's dead.
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Hi Stitchy... longtime no see - good to see you even in these horrible times
xx
smellykellyjay:
--- Quote from: moremojo on January 23, 2008, 04:50:30 pm ---I'm pretty sure that he cannot be nominated for or receive an Academy Award posthumously.
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I don't have or know the official Academy Awards rules, but to my knowledge, there is not an official rule that one cannot receive a posthumous nomination or award in the general categories. They may not be terribly keen on it, but I don't think it's forbidden. James Dean was nominated posthumously for both "Giant" and "East of Eden."
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