Brokeback Mountain: Our Community's Common Bond > Heath Ledger Remembrance Forum
Heath Ledger - the grieving thread
BennyBoy:
--- 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. The nomination he did receive for Brokeback Mountain was a well-deserved honor and a real achievement, even though he didn't win.
Of course, Jake is still here (and Michelle too, for that matter) to carry the overdue-award torch forward in their own careers.
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I'm a bit of an Oscar guru..there are only a few categories that state that a person cannot be voted post-humously. Honorary Oscars being one of them.
However the Academy is reluctant to vote a deceased individual because they believe that it should affect the career of the artist.
Peter Finch is the only actor to ever win an award post-humously (his wife accepted it for him) however many writers and composers have done so. Bernard Herrman was awarded for Citizen Kane and Sidney Howard who wrote Gone with the Wind also won after he had died.
serious crayons:
--- Quote from: TOoP/Bruce on January 23, 2008, 04:52:54 pm ---Sure he could.
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I would think that at the very least they would do some kind of tribute, outside of the usual montage they do of celebrities who've died during the previous year. I mean, big stars die every year, but usually not stars who are so young, so active, and so much at the height of popularity.
That is, if there are writers and if there's a ceremony.
BennyBoy:
--- Quote from: ineedcrayons on January 23, 2008, 05:27:18 pm ---I would think that at the very least they would do some kind of tribute, outside of the usual montage they do of celebrities who've died during the previous year. I mean, big stars die every year, but usually not stars who are so young, so active, and so much at the height of popularity.
That is, if there are writers and if there's a ceremony.
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God I would hope that they would at least mention it outside of the usual montage since it happened so close to the ceremony. Even if they just took part in a moment of silence...
David In Indy:
Welcome to Bettermost Forgotten Spirit! I'm sorry it is on such a sad occasion, but we sure are glad you're here with us! :)
BennyBoy:
--- Quote from: David on January 23, 2008, 05:41:25 pm ---Welcome to Bettermost Forgotten Spirit! I'm sorry it is on such a sad occasion, but we sure are glad you're here with us! :)
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Thanks David...I'm Ben by the way...
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