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Hmmmm: Paul Haggis, Brendan Fraser Win $12 Million From 'Crash' Producer
Aloysius J. Gleek:
We Could Have Told You That Five Years Ago Dep't
http://www.salon.com/entertainment/movies/film_salon/2011/01/28/oscar_controversies_revisited/slideshow.html
All-time greatest Oscar heists
Slide show:
From Judy Garland to "Brokeback Mountain,"
we take another look at the Academy Awards'
biggest mistakes
2006: "Crash" beats "Brokeback Mountain" for best picture
How did this happen? Maybe homophobia is alive and well in one of the gayest industries in all of human history, and Oscar voters just couldn't bring themselves to give the top prize to a 1960s drama about a couple of homosexual cowboys who consummate their relationship in a tent while they're out herding sheep, then go on to live closeted "respectable" lives while nurturing their love in secret. You might think the film's unexpected popular success might have tipped the balance, but no: Oscar voters went for Paul Haggis' "Racism is bad!" film "Crash," an ensemble picture in which modern Los Angelenos of every race and ethnic group spent every minute of every day fuming about the honkies, the coloreds, the beaners, etc; granted they didn't use such obsolete slang, but there were definitely times when it felt as though you were watching a film whose social attitudes were stuck in about 1971. Watch the scene in "Brokeback" where Heath Ledger holds his dead lover's shirt up to his face -- one of the most iconic scenes of the entire decade -- and then try to make a case for Haggis' movie being the more profound work.
Meryl:
We wuz robbed! It's still hard to think about it. :P
Jeff Wrangler:
--- Quote from: Meryl on January 29, 2011, 02:06:45 am ---We wuz robbed! It's still hard to think about it. :P
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Ain't dat de truff? :(
delalluvia:
--- Quote from: Meryl on January 29, 2011, 02:06:45 am ---We wuz robbed! It's still hard to think about it. :P
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It is. >:(
I've only watched the Oscars once since.
Penthesilea:
--- Quote from: Meryl on January 29, 2011, 02:06:45 am ---We wuz robbed! It's still hard to think about it. :P
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You can say that twice and mean it!
I was spared the shock of Oscar night 2006, since BBM came out in Germany only after the Oscars. But that doesn't mean I wasn't angry about it later.
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