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Oscar Upsets! Help NEEDED!
slayers_creek_oth:
I am in the process of writing a detailed Wikipedia article about Oscar upsets. I know the obvious Crash over Brokeback, Shakespeare over Saving etc....but what are some other major upsets? Would you consider Braveheart over Sense and Sensibility an upset? Titanic over LA Conf? Gandhi over ET?
It doesn't have to be just Best Picture upsets either....any upsets in the acting, directing etc. categories will be great too....
Someone who knows Oscars please help...
Thanks in advance...
chefjudy:
>:( Shakespeare in Love over Saving Private Ryan was a big upset a few years ago..............
slayers_creek_oth:
--- Quote from: chefjudy on April 18, 2006, 02:58:18 pm --- >:( Shakespeare in Love over Saving Private Ryan was a big upset a few years ago..............
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Yeah as I said I know the obvious ones.....but a lot of them happened when I was very young so I don't know much about them... ;D
ednbarby:
Titanic winning wasn't really considered an upset - it led in nominations going in and that alone usually guarantees a Best Picture win.
The Greatest Show on Earth over High Noon in 1952
The Color Purple not winning a single award when it was nominated for 9, I believe. I forget what year.
There are many I could give my personal opinion as being bullshit, like The Shawshank Redemption not winning Best Picture when it's one of the best damned movies I've ever seen (I forget what won instead that year, but I remember being annoyed by it - Forrest Gump, maybe?). But those above are the main "upsets" for Best Picture that spring to mind. I'm sure there are others.
chefjudy:
:) oops, my bad, you did mention that one, sorry........................(hides face in embarrassment)................
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