Frequently when a film is in it's initial release
it is not seen by either the public or the
critics as a good film. some great examples of this are
Touch of Evil... this film was universally panned
& even the studio didn't want to distribute the
film for a time. When they did they hacked it up.
It's a Wonderful Life .. for who knows what
reason the film wasn't recognized as a classic
until the 1970's and did not do well during it's
first release, even thought it was nominated for
5 Oscars and won the Golden Globe for best
director... Today it is revered as one of the all time classics
Vertigo.. I believe this film wasn't liked too
much during it's first release & became known as
a classic in the 1970's also (Hitchcock films did
historically poor at the Oscars in comparison to
the number of nominations for them. Psycho was
nominated for 4 Director, Actress, b&w
cinematography, set decoration - no wins. North
by Northwest nominated for art direction,
editing, screenplay - no wins. Lifeboat was
nominated for 3, including director & original
screenplay by Steinbeck. Can you believe
Steinbeck lost to Leo McCarey for Goin My Way as
did Hitchcock? McCarey himself won 3 oscars just
for this film! It also won 4 others & lost 3.
Today I wonder if it could win 1 against it's competitors of that year)
the Great Dictator .. this film was hated by the
public and Charlie's other 2 1930's films weren't
as liked as they are today revered as some of the
top classics of film history. They are also the
films that convinced the House Un-American
Activities Committee that Chaplin was a commie!
trivia for Modern Times : France's Tobis Studios
sued Chaplin for plagiarizing the conveyor belt
sequence from
<http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0027977//name/nm0163229/>René
Clair's
<http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0027977//title/tt0022599/>À
nous la liberté (1931) but dropped the suit when
Clair declared himself honored by the tribute,
saying, "I have certainly borrowed enough from him."
how flicks like Singin in the Rain, Vertigo,
Modern Times etc can be overlooked by the Academy
is beyond the understanding of any film buff. But
we can't forget that as times change so does the
culture of the people. When 1924's Phantom of the
Opera came out the unmasking scene was about the
most horrific thing anyone had ever seen. Today
it's almost hilarious. There is also a political
factor in Hollywood circles that prevent some
winners. I can't imagine Hollywood ever giving
James Whale an oscar during his time, and he did some fine films.
Also, to get Oscar nominations, films need to be
released near the end of the year or they become forgotten.
too many foolish reasons keep good films from
winning.. But we have that in poker games too!
Rich======================
At 01:34 PM 3/3/2006, David Kusumoto wrote:
Great trivia!
However, in fairness to the song, "As Time Goes By" in "Casablanca," it was
written about 10-12 years before that for some Broadway show -- hence it
wasn't original but thrown into the film as its signature theme.
Sort of the same thing with "Singin' in the Rain." Old song, not original,
hence not nominated either in 1952. In fact, "Singin' in the Rain" is
another glaring example of a snub by the Academy. No best pix nom. either.
I guess back then they'd later say, "who knew?"
-koose.
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Subject: CHANNING'S OSCAR TRIVIA QUESTIONS -- THE ANSWERS!
Date: Fri, 3 Mar 2006 13:17:47 -0800
3/3/2006
DEAR FELLOW MOPOERS --
Thanks to those of you who wrote and told me you wanted to know the
Oscar trivia answers. So, here we go --
1) What is the mystery surrounding the 1941 Special Effects
nomination for THE SEA WOLF?
The original nomination was for the Warner Bros. film DIVE BOMBER. At
some point after the first announcement, the nomination was changed to
THE SEA WOLF -- same technical team was nominated however. Nobody
knows why!
2) What film rivaled THE COLOR PURPLE for most nominations and zero
wins?
THE TURNING POINT with Shirley MacLaine and Anne Bancroft
3) What was the first film to receive a writing nomination (yes, I
have something for sale on it)?
Josef Von Sternberg's UNDERWORLD. Story by Ben Hecht (1927-1928)
4) What Alfred Hitchcock masterpiece received only a couple of
technical nominations and no wins?
VERTIGO
5) What brilliant, visionary, science-fiction classic was not even
nominated for Best Picture?
2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY
6) What piece of science fiction mastery lost for Best Visual Effects
to ET?
BLADERUNNER
7) Elmer Bernstein's magnificent score to THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN lost
to which of the following: THE ALAMO (Dimitri Tiomkin), EXODUS (Ernest
Gold), ELMER GANTRY (Andre Previn), or SPARTACUS (Alex North)?
EXODUS
8) The Best Song of 1943 was YOU'LL NEVER KNOW from HELLO, FRISCO,
HELLO. What incredibly famous song was not even nominated that year?
AS TIME GOES BY
9) What film brought Oscar nominations to the writing/directing team
of John Steinbeck and Alfred Hitchcock?
LIFEBOAT
and finally,
10 What major 1961 film collaboration between John Huston, Arthur
Miller, Clark Gable, Montgomery Clift, Eli Wallach, Thelma Ritter,
Marilyn Monroe, and Andre Previn received not a single Academy Award
nomination?
THE MISFITS
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