25 August, 2010
Tom Jones won Best Picture in 1963 and made Albert Finney a star.
The 36th Academy Awards for the film year 1963.
Best Picture: Tom Jones
Most Surprising Omission: Hud
Best Eligible Film Not Nominated: The Great Escape
Rank (out of 82) Among Best Picture Years: #78 (more…)
5 August, 2010
Sleeping Beauty: the best animated film of the 1950's
So why do this now? Well, because I already covered the years in film, with 1950 – 1955 coming back before I started the History of Best Picture, and I have finally caught up with where I began my History. So, since the next film year will be 1961, in which I will do both Year in Film and Best Picture, now is the time to wrap up the 1950′s.
1950 - 1959
Total Films I’ve Seen: 692
Films That Make the Top 5 in Any Category: 40
Best Film Not to Make the Top 5 in Any Category: The Searchers
Film of the Decade: Sunset Blvd. (more…)
3 August, 2010
The "fat ugly man" wins the Oscar. Betsy Blair just gets a nomination.
The 28th annual Academy Awards, for the film year 1955. The nominations were announced on February 18, 1956 and the awards were held on March 21, 1956.
Best Picture: Marty
Most Surprising Omission: East of Eden
Best Eligible Film Not Nominated: Rebel Without a Cause
Rank (out of 82) Among Best Picture Years: #66 (more…)
30 July, 2010
"She looks like Eva Marie Saint / In On the Waterfront / She reads Simone de Beauvoir / In her American circumstance"
The 27th annual Academy Awards for the film year 1954. The nominations were announced on February 12, 1955 and the awards were held on March 30, 1955.
Best Picture: On the Waterfront
Most Surprising Omission: Sabrina
Best Eligible Film Not Nominated: Rear Window
Rank (out of 82) Among Best Picture Years: #63 (more…)
23 June, 2010
John Garfield getting upset that he wasn't nominated alongside Gregory Peck and Celeste Holm for Gentleman's Agreement (1947)
The 20th Academy Awards, for the film year 1947. The nominations were announced on February 15, 1948 and the awards were held on March 20, 1948
Best Picture: Gentleman’s Agreement
Most Surprising Omission: A Double Life
Best Eligible Film Not Nominated: La belle et la bete
Best Eligible English Language Film Not Nominated: A Matter of Life and Death
Rank (out of 82) Among Best Picture Years: #34 (more…)
