Biggest Crime in Oscar History?

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Permalink Reply by Trane90 on July 1, 2009 at 3:30am

IMO The Pianist should have won that year.

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Permalink Reply by Witten on July 1, 2009 at 3:24am

as i mentioned on my reply to MDS' comment; Al Pacino getting snubbed THROUGHOUT the 70s & 80s is a crime.

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Permalink Reply by Trane90 on July 1, 2009 at 3:39am

In my opinion
Gladitor winning over Traffic.
Driving Miss Daisy winning over My Left Foot
Annie Hall over A New Hope
My Fair Lady over Dr. Strangelove

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Permalink Reply by MDS on July 1, 2009 at 3:46am

How's this one for a BIG crime?

Goodfellas had Best Actor (Supporting) winner, Best Supporting Female Actor, Best Director, Best Picture nominations, and multiple Critic awards, and BAFTA nominated Best Lead Male....

Yet, Ray Liotta didn't get a SINGLE nomination for the Oscars, AND never won a Critic Award for his role as Henry Hill.

Odd, but it's sort of strange that all the awards that Goodfellas got from Director to cast, Ray Liotta who is on screen THE MOST in the movie, and who the movie is ABOUT, and who has to hold his own against all those OTHER talents.... never got a single award for Goodfellas, nor even got NOMINATED for an award for Goodfellas.

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Permalink Reply by MyWifeDave on July 1, 2009 at 12:29pm

It's one of the best performances of Liotta's Career and he gets completely snubbed. That pisses me off so bad.

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Permalink Reply by MDS on July 1, 2009 at 2:32pm

Yep, completely snubbed. And I don't even mean just an Oscar snub, but snubbed by EVERYONE.

No critic award nominations, no "popular choice" type of awards, no recognition at ALL for his job on that movie. I mean, I understand that others got nominated for an Oscar or BAFTA, or some other award. But Ray Liotta himself didn't get a DAMN thing from ANYONE.

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Permalink Reply by alan on July 1, 2009 at 4:08am

Citizen Kane has to be the biggest.How Green Was My Valley was just another Ford movie but Kane...
Also Treasure of Sierra Madre,John Huston's best movie losing to Hamlet in 1948.Taxi Driver deserved to win over Rocky.
And of course Pulp Fiction over Forrest Gump

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Permalink Reply by MDS on July 1, 2009 at 4:32am

Kane lost because of outside influences. No one wanted to upset Hearst. Also, it's hard to believe, but it was a FLOP in the theaters during the original release. It didn't earn respect until it's re-release almost a decade later when it took off.

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Permalink Reply by MyWifeDave on July 1, 2009 at 12:30pm

Fuck How Green was my Valley!!!!!

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Permalink Reply by khuff92 on July 1, 2009 at 2:42pm

Totally agree about Taxi Driver. I guess that at the time, the Academy didn't want to go with a film so dark, so they went with the uplifting Rambo.

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Permalink Reply by BOWENARROW on July 1, 2009 at 12:58pm

I remember my mom being upset when Gary Sinise didn't win for best supporting actor in Forrest Gump and it instead went to Marin Landau in Ed Wood. She kept saying he only got it because he's old and is going to die soon. Funny, that was back in 94 and he's still alive today. I think they both did an awesome acting job, but feel that Landau did indeed deserve it

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Permalink Reply by Iffy on July 1, 2009 at 1:47pm

Dances With Wolves winning Best Picture, when Goodfellas was a clear favorite. Sure other films that year were worthy contenders, but to this day, I think Goodfellas was screwed out of a great opportunity. And let's face it: who here really can compare one movie who has a great casting, great direction, and source for screenplay, to one that no one hardly remembers now? No one can really say Dances With Wolves was hands down the winner when Goodfellas had more going for it and has held up so well to this day. I submit to you, Goodfellas not getting the respect it deserves.

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