For the umpteenth time, we know there’s a year of just 5 nominees. Read the original post!Originally Posted by Jali
Also, yes to The Lion King, I agree.
For the umpteenth time, we know there’s a year of just 5 nominees. Read the original post!
Also, yes to The Lion King, I agree.
Wonder Boys? No. If Douglas had gotten in you'd have an argument there, but as it really happened, no.
2000: Almost Famous, Billy Elliot
2001: none
2002: Adaptation, Talk to Her
2003: Cold Mountain, City of God, In America
2004: Vera Drake, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
2005: Walk the Line, The Constant Gardener
2006: Dreamgirls
2007: The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
2008: The Dark Knight, WALL-E
2009: no An Education, The Blind Side, A Serious Man
2010: no Winter's Bone, Toy Story 3
I know I've got a big ego, I really don't know why it's such a big deal, though.
But when the Academy did their research didn't take into account that with the new rule, Academy members would have been more risky in their first choices. It's not the same voting knowing that only 5 films are going to get nominated than voting knowing that 10 films can get the chance of being nominated. With that in mind, what the Academy said it would have happened is wrong.For the umpteenth time, we know there’s a year of just 5 nominees. Read the original post!
Jali Awards Best Actress 1920-1925
1920 Tora Teje, Erotikon // 1921 Pola Negri, The wildcat
1922 Anna May Wong, The toll of the sea // 1923 Marion Davies, Little old New York
1924 Marie Prevost, The marriage circle // 1925 Gloria Swanson, Stage struck
Wonder boys was nominated for Adapted screenplay and editing, both categories are more indicative of high support than actor.
Jali Awards Best Actress 1920-1925
1920 Tora Teje, Erotikon // 1921 Pola Negri, The wildcat
1922 Anna May Wong, The toll of the sea // 1923 Marion Davies, Little old New York
1924 Marie Prevost, The marriage circle // 1925 Gloria Swanson, Stage struck
Films get nominated for Screenplay all the time without high support. The Editing nod I think was more of a tribute to Dede Allen (there's someone they should have given an Honorary Oscar to).
Bringing it back, this time going to the 80s.
1980: 8 nominees (add The Stunt Man, Fame and Melvin and Howard. Also possible: Private Benjamin)
1981: 7 nominees (add Arthur and The French Lieutenant's Woman, Also possible: Abscence of Malice, Prince of the City)
1982: 9 nominees (add Sophie's Choice, Das Boot, Victor/Victoria, and An Officer and a Gentleman)
1983: 7 nominees (Add Silkwood and Fanny and Alexander. Also possible: Educating Rita, Reuben, Reuben, WarGames)
1984: 6 nominees (Add Broadway Danny Rose. Also possible: Greystoke, The River, The Natural,)
1985: 5 nominees (possible: Ran, Runaway Train, Back to the Future, The Trip to Bountiful, The Purple Rose of Cairo)
1986: 7 nominees (Add The Color of Money and Aliens. Also possible: My Beautiful Laundrette, Blue Velvet, Salvador, Crimes of the Heart)
1987: 8 nominees (Add My Life as A Dog, Ironweed and Empire of the Sun. Also possible: Full Metal Jacket, The Untouchables)
1988: 8 nominees (Add A Fish Called Wanda, Little Dorrit, and Who Framed Roger Rabbit?. Also possible: The Last Temptation of Christ, Gorillas in the Mist, Running on Empty)
1989: 9 nominees (Add Crimes and Misdemeanors, Henry V, Glory and The Fabulous Baker Boys. Also possible: Do The Right Thing, Enemies: A Love Story, Parenthood, The Little Mermaid).
Thoughts?
I'd imagine Do the Right Thing would be in rather easily with the 5% rule in '89.
And ugh, The Lion King would have been a glorious Best Picture nominee.
And ugh, The Lion King would have been a glorious Best Picture nominee.
Yeah, I guess I'd swap Baker Boys out for that.
My take on the 90s is:
1990: 7 nominees (Add Reversal of Fortune and The Grifters. Also possible: Cyrano de Bergerac, Green Card, Metropolitan)
1991: 7 nominees (Add Thelma & Louise and The Fisher King. Also possible: Boyz n the Hood, Terminator II: Judgement Day, Cape Fear, Fried Green Tomatoes)
1992: 6 nominees (Add The Player. Also possible: Lorenzo's Oil, Husbands and Wives, Enchanted April, Passion Fish)
1993: 8 nominees (Add The Age of Innocence, Philadelphia and Short Cuts. Also possible: Shadowlands, What's Love Got to Do With It, The Fugitive, In The Line of Fire)
1994: 9 nominees (Add Bullets over Broadway, The Madness of King George, Three Colors: Red and The Lion King. Also possible: Ed Wood, Little Women, Hoop Dreams)
1995: 7 nominees (Add Dead Man Walking and Leaving Las Vegas. Also possible: Toy Story, Nixon, The Usual Suspects)
1996: 6 nominees (Add The People vs Larry Flynt. Also possible: Sling Blade, Evita, The Crucible, Hamlet)
1997: 8 nominees (Add The Sweet Hereafter, Amistad and Boogie Nights. Also possible: The Wings of the Dove, Donnie Brasco, Wag the Dog)
1998: 7 nominees (Add The Truman Show and Gods and Monsters. Also possible: A Simple Plan, Pleasantville, Little Voice, Affliction)
1999: 7 nominees (Add Being John Malkovich and Magnolia. Also possible: The Talented Mr Ripley, Topsy-Turvy, The Matrix).
The Reader and Frost/Nixon surely had 5% of #1 votes. Old people loved Frost/Nixon and The Reader had this immense aura of prestige and gravitas around it, with the subject matter and having two huge-name producers who died that year. I think there would have been 7 nominees in total for 2008.
2001 definitely makes the most sense as the year that had only 5 nominees. Black Hawk Down was not something people loved. Amelie was foreign language + "silly". Shrek was animated and also "silly". Mulholland Drive confused the hell out of almost everyone at the time and had very limited support within the actual industry, with David Lynch's nomination probably being pushed through by a very select amount of people in that branch.
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