Post by Toasted Cheese on Jul 18, 2020 10:37:48 GMT
Vits I am not a fan of A Beautiful Mind and Crowe’s performance is the saving grace for me. I feel he was much better here than he was in Gladiator. Crowe had been a conceited bad boy and that may have influenced the voters choice, but Sean Penn was also up for I Am Sam. This was an Oscar bait role, a very good one too, and he had not yet won an Oscar either. He did win 2 years later. Denzel already had a previous Oscar win. He was either the alternate choice to Crowe, a back to back would have been sensational hype, or it came down to Academy grandstanding for two major black wins. Sensational also. Did all the voters in the acting branch feel this way that year? Best Actress was a weak year too.
Poitier’s was an Oscar for his contribution to film, although he wasn’t on the screen much throughout the latter part of the century, and for his dignity in industry representation. Why Poitier?
Poitier’s was an Oscar for his contribution to film, although he wasn’t on the screen much throughout the latter part of the century, and for his dignity in industry representation. Why Poitier?