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graham4anything

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20. Jodie Foster and Cliff Robertson(or DeNiro) and Sissy Spacek should have won

Reply to Bluenorthwest (Reply #19)

Fri Mar 29, 2013, 11:07 AM

Mar 2013

Same recently that Heath Ledger did not deserve an Oscar, but he died too.

Beatrice Straight most certainly did not deserve the Oscar

and Best Screenplay should have gone to Rocky

and best score to Bernard Herrmann for Obsession (which should have been nominated for Best Picture, Actor, Supporting Actor(Lithgow), still the best Hitchcock homage ever.
Cliff Robertson of course was robbed, as he did this shortly after the scandal he uncovered and he was blacklisted for a while, but Obsession was the best work he ever did (and he prior won the Best Actor award).

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But used to be's don't count anymore,they just lay on the floor til we sweep them away graham4anything Mar 2013 #4

In 1976 Network won best Screenplay, Best Actress (Dunaway) and Best Supporting Actress (Beatrice Bluenorthwest Mar 2013 #19

Jodie Foster and Cliff Robertson(or DeNiro) and Sissy Spacek should have won graham4anything Mar 2013 #20

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