Unofficial Academy Awards Discussion Board

01. Pulp Fiction (Quentin Tarantino) 02. Schindler's List (Steven Spielberg) 03. Beauty and the Beast (Gary Trousdale/Kirk Wise) 04. The Trois Couleurs Trilogy (Krzysztof Kieslowski) 05. Fargo (Joel Coen) 06. Toy Story (John Lasseter) 07. Dead Man (Jim Jarmusch) 08. The Sixth Sense (M. Night Shyamal...

BEST PICTURE The Crucible Fargo Secrets and Lies Sling Blade Waiting for Guffman BEST DIRECTOR Nicholas Hytner, The Crucible Joel Coen, Fargo Milos Forman, The People Vs. Larry Flynt Mike Leigh, Secrets and Lies Christopher Guest, Waiting for Guffman BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE Tom Cruise, Jerry M...

BEST PICTURE The Age of Innocence The Piano Schindler's List Short Cuts Trois Couleurs: Bleu BEST DIRECTOR Martin Scorsese, The Age of Innocence Jane Campion, The Piano Steven Spielberg, Schindler's List Robert Altman, Short Cuts Krzyzstof Kieslowski, Trois Couleurs: Bleu BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING RO...

BEST PICTURE The Lion King Pulp Fiction Quiz Show Trois Couleurs: Rouge Wild Reeds BEST DIRECTOR Woody Allen, Bullets Over Broadway Peter Jackson, Heavenly Creatures Quentin Tarantino, Pulp Fiction Krzyzstof Kieslowski, Trois Couleurs: Rouge Andre Techine, Wild Reeds BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE Jo...

BEST PICTURE Babe Chungking Express Dead Man Sense and Sensibility Toy Story BEST DIRECTOR Martin Scorsese, Casino Wong Kar-Wai, Chungking Express Jim Jarmusch, Dead Man Todd Haynes, Safe Ang Lee, Sense and Sensibility BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE Nicolas Cage, Leaving Las Vegas Johnny Depp, Dead M...

How is Jason Miller a SUPPORTING actor in The Exorcist? I recently rewatched it Halloween night and I have to say he's every bit a lead as Ellen Burstyn.



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After reading Ed Gonzalez's (a.k.a. The Apostle) review of The Son (Le Fils), I would have to add that film as some of the best Christian films.



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I happen to consider Schindler's List as much a Christian film as it is a Jewish film. After all, the title character was a Christian and he did what every Christian SHOULD be doing.



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In response to the controversy surrounding Mel Gibson's The Passion , I'd like to ask the board what they think are the best Christian or Christian-themed films in cinema (not necessarily movies dealing directly with Christianity or with Jesus Christ but also movies that touched upon Christian them...

When is Oscar Guy gonna adjust his settings so that we can write HITCH#### without being reminded that his name ends with C OCK?



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Irvin, I suspect that had you seen it, Make Way For Tomorrow would also have been on akk four lists. Someone has borrowed my tape, but when I get it back I'll make you a copy of the McCarey film. Thanks, Damien. Hmmm. I am planning to go the States sometime on October. Will you be in the San Franci...

Well, I gotta give Chicago SOMETHING........



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Four 250 lists have been posted so I took it upon myself to find out which films made it to all four lists. As far as I know, there are only SIX films and they are: The Magnificent Ambersons (Orson Welles) Ninotchka (Ernst Lubitsch) Rebel Without a Cause (Nicholas Ray) Sullivan's Travels (Preston S...

I know you wanted Big Magilla but here's my list: 1. A Clockwork Orange (1971) directed by Stanley Kubrick 2. Rashomon (1950) directed by Akira Kurosawa 3. Citizen Kane (1941) directed by Orson Welles 4. Un Chien Andalou (1929) directed by Luis Buñuel 5. Casablanca (1942) directed by Michael Curtiz...

Halle Berry made a big deal how "doors were opened" for black performers for her win as Best Actress. But what about other ethnic minorities? Black actors and actresses have been nominated more times than all the other ethnicities COMBINED (though the winner ratio is the same: 8 wins divi...