1991 Oscar Shouldabeens

[the critic]

Well the main reason I choose Nelligan's peformace in "The Prince of Tides" over "Frankie and Johnny" is because I haven't seen the last one.

[rudeboy]

One question though: are we supposed to think that she, herself, is Idgie Threadgoode (Mary Stuart Masterson's character) at the end of the movie when Kathy Bates finds the honey at Ruth's grave. If you've read the book, she is clearly not but I always felt like the movie deliberately left it up in the air.

I think we are. At least, I've always taken it that way, not having read the book. I might have to rethink now.

Incidently, good though Tandy was, I've always held that Masterson's performance steals the film, and deserved a nomination more.

[flipp525]

SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Kate Nelligan - Prince of Tides

If we're re-writing history here, don't you think her nomination should've been for Frankie and Johnny?

I love Jessica Tandy's performance in Fried Green Tomatoes. She's such a hoot. One question though: are we supposed to think that she, herself, is Idgie Threadgoode (Mary Stuart Masterson's character) at the end of the movie when Kathy Bates finds the honey at Ruth's grave? If you've read the book, she is clearly not but I always felt like the movie deliberately left it up in the air.

[the critic]

PICTURE
Barton Fink
JFK
Raise the Red Lantern
The Silence of the Lambs****
Thelma and Louise

DIRECTOR
Joel Coen - Barton Fink
Oliver Stone - JFK
Zhang Yimou - Raise the Red Lantern
Jonathan Demme - The Silence of the Lambs****
Ridley Scott - Thelma and Louise

ACTOR
Jeff Bridges - The Fisher King
Anthony Hopkins - The Silence of the Lambs****
River Phoenix - My Own Private Idaho
John Turturro - Barton Fink
Robin Williams - The Fisher King

ACTRESS
Geena Davis - Thelma and Louise
Laura Dern - Rambling Stone
Jodie Foster - The Silence of the Lambs****
Gong Li - Raise the Red Lantern
Susan Sarandon - Thelma and Louise

SUPPORTING ACTOR
John Goodman - Barton Fink*****
Harvey Keitel - Bugsy
Samuel L. Jackson - Jungle Fever
Tommey Lee Jones - JFK
Donald Sutherland - JFK

SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Jane Harrocks - Life is Sweet
Julliette Lewis - Cape Fear
Kate Nelligan - Prince of Tides
Mercedes Ruhel - The Fisher King****
Jessica Tandy - Fried Green Tomatoes

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Barton Fink****
Boys 'N' The Hood
Dead Again
The Double Life of Veronique
Thelma and Louise

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Europa, Europa
JFK
A Midnight Clear
Raise the Red Lantern
The Silence of the Lambs****

CINEMATOGRAPHY
Dead Again
JFK****
Raise the Red Lantern
The Silence of the Lambs
Thelma and Louise

EDITING
Dead Again
JFK****
The Silence of the Lambs
Terminator 2
Thelma and Louise

ART DIRECTION
The Addams Family
Barton Fink
Bugsy
Dead Again
Raise the Red Lantern****

COSTUME
The Addams Family
Barton Fink
Bugsy
Hook
Raise the Red Lantern

MAKE-UP
The Addams Family
Hook
Terminator 2

ORIGINAL SCORE
Backdraft
Beauty and the Beast
Bugsy
JFK****
The Silence of the Lambs

SOUND
Backdraft
Europa, Europa
JFK****
The Silence of the Lambs
Terminator 2

SOUND EDITING
Backdraft
JFK****
Terminator 2

FX
Backdraft
Star Trek VI
Terminator 2****

FOREIGN FILM
The Beautiful Troublemaker
The Double Life of Veronique****
Europa, Europa
Nikita
Vanishing

[Bruce_Lavigne]

...

[Mack Ten]

1991

1. Thelma And Louise
2. The Silence Of The Lambs
3. An Angel At My Table
4. The Fisher King
5. JFK
6. Barton Fink
7. Fried Green Tomatoes
8. Naked Lunch
9. Cape Fear
10. Rambling Rose

Best Supporting Actor

Robert Duvall ... Rambling Rose
Laurence Fishburne ... Boyz In The Hood
John Goodman ... Barton Fink
Anthony Hopkins ... Silence Of The Lambs *
Ted Levine ... Silence Of The Lambs

Best Supporting Actress


Kathy Bates ... Fried Green Tomatoes
Annette Bening ... Bugsy
Diane Ladd ... Rambling Rose
Juliette Lewis ... Cape Fear
Mercedes Ruehl ... The Fisher King *

Best Actor


Warren Beatty ... Bugsy
Jeff Bridges ... The Fisher King
Robert DeNiro ... Cape Fear
River Phoenix ... My Own Private Idaho *
Robin Williams ... The Fisher King

Best Actress

Geena Davis ... Thelma & Louise *
Laura Dern ... Rambling Rose
Jodie Foster ... Silence Of The Lambs
Kerry Fox ... An Angel At My Table
Susan Sarandon ... Thelma & Louise

[Precious Doll]

Best Film

1. Silence of the Lambs
2. Raise the Red Lantern
3. Edward II
4. Fried Green Tomatoes
5. Rush

Best Director

1. Jonathan Demme, Silence of the Lambs
2. Zhang Yimou, Raise the Red Lantern
3. Derek Jarman, Edward II
4. Jon Avnet, Fried Green Tomatoes
5. Krzysztof Kieslowski, The Double Life of Veronique

Best Actor

1. William Hurt, The Doctor
2. Kevin Kline, Grand Canyon
3. John Gielgud, Prospero’s Book
4. Jeff Bridges, The Fisher King
5. Kevin Costner, JFK

Best Actress

1. Sheila Florence, A Woman’s Tale
2. Jodie Foster, Silence of the Lambs
3. Jennifer Jason Leigh, Rush
4. Gong Li, Raise the Red Lantern
5. Irene Jacob, The Double Life of Veronique

Best Supporting Actor

1. Anthony Hopkins, Silence of the Lambs
2. Donald Sutherland, JFK
3. Tommy Lee Jones, JFK
4. Joe Pesci, JFK
5. Max von Sydow, A Kiss Before Dying

Best Supporting Actress

1. Mercedes Reuhl, The Fisher King
2. Cao Cuifeng, Raise the Red Lantern
3. Elizabeth Perkins, The Doctor
4. He Caifei, Raise the Red Lantern
5. Emma Thompson, Improtou

Best Screenplay

1. Boyz’N’the Hood
2. A Woman’s Tale
3. The Double Life of Veronique
4. Toto the Hero
5. The Actress

Best Screenplay Adaptation

1. Silence of the Lambs
2. Raise the Red Lantern
3. Edward II
4. Fried Green Tomatoes
5. Rush

Best Cinematography

1. Raise the Red Lantern
2. The Actress
3. The Double Life of Veronique
4. Silence of the Lambs
5. Fried Green Tomatoes

Best Editing

1. JFK
2. Silence of the Lambs
3. Fried Green Tomatoes
4. Toto the Hero
5. Raise the Red Lantern

Best Sound

1. Silence of the Lambs
2. JFK
3. Toto the Hero
4. The Fisher King
5. Beauty and the Beast

Best Art Direction

1. Raise the Red Lantern
2. Silence of the Lambs
3. The Actress
4. Toto the Hero
5. Prospero’s Book

Best Costume Design

1. Raise the Red Lantern
2. Prospero’s Book
3. The Actress
4. Impromptu
5. Edward II

Best Music

1. Silence of the Lambs
2. Raise the Red Lantern
3. Prospero’s Book
4. Beauty and the Beast
5. Fried Green Tomatoes

[Sabin]

Oh, Fishburne was amazing. That's not the problem. The problem is that the film can't go five minutes without tripping over a soapbox. I understand the point that Singleton is trying to make (and his nomination over Streisand is a well-deserved triumph), but his screenplay and hyper directing refuses to let characters behave for very long.

It's a very well-intentioned and powerful film so I feel bad saying anything cruel about it, but it feels like the kind of message movie Stanley Kramer used to make. But it has moments, amazing moments. The Best Supporting Actor lineup that year must have been an all-time low in the category's history (I would've picked Kingsley, or maybe Lerner). No John Goodman, no Samuel L. Jackson, no Rip Torn (Defending Your Life, hilarious perf. in a very underrated film)...and that's not even bringing up that whole Hopkins debate again.

[Mann]

I think Boyz N the Hood was incredible. Sure its a film full of speeches, but its directed so well that the speeches work. I believed Furious could gather people in a crowd and tell them about the truths of black neighborhoods aand how the white man opresses them still. Its smart and impressive filmmaking.

Fishburne should have won Best Supporting Actor.

[Sabin]

Eh.

It's all in the text. Man, does Singleton like speechifying. The performances are the best thing in it. Even if it has a "proper" message, it isn't a very interesting one.

[Franz Ferdinand]

Wow, Christmas 2003 was the last post?? I have to represent: Boyz in the Hood! Powerful, moving, proper message, wonderful directing coaxing stunning performances, unbelievable robbed.
Should have won Best Pic over Silence of the Lambs, Supporting Actor for Laurence Fishburne, and Director for John Singleton along with an Original Screenplay.

[Aceisgreat]

BEST PICTURE
Bugsy
Fried Green Tomatoes
JFK
*The Silence of the Lambs
Thelma & Louise

BEST DIRECTOR
*Jonathan Demme, The Silence of the Lambs
Barry Levinson, Bugsy
Ridley Scott, Thelma & Louise
John Singleton, Boyz N The Hood
Oliver Stone, JFK

BEST ACTOR
Warren Beaty, Bugsy
Kevin Costner, JFK
*Anthony Hopkins, The Silence of the Lambs
Nick Nolte, The Prince of Tides
River Phoenix, My Own Private Idaho

BEST ACTRESS
Geena Davis, Thelma & Louise
*Jodie Foster, The Silence of the Lambs
Bette Midler, For the Boys
Michelle Pfeiffer, Frankie & Johnny
Susan Sarandon, Thelma & Louise

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Tommy Lee Jones, JFK
Harvey Keitel, Bugsy
Ben Kingsley, Bugsy
Jack Palance, City Slickers
*Alan Rickman, Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Juliette Lewis, Cape Fear
Kate Nelligan, The Prince of Tides
*Maureen O'Hara, Only the Lonely
Mercedes Ruehl, The Fisher King
Jessica Tandy, Fried Green Tomatoes

[Jim20]

BEST PICTURE
Beauty and the Beast
Boyz n the Hood
The Fisher King
JFK
**The Silence of the Lambs**

BEST ACTOR
Jeff Bridges, The Fisher King
Kevin Costner, JFK
**Anthony Hopkins, The Silence of the Lambs**
John Turturro, Barton Fink
Robin Williams, The Fisher King

BEST ACTRESS
**Jodie Foster, The Silence of the Lambs**
Bette Midler, For the Boys
Michelle Pfeiffer, Frankie and Johnny
Susan Sarandon, Thelma and Louise
Meryl Streep, Defending Your Life

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
**Laurence Fishburne, Boyz n the Hood**
John Goodman, Barton Fink
Tommy Lee Jones, JFK
Steve Martin, Grand Canyon
Jack Palance, City Slickers

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Juliette Lewis, Cape Fear
Kate Nelligan, The Prince of Tides
Maureen O'Hara, Only the Lonely
**Mercedes Rhuel, The Fisher King**
Jessica Tandy, Fried Green Tomatoes

BEST DIRECTOR
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, Barton Fink
**Jonathan Demme, The Silence of the Lambs**
Terry Gilliam, The Fisher King
Oliver Stone, JFK
Ridley Scott, Thelma and Louise

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Barton Fink
Boyz n the Hood
**The Fisher King**
Grand Canyon
Thelma and Louise

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Beauty and the Beast
**JFK**
A Midnight Clear
The Prince of Tides
The Silence of the Lambs

BEST ART DIRECTION
Barton Fink
Bugsy
**The Fisher King**
Hook
Terminator 2: Judgment Day

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
**JFK**
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
The Silence of the Lambs
Terminator 2: Judgment Day
Thelma and Louise

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
The Addams Family
**Barton Fink**
Bugsy
Hook
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves

BEST FILM EDITING
Backdraft
Boyz n the Hood
**JFK**
The Silence of the Lambs
Terminator 2: Judgment Day

BEST MAKEUP
Hook
**Terminator 2: Judgment Day**

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Beauty and the Beast
Bugsy
The Fisher King
**JFK**
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves

BEST ORIGINAL SONG
**"Beauty and the Beast," Beauty and the Beast**
"Belle," Beauty and the Beast
"Be Our Guest," Beauty and the Beast
"(Everything I Do) I Do It For You," Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
"Tears in Heaven," Rush

BEST SOUND
JFK
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
The Silence of the Lambs
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
**Terminator 2: Judgment Day**

BEST SOUND EFFECTS EDITING
Backdraft
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
**Terminator 2: Judgment Day**

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Hook
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
**Terminator 2: Judgment Day**


Beauty and the Beast - 6 (1 win)
Boyz n the Hood - 4 (1)
The Fisher King - 8 (3)
JFK - 9 (4)
The Silence of the Lambs - 8 (4)



Edited By Jim20 on 1296971531

[Sabin]

The best film of all time? No, but I still say it's the best film of the year.

BEST PICTURE
1. Beauty and the Beast
2. JFK
3. Defending Your Life
4. Life is Sweet
5. An Angel at My Table

BEST DIRECTOR
1. Oliver Stone, JFK
2. Jane Campion, An Angel at My Table
3. Gary Trousdale & Kirk Wise, Beauty and the Beast (I don't usually like to give Best Director nominations to animated films but this one is just so exquisite)
4. Mike Leigh, Life is Sweet
5. Joel Coen, Barton Fink

BEST ACTOR
1. River Phoenix, My Own Private Idaho
2. John Turturro, Barton Fink
3. Jeff Bridges, The Fisher King
4. Warren Beatty, Bugsy
5. Kevin Costner, JFK

BEST ACTRESS
1. Kerry Fox, An Angel at My Table
2. Susan Sarandon, Thelma & Louise
3. Geena Davis, Thelma & Louise
4. Meryl Streep, Defending Your Life
5. Irene Jacob, The Double Life of Veronique

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
1. Anthony Hopkins, The Silence of the Lambs
2. John Goodman, Barton Fink
3. Laurence Fishburne, Boyz N the Hood
4. Samuel L. Jackson, Jungle Fever
5. Ben Kingsley, Bugsy

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
1. Jane Horracks, Life is Sweet
2. Mercedes Rhuel, The Fisher King
3. Juliette Lewis, Cape Fear
4. Jane Birkin, La Belle Noiseuse
5. Kate Nelligan, Frankie & Johnny



Edited By Big Magilla on 1101115933

[Reza]

1991
Best Picture
Beauty and the Beast
Bugsy
J.F.K.
*Raise the Red Lantern
Thelma and Louise

Best Actor
*Warren Beatty, Bugsy
Jeff Bridges, The Fisher King
Robert De Niro, Cape Fear
Nick Nolte, The Prince of Tides
Robin Williams, The Fisher King

Best Actress
Geena Davis, Thelma and Louise
Jodie Foster, The Silence of the Lambs
*Gong Li, Raise the Red Lantern
Mimi Rogers, The Rapture
Susan Sarandon, Thelma and Louise

Best Supporting Actor
*Anthony Hopkins, The Silence of the Lambs
Tommy Lee Jones, J.F.K.
Harvey Keitel, Bugsy
Ben Kingsley, Bugsy
Jack Palance, City Slickers

Best Supporting Actress
Judy Davis, Naked Lunch
Juliette Lewis, Cape Fear
*Maureen O'Hara, Only the Lonely
Kate Nelligan, Frankie and Johnny
Amanda Plummer, The Fisher King

Best Director
Terry Gilliam, The Fisher King
Barry Levinson, Bugsy
Oliver Stone, J.F.K.
Ridley Scott, Thelma and Louise
*Zhang Yimou, Raise the Red Lantern