I agree with Tee, and I'm someone who thinks that Victor/Victoria is by far the best film of 1982. The movie opened in March, nearly a year before the nominations, although, in those pre-screener videos days, MGM brought it back to theatres late in the year (at least in L.A., where I was living at the time). And there were quite a few trade ads (by that era's standards).Mister Tee wrote:Magilla, I do have to slightly dissent on Andrews as sure-fire nominee that year. I know in some circles Victor/Victoria is viewed as a masterwork, but it wasn't unanimously acclaimed, it was released early in the year, and its box-office was only so-so. I was in fact surprised it did so well in total nominations; I'd expected Preston, score, sets and costumes for certain, but the rest were on the bubble.
Julie had won the Golden Globe, but Bernadette Peters had won the Globe the previous year for another great performance (Pennies From Heaven) with no Oscar nomination to show for.
My friends and I were all thrilled and amazed at all the nominations the movie received -- we were hopeful for some noms, but in those days there wasn't the constant gauging of Oscar chances we see today. It was about all we could talk about. The Screenplay nomination was a surprise, and Lesley Ann Warren's great performance wasn't a given. Odd that neither "Crazy World" nor "Le Jazz Hot" was nominated for Best Song.