Unofficial Academy Awards Discussion Board

Group 1: Milos Forman (Hair) replaces Bob Fosse in Direction.

Group 2: Hair replaces All That Jazz in Editing.

Group 3: Breaking Away replaces 1941 in Sound.

3. Delete Moonraker from BEst visual effects, on principle.

If that isn't allowed, replace Agatha with The Marriage of Maria Braun in best costume design.

I don't think you can do that, so I went with the latter.

1. Replace Edouard Moliano with Peter Wier, Picnic at Hanging Rock in best director

2. Replace The Black Stallion with The Warriors in best film editing.

3. Delete Moonraker from BEst visual effects, on principle.

If that isn't allowed, replace Agatha with The Marriage of Maria Braun in best costume design.

FilmFan720 wrote:Well, of all the award-worthy work done in Apocalypse Now, Marlon Brando is the last one I thought would be recognized here. Out of curiosity, Hustler, what do you see in that lazy performance over nominating Dennis Hopper or Laurence Fishburne?

Extracted from: "Reflection: Apocalypse Now"
One of the most influential and important roles in Apocalypse Now was Marlon Brando as Colonel Walter Kurtz. He put a lot of pressure on the production company during principal photography when he arrived on set for the first time late, drunk, eighty-eight pounds overweight for the role, and never read the script or the source material, Heart of Darkness. Due to this, Francis Ford Coppola worked with Marlon Brando to the extent of him reading out load Heart of Darkness to Marlon on set. With all of the drama on set, his scenes in the finished film are simply chilling and disturbing to watch. He had a natural ability to improvise his lines which is shown during the scene when he describes to Willard the story of him inoculating the children for Polio at a camp and returned to see that all the arms were hacked off in a pile. Marlon Brando was able to pull off his persona in Apocalypse Now because of the overwhelming use of shadows which its original purpose was to cover his large body; it actually accidently made the scene more mysterious and haunting which worked in the film’s favor.

GROUP I
Well, I'm a Manhattan groupie. I've yet to see All That Jazz so I don't really want to oust it just yet. The other four films are certainly well-directed, but I'm going to have Woody Allen replace Robert Benton in the category of Best Director.

GROUP II
And yet, I'm going to have Alien replace All That Jazz in the category of Best Cinematography.

GROUP III
Preserve La Cage in Costume Design.

Well, of all the award-worthy work done in Apocalypse Now, Marlon Brando is the last one I thought would be recognized here. Out of curiosity, Hustler, what do you see in that lazy performance over nominating Dennis Hopper or Laurence Fishburne?

Skipping the perennially missing rainBard...Oscarguy and DWS can still go whenever.

Group 1: Marlon Brando-Apocalypse Now replaces Justin Henry in Supproting.

Group 2: Preserve Apocalypse Now in Film Editing.

Group 3: Preserve Apocalypse Now in Art Direction

Moving on again...OscarGuy and DWS can chime in whenever they get a chance.

1. Preserve Apocalypse Now in Best Picture.

2. Replace 1941 in Best Cinematography with The Black Stallion.

3. Preserve All That Jazz in Best Art Direction.

Moving onto BJ...Oscarguy can chime in whenever he can.

GROUP 1: Rescue Roy Scheider and replace Al Pacino
GROUP 2: Preserve cinematography of Apocalypse Now
GROUP 3: Preserve costume design for All That Jazz

Group I
Preserve "Kramer Vs Kramer" in Best Picture

Group II
"Life of Brian" replaces "The China Syndrome" in Original Screenplay

Group III
"Quintet" replaces "The China Syndrome" in Art Direction

Group 1: Hair replaces All That Jazz in Best Picture

Group 2: 10 - Blake Edwards replaces All That Jazz in Original Screenplay

Group 3: Hair replaces Butch and Sundance: The Early Years in Costume Design

Fair enough. I'll replace ...And Justice for All with Alien in Original Screenplay.

rudeboy wrote: Group 2
Replace Apocalypse Now with The Tin Drum in Adapted Screenplay

Excellent choice, but unfortunately ineligible. Although it won the Best Foreign Film Oscar for 1979, it didn;t open in the U.S. until April, 1980. We would count it eligible for our 1980 awards.