Best Picture: 1989

1927/28 through 1997

Best Picture: 1989

Born on the Fourth of July
5
11%
Dead Poets Society
9
20%
Driving Miss Daisy
10
22%
Field of Dreams
5
11%
My Left Foot
17
37%
 
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My Left Foot.
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Post by Akash »

Exactly. Too many comebacks. I cannot pick just one.
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Greg wrote:How is Christmas gay? Just what kind of presents are you used to giving/receiving?

Oh, Greg. There are so many places I could go with that one...




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Akash wrote:And of course, you're gayer than Christmas. The story of her life continues, undeterred.
How is Christmas gay? Just what kind of presents are you used to giving/receiving?
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Aakash, I would spank you if that statement weren't totally true.

Flipp, the love is more than mutual.
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And of course, you're gayer than Christmas. The story of her life continues, undeterred.



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-Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
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Ok. One of your bitches pointed me over to Slant :D
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Thanks, but I don't think it's accurate to say I have "fans." :cool:
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Eric, one of your fans pointed me over to Slant. Your reviews are insightful and so much fun to read!
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Jerry Orbach was also terrific in that movie.
and of course, the great Alan Alda who was snubbed that year at Oscar time.
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rain Bard wrote:
Eric wrote:I hope to really get into the swing of that blog again, too. But, then again, I always hope for that. You know whose site is really awesome? rain Bard's.

Thanks for the shout-out, but know that I envy your recent redesign, and the ease of poking around in your archives to find the ample gems therein.
Thanks. I had to recycle what was by far my favorite banner from v.1.0. I clearly haven't figured out, yet, how to get notified when new comments are posted.
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rudeboy wrote:
Damien wrote:Crimes and Misdemeanors was the GREAT film of 1989 that was robbed of a Best Picture nomination.

The best boys boarding school movie is William Wellman's The Happy Years, with Dean Stockwell as Dink Stover. Lindsay Anderson's If . . . and Vincente Minnelli's Tea and Sympathy, too.

Agreed on Crimes & Misdemeanours. A wonderful, wonderful movie, and in such a thin year it seems shameful that it wasn't nominated. Certainly precursor attention suggested it would be. One gripe I've always had... the supporting nomination for Martin Landau's superb, complex, damn perfect performance, one of the great LEADING performances of the 80s IMO.
Jerry Orbach was also terrific in that movie.
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lol. Aren't I still too new to have a say in who stays and who goes Oscar Guy? Or am I finally one of you?

I'm not on facebook Steph, just myspace. And here. I read your introduction in another thread and I see you're from CT. Whereabouts? I'm originally from East Lyme and I'm currently in my first year of law school in New Haven.

And did you just offer to "make" me 100% gay? :p




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*pokes Akash* I like her. Can we keep her? :)
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