5 Favorites #61: 5 Favorite Oscar Nomination Snubs

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January 17, 2012

Wesley Lovell

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Every week, we’ll pose a new “five favorites” question. You just list your five favorites that fit in that category (preferably in preference order) and you’re welcome to discuss and debate the selections and see just how much you do or do not have in common with others. If you want to take a look back at our past articles to comment or enjoy, here is a post set aside to track all of our articles.

Next week, the Oscar nominations will be announced and before we start discussing all the films that got in and didn’t, let’s look back at our favorite snubs. Now, I’m not saying potential nominees you felt were rightly snubbed. I’m talking about potential nominees that didn’t make the list that you’re disappointed missed the list.

What are your 5 Favorite Oscar nomination snubs?

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8 responses to “5 Favorites #61: 5 Favorite Oscar Nomination Snubs”

Almasy

January 19, 2012

I love the Oscars, but I hate their snubs, I’ve watched the oscars for over 20 years now so this is my list of my 5 favorite snubs, by category:

The Dark Knight – Picture
Mullholland Dr. – Picture
Amélie – Picture
Running on Empty – Picture
Back to the Future – Picture

Christopher Nolan – Inception & Memento – Director
Juan José Campanella, El Secreto de sus Ojos – Director
Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Amelie – Director
Paul Thomas Anderson, Boogie Nights – Director
Steven Spielberg, The Color Purple – Director

Bruno Ganz, Downfall – Actor
Matt Damon, The Talented Mr. Ripley – Actor
Harrison Ford, The Mosquito Coast – Actor
Malcolm McDowell, A Clockwork Orange – Actor
Anthony Perkins, Psycho – Actor

Sally Hawkins, Happy Go Lucky – Actress
Uma Thurman, Kill Bill – Actress
Naomi Watts, Mullholland Dr. – Actress
Nicole Kidman, Eyes Wide Shut – Actress
Linda Hamilton, Terminator 2 – Actress

Leonardo di Caprio, The Departed – Supporting Actor
Samuel L. Jackson, Jungle Fever – Supporting Actor
Sean Connery, Indiana Jones & the Last Crusade – Supporting Actor
R. Lee Ermey, Full Metal Jacket – Supporting Actor
Daniel Day Lewis, A Room with a View – Supporting Actor

Lesley Manville, Another Year – Supporting Actress
Samantha Morton, The Messenger – Supporting Actress
Diane Kruger, Inglorious Basterds – Supporting Actress
Julianne Moore, A Single Man & The Hours – Supporting Actress
Kirsten Dunst, Interview With Vampire – Supporting Actress

(500) Days of Summer – Original Screenplay
The White Ribbon – Original Screenplay
Sunshine (1999) – Original Screenplay
Moulin Rouge – Original Screenplay
Groundhog Day – Original Screenplay

El Secreto de sus ojos – Adapted Screenplay
The Prestige – Adapted Screenplay
Thank You for Smoking – Adapted Screenplay
Cold Mountain – Adapted Screenplay
Eyes Wide Shut – Adapted Screenplay

Star Wars, Episode 1 – Score
Legends of the Fall – Score
The Last of the Mohicans – Score
The Nevererding Story – Score
Blade Runner – Score

Into the Wild – Cinematography
The Fall – Cinematography
2046 – Cinematography
Kill Bill – Cinematography
The Talented Mr. Ripley – Cinematograpy

Inception – Editing
Atonement – Editing
Mullholland Dr. – Editing
Fight Club – Editing
The Talented Mr. Ripley – Editing

The Original Song Category has got so many snubs that I could name over 20, I think this list is long enough so I will only name last years’ most insulting snub:

“You Haven’t Seen the Last of Me”, Burlesque

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barrybrooks

January 18, 2012

It was a very crowded year for actresses, but Gillian Anderson (The House of Mirth) and Bjork (Dancer in the Dark) both should have been nominated for Best Actress. The fact that The House of Mirth couldn’t even muster nominations for Costume and Art Direction is baffling to me. While on the subject of actresses, Sigourney Weaver missed out on three opportunities that should have landed her on the short list: The Ice Storm, Imaginary Heroes, and Map of the World.

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Reza Said

January 18, 2012

Best Picture: Vertigo
Best Actor: Marcello Mastroianni, La Dolce Vita
Best Actress: Gena Rowlands, Another Woman
Supporting Actor: Roddy McDowell, How Green Was My Valley
Supporting Actress: Coral Browne, Auntie Mame

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Matthew J. Carr

January 17, 2012

Best Picture – The Dark Knight
Best Actor – Jim Carrey: The Truman Show
Best Director – Steven Spielberg: Jaws
Best Song – “Stayin’ Alive,” from Saturday Night Fever
Best Actress – Madonna: Evita

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Peter J Patrick

January 17, 2012

Best Picture – Make Way for Tomorrow
Actor – Edward G. Robinson, Little Caesar
Actress – Marlene Dietrich, Witness for the Prosecution
Supporting Actor – Fredric March, Seven Days in May
Supporting Actress – Rosalind Russell, Picnic

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Hollywood Z

January 17, 2012

The Dark Knight – Best Picture
Airplane – Best Adapted Screenplay
Ziyi Zhang – Best Supporting Actress (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon)
Jaws – Best Director
Singin in the Rain – Best Picture

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Mike Kelly

January 17, 2012

Best Picture: My Man Godfrey
Best Director: Steven Spielberg, The Color Purple
Best Actor: Robert Walker, Strangers on a Train
Best Actress: Deborah Kerr, Black Narcissus
Best Supporting: Edward G. Robinson, Double Indemnity

Comments on Best Picture snub: While there are films that today seem unconscionable not to have received a Best Picture nomination like Singing in the Rain, they may have not been viewed the same way at the time of the snub. However for the life of me I can’t fathom My Man Godfrey’s omission – for two reasons. First it was nominated for the six biggest awards after Best Picture: Director, Screenplay and all four Acting categories (the only time this achievement failed to also result in a Best Picture nomination. Secondly, there were TEN nominees for Best Picture for 1936. My only guess it that it was a Universal Pictures Production and maybe they only had enough push to get its more popular Three Smart Girls a Best Picture nomination. Personally, it is one of my favorite of the screwball comedies and absolutely deserving of a nomination.

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Zachary Hardy

January 17, 2012

Shrek-Best Picture
Ran-Best Foreign Language Film
Fellini Satyricon-Best Cinematography
Blue Velvet-Best Picture
Kill Bill Volume 1-Best Art Direction

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