Siskel & Ebert - Memo To The Academy (1996)
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- Опубліковано 19 жов 2024
- Gene recommends:
BEST ACTOR: Sean Penn in "Dead Man Walking" and David Morse in "The Crossing Guard"
BEST ACTRESS: Meryl Streep in "The Bridges of Madison County"
BEST DIRECTOR: John Lasseter for "Toy Story"
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: James Cromwell for "Babe"
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE: "Crumb"
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY: Atom Egoyan for "Exotica"
BEST PICTURE: "Toy Story"
Roger recommends:
BEST ACTOR: Nicolas Cage in "Leaving Las Vegas"
BEST ACTRESS: Susan Sarandon in "Dead Man Walking" and Elisabeth Shue in "Leaving Las Vegas"
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: Tim Roth for "Rob Roy"
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: Matthew F. Leonetti for "Strange Days"
BEST DIRECTOR: Martin Scorsese for "Casino" and Chris Noonan for "Babe"
BEST PICTURE: "Dead Man Walking"
I've started watching these old eps all day, thanks for making them available.
Siskel and Ebert were right on the money this year, and may very well have influenced the Academy to view and nominate some of these performances. They rallied so hard behind Leaving Las Vegas ever since its release, and it definitely helped that small film.
Siskel noted he had championed Nicolas Cage since the beginning of his career. One shudders to think what Siskel would have thought of Cage's career now, if he were still around
Cage has done a lot of good movies recently.
I really liked Strange Days. A very underrated film. Of course director Kathryn Bigelow finally won an Oscar.
Wow, David Morse is Oscar-worthy? To me he's one of those "know his face but not his name" from 30 different movies that I can't remember. Didn't know he had the chops but I'll keep an eye out for him from here on out.
he is really good in everything.
Gene was so right about Toy Story for Best Picture. John Lasseter…..We know what happened to him.
Can't think offhand of a year where more of their choices did get nominated (particularly in the acting categories) while so few of the 'sure thing' nominations actually materialized.
Gene still outdoes his co-host with no-hope recommendations, as usual. David Morse wouldn't have been nominated by anyone that year even if every critic in the country had stumped for him.
@@flaccidusminimus2170 David Morse probably would have a better chance of getting in for SUPPORTING ACTOR, not LEAD ACTOR. The only actor in The Crossing Guard who was able to get some traction in the precursor awards was Anjelica Huston.
its cuz they only did it two more times, RIP gene, :( and roger.
@@WildFungus True, though they also did it a few times prior to this one (1992-1999).
It is very odd how their locks weren't locks and their outsiders nearly all got nominated. In what alternate universe were Douglas and Bening locks for American President
everyone loved that movie at the time.
I half expected Gene to recommend Patrick Swayze for "To Wong Foo" because it's exactly the kind of demented contrarianism he reveled in, and their review of that picture made it clear he wanted Swayze nominated. Perhaps when he realized most critics and audiences disliked the movie it became obvious the plug would have been wasted.
I remember renting it I enjoyed it. Snipes Swayze and Johnny Legz were all great.
You should give credit to where you got this show.
siskelebert.org/
Am I alone in hating Leaving Last Vegas?
Probably. I once had a university instructor tell me he didn't like it on the basis that Cage's depiction of drunkenness wasn't realistic. But he was wrong...end-stage alcoholism as a process of suicide isn't the same as ordinary inebriation.
@@flaccidusminimus2170 This film is used as an instruction about end stage alcoholism by the american academy of addiction for its accurate depiction. I can see hating the movie just because it is so harrowing and spot on.
I have a patient who is fairly young who ruined her life through addiction to cigarettes; I am a bit angry at her and angry at myself for not being able to stop it.
Yes you’re alone.
#memosowhite
#MoviesThatYearSoWhite - but it would have been nice to see Morgan Freeman, Don Cheadle, or Delroy Lindo receive a push. Those were among the most highly praised performances in 1995.