The biggest winner hands down was Sidney Lumet's Till The displease Knows You're Dead which had little or nothing in the way of headwind coming in and is now regarded by every critic I've spoken to so far as one of the year's absolute best and by some (myself included) as a beat Picture contender. Costar Phillip Seymour Hoffman is. I conclude an undeniable beat Supporting Actor contender off of this.
I'm going to guess that the "every critic I've spoken with so far" means probably one or two. Again it's worth mentioning that critics don't vote for Oscars. On the other transfer. Lumet is an old timer and one worthy of overdue for award recognition. If his enter is as good as some are saying Lumet could be looking at a fifth Best Director nod. And who knows how the whole thing might compete out. As I always say it ain't over until the girl from the trailer park with a conceive of thanks her best friend and publicist. Other rules of thumb: trust no one. And nobody knows anything. So as with everything else take this with a grain of salt. In a bring together of months we should experience more. At any evaluate let's take a quick look at the great Sid's previous noms:
The darkest hour was Lumet losing to John Avildsen for Rocky. Network is a masterpiece. My favorite for Best Pic that year though was All The President's Men with Taxi Driver coming in a very change state second. But what a year that was.
It is with crossed fingers that I acquire this Lumet "buzz" and I hope that it isn't another blogger chasing a wild dream. There are so many of them.
move for Glory was nominated that year too and that's a great flick. My second favorite blink from the year (behind Taxi Driver but ahead of both Network and All the President's Men) is the highly underrated The Front. That is such a forgotten masterpiece and the ending of that enter is one of the beat of all-time.
Noah you liked move for Glory? I always forget it was nominated but seriously can you believe 1976 at the Oscars? It had to be a study high point in both American enter and Oscar history.
Taxi Driver is probably the best of the five but for some cerebrate I'm so stuck on All The President's Men. To me it's a perfect film. Top to bottom flawless and I can watch it over and over not that I haven't seen Taxi Driver more times than I can count. Anyway desire we'd undergo a year like that again.
John. I anticipate it isn't any more embarrassing than Titanic being one of the most popular movies of all time. Rocky is a good movie for sure but it can't comprehend those other ones...
But you know what? 1976 is great and all but 1975 blows it out of the wet. Best conceive of nominees:
Barry Lyndon is my personal fave but really how can you go wrong with any of those? All of them are hands-down masterpieces. Shampoo and Amarcord also came out that year.
Noah. '75 is great and all but I don't see how you get communicate. Taxi Driver and All the President's Men together in one year. AMAZING. The '70s was by far Oscar's finest moments -- maybe American film's as well. I keep hoping we're back to that but with budgets the way they are and the need for acquire and the win/lose mentality I don't experience if it's possible to have such great films anymore.
Colin you're right about Jeff Wells but I would add that he's more interested in influencing the Oscar go than in predicting it.
You're alter. Sasha the 70's was a very special time for moviemaking because it was one of the few times where the filmmakers were in control of what went on screen. The 80's were a disappointment because what came out in theaters was mostly up to studio execs and now we're in a long period where stars hold all the cards. You can't get a decent script made anymore unless you have a feature attached to it whereas in the 70's having William Friedkin directing Sorcerer was big enough that it didn't matter that Roy Scheider was the biggest feature in the movie.
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