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    With 1917 likely on the verge of an Oscar sweep how many War-Films won Best Picture?

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    2 minutes ago, Sepiatone said:

    Depends whether or not you consider a "war picture" to be contained TO a particular war instead of the periods BEFORE the war, DURING the war and AFTER.  

    And PATTON('70) won best picture, but is listed as a "biography", but IMHO, since it only covers George Patton's life during WWII and not his entire life, I never thought of it as a biography, but a damned fine war movie. 

    Sepiatone

    To Sepiatone, that's exactly the point I tried to make with *GWTW    Schindler & The Great Escape itself doesn't contain many battle scenes either

     

    Even Birth of a Nation had epic battle scenes in 1915

     

    A HINT (11) HAVE WON TO DATE

     

    thanx

    Ultra early 2019 Oscar tracking???

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    When I heard they were even making THE IRISHMAN & that Pacino had been cast as Jimmy Hoffa I immediately thought on is 9th nomination Ollywood would be dying to give Al a 2nd Academy Award, then the annual pre-Oscar awards started & most then went to Pesci & now obviously Pitt has the momentum, just goes to show you whats on paper is not the end,etc

    Kudos for airing the directors cut of Once Upon a Time in America

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    Know this was on a few nights back but had to say congrats to tcm for re-airing the long version/directors cut of Leone's masterful l984 gangster epic Once Upon a Time in America

    The chopped up version released in 1984 was 139 minutes, but his full version was 227 minutes, even l0onger then Gone With the wind

     

    I went to it that May & it makes no sense chopped up as they did

     

    & I think this hurt it's Oscar chances that year, not 1 single nom Especially for Ennio Morricone's all-time great score  and a companion piece to his 1969 Once Upon a Time in the West music as well

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    Awards season 2019-2020

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    On 1/19/2020 at 2:31 PM, jakeem said:

    The South Korean hit "Parasite" became the first international film to win the Screen Actors Guild award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture. The 26th annual SAG ceremony was held Sunday night and televised live by sister cable stations TNT and TBS.

    Since the SAG prizes are awarded for acting, "Parasite" director Bong Joon-ho watched from the audience as his cast members accepted the top movie award.  

    "Although the title is 'Parasite,' I think the story is about co-existence and how we can all live together," said actor Song Kang-ho,  who spoke through an interpreter. "But to be honored with the best ensemble award, it occurs to me that maybe we haven't created such a bad movie. I'm so honored to receive this award in front of such amazing actors that I admire. I will never forget this beautiful night. Thank you so much."

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    On the television side, Season 3 of Amazon Prime's "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel" won the award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series as well as for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series (Tony Shalhoub).

    The award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series went to Season 3 of "The Crown," the acclaimed Netflix series about the reign of Queen Elizabeth II.

    Among the memorable moments of the night: Friendly exes Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston congratulated each other backstage after winning SAG Awards. Pitt's work in Quentin Tarantino's "Once Upon a Time...in Hollywood earned him the award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role. Aniston won the award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series. She starred in Apple TV's "The Morning Show." 

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    Here is a complete list of the winners at the 26th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards: 
     

    MOVIES
     

    Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
    Joaquin Phoenix (“Joker”)

    Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role
    Renée Zellweger (“Judy”)

    Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role
    Brad Pitt (“Once Upon a Time in Hollywood”) 

    Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role
    Laura Dern (“Marriage Story”)

    Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
    “Parasite”

    Outstanding Action Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture
    “Avengers: Endgame”

    TELEVISION 
     

    Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Limited Series
    Sam Rockwell (“Fosse/Verdon”)
     
    Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Limited Series
    Michelle Williams (“Fosse/Verdon”)

    Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series
    Peter Dinklage (“Game of Thrones”) 

    Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series
    Jennifer Aniston (“The Morning Show”)

    Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series
    Tony Shalhoub (“The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel”)

    Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series
    Phoebe Waller-Bridge (“Fleabag”)

    Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
    “The Crown” (Netflix)

    Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series
    “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” (Amazon Prime)

    Outstanding Action Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Comedy or Drama Series
    “Game of Thrones” 

    SAG LIFE ACHIEVEMENT AWARD 
    Robert De Niro

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    • "If I have a bigger voice because of my situation, I am going to use it whenever I see a blatant misuse of power," the veteran actor said during his acceptance speech. 

    He almost got political but kept it in

    Awards season 2019-2020

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    On 1/18/2020 at 12:19 PM, jakeem said:
    Some things to consider before watching the 92nd annual Academy Awards ceremony, which will air  Sunday, February 9, 2020 on ABC:
     
    A member of one of Hollywood's most distinguished families, composer Thomas Newman has earned a Primetime Emmy Award (for his haunting theme to the onetime HBO series "Six Feet Under") and five Grammys for various television and film projects. But he has never won an Academy Award after 14 previous nominations. 
     
    He has been honored with an Oscar bid for the 15th time for his original score for "1917," which marks his seventh collaboration with director Sam Mendes.

    Newman's father was the legendary composer Alfred Newman (1901-1970), who created the 20th Century-Fox fanfare and earned 45 Academy Award nominations. He won nine times.

    Alfred's brother Lionel (1916-1989), who scored more than 200 films and television productions,  was nominated for 11 Oscars and shared a statuette with Lennie Hayton for their work on the 1970 musical "Hello Dolly."  He also co-created the catchy theme song for the NBC series "Daniel Boone," which ran from 1964 to 1970.

    Thomas Newman's brother David also is a composer who has scored more than 100 films.

    Adding to Thomas' anxiety about the upcoming Oscar night is the fact that he'll be competing against another Newman heavyweight. His  cousin Randy, a two-time Academy Award winner, is nominated in the Original Score category  for his musical contributions to the drama "Marriage Story." He also is nominated in the Best Original Song category for "I Can't Let You Throw Yourself Away" from "Toy Story 4."

    Randy Newman knows from personal experience how frustrating Oscar hopes can be. He went winless 15 times before he finally won the 2001 Best Original Song award for "If I Didn't Have You" from the animated film "Monsters, Inc." He triumphed again nine years later with "We Belong Together" from the 2010 animated sequel "Toy Story 3."

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    Thomas Newman is hoping for his first Academy Award victory after 15th nominations

    As for his work on "1917," Thomas Newman knew from the start that he would have to make adjustments. The World War I drama is shot as if it was the story of a continuous series of events.

    "I knew going in that this was going to be a first time for everyone, because of this present-tense thing," Newman told Steve Pond of The Wrap. "I had to constantly be thinking about what worked and what didn’t — and why it worked when it did, and why it didn’t work when it didn’t."

    He added: "Any time I tried to write music that commented on what was happening, it didn’t make the movie as exciting. I had to stay in the present tense and not try to outsell or outmaneuver what you were seeing on screen."

    Here is a list of Newman's overall Oscar nominations:

    • "The Shawshank Redemption" (1994). Best Original Score.
    • "Little Women" (1994). Best Original Score.
    • "Unstrung Heroes" (1995). Best Original Music or Comedy Score.
    • "American Beauty" (1999). Best Original Score.
    • "Road to Perdition" (2002). Best Original Score.
    • "Finding Nemo" (2003). Best Original Score.
    • "A Series of Unfortunate Events" (2004). Best Original Score.
    • "The Good German" (2006). Best Original Score.
    • "WALL-E" (2008). Best Original Score.
    • "WALL-E" (2008). Best Original Song (for "Down to Earth," shared with Peter Gabriel).
    • "Skyfall" (2012). Best Original Score.
    • "Saving Mr. Banks" (2013). Best Original Score.
    • "Bridge of Spies" (2015). Best Original Score.
    • "Passengers" (2016). Best Original Score.
    • "1917" (2019). Best Original Score.

    It's asinine he has yet ton score an Oscar???     

    Especially for Shawshank...though I predicted that yr The Lion King (Hans Zimmer) would take it

    GIVEN 1917 WHAT ARE YOUR TOP TEN WAR-FILMS YET?

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    (*-always denotes an AMPAS win)

     

    With 1917 snagging 10 nominations & it's close for BP Gold, what are a few of your other war flix?

     

    I'll initiate the thing

    1. Apocalypse Now (l979)

    2. *Schindler's List-(questioned if tis is really a war picture though?)

    3. Saving Pvt Ryan (l998)

    4, *The Deer Hunter (l978)

    5th *Platoon (l986)

    6.  *From Here to Eternity (l953)

    7.  The Great Escape (l963)

    8. Paths of Glory (l957)

    9. The Longest Day  *(l962)

    10th ranking  Battleground (l949)

    (Runners-Up):

    *Bridge on the River Kwai (l957)

    Glory (l989)

     

    & of course a ton more

     

    What are yours

    (TRIVIA: Don't know if it's still the record holder but 1980's superb Breaker Morant swept 8 of the Aussie Oscars)

     

    Favorite film soundtracks or film songs

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    To Jake, is this a top 5 or 10 question or just our #1>

     

    My personal favorite to date is a tie  between Ennio Morricone's 1969 0nce Upon a Time in the West and his 1984 Once Upon a Time in America (directors cut)

     

    Sure you have seen how AFI American Film Institute voted in the non televised survey & concert

     

    1 Star Wars (l977) (J. Williams) lead barely over GWTW (Max Steiner)

    Favorite film soundtracks or film songs

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    On 12/21/2019 at 9:10 PM, Rudy's Girl said:

    I don't really have a specific favorite soundtrack, but this classic by Erich Wolfgang Korngold would be in my Top 3. An Oscar win and well-deserved!!!

    Main title from The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)

    Also...

    Theme from Zulu by John Barry

    And...

    I'm a big fan of all the Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers films, and I find myself humming this tune a lot from Carefree. ❤️

     

    AFI in 2006 special survey from The Hollywood Bowl & with John Williams conducting voted Robin Hood all-time #11th greatest score

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