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1959
ART DIRECTION (B&W)
Anatomy of a Murder
The Black Orchid
Career
Compulsion
The Diary of Anne Frank
The Last Angry Man
On the Beach
Some Like It Hot
Suddenly, Last Summer
The World, the Flesh and the Devil
ART DIRECTION (COLOR)
Ben-Hur
The Big Fisherman
The Five Pennies
Green Mansions
Journey to the Center of the Earth
Li’l Abner
North by Northwest
Pillow Talk
Porgy and Bess
They Came to Cordura
CINEMATOGRAPHY (B&W)
Anatomy of a Murder
Career
Compulsion
The Diary of Anne Frank
The Gazebo
The Last Angry Man
On the Beach
The Shaggy Dog
Some Like It Hot
The Young Philadelphians
CINEMATOGRAPHY (COLOR)
Ben-Hur
The Big Fisherman
The Five Pennies
Journey to the Center of the Earth
Li’l Abner
The Nun’s Story
Operation Petticoat
Porgy and Bess
Rio Bravo
The Wreck of the Mary Deare
COSTUME DESIGN (B&W)
Career
Compulsion
The Devil’s Disciple
The Diary of Anne Frank
The Gazebo
The Restless Years
Some Like It Hot
The Young Philadelphians
COSTUME DESIGN (COLOR)
Ben-Hur
The Best of Everything
The Big Circus
The Big Fisherman
The Five Pennies
Imitation of Life
The Man Who Understood Women
Porgy and Bess
A Summer Place
The Wonderful Country
FILM EDITING
Anatomy of a Murder
Ben-Hur
Compulsion
The Diary of Anne Frank
The Last Angry Man
North by Northwest
The Nun’s Story
On the Beach
Some Like It Hot
They Came to Cordura
SOUND
Ben-Hur
But Not for Me
Journey to the Center of the Earth
Libel!
The Nun’s Story
Operation Petticoat
Porgy and Bess
The Sheriff of Fractured Jaw
Sleeping Beauty
They Came to Cordura
ORIGINAL SCORE
Al Capone
Ben-Hur
Darby O’Gill and the Little People
The Diary of Anne Frank
The Hanging Tree
The Last Angry Man
The Nun’s Story
On the Beach
Pillow Talk
Some Like It Hot
SCORE FOR A MUSICAL PICTURE
The Five PenniesGidget
Go, Johnny, Go!
Lil’ Abner
1001 Arabian Nights
Porgy and Bess
Say One for Me
Sleeping Beauty
ORIGINAL SONG
Beloved Infidel, “Beloved Infidel”
The Best of Everything, “The Best of Everything”
The Five Pennies, “The Five Pennies”
Gidget, “Gidget”
The Hanging Tree, “The Hanging Tree”
Happy Anniversary, “Happy Anniversary”
A Hole in the Head, “High Hopes”
Noah’s Ark, “Don’t Mention His Name to Me” [from a 19-minute short]
Pillow Talk, “Pillow Talk”
The Young Land, “Strange Are the Ways of Love”
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1958
ART DIRECTION
Auntie Mame
Bell, Book and Candle
A Certain Smile
Desire Under the Elms
Gigi
The Last Hurrah
Separate Tables
Teacher’s Pet
Vertigo
The Young Lions
CINEMATOGRAPHY (B&W)
Cry Terror!
The Defiant Ones
Desire Under the Elms
Home Before Dark
I Want to Live!
Imitation General
The Last Hurrah
Separate Tables
Ten North Frederick
The Young Lions
CINEMATOGRAPHY (COLOR)
Auntie Mame
The Big Country
The Buccaneer
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Cowboy
Damn Yankees!
Gigi
The Old Man and the Sea
South Pacific
Vertigo
COSTUME DESIGN
Bell, Book and Candle
The Buccaneer
A Certain Smile
Desire Under the Elms
Gigi
The Girl Most Likely
Home Before Dark
The Matchmaker
Some Came Running
Ten North Frederick
FILM EDITING
Auntie Mame
Bell, Book and Candle
The Big Country
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Cowboy
The Defiant Ones
Gigi
Hot Spell
I Want to Live!
The 7th Voyage of Sinbad
SOUND
Auntie Mame
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Gigi
I Want to Live!
The Light in the Forest
Some Came Running
South Pacific
A Time to Live and a Time to Die
Vertigo
The Young Lions
ORIGINAL SCORE
The Big Country
A Certain Smile
Houseboat
The Inn of the Sixth Happiness
The Old Man and the Sea
Separate Tables
Some Came Running
Vertigo (I know this wasn't a hit at the time, but this snub is BRUTAL)
White Wilderness
The Young Lions
SCORE FOR A MUSICAL PICTURE
The Bolshoi BalletDamn Yankees
Eighteen and Anxious
Gigi
Mardi Gras
Merry Andrew
Rock-a-Bye Baby
St. Louis Blues
South Pacific
Tom Thumb
ORIGINAL SONG
A Certain Smile, “A Certain Smile”
Gigi, “Gigi”
Gigi, “The Night They Invented Champagne” (I actually prefer this song to the one they nominated)
Houseboat, “Almost in Your Arms”
The Light in the Forest, “The Light in the Forest”
Marjorie Morningstar, “A Very Precious Love”
Rock-a-Bye Baby, “Dormi-Dormi-Dormi (Sleep-Sleep-Sleep)”
Separate Tables, “Separate Tables”
Some Came Running, “To Love and Be Loved”
Tonka, “Tonka”
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By the way, on both IMDb and the film site Letterboxd, it ranks among the 10 worst rated films with an Oscar nomination.....
IMDb:
1. Yes Giorgio (1982) 3.8/10 [nominated for Song]
2. Klondike Fury (1942) 3.9/10 [nominated for Score]
3. The Stepmother (1972) 4/10 [nominated for Song]
4. Norbit (2007) 4/10 [nominated for makeup]
5. Fifty Shades of Gray (2015) 4.1/10 [nominated for Song]
6. Heartbeeps (1981) 4.2/10 [nominated for Makeup]
7.The Song of the Flame (1930) 4.3/10 [nominated for Sound]
8. Flying with Music (1942) 4.3/10 [nominated for Score of a Musical and Song]
9. Hitchhike to Happiness (1945) 4.4/10 [ nominated for Score]
10. The Swarm (1978) 4.5/10 [nominated for Costume Design]The Lowest rated film nominated for a major Oscar on IMDb is 1975's Once is Not Enough (#12 among the lowest, 4.6 average) nominated for Brenda Vaccaro in Supporting Actress.
letterboxd:
1. Norbit (2007) 1.6/5 [3.2/10]
2. Yes Giorgio (1982) 1.8/5 [3.6/10]
3. Fifty Shades of Gray (2015) 1.8/5 [3.6/10]
4. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009) 2/5 [4/10] [nominated for Sound Mixing]
5. Suicide Squad (2016) 2.1/5 [4.2/10] [actually won for Makeup]
6. Heartbeeps (1981) 2.1/5 [4.2/10]
7. The Swarm (1978) 2.1/5 [4.2/10]
8. Junior (1994) 2.1/5 [4.2/10] (Nominated for Song)
9. When Time Ran Out... (1980) 2.2/5 [4.4/10] (Nominated for Costume Design; its another Irwin Allen film, and has the same costume designer as The Swarm)
10. Endless Love (1981) 2.2/5 [4.4/10] [nominated for Song]
The lowest major nominee there, again in 12th place is Coquette which won Best Actress for Mary Pickford in 1929. [2.3/5;4.6/10] -
Speaking again of The Swarm, i feel that one of its central death moments is not handled well. It's the train derailment. Its not just that some of the cast members I cared about the most were killed in the scene; its the sheer abruptness of it all. It's all interlooped (what with the fall from the cliff, MacMurray [final film] and Johnson being thrown from the train window, De Havilland being made in essence into an extra thrown wordlessly to the floor, and the whole thing exploding) in less than two minutes and never mentioned again\ desite stating that 17 survived it on the computer screen. it was just sloppy.
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Of course though given the pans for this and the catastrophic box office, what was more damaging for WB in the late 70s? This or Exorcist II (there is a hilarious story about a test screening of that one on IMDb)? its interesting though: July 14, 1978 saw the release of two films I've seen, the unintentionally funny (and very goofy) The Sawrm and the intentionally funny (and delightful) Foul Play. Now there's a movie going pick for you.
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5 hours ago, Hibi said:
It comes off as a bad mini-series or tv movie. It's not bad enough to be entertaining. Just boring. People shouting; Bad dialog; subplots that go nowhere and have no connection to anything (particularly the Olivia love triangle). The Bee attacks are few and far between and not really scary etc. There are some so bad it's good moments, but a lot of boring, dull stretches in between. I might watch it again to see the final half hour (LOL) I missed when I bailed!
The last act has perhaps one of the most eyeopening moments. The bees attack inside a nuclear power plant causes it to all explode and destroy all of Houston. Pretty unbelievable if you ask me. The longer version has other scenes that fleshed some things out, as per IMDb (although this reveals some more deaths).....
- more of the 3 way courtship between DeHavilland, Johnson & MacMurray
- a hilarious scene in which the military inspect the attacked picnic site and Michael Caine comments on the bees' biting abilities
- several additional scenes of Caine and Katharine Ross driving back and forth between the military bunker and the town and chatting about developments as they do
- the death scene of the little boy whose parents were killed and who subsequently firebombed the swarm - in the short version he is in hospital and you assume he's survived although he's not seen again. he has a relapse and dies in the long version.
- various extra footage of Caine and Ross going to the HQ in Houston
- when Henry Fonda is killed there is an additional shot of a huge superimposed bee which he sees at the moment of death
- an additional subplot near the end of the film in which Ross has a relapse and nearly dies from her earlier bee sting. This is why she's lying in a bed when Caine rescues her from the burning building. This sub-plot has several short scenes including one when Bradford Dillman and Richard Widmark see Caine praying by her bed - once he sees that Caine believes in God Widmark knows he's a good chap and instructs Dillman to "Close that dossier" (the dossier has been constantly referred to by Widmark but was left as an unresolved plot hole in the theatrical cut).
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1957
ART DIRECTION
An Affair to Remember
The Bridge on the River Kwai
Funny Face
A Hatful of Rain
Les Girls
Omar Khayyam
Pal Joey
Raintree County
Sayonara
The Sun Also Rises
CINEMATOGRAPHY
An Affair to Remember
Boy on a Dolphin
The Bridge on the River Kwai
Funny Face
Gunfight at the OK Corral
Les Girls
Pal Joey
Peyton Place
Sayonara
Seven Wonders of the World
COSTUME DESIGN
An Affair to Remember
Designing Woman
Four Girls in Town
Funny Face
A Hatful of Rain
The Helen Morgan Story
Les Girls
Pal Joey
Peyton Place
Raintree County
FILM EDITING
The Bachelor Party
The Bridge on the River Kwai
A Farewell to Arms
Gunfight to the OK Corral
Love in the Afternoon
Pal Joey
The Pride and the Passion
Raintree County
Sayonara
Witness for the Prosecution
SOUND RECORDING
Gunfight at the OK Corral
Johnny Tremain
Les Girls
The Monte Carlo Story
Pal Joey
Peyton Place
Rice
Sayonara
Sea Wife
The Tall Stranger
Tammy and the Bachelor
Witness for the Prosecution
ORIGINAL SCOREAn Affair to Remember
Boy on a Dolphin
The Bridge on the River Kwai
Man of a Thousand Faces
Old Yeller
Perri
Peyton Place
Raintree County
Sayonara
Seven Wonders of the World
SCORING FOR A MUSICAL PICTURE (Award cancelled for this year. No ultimate nominations)
April LoveFunny Face
Invitation to the Dance
Les Girls
Pal Joey
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1956
ART DIRECTION (B&W)
Baby Doll
The Bad Seed
Diabolique
The Proud and Profane
The Search for Bridley Murphy
Seven Samurai
The Solid Gold Cadillac
Somebody Up There Likes Me
La Strada
Teenage Rebel
ART DIRECTION (COLOR)
Anything Goes
Around the World in 80 Days
The Court Jester
Giant
The King and I
Lust for Life
The Swan
The Teahouse of the August Moon
The Ten Commandments
War and Peace
CINEMATOGRAPHY (B&W)
Attack!
Baby Doll
Back from Eternity
The Bad Seed
The Boss
The Harder They Fall
Julie
The Killing
Somebody Up There Likes Me
Stagecoach to Fury
CINEMATOGRAPHY (COLOR)
Anastasia
Around the World in 80 Days
The Eddy Duchin Story
Giant
The King and I
Lust for Life
The Silent World
Teahouse of the August Moon
The Ten Commandments
War and Peace
COSTUME DESIGN (B&W)
The Bad Seed
Outside the Law
The Power and the Prize
The Proud and Profane
The Scarlet Hour
Seven Samurai
The Solid Gold Cadillac
Teenage Rebel
COSTUME DESIGN (COLOR)
Around the World in 80 Days
Carousel
Diane
The Eddy Duchin Story
Giant
The King and I
Richard III
Serenade
The Ten Commandments
War and Peace
FILM EDITING
Around the World in 80 Days
The Brave One
The Eddy Duchin Story
Friendly Persuasion
Giant
The King and I
The Rainmaker
Somebody Up There Likes Me
The Ten Commandments
War and Peace
SOUND RECORDING
The Brave One
Bundle of Joy
The Eddy Duchin Story
Friendly Persuasion
Giant
The Killing
The King and I
Lisbon
Lust for Life
The Ten Commandments
War and Peace
Westward Ho, the Wagons!
Written on the Wind
ORIGINAL SCORE
Anastasia
Around the World in 80 Days
Between Heaven and Hell
The Brave One
Giant
Lust for Life
The Rainmaker
Secrets of Life
The Ten Commandments
Written on the Wind
SCORE FOR A MUSICAL PICTURE
Anything GoesThe Best Things in Life Are Free
Bundle of Joy
The Eddy Duchin Story
High Society
The King and I
Meet Me in Las Vegas
Pardners
Serenade
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Coming in May....
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9 hours ago, Hibi said:
ROFL!!! Now I'm going to have nightmares! Think money changed hands somewhere to get this nomination.....
It kind of lucked out though. Looking at the five that missed out on the nod that year, two were contemporary films (Big Fix and House Calls), one had them wear the same outfits through most of the film (Autumn Sonata), one had mostly old tired looking clothing (Goin South). I guess if there was a snub of the other five, it was Grease, because some of the outfits in that film are remembered by many (especially that tight leather outfit Olivia Newton-John had in the last scene)
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On 2/27/2020 at 7:22 PM, LornaHansonForbes said:
Would have been really interesting to have seen a bunch of dancers in nominated designs from THE SWARM try and do DISCO MOVES as a bunch of killer bees swarm around them.
They wouldn't be doing just disco. they would go: DO THE HUSTLE!
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1955
ART DIRECTION (B&W)
Blackboard Jungle
Court Martial
The Desperate Hours
I’ll Cry Tomorrow
The Man with the Golden Arm
Marty
Not as a Stranger
The Rose Tattoo
Three Stripes in the Sun
Trial
ART DIRECTION (COLOR)
Bad Day at Black Rock
The Bridges at Toko-Ri
Daddy Long Legs
Guys and Dolls
Kismet
Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing
My Sister Eileen
Picnic
The Tender Trap
To Catch a Thief
CINEMATOGRAPHY (B&W)
Blackboard Jungle
The Desperate Hours
I Am a Camera
I’ll Cry Tomorrow
The Man with the Golden Arm
Marty
The Night of the Hunter
Queen Bee
The Rose Tattoo
The Wages of Fear
CINEMATOGRAPHY (COLOR)
Blood Alley
Cinerama Holiday
East of Eden
Guys and Dolls
Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing
A Man Called Peter
Oklahoma!
Picnic
Strategic Air Command
To Catch a Thief
COSTUME DESIGN (B&W)
Female on the Beach
I’ll Cry Tomorrow
The Pickwick Papers
Queen Bee
The Rose Tattoo
The Shrike
Ugetsu
COSTUME DESIGN (COLOR)
Guys and Dolls
Interrupted Melody
Lady Godiva of Coventry
Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing
Love Me or Leave Me
A Man Called Peter
Pete Kelly’s Blues
Samurai
To Catch a Thief
The Virgin Queen
FILM EDITING
The Big Knife
Blackboard Jungle
The Bridges at Toko-Ri
East of Eden
Guys and Dolls
Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing
Marty
Oklahoma!
Picnic
The Rose Tattoo
SOUND RECORDING
Artists and Models
The Deep Blue Sea
Guys and Dolls
Lady and the Tramp
The Last Command
Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing
Love Me or Leave Me
Mister Roberts
Not as a Stranger
Oklahoma!
Picnic
ORIGINAL SCORE
The African Lion
Bad Day at Black Rock
Battle Cry
East of Eden
I'll Cry Tomorrow
Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing
The Man with the Golden Arm
The Night of the Hunter
Picnic
The Rose Tattoo
SCORE FOR A MUSICAL PICTURE
Artists and ModelsDaddy Long Legs
Guys and Dolls
House of Ricordi
It’s Always Fair Weather
Love Me or Leave Me
My Sister Eileen
Oklahoma!
Pete Kelly’s Blues
The Seven Little Foys
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1954
ART DIRECTION (B&W)
Bread, Love and Dreams
The Country Girl
Executive Suite
Forever Female
Hobson’s Choice
It Should Happen to You
Le Plaisir
Man in the Attic
On the Waterfront
Sabrina
ART DIRECTION (COLOR)
Brigadoon
The Caine Mutiny
Desiree
The High and the Mighty
Rear Window
Red Garters
The Silver Chalice
A Star Is Born
There’s No Business Like Show Business
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
CINEMATOGRAPHY (B&W)
The Country Girl
Down Three Dark Streets
Executive Suite
The Human Jungle
The Little Kidnappers
On the Waterfront
Rogue Cop
Sabrina
Suddenly
Them!
CINEMATOGRAPHY (COLOR)
Brigadoon
Broken Lance
The Egyptian
The High and the Mighty
Rear Window
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
The Silver Chalice
A Star Is Born
Three Coins in the Fountain
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
COSTUME DESIGN (B&W)
The Earrings of Madame de…
Executive Suite
Indiscretion of an American Wife
It Should Happen to You
Sabrina
Witness to Murder
COSTUME DESIGN (COLOR)
Brigadoon
Deep in My Heart
Desiree
The Egyptian
The French Line
Gate of Hell
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
A Star Is Born
There’s No Business Like Show Business
Woman’s World
FILM EDITING
The Caine Mutiny
Carnival Story
The Country Girl
The Glenn Miller Story
The High and the Mighty
On the Waterfront
Rear Window
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
A Star Is Born
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
SOUND RECORDING
Brigadoon
The Caine Mutiny
Down Three Dark Streets
Gate of Hell
Genevieve
The Glenn Miller Story
Johnny Guitar
Rear Window
A Star Is Born
Susan Slept Here
There’s No Business Like Show Business
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
ORIGINAL SCORE
The Caine Mutiny
Day of Triumph
Desiree
The Egyptian
Genevieve
The High and the Mighty
Magnificent Obsession
On the Waterfront
The Silver Chalice
Three Coins in the Fountain
SCORE FOR A MUSICAL PICTURE
BrigadoonCarmen Jones
Deep in My Heart
The Glenn Miller Story
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
A Star Is Born
There’s No Business Like Show Business
White Christmas
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I started going through it of perverse curiosity. It's not good, but it wasn't quite as bad as I thought it would be. (heh) What I think is one of the most harmful things about it is the repeated insistence to show people waving their arms and writhing about in slow motion as the bees come in for the kill. It's meant to be terrifying and indeed the idea of getting stung by so many is horrifying, but the slo-mo effect gives it an unintentionally comic air.
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9 hours ago, TikiSoo said:
Did you have to sleep with the lights on? 🤡
Not a snark, I had to sleep with the lights on for a WEEK after seeing THE SHINING at the theater- first run- before scenes (thankfully) became common parodies similarly to The Exorcist.
My tactic for not allowing movies to disturb me is to fast forward through ANY scenes that may "bother" me. Although FF just makes this downright comical-
I didn't have to sleep with the lights on, but i did find myself praying for a little bit, and then I was trying to clear my head for a little bit of some of the visuals I had just seen. (especially what happens to Paul Williams villain at the film's end)
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1953
ART DIRECTION (B&W)
Above and Beyond
The Actress
The Clown
The Four Poster
Julius Caesar
Martin Luther
The President’s Lady
Roman Holiday
So Big
Titanic
ART DIRECTION (COLOR)
The Band Wagon
Call Me Madam
How to Marry a Millionaire
Knights of the Round Table
Lili
A Lion Is in the Streets
The Robe
Shane
The Story of Three Loves
Young Bess
CINEMATOGRAPHY (B&W)
The Cruel Sea
The Desert Rats
The Four Poster
From Here to Eternity
Island in the Sky
Julius Caesar
The Little World of Don Camillo
Martin Luther
Roman Holiday
So Big
CINEMATOGRAPHY (COLOR)
All the Brothers Were Valiant
Beneath the 12-Mile Reef
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
Hondo
Knights of the Round Table
Lili
The Mississippi Gambler
Mogambo
The Robe
Shane
COSTUME DESIGN (B&W)
The Actress
Dream Wife
From Here to Eternity
The President’s Lady
Roman Holiday
Titanic
COSTUME DESIGN (COLOR)
The Band Wagon
Call Me Madam
Here Come the Girls
How to Marry a Millionaire
The Robe
Salome
So This Is Love
Torch Song
Young Bess
FILM EDITING
Crazylegs
The Cruel Sea
From Here to Eternity
Julius Caesar
Little Boy Lost
The Moon Is Blue
The Robe
Roman Holiday
Shane
The War of the Worlds
SOUND RECORDING
Calamity Jane
Flight Nurse
From Here to Eternity
Jack Slade
Knights of the Round Table
The Mississippi Gambler
99 River Street
Penny Princess
Peter Pan
The Robe
Second Chance
The War of the Worlds
ORIGINAL SCORE
Above and Beyond
From Here to Eternity
Julius Caesar
Knights of the Round Table
Lili
The Robe
Shane
So Big
This Is Cinerama
The War of the Worlds
SCORE FOR A MUSICAL PICTURE
The Band WagonCalamity Jane
Call Me Madam
Dangerous When Wet
5,000 Fingers of Dr. T
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
Here Come the Girls
Kiss Me Kate
Melba
Peter Pan
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1952
ART DIRECTION (B&W)
Androcles and the Lion
The Bad and the Beautiful
Because of You
Carrie
High Noon
Mara Maru
My Cousin Rachel
Rashomon
Sudden Fear
Viva Zapata!
ART DIRECTION (COLOR)
April in Paris
The Greatest Show on Earth
Hans Christian Andersen
The Merry Widow
Moulin Rouge
Plymouth Adventure
The Quiet Man
Scaramouche
The Snows of Kilimanjaro
With a Song in My Heart
CINEMATOGRAPHY (B&W)
Androcles and the Lion
The Bad and the Beautiful
The Big Sky
High Noon
My Cousin Rachel
Navajo
Pat and Mike
Sudden Fear
The Thief
Viva Zapata!
CINEMATOGRAPHY (COLOR)
Blackbeard, the Pirate
Hans Christian Andersen
Ivanhoe
The Jazz Singer
The Merry Widow
Million Dollar Mermaid
Moulin Rouge
The Prisoner of Zenda
The Quiet Man
The Snows of Kilimanjaro
COSTUME DESIGN (B&W)
Affair in Trinidad
The Bad and the Beautiful
Because of You
Carrie
My Cousin Rachel
Paula
The Promoter/The Card
Sudden Fear
COSTUME DESIGN (COLOR)
The Greatest Show on Earth
Hans Christian Andersen
The Iron Mistress
The Merry Widow
Moulin Rouge
The Quiet Man
Singin’ in the Rain
With a Song in My Heart
FILM EDITING
The Big Sky
Come Back, Little Sheba
Flat Top
The Greatest Show on Earth
Hans Christian Andersen
High Noon
Moulin Rouge
Singin’ in the Rain
The Snows of Kilimanjaro
The Thief
SOUND RECORDING
Because of You
The Big Sky
Breaking the Sound Barrier
Hans Christian Andersen
Jack and the Beanstalk
The Jazz Singer
The Member of the Wedding
The Promoter/The Card
The Quiet Man
The San Francisco Story
Singin’ in the Rain
Somebody Loves Me
The Star
With a Song in My Heart
ORIGINAL SCORE
Come Back, Little Sheba
High Noon
Ivanhoe
The Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima
My Cousin Rachel
Plymouth Adventure
The Quiet Man
The Snows of Kilimanjaro
The Thief
Viva Zapata!
SCORE FOR A MUSICAL PICTURE
Because You’re MineHans Christian Andersen
I’ll See You in My Dreams
The Jazz Singer
Lovely to Look At
The Medium
Million Dollar Mermaid
Singin’ in the Rain
Stars and Stripes Forever
With a Song in My Heart
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10 hours ago, sewhite2000 said:
I was pretty stunned by this info as well. I know the announcement of the shortlist in advance in certain categories has become a thing in just the last couple of years, but the idea that this information is publicly available for past years was completely unknown to me. If you know where we can learn more, please share.
11 hours ago, LornaHansonForbes said:I had no idea such info existed!!!
what is this site?
Sorry to requote, but I am going to be sharing them over the next few days in a new thread. So far, 1949, 1950, and 1951 are up.
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1951
ART DIRECTION (B&W)
Bright Victory
Fourteen Hours
Go for Broke!
The House on Telegraph Hill
La Ronde
Oliver Twist
A Place in the Sun
The Red Badge of Courage
A Streetcar Named Desire
Too Young to Kiss
ART DIRECTION (COLOR)
An American in Paris
David and Bathsheba
The Great Caruso
Kim
On the Riviera
The Prince Who Was a Thief
Quo Vadis
The River
Tales of Hoffman
When Worlds Collide
CINEMATOGRAPHY (B&W)
Death of a Salesman
Detective Story
The Frogmen
Go for Broke!
His Kind of Woman
People Will Talk
A Place in the Sun
The Red Badge of Courage
Strangers on a Train
A Streetcar Named Desire
CINEMATOGRAPHY (COLOR)
Across the Wide Missouri
An American in Paris
David and Bathsheba
The Great Caruso
Kim
Quo Vadis
Show Boat
The Tales of Hoffman
Two Tickets to Broadway
When Worlds Collide
COSTUME DESIGN (B&W)
Kind Lady
La Ronde
The Mating Season
The Model and the Marriage Broker
The Mudlark
No Highway in the Sky
Oliver Twist
Orpheus
A Place in the Sun
A Streetcar Named Desire
COSTUME DESIGN (COLOR)
An American in Paris
David and Bathsheba
The Golden Horde
The Great Caruso
Meet Me After the Show
On the Riviera
Quo Vadis
The Tales of Hoffman
FILM EDITING
An American in Paris
The Blue Veil
Death of a Salesman
Decision Before Dawn
Detective Story
The Frogmen
A Place in the Sun
Quo Vadis
Show Boat
The Well
ORIGINAL SCORE
Ace in the Hole
The Bullfighter and the Lady
Captain Horatio Hornblower
David and Bathsheba
The Day the Earth Stood Still
Death of a Salesman
Distant Drums
A Place in the Sun
Quo Vadis
A Streetcar Named Desire
SCORE FOR A MUSICAL PICTURE
Alice in WonderlandAn American in Paris
The Great Caruso
Meet Me After the Show
Of Men and Music
On Moonlight Bay
On the Riviera
Rich, Young and Pretty
Show Boat
Two Tickets to Broadway
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1950
ART DIRECTION (B&W)
All About Eve
Bright Leaf
Cyrano de Bergerac
Father of the Bride
The Glass Menagerie
The Magnificent Yankee
The Red Danube
Sunset Boulevard
ART DIRECTION (COLOR)
Annie Get Your Gun
Dallas
Destination Moon
The Flame and the Arrow
King Solomon’s Mines
My Blue Heaven
Samson and Delilah
CINEMATOGRAPHY (B&W)
Adam’s Rib
All About Eve
The Asphalt Jungle
The Big Lift
Cyrano de Bergerac
The Furies
The Glass Menagerie
Sunset Boulevard
The Third Man
Two Flags West
CINEMATOGRAPHY (COLOR)
Annie Get Your Gun
Broken Arrow
Destination Moon
The Flame and the Arrow
King Solomon’s Mines
Samson and Delilah
That Forsyte Woman
The Toast of New Orleans
Wabash Avenue
The White Tower
COSTUME DESIGN (B&W)
All About Eve
Born Yesterday
Cyrano de Bergerac
Father of the Bride
Gigi
The Magnificent Yankee
Mister 880
No Sad Songs for Me
Rio Grande
Sunset Boulevard
COSTUME DESIGN (COLOR)
Annie Get Your Gun
The Black Rose
The Desert Hawk
The Eagle and the Hawk
I’ll Get By
The Petty Girl
Samson and Delilah
That Forsyte Woman
Wabash Avenue
SOUND RECORDING
All About Eve
Born Yesterday
Champagne for Caesar
Cinderella
Cyrano de Bergerac
The Glass Menagerie
King Solomon’s Mines
Louisa
No Man of Her Own
Our Very Own
Rio Grande
711 Ocean Drive
Trio
The White Tower
ORIGINAL SCOREAll About Eve
Cyrano de Bergerac
Destination Moon
The Flame and the Arrow
Harvey
The Men
The Magnificent Yankee
No Sad Songs for Me
Samson and Delilah
Sunset Boulevard
SCORE FOR A MUSICAL PICTURE
Annie Get Your GunCinderella
Dancing in the Dark
I’ll Get By
Il Trovatore
Let’s Dance
My Blue Heaven
Summer Stock
Three Little Words
The West Point Story
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Things in bold were indeed nominated..... Underlines mean a win.
1949
ART DIRECTION (B&W)
Battleground
Champion
Come to the Stable
The Fountainhead
The Great Gatsby
The Heiress
A Letter to Three Wives
Madame Bovary
ART DIRECTION (COLOR)
Adventures of Don Juan
Jolson Sings Again
Little Women
Oh, You Beautiful Doll
On the Town
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
Saraband for Dead Lovers
You’re My Everything
CINEMATOGRAPHY (B&W)
All the King’s Men
Battleground
Champion
Come to the Stable
The Fountainhead
The Heiress
A Letter to Three Wives
Pinky
Prince of Foxes
Sands of Iwo Jima
CINEMATOGRAPHY (COLOR)
The Barkleys of Broadway
The Blue Lagoon
Jolson Sings Again
Little Women
Look for the Silver Lining
Oh, You Beautiful Doll
Red Canyon
The Red Pony
Sand
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
FILM EDITING
All the King’s Men
Battleground
Champion
The Heiress
Jolson Sings Again
Sands of Iwo Jima
The Set-Up
Task Force
Twelve O’Clock High
The Window
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So I ended up causing a bit of a stir when I said that I found a place that had the famous Oscar tech short lists of years past. To cut to the chase, there are in the secondary categories. But they can sometimes be even more fascinating that the bigger ones as you can find just what films were really close to being a part of each category. these lists begin in 1949 and they are mostly complete through 1979. They are often fractured after that point although there are some later almost-nominations to share as well leading up to the present day. I will be sharing these lists here over the course of the next few days. The information comes from a Letterboxd user named Adam Waldowski who obtained the information between research and the extensive help of a librarian at the Academy library in LA. So lets thank both of them, and let's get cracking into what came close to those nods!
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10 hours ago, LornaHansonForbes said:
I had no idea such info existed!!!
what is this site?
9 hours ago, sewhite2000 said:I was pretty stunned by this info as well. I know the announcement of the shortlist in advance in certain categories has become a thing in just the last couple of years, but the idea that this information is publicly available for past years was completely unknown to me. If you know where we can learn more, please share.
I can share more shortlists. Somebody was able to dig up many of the shortlists for the technical categories [cinematography, art decoration, costume design, editing, score, song, sound] between 1949 and 1979. So almost all of the failed nominations from those years (years that I'm most intrigued by and also the ones I presume there would be the most interest in here) are still on the records. The academy did away with these in most categories in the 80s, and what little they have from that decade is often incomplete (although it is fascinating as to what was in contention the year they decided not to hand out the makeup category) The 90s are often incomplete too, but it becomes more complete within the last few years.
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1 minute ago, Rudy's Girl said:
Phantom of the Paradise is a weird one. I like Paul Williams, though. He is a very good songwriter. "Old Souls" is my favorite song in the movie. And that character Beef is a riot. Did you know Sissy Spacek was a set dresser?
I did know about Sissy Spacek from one book I have, and its one of those random fun facts that is very enjoyable. I also liked Jessica Harper in the leading lady part. She did a fine job. its definitely a one of a kind type of film.
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Technical Oscar Shortlists 1949 to Present [COMPLETED]
in General Discussions
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1960
ART DIRECTION (B&W)
All the Young Men
The Apartment
The Facts of Life
The Gallant Hours
Hiroshima, Mon Amour
Inherit the Wind
Psycho
Seven Thieves
Sons and Lovers
Visit to a Small Planet
ART DIRECTION (COLOR)
Bells Are Ringing
Cimarron
Elmer Gantry
G.I. Blues
Heller in Pink Tights
It Started in Naples
Pepe
Spartacus
The Story of Ruth
Sunrise at Campobello
CINEMATOGRAPHY (B&W)
All the Young Men
The Apartment
Crack in the Mirror
The Facts of Life
The Fugitive Kind
Hell to Eternity
Inherit the Wind
Psycho
Sons and Lovers
Who Was That Lady?
CINEMATOGRAPHY (COLOR)
The Alamo
BUtterfield 8
Can-Can
Cimarron
Elmer Gantry
Exodus
Home from the Hill
Let’s Make Love
Pepe
Spartacus
COSTUME DESIGN (B&W)
Crack in the Mirror
The Entertainer
The Facts of Life
I’m All Right, Jack
Never on Sunday
The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond
Seven Thieves
The Virgin Spring
COSTUME DESIGN (COLOR)
Black Orpheus
Can-Can
Cimarron
From the Terrace
The Lost World
The Man with the Green Carnation
Midnight Lace
Pepe
Spartacus
Sunrise at Campobello
FILM EDITING
The Alamo
The Apartment
Cimarron
The Dark at the Top of the Stairs
Elmer Gantry
Inherit the Wind
Midnight Lace
Pepe
Song without End
Spartacus
SOUND
The Alamo
The Apartment
Can-Can
Cimarron
Exodus
G.I. Blues
The Last Voyage
Make Mine Mink
Pepe
Pollyanna
Scent of Mystery
Spartacus
The Story of Ruth
Sunrise at Campobello
ORIGINAL DRAMATIC SCORE
The Alamo
The Apartment
Cimarron
Elmer Gantry
Exodus
High Time
The Magnificent Seven
Never on Sunday
North to Alaska
Spartacus
SCORE FOR A MUSICAL PICTURE
Bells Are Ringing
Black Orpheus
Can-Can
Cinderfella
The Crowning Experience
Eugene Onegin
G.I. Blues
Let’s Make Love
Pepe
Song Without End
ORIGINAL SONG
The Alamo, “Ballad of the Alamo”
The Alamo, “The Green Leaves of Summer”
Black Orpheus, “La Chanson D’Orphee”
Cimarron, “Cimarron”
Cinderfella, “Somebody”
The Facts of Life, “The Facts of Life”
High Time, “The Second Time Around”
Never on Sunday, “Never on Sunday”
Pepe, “Faraway Part of Town”
The Swiss Family Robinson, “My Heart Was an Island”