[net.movies] Oscar Scandal

3363ewf (04/12/83)

The only way I can reason Ghandi winning best picture over ET is
that Ben Kingsly looked so much like ET that the people who
voted got the two confused on their ballet and hence ET really
should have won.  Either this is the case or they were off
smoking zucchini somewhere.

rs55611 (04/12/83)

Did anyone else out there get a little ticked off at the butchering
of some of the names by Kristy McNichol and Matt Dillon?  Granted,
some of the names were a little unusual, but there's no excuse for
the presenters not being prepared with the correct pronunciations.  I
know I'd be a little miffed if I was an award nominee or winner and
couldn't hear my name being said properly.  

Bob Schleicher

swatt (04/12/83)

Regarding the "scandal" that "Ghandi" won over "ET":

  I respectfully disagree.  "ET" was a huge commercial success; all
  that money ought to be reward enough for it.  I found "ET" a
  generally unbelievable movie and devoid of any redeeming virtues.
  The category of "best picture" ought to recognize genuine artistic
  achievement, which I believe "Ghandi" to be.

	- Alan S. Watt

bill (04/13/83)

There were 3 movies that could have won best picture
	ET, Ghandi and Tootsie, they all deserved it

sdo (04/13/83)

Obviously, the best picture judging was done by integrating the
acting quality over the length of the movie.  This clearly favors
the longer movie (Ghandi).  The correct way to measure quality is
by using the acting-rate, which would give normalized answers.

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dave (04/13/83)

Yes, I was also annoyed at the (obviously intentional) butchering
of names by those two. Actually, what were they doing presenting
awards anyway?

Then again, I also get annoyed a people who can't spell "Gandhi".
The misspelling which keeps appearing in this newsgroup can't help
but remind me of words such as ghastly, ghost and ghoulish, which
Gandhi decidedly was not.

I'm ghetting tired, so I shall gho now,

Dave Sherman
Toronto

eli (04/13/83)

To me the real scandal of the whole Oscar process this year was the lack
of nominations for the film "Diner."  One measly "Best Original Screenplay"
(okay, okay, a nice enough award) nomination -- that it didn't even win!

Maybe I should be happy that I'm so far out of touch with the Academy's
tastes in films.


		... uw-beaver!eli