# 2010 Honorary Oscar recipients announced **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 25, 2010, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-honorary-oscar-recipients-announced/551422 "2010-08-25T17:16:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2010, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-honorary-oscar-recipients-announced/551422/1 "2010-08-25T17:16:27Z")
The Board of Governors have chosen their awardees (who now receive their awards on a separate night from the competitive Academy Award winners): **Jean-Luc Godard** – an overwhelmingly worthy choice and one of the few genuine living legends still alive and kicking, though it’s a pretty safe bet that he won’t show up since he despises the US film industry in general and awards in particular. None of his films has ever been nominated for an Oscar, and I’m pretty sure France has never even submitted one of his films as their representative in the annual Foreign Language competition. Too bad Eric Rohmer couldn’t have lived just another year… ☹ **David Brownlow** – Very few non-industry types get this award (archivist and programmer Henri Langlois is one of the few exceptions), but Brownlow’s The Parade’s Gone By is essential for any true movie buff, and his varied work with film restorations and documentaries about the early days of the movies make him a worthy recipient. Couldn’t happen to a nicer guy, this ups my personal tally of Oscar-winners I’ve met and talked to. 🙂 **Eli Wallach** – Viva Tuco! Never nominated for an Oscar himself, he’s worked in film for 50+ years with the likes of Ford, Leone, Kazan, Huston, Coppola, Donen, and others. This also makes the 5th cast member of _The Magnificent Seven_ to get Academy recognition (McQueen & Vaughn were nominees, and Brynner and Coburn won Oscars) Speaking of **Francis Ford Coppola** , Francis is receiving the Thalberg award (he’s already received 5 competitive Oscars for _Patton_ and the first two _Godfather_’s). The Thalberg is not an Oscar statuette, but a bust of Irving G. meant to commemorate “a creative producer whose body of work reflects a consistently high quality of motion picture production.” The last film he directed to get Academy attention was _Dracula_ almost 20 years ago, but he has produced, since then, daughter Sofia’s films (two of them Oscar-winners) as well as films directed by _Godfather_ alums Duvall & DeNiro. [The Press Release](http://www.mcnblogs.com/theatreblog/2010/08/brownlow_coppola_godard_and_wa.html) ---
**Author:** ![ministryman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f6c823/32.png) [@ministryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ministryman)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2010, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-honorary-oscar-recipients-announced/551422/2 "2010-08-25T17:49:16Z")
Interesting choices…I’m thinking that Spielberg and Lucas and Streisand should have gotten the “Irv” before Francis did… But, my guess is that those three (and Spike Lee) will receive it posthumously. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2010, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-honorary-oscar-recipients-announced/551422/3 "2010-08-25T19:12:37Z")
> [@ministryman](#): > > Interesting choices…I’m thinking that Spielberg and Lucas and Streisand should have gotten the “Irv” before Francis did… Spielberg and Lucas already have the Thalberg, and Lord help us if Barbra ever gets it (she’s got 2 regular Oscars so that’s probably good enough). > [@](#): > > But, my guess is that those three (and Spike Lee) will receive it posthumously. Honorary Oscars aren’t allowed to be given out posthumously. The subject has to be living at the time of the announcement (though if they die before the actual ceremony, like Edward G. Robinson did, then they still get to “keep” it, so to speak). ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2010, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-honorary-oscar-recipients-announced/551422/4 "2010-08-25T19:34:26Z")
> [@ArchiveGuy](#): > > **Eli Wallach** – Viva Tuco! Never nominated for an Oscar himself, he’s worked in film for 50+ years with the likes of Ford, Leone, Kazan, Huston, Coppola, Donen, and others. This also makes the 5th cast member of _The Magnificent Seven_ to get Academy recognition (McQueen & Vaughn were nominees, and Brynner and Coburn won Oscars) I caught a little bit of _How to Steal a Million_ a while ago and looked it up on IMDb. I almost can’t believe it’s the same guy in that and _The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly_ (and they were released in the same year). And still kicking at 95, good for him. Can they get Clint Eastwood to introduce him? That would rock. ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2010, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-honorary-oscar-recipients-announced/551422/5 "2010-08-25T20:29:06Z")
I’m not familiar with Brownlow, but the other two are certainly deserving of their awards. I wish they would be able to take the main stage on Oscar night, though; they deserve the recognition. ---
**Author:** ![tumbleddown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e9bcb4/32.png) [@tumbleddown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tumbleddown)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2010, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-honorary-oscar-recipients-announced/551422/6 "2010-08-25T20:39:32Z")
All recognition for Eli Wallach is well and truly deserved.