# 85th Academy Awards viewing thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 24, 2013, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/85th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/651279 "2013-02-24T19:12:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 28
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2013, 7:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/85th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/651279/541 "2013-03-01T07:12:40Z")
> [@suranyi](#): > > People say that Hollywood loves movies about Hollywood, and I’m sure that’s true, but as far as I can tell very few Best Pictures are actually about the movies. Maybe “The Artist” from last year. But before that the previous Best Picture winner that was about the movies was “All About Eve”, back in 1950, from what I can tell. It is also worth noting that until “Crash,” no Best Picture winner had ever been a story set in Los Angeles. ---
**Author:** ![TonySinclair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@TonySinclair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TonySinclair)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2013, 7:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/85th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/651279/542 "2013-03-01T07:55:35Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > It is also worth noting that until “Crash,” no Best Picture winner had ever been a story set in Los Angeles. I immediately thought of _Singin’ in the Rain_, but when I looked it up, I was surprised to learn that it wasn’t even nominated for BP. Only two nominations, Supporting Actress and Scoring, and it won neither. ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2013, 8:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/85th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/651279/543 "2013-03-01T08:45:02Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > It is also worth noting that until “Crash,” no Best Picture winner had ever been a story set in Los Angeles. _Million Dollar Baby_ was set in Los Angeles. It won Best Picture the year before _Crash_ (and was written by _Crash_ writer/director Paul Haggis) ---
**Author:** ![Becky2844](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@Becky2844](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Becky2844)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2013, 11:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/85th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/651279/544 "2013-03-01T11:02:45Z")
Re Renee Zellweger having work done: weren’t they able to cut the string around her pursed mouth? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2013, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/85th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/651279/545 "2013-03-01T13:15:51Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > It is also worth noting that until “Crash,” no Best Picture winner had ever been a story set in Los Angeles. Well, there’s _Annie Hall_, to an extent. ---
**Author:** ![ministryman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f6c823/32.png) [@ministryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ministryman)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2013, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/85th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/651279/546 "2013-03-01T15:08:17Z")
> [@Tangent](#): > > _Million Dollar Baby_ was set in Los Angeles. It won Best Picture the year before _Crash_ (and was written by _Crash_ writer/director Paul Haggis) Ummm…wasn’t Rain Man (Best Picture - 1988) set in Los Angeles? ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2013, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/85th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/651279/547 "2013-03-01T17:36:38Z")
^Partially. The very beginning and the last part of it was. The bulk of the movie was the road trip on the way to L.A. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/85th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/651279.md?page=27)