# Anything Oscar-Worthy Yet? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 19, 2004, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anything-oscar-worthy-yet/275714 "2004-11-19T20:42:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Gadarene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Gadarene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gadarene)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2004, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anything-oscar-worthy-yet/275714/41 "2004-11-21T16:22:53Z")
**Sideways** was fantastic, and Paul Giamatti in particular deserves some serious Oscar consideration. ---
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2004, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anything-oscar-worthy-yet/275714/42 "2004-11-21T21:55:52Z")
> [@Barbarian](#): > > What, no _Fahrenheit 911_? (Not that I’ve seen it. I’m just expecting it to get nomimated and win at least one award. ) Fahrenheit 911 was pulled from the running for Best Documentary by Moore, and I seriously doubt it’ll be nominated for Best Picture (I liked the film, but there’s no way it’ll be nominated for that). My favorites of the year so far have been Eternal Sunshine, Kill Bill Vol. 2, Spiderman 2, Hero, Dawn of the Dead and Shawn of the Dead, and of those the only one that I really think has a chance is Eternal Sunshine. I’m looking forward to seeing Finding Neverland, Kinsey, Alexander and Beyond the Sea. (hmm, weird, all biographies). Hopefully something good will come from one or more of those. ---
**Author:** ![middleman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9a140/32.png) [@middleman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/middleman)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2004, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anything-oscar-worthy-yet/275714/43 "2004-11-21T23:33:48Z")
> [@Agrippina](#): > > Meant to say ''Which is why the fact that ‘Silence of the Lambs’ won so many awards was incredible…" > > Whoops! Man, I thought you were being all kinds of snarky for a sec there! 😃 What about Braveheart? Wasn’t that re-released later for Oscar consideration? ---
**Author:** ![Agrippina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8797f3/32.png) [@Agrippina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agrippina)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2004, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anything-oscar-worthy-yet/275714/44 "2004-11-22T03:28:47Z")
> [@watsonwil](#): > > What about Braveheart? Wasn’t that re-released later for Oscar consideration? Was it re-released? According to [the release info](http://imdb.com/title/tt0112573/releaseinfo), the “Braveheart” LA premiere was May 19, 1995 but says nothing about a re-release. Either way, that movie was also released pretty early for a multiple-Oscar winner. ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2004, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anything-oscar-worthy-yet/275714/45 "2004-11-22T03:37:17Z")
> [@Eyebrows 0f Doom](#): > > Fahrenheit 911 was pulled from the running for Best Documentary by Moore, and I seriously doubt it’ll be nominated for Best Picture (I liked the film, but there’s no way it’ll be nominated for that). Really? Thank God, now maybe Supersize Me can get the oscar win. ---
**Author:** ![middleman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9a140/32.png) [@middleman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/middleman)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2004, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anything-oscar-worthy-yet/275714/46 "2004-11-22T04:29:02Z")
> [@Agrippina](#): > > Was it re-released? According to [the release info](http://imdb.com/title/tt0112573/releaseinfo), the “Braveheart” LA premiere was May 19, 1995 but says nothing about a re-release. Either way, that movie was also released pretty early for a multiple-Oscar winner. I remembered someone saying it would do better the second time out because the studio mismarketed it. They suggest a love story ad campaign instead of an action flick. I could only find this site: > [@](#): > > I remember the first time I saw Braveheart in the theater vividly. I’d missed the film’s original late Spring run, but finally caught it during an Autumn re-release. [WEAKNUT CITE](http://www.thedigitalbits.com/reviews/braveheart.html) ---
**Author:** ![cckerberos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f0a364/32.png) [@cckerberos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cckerberos)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2004, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anything-oscar-worthy-yet/275714/47 "2004-11-22T05:15:20Z")
> [@watsonwil](#): > > What about Braveheart? Wasn’t that re-released later for Oscar consideration? Yes. I can remember going to see it during the re-release. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2004, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anything-oscar-worthy-yet/275714/48 "2004-11-22T15:06:16Z")
I predict a sweep for _Harold and Kumar go to White Castle_. ---
**Author:** ![Oy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bc8723/32.png) [@Oy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oy)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2004, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anything-oscar-worthy-yet/275714/49 "2004-11-22T18:00:57Z")
A friend and I immediately followed our watching of _Stage Beauty_ with our Oscar nomination count: all four acting awards, all the art awards and possibly a Best Picture nod. Don’t know if it’s considered an Independent or not, but it had Billy Crudup, Claire Danes, and Rupert Everett in it, so it wasn’t all that far out of the mainstream. ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2004, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anything-oscar-worthy-yet/275714/50 "2004-11-22T22:37:40Z")
I just saw **Kinse** and **Motorcycle Diaries** this weekend. I enjoyed MD better, alhtough both were very good. I like lIamNeeson’s performance in **Kinsey** but I don’t think I would say it is Oscar-worthy. ---
**Author:** ![beckwall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b487fb/32.png) [@beckwall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beckwall)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2004, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anything-oscar-worthy-yet/275714/51 "2004-11-24T17:35:49Z")
Just saw **The Motorcycle Diaries** last night, and I thought it was a quiet masterpiece. Won’t be able to compete with the big American movies, such a shame. And I agree with whoever said the girl from **Maria Full of Grace** should get a nomination, but sadly I doubt that it will happen. I’m looking forward to **Closer** , supposed to be full of great performances and a fine job of directing by Mike Nichols. I suppose **Step Into Liquid** , a movie about surfing, is out of the running at Oscar time??? It was awesome (or should I say gnarly?), anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2004, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anything-oscar-worthy-yet/275714/52 "2004-11-24T20:12:12Z")
A very good early review for [The Aviator](http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,139451,00.html), Martin Scorcese’s upcoming Howard Hughs biopic starring Leonardo DiCaprio. ---
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2004, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anything-oscar-worthy-yet/275714/53 "2004-11-30T20:34:18Z")
From NORM’s Column in the Las Vegas Review Journal: "Jamie Foxx, for his portrayal of Ray Charles, and “The Aviator” are the early Oscar favorites, according to Bally’s Las Vegas sports and race book. Bally’s oddsmaker John Avello, who establishes the odds for entertainment purposes, not wagering, also sees Imelda Staunton as the best actress front-runner for her role in “Vera Drake.” The odds were released Friday. Foxx is a 3-1 favorite over Javier Bardem of “The Sea Inside.” Liam Neeson, cast as sexual behaviorist Alfred Kinsey in “Kinsey,” is a 5-1 choice. “The Aviator,” starring Leonardo DiCaprio as a young Howard Hughes, is a 4-1 favorite for best picture, with “Ray” next at 5-1. At 7-1 is “The Motorcycle Diaries,” starring Latin star Gael García Bernal. The film is based on the journals of Che Guevara, leader of the Cuban revolution. Staunton is the widest favorite at 5-2 for her role as a British abortionist. Annette Bening, at 3-1, is the second choice for “Being Julia,” the story of a 1930s London diva. Kate Winslet, who plays opposite Jim Carrey in “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind,” is a 4-1 pick. Oscar nominations come out Jan. 25. The 77th annual Academy Awards will be presented on ABC Feb. 27 from the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood. Chris Rock will host." ---
**Author:** ![lawoot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/35a633/32.png) [@lawoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lawoot)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2005, 6:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anything-oscar-worthy-yet/275714/54 "2005-01-01T06:43:47Z")
> [@SmackFu](#): > > Thanks for that list Eyebrows. I wonder why France didn’t nominate “A Very Long Engagement” ? That’s the movie I’m most looking forward to in the rest of the year but as you say it can’t get a foreign film nod if it’s not on that list. _A Very Long Engagement_ will not get a foreign film nod, as the French have stated that it isn’t French enough - even though the director, most of the cast, the locations and the topic/story are all French - the MONEY for the film came from America (Warner Independent), therefore it’s not French. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anything-oscar-worthy-yet/275714.md?page=2)