# Elia Kazan (1909-2003)

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elia-kazan-1909-2003/204402>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [September 29, 2003, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elia-kazan-1909-2003/204402 "2003-09-29T01:04:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![Agrippina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8797f3/32.png) [@Agrippina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agrippina)\
**Post date:** [September 29, 2003, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elia-kazan-1909-2003/204402/1 "2003-09-29T01:04:58Z")

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[url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/343845.stm]Elia Kazan[/ur], aged 94.

Directed some of the finest movies, yet was tarnished when he named names during the McCarthy hearings. Frankly, I think the snub at the Academy Awards a few years ago was rather disgusting.

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**Author:** ![Agrippina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8797f3/32.png) [@Agrippina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agrippina)\
**Post date:** [September 29, 2003, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elia-kazan-1909-2003/204402/2 "2003-09-29T01:06:09Z")

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And I got the coding wrong. Surely a low point. Sorry.

[Elia Kazan](http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/343845.stm)

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**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\
**Post date:** [September 29, 2003, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elia-kazan-1909-2003/204402/3 "2003-09-29T01:11:12Z")

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He was not snubbed. He was given a lifetime achievement Oscar, and a standing ovation . . . which was sat out by a few individuals.

IMHO, he was no Leni Riefenstahl (in any way), but he was still a heel.

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**Author:** ![Agrippina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8797f3/32.png) [@Agrippina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agrippina)\
**Post date:** [September 29, 2003, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elia-kazan-1909-2003/204402/4 "2003-09-29T01:18:39Z")

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I stand corrected. It was a controversy, though.