# Movie with the most future Oscar winners **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 5, 2008, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-with-the-most-future-oscar-winners/440242 "2008-03-05T22:08:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2008, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-with-the-most-future-oscar-winners/440242/1 "2008-03-05T22:08:53Z")
I’m looking for the movie with the most FUTURE Oscar winners in it. Actors that may have been nominated but hadn’t won until after this movie came out. I also want to rule out movies that the cast won a bunch of Oscars for that specific movie. It’s harder than I thought to come up with one. I thought of **Platoon** , but only Oliver Stone and Forest Whitaker had _won_ Oscars since then, and you could eliminate Stone b/c he won for adapted screenplay previously. Berenger, Dafoe, Johnny Depp, etc all nominated but never won. **LA Confidential** - only Russel Crowe. Spacey already won, Hanson and Basinger won for this movie (doesn’t count), all the rest nominations only (Pearce, Cromwell, DeVito, Strathairn, Then there’s **Glengarry Glen Ross** : Pacino (won the following year) Arkin (won in 2007) Spacey (won in 96 and 2000) Lemmon - already won. Baldwin and Harris - only nominated. So that’s my winner so far. 3 future Oscar winners. I know someone can do better. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2008, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-with-the-most-future-oscar-winners/440242/2 "2008-03-05T22:25:00Z")
**A Bridge Too Far** featured future winners Michael Caine, Sean Connery, Anthony Hopkins, Robert Redford, and Maximilian Schell (who would win an Oscar for another movie released that same year). Gene Hackman (who already had one Oscar but would receive another 15 years later) was also in it. It was directed by future winner Richard Attenborough. That’s **7**. ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2008, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-with-the-most-future-oscar-winners/440242/3 "2008-03-05T23:08:55Z")
Yep. Much better. ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2008, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-with-the-most-future-oscar-winners/440242/4 "2008-03-05T23:15:18Z")
I was actually just discussing this very topic the other night while watching \*[Boogie Nights](http://imdb.com/title/tt0118749/) \*. Only one has actually won an Oscar since it came out, but a whole mess of them have been nominated. Winners **Phillip Seymour Hoffman** - 2006 - _Capote_ Nominated \*\*Mark Wahlberg \*\*- 2007 - _The Departed_ **John C. Reilly** - 2003 - _Chicago_ \*\*Julianne Moore \*\*- 2003 - _The Hours_ & _Far From Heaven_, 2000 - _The End of the Affair_ **Don Cheadle** - 2005 - _Hotel Rwanda_ \*\*Phillip Seymour Hoffman \*\*- 2008 - _Charlie Wilson’s War_ ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2008, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-with-the-most-future-oscar-winners/440242/5 "2008-03-05T23:48:46Z")
**A Streetcar Named Desire** Vivian Leigh had already won an Oscar (and won again), but Marlon Brando, Kim Hunter, and Karl Malden all won later (all for Streetcar). As a bonus, the movie took 3 of the 4 lead actors from the original Broadway production; the one left out – Jessica Tandy – won an Oscar in 1989. **The Godfather II** had Al Pacino, Robert Duvall, Diane Keaton, Robert DiNiro and Sofia Coppola (in a bit part; she later won a best screenplay Oscar). **12 Angry Men** had three future Oscar winners: Henry Fonda, Ed Begley, and Martin Balsam. Lee J. Cobb had already been nominated, but never won. **Stagecoach** had three: John Wayne, Clare Trevor, and Thomas Mitchell (for **Stagecoach** ). ---
**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:** [March 6, 2008, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-with-the-most-future-oscar-winners/440242/6 "2008-03-06T00:06:09Z")
[QUOTE=RealityChuck] **The Godfather II** had Al Pacino, Robert Duvall, Diane Keaton, Robert DiNiro and Sofia Coppola (in a bit part; she later won a best screenplay Oscar). [/QUOTE] Sofia Coppola was the baby in the baptism scene. That was in The Godfather, not II. Was she also in II? Lee Strasberg from II was nominated later. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2008, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-with-the-most-future-oscar-winners/440242/7 "2008-03-06T01:28:51Z")
The IMDB has her in II, too. If we count nominees, **The Godfather** has James Caan, too, as well as Marlon Brando (who had already won, but won a second time for **The Godfather** ). However, no DiNiro, so II has a one more future winner who hadn’t won before. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2008, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-with-the-most-future-oscar-winners/440242/8 "2008-03-06T01:53:57Z")
How’s’about _The Longest Day_ (1962)? Henry Fonda: special Oscar in 1981, Best Actor 1982 Rod Steiger: Best Actor 1968 John Wayne: Best Actor 1970 Sean Connery: Best Supporting Actor 1988 Four future winners (none of whom had won earlier) and a boatload of future nominees, including Richard Burton who got the nom five times (!) post 1962 but never won. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2008, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-with-the-most-future-oscar-winners/440242/9 "2008-03-06T02:25:01Z")
How about Fast Times at Ridgemont High? Sean Penn, Forest Whitaker and Nicolas Cage. Mind you, only three, but quite early in their careers. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2008, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-with-the-most-future-oscar-winners/440242/10 "2008-03-06T02:35:34Z")
**Around the World in 80 Days** (1956) had future winners David Niven, John Gielgud, Shirley Maclaine, John Mills, Buster Keaton (honorary award), and Hermione Gingold, plus four previous winners: Frank Sinatra, Charles Coburn, Noel Coward (honorary) and Ronald Coleman. ---
**Author:** ![Sublight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2008, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-with-the-most-future-oscar-winners/440242/11 "2008-03-06T06:19:35Z")
**American Graffiti** has four future Oscar winner/nominees. Richard Dreyfuss (winner) Ron Howard (winner) Harrison Ford (nominee) Kathleen Quinlan (nominee) plus, Candy Clark (nominee, but doesn’t count since it was for American Graffiti) ---
**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:** [March 6, 2008, 6:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-with-the-most-future-oscar-winners/440242/12 "2008-03-06T06:47:26Z")
_How the West Was Won._ Carroll Baker: nominated Lee J. Cobb:nominated Henry Fonda: won Carolyn Jones: nominated Gergory Peck: won Robert Preston: nominated Debbie Reynolds: nominated James Stewart: won John Wayne: won Richard Widmark:nominated Walter Brennan: won Agnes Moorehead: nominated Thelma Ritter: nominated Russ Tamblyn: nominated Spenser Tracy: won Director, John Ford: won So,7 Oscar winners and 9 nominees. Too many for me to look into when they won and for what. And I need to get some sleep. ---
**Author:** ![greatshakes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/58956e/32.png) [@greatshakes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/greatshakes)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2008, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-with-the-most-future-oscar-winners/440242/13 "2008-03-06T17:24:26Z")
[QUOTE=Dewey Finn] How about Fast Times at Ridgemont High? Sean Penn, Forest Whitaker and Nicolas Cage. Mind you, only three, but quite early in their careers. [/QUOTE] Who did Cage play?? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![jk1245](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/49beb7/32.png) [@jk1245](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jk1245)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2008, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-with-the-most-future-oscar-winners/440242/14 "2008-03-06T17:31:30Z")
The 1984 film **The Bounty** had: Mel Gibson Daniel Day-Lewis Liam Neeson Anthony Hopkins Plus Olivier had a small role. Course, it was also directed by the guy who directed **Cocktail** , so maybe that’s a wash ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2008, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-with-the-most-future-oscar-winners/440242/15 "2008-03-06T17:47:40Z")
[QUOTE=Loach] _How the West Was Won._ So,7 Oscar winners and 9 nominees. Too many for me to look into when they won and for what. And I need to get some sleep. [/QUOTE] But only Fond, Wayne, and Peck won Oscars _after_ the film. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2008, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-with-the-most-future-oscar-winners/440242/16 "2008-03-06T17:52:30Z")
[QUOTE=RealityChuck] **Around the World in 80 Days** (1956) had future winners David Niven, John Gielgud, Shirley Maclaine, John Mills, Buster Keaton (honorary award), and Hermione Gingold, plus four previous winners: Frank Sinatra, Charles Coburn, Noel Coward (honorary) and Ronald Coleman. [/QUOTE] Gingold never won. But previous winner Victor McLaglen was also in the film. ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2008, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-with-the-most-future-oscar-winners/440242/17 "2008-03-06T17:55:04Z")
[QUOTE=greatshakes] Who did Cage play?? 😕 [/QUOTE] He had a bit part as an employee at a fast food restaurant, IIRC. ---
**Author:** ![Made\_in\_Macau](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eada6e/32.png) [@Made\_in\_Macau](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Made_in_Macau)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2008, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-with-the-most-future-oscar-winners/440242/18 "2008-03-06T18:03:34Z")
[QUOTE=OneCentStamp] He had a bit part as an employee at a fast food restaurant, IIRC. [/QUOTE] He’s credited as Nick Coppola. MiM ---
**Author:** ![HelloKitty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ecccb3/32.png) [@HelloKitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HelloKitty)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2008, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-with-the-most-future-oscar-winners/440242/19 "2008-03-06T18:08:52Z")
[QUOTE=OneCentStamp] He had a bit part as an employee at a fast food restaurant, IIRC. [/QUOTE] I remember him as one of the stoners that rolled around in the smoke filled van with Spiccoli and his “bud’s”. I think Cage might have only had one scene. ---
**Author:** ![Poysyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Poysyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poysyn)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2008, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-with-the-most-future-oscar-winners/440242/20 "2008-03-06T18:38:23Z")
\*\* The Big Chill\*\* Tom Berenger - Nominated Glenn Close - Nominated (many times) Jeff Goldblum - Nomintated William Hurt - Won Kevin Kline - Won Meg Tilly - Nominated JoBeth Williams - Nominated Kevin Costner - Won (scenes cut) all in all, a pretty impressive cast and a good movie too 🙂 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-with-the-most-future-oscar-winners/440242.md?page=2)