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Tuesday, March 13, 2007
Film FILM: Rewarding the Wrong Roles
Posted By Matt Brunson on Tue, Mar 13, 2007 at 2:19 PM
When Martin Scorsese finally won his Oscar last month for The Departed, most film fans responded with a chorus of "About time!" A few, however, retorted with, "For that movie?"
Yes, of course Scorsese's Oscar should have been for one of his signature films, specifically GoodFellas or Raging Bull.
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But the Academy has a history of rewarding individuals for the wrong movies, especially when it comes to the actors. Here, then, are some examples of Oscar-winning roles followed by the parts for which the performers should have won their statues.
Denzel Washington: Won Best Actor for Training Day (2001); should have won for Malcolm X (1992).
Al Pacino: Won Best Actor for Scent of a Woman (1992); should have won for The Godfather (1972).
Paul Newman: Won Best Actor for The Color of Money (1986); should have won for The Hustler (1961).
Henry Fonda: Won Best Actor for On Golden Pond (1981); should have won for The Grapes of Wrath (1940).
Dustin Hoffman: Won Best Actor for Kramer vs. Kramer (1979) and Rain Man (1988); should have won for Midnight Cowboy (1969) and Tootsie (1982).
Jack Lemmon: Won Best Actor for Save the Tiger (1973); should have won for Some Like It Hot (1959).
Humphrey Bogart: Won Best Actor for The African Queen (1951); should have won for either Casablanca (1943) or The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948).
Ingrid Bergman: Won Best Actress for Gaslight (1944) and Anastasia (1956); should have won one for Notorious (1946).
James Stewart: Won Best Actor for The Philadelphia Story (1940); should have won for It's a Wonderful Life (1946).
Bette Davis: Won Best Actress for Dangerous (1935) and Jezebel (1938); should have won one for All About Eve (1950).
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