http://moviemorlocks.com/2008/02/02/my-favorite-oscar-embarrassments/ MovieMorlocks.com is the official blog for Turner Classic Movies (TCM). No topic is too obscure or niche to be excluded from our film discussions. And we welcome your comments on our blogs and bloggers. Tue, 22 May 2012 17:10:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://moviemorlocks.com/2008/02/02/my-favorite-oscar-embarrassments/#comment-11316 Tue, 19 Jan 2010 01:09:07 +0000 http://tcmmoviemorlocks.wordpress.com/2008/02/02/my-favorite-oscar-embarrassments/#comment-11316 that was hilarious

]]> http://moviemorlocks.com/2008/02/02/my-favorite-oscar-embarrassments/#comment-467 Mon, 03 Mar 2008 22:28:34 +0000 http://tcmmoviemorlocks.wordpress.com/2008/02/02/my-favorite-oscar-embarrassments/#comment-467 One of my favorite weird Oscar [tm] moments happened at that same 46th Ceremony.  That's where we got to see young Johnny Whitaker and Jodie Foster perform an off-key duet of "Love" from Disney's Robin Hood (nominated for Best Song — a fact that was weird enough by itself).

]]> http://moviemorlocks.com/2008/02/02/my-favorite-oscar-embarrassments/#comment-462 Mon, 11 Feb 2008 23:27:35 +0000 http://tcmmoviemorlocks.wordpress.com/2008/02/02/my-favorite-oscar-embarrassments/#comment-462 I may be wrong, but I think the reason Cries and Whispers didn't get a Best Foreign Language Film nomination for 1973 was because it was a 1972 release in Sweden.  Each country gets to put forth one film for consideration, and Sweden's 1972 pick was Jan Troell's The New Land, which did get nominated.  When Cries and Whispers got a stateside release in '73, it became eligible for that year's awards in all categories except Foreign Language Film.

]]> http://moviemorlocks.com/2008/02/02/my-favorite-oscar-embarrassments/#comment-466 Sat, 09 Feb 2008 03:49:12 +0000 http://tcmmoviemorlocks.wordpress.com/2008/02/02/my-favorite-oscar-embarrassments/#comment-466 Documentaries seem to encourage inflammatory speeches, because they often involve politics. When the anti-Vietnam War film "Hearts and Minds" won in 1974, the filmmaker read a telegram from the North Vietnam delegation at the Paris Peace Conference. I was 14 at the time, but I seem to recall it was fairly polite and asked  Americans to talk about ending the war. I remember the dead silence that followed. Even worse, Frank Sinatra came on after, denounced the telegram and loudly pointed out the academy had nothing to do with it. Have you ever heard a roomful of people suck in their breath at the same time?  Don't even go into the lifetime achivement award for Elia Kazan!

]]> http://moviemorlocks.com/2008/02/02/my-favorite-oscar-embarrassments/#comment-461 Thu, 07 Feb 2008 19:06:01 +0000 http://tcmmoviemorlocks.wordpress.com/2008/02/02/my-favorite-oscar-embarrassments/#comment-461 If you're talking turkey telecasts, I'm pretty sure 1988 should get a mention. Rob Lowe and Snow White doing a duet of Proud Mary? Home movies by Bruce Willis and Demi Moor as a prelude to the Cinematography award? Hoooo, boy!

]]> http://moviemorlocks.com/2008/02/02/my-favorite-oscar-embarrassments/#comment-465 Mon, 04 Feb 2008 17:35:23 +0000 http://tcmmoviemorlocks.wordpress.com/2008/02/02/my-favorite-oscar-embarrassments/#comment-465 I didn't realize Sacheen Littlefeather did a layout in Playboy. Geronimo and Cochise must have been "proud"!

]]> http://moviemorlocks.com/2008/02/02/my-favorite-oscar-embarrassments/#comment-464 Mon, 04 Feb 2008 17:32:13 +0000 http://tcmmoviemorlocks.wordpress.com/2008/02/02/my-favorite-oscar-embarrassments/#comment-464 So we have Marlon Brando to blame for the ever increasing number of boorish political statements made by these ill-informed & air-headed celebrities which cause me (and I'm sure many others) to watch less if any of the proceedings anymore.  I usually Tivo the show to fast forward through it afterwards in order to see the montages (done to honor those who have passed on within the year or any special award recipients), else I'd probably skip it entirely even though I'm usually interested in the results.

]]> http://moviemorlocks.com/2008/02/02/my-favorite-oscar-embarrassments/#comment-463 Sun, 03 Feb 2008 21:23:40 +0000 http://tcmmoviemorlocks.wordpress.com/2008/02/02/my-favorite-oscar-embarrassments/#comment-463 It's true. The Oscars are pretty boring and have been for some time. Nothing outrageous can happen because of the quick delay button. That job would be like an air traffic controller on the big night. This year's ceremony is already shaping up to be a pretty dull affair. So I'll either be watching a movie I really want to see or maybe TCM.              

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