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chelsea
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The Academy Awards Grex Vote
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Feb 18 13:49 UTC 1995 |
Last week the nominations for this year's Academy Awards were announced.
There were few surprises and it was, for the most part, a mellow year for
Hollywood. So to spice up the event Grex will hold its own vote - we'll
get to see how our opinions compare to the experts.
Sometime within the next couple of weeks Voteradm will fire-up the vote
program for those interested in supporting their favorite nominations.
Everyone's vote will count - member, non-member, pseudo, lurker... All are
welcome to participate. So below I'll list the categories and nominees.
Then get out and see those last few movies you missed and think about your
choices.
The Academy Awards will be televised on March 27th. Our voting will
end sometime on the evening of the 26th.
(Drum Roll) AND THE NOMINATIONS ARE:
PICTURE: "Forrest Gump"
"Four Weddings and a Funeral"
"Pulp Fiction"
"Quiz Show"
"The Shawshank Redemption"
ACTOR: Morgan Freeman, "The Shawshank Redemption"
Tom Hanks, "Forest Gump"
Nigel Hawthorne, "The Madness of King George"
Paul Newman, "Nobody's Fool"
John Travolta, "Pulp Fiction"
ACTRESS: Jodie Foster, "Nell"
Jessica Lange, "Blue Sky"
Miranda Richardson, "Tom & Viv"
Winona Ryder, "Little Women"
Susan Sarandon, "The Client"
DIRECTOR: Woody Allen, "Bullets Over Broadway"
Robert Zemekis, "Forrest Gump"
Quentin Tarantino, "Pulp Fiction"
Robert Redford, "Quiz Show"
Krzysztof Kieslowski, "Red"
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peacefrg
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response 1 of 26:
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Feb 18 16:34 UTC 1995 |
Forrest Gump is getting like, 7 or 8 nominations. The only other movie to
do that was Gone With the Wind.
And I still haven't seen it.
I vote for Pulp Fiction on everything.
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gregc
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response 2 of 26:
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Feb 18 18:10 UTC 1995 |
You forgot best supportting actress/actor.
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anig
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response 3 of 26:
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Feb 18 19:24 UTC 1995 |
Can I do a write-in vote for best actor: Brad Pitt????!!!
PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!:)
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eeyore
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response 4 of 26:
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Feb 18 22:22 UTC 1995 |
no, he's most beautiful actor...i'm not really sure tht he could get
the best,though...`
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omni
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response 5 of 26:
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Feb 18 23:02 UTC 1995 |
Try 13. And I hope FG wins all it's nominated for. I really enjoyed
this movie a lot.
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fraizer
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response 6 of 26:
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Feb 19 02:10 UTC 1995 |
Pulp Fiction...
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popcorn
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response 7 of 26:
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Feb 19 14:33 UTC 1995 |
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chelsea
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response 8 of 26:
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Feb 19 14:55 UTC 1995 |
I'll include as many categories as votadm is willing to deal with.
SUPPORTING ACTRESS:
Rosemary Harris, "Tom & Viv"
Helen Mirren, "The Madness of King George"
Uma Thurman, "Pulp Fiction"
Jennifer Tilly, "Bullets Over Broadway"
Dianne Wiest, "Bullets Over Broadway"
SUPPORTING ACTOR:
Samuel L. Jackson, "Pulp Fiction"
Martin Landau, "Ed Wood"
Chazz Palminteri, "Bullets Over Broadway"
Paul Scofield, "Quiz Show"
Gary Sinise, "Forrest Gump"
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rogue
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response 9 of 26:
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Feb 19 18:11 UTC 1995 |
#1: I think Ben Hur got 11 nominations.
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zook
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response 10 of 26:
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Feb 20 19:10 UTC 1995 |
I only saw one of the above movies. Guess I need to get out more...
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ebrandon
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response 11 of 26:
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Feb 23 20:18 UTC 1995 |
I thought West Side Story had the most. *shrug*
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remmers
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response 12 of 26:
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Feb 24 00:57 UTC 1995 |
Voteadm has to write a front end to the vote program to enable it to
handle several votes at once, but it's not a huge task. I expect I'll
have it in place sometime this coming weekend.
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remmers
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response 13 of 26:
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Feb 24 12:31 UTC 1995 |
[Winter Agora item 124 is now linked as Arts item 100.]
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spartan
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response 14 of 26:
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Feb 24 19:42 UTC 1995 |
re#1: Forrest Gump got 13 nominations, which equals All About Eve.
As for Best Picture, I'd be happy to see either Gump or Pulp Fiction win, but
given the average age of academy voters, I think it's more likely to be
Forrest Gump.
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write
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response 15 of 26:
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Feb 25 23:53 UTC 1995 |
How come Samuel L> Jackson is considered a supporting actor in Pulp Fiction and
not a lead actor? I'm new to this system so you may have already covered this
territory.
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peacefrg
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response 16 of 26:
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Feb 26 02:57 UTC 1995 |
Remmers, That would be cool if you could get the vote program to do this. We
could have our own grex grammys
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carson
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response 17 of 26:
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Feb 26 09:56 UTC 1995 |
re #15: He only appeared in two (three, maybe?) of the four short
stories. His character was decidedly equal in importance to
John Travolta's character, but Travolta's character was in
all of the short stories, which made it more of a lead role
than Jackson's. Jackson also probably has a better shot at
winning a supporting actor award. I remember seeing him in
"Loaded Weapon" and not thinking that much of him, but after
seeing him in "Pulp Fiction" and "Fresh" (the film he *should*
have been nominated for), I've come to appreciate his range of
acting ability.
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write
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response 18 of 26:
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Feb 26 14:28 UTC 1995 |
re #17: I thought about what you said about John Travolta in Pulp Fiction, I
guess Isaw the movie as group pice. Not one person more important than
another. I liked "Fresh" but I like Sam Jackson in most of evrything he has
done recently.
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carson
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response 19 of 26:
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Feb 27 01:43 UTC 1995 |
has Samuel Jackson been in anything else recently? I'm aware of "Pulp
Fiction" and "Fresh", but nothing else.
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spartan
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response 20 of 26:
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Feb 27 18:11 UTC 1995 |
He was also in "Jurassic Park," and "Patriot Games," to name a few. (In
"Jurassic Park," he was the guy who went out to the power shed, and later on
his severed arm fell on Laura Dern.)
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anne
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response 21 of 26:
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Mar 3 21:09 UTC 1995 |
How fun! ALright- here we go!
PICTURE: Pulp Fiction
ACTOR: John Travolta- "Pulp Fiction"
ACTRESS: Winona Ryder: "Little Women"
DIRECTOR: Quentin Tarantino: "Pulp Fiction"
S.ACTRESS: Uma Thurman "Pulp Fiction"
S. ACTOR: Gary Sinise "Forrest Gump"
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chelsea
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response 22 of 26:
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Mar 3 23:38 UTC 1995 |
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chelsea
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response 23 of 26:
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Mar 3 23:48 UTC 1995 |
Who I'd like to win: Who I think will win:
Picture: "Pulp Fiction" "Forest Gump"
Actor (male): John Travolta "PF" Paul Newman, "NF"
Actor (female): Jessica Lange (BS) Jodie Foster "Nell"
Supp. actor (male):Martin Landau "Ed Wood" Samuel Jackson "PF"
Supp. actor (female):Dianne Wiest "BOB" Helen Mirren "MOKG"
Best Director: Quentin Terantino "PF" Robert Zemekis "FG"
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tsty
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response 24 of 26:
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Mar 4 09:38 UTC 1995 |
gee - i hope you are wrong ....
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