![]() It will be carved next to 24 musings from the likes of Robert Burns and Charles Rennie Mackintosh. MLA style: "Lousy Scots.they ruin Scotland Groundskeeper Willie from The Simpsons THE INSULTS YOU WON'T SEE IN PARLY THE hunt is on for a fitting quote to mark the 10th anniversary of our Parliament.Seeing the formerly virile superstar brought low by the ravages of time served as a useful, if difficult to watch, reminder of the ephemeral nature of Hollywood glamour. Veteran actor Kirk Douglas’ sons cried as their father, felled by age and the effects of a stroke, struggled manfully through an acceptance speech for his honorary Oscar. Proud papa Paul Sorvino wept as his young daughter Mira accepted her Oscar and credited him for teaching her everything she knows. Aside from ear mites and Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, there is little on the planet more annoying than this hyperspazzy “comedian.”įamily Ties Prize: To the Douglas and Sorvino families, who shed tears for poignantly different reasons. Vanessa Redgrave Award: For most obnoxious Oscar night carrying-on, Jim Carrey, hands-down. ![]() Unsure of her English, she didn’t say anything. ![]() Gies accompanied director Jon Blair to the podium as he accepted his Oscar for his documentary feature on Anne Frank’s life. Honorable mention: Christopher Reeve, for just showing up.īest Speech: Miep Gies, the elderly Dutch woman who helped care for Anne Frank’s family and who rescued her now-famous diary. And, by disdaining Hollywood’s ribbon-wearing fetish, she may well have spiked a tradition that has outlived its usefulness. Jesse Jackson’s latest self-serving publicity stunt. She did a public service, too, by deflating with wisecracks the Rev. Her warm, unpretentious humor kept the self-important ceremony from being too stuffy, and she kept us laughing all night. Mira Sorvino’s supporting actress win for Woody Allen’s Mighty Aphrodite helped show that Oscar will reward boutique films of high quality.Ĭomeback of the Year: Whoopi Goldberg returned to host the Oscars after last year’s dismal experiment with smirky David Letterman. Restoration landed two Oscars, as did The Usual Suspects. Leaving Las Vegas and Dead Man Walking, both low-budget movies with highly original content but not much box-office appeal, won in two of the biggest categories. The lack of directorial nominations for Ron Howard and Ang Lee, despite a raft of nods in other categories, signified that support for both films was broad but shallow.īigger Ain’t Better Award: Babe and The Postman notwithstanding, small, independent films did amazingly well. Sense got seven nods, but took home only one trophy, a richly-deserved one for the ultraclassy Emma Thompson’s adapted screenplay. The Phil Gramm “All Hat, No Cowboy” Prize for Disappointing Expectations: What happened to Apollo 13 and Sense and Sensibility, the night’s big non-starters? Nine nominations for Apollo, and only two wins (in minor categories). Braveheart’s five Oscars, including a slightly surprising one for Best Picture, proved that the breathtakingly adequate film had an unexpected depth of support among Academy voters (the largest bloc of whom are actors, which tells you something about Oscar’s weakness for thespians who direct.) Word out of Scotland is that the country’s tourist board is expecting more visitors in the wake of Braveheart’s triumph. It was into the loch with the little piggy, the lonely mailman, the spaced-out Yanks and those silk-wearin’ English buttercups. A little post-Oscar awards ceremony of our own: The Groundskeeper Willie Award for Scottish Boosterism: A bouquet of thistles, a dram of Glenfiddich and a low-fat haggis burrito to Mel Gibson and Braveheart for a splendid showing. ![]()
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