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I think it was unfair and ungracious of Oscar producers Bill Mechanic and Adam Shankman not to include Farrah Fawcett in last night's death-tribute reel. Fawcett began on the tube, of course, but she was an industry-community person as much as anyone else, and she gave highly respected performances in at least two features -- Extremities and Alan Pakula's See You In The Morning. And let's not forget her fine work in The Burning Bed, a powerful made-for-TV flick.
I didn't see Ron Silver in last night's tribute either, although I may have missed him. Was Edward Woodward included? I know Bea Arthur wasn't, and that they also blew off Marilyn Chambers, basically for blowing too many guys in too many porn films. Incuding her would have established an unwelcome precedent, I realize, but Chambers was as famous and influential a performer in the early 1970s as Jon Voight, Burt Reynolds, Cybil Shepard or Barbra Streisand were in their realms. She wasn't a real "actress", of course, but Average Joes and Janes knew her quite well. She was as iconic in her own way as Muhammud Ali.
Posted by Jeffrey Wells on March 8, 2010 at 9:58 AM
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OtownRog
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Ron Silver was in there. Bea and Woodward I didn't see.
Posted by OtownRog
at March 8, 2010 10:25 AM
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JHR
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Ron Silver was in.
Posted by JHR
at March 8, 2010 10:27 AM
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DukeSavoy
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Iconic as Ali?
Behind the Green Door was an iconic title, but I don't think Chambers herself rose to the recognition level of Ali -- or even Howard Cosell. "I'm here with Marilyn Chambers, of Green Door fame. Marilyn, what do you make of the claims that you have a better right hand than Sonny Liston?"
Posted by DukeSavoy
at March 8, 2010 10:30 AM
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Alvy Singer
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Ron Silver was shown right when James Taylor sang "friends and lovers..."
And yeah, my mind, unfortunately, went there.
Posted by Alvy Singer
at March 8, 2010 10:30 AM
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Floyd Thursby
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Henry Gibson had large role in Oscar-nominated NASHVILLE but was ignored.
Posted by Floyd Thursby
at March 8, 2010 10:31 AM
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Bill Bomp Whomper
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Silver was pretty easy to catch. You must've been looking at someone's shoes or prepping a Monjack/Murphy post.
Posted by Bill Bomp Whomper
at March 8, 2010 10:32 AM
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Rich S.
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Don't forget Fawcett's sterling work in Logan's Run.
Bea Arthur should have been included for History of the World Part I alone.
Posted by Rich S.
at March 8, 2010 10:33 AM
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Colin
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Couldn't show Bea Arthur or Farah Fawcett, thank God we got Michael Jackson though. Captain EO was one of cinema's biggest influences. Yeesh.
Posted by Colin
at March 8, 2010 10:41 AM
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PCP
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More reasons to hate the oscars.
Posted by PCP
at March 8, 2010 10:42 AM
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Admiral82
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Aw, they skipped Henry Gibson! That's a travesty. Farrah too. And Marilyn Chambers!
Jesus Christ....
Brad Renfro being left off was downright insulting! (I'm still pissed about that.)
Posted by Admiral82
at March 8, 2010 10:43 AM
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Floyd Thursby
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No Arnold Stang!
Posted by Floyd Thursby
at March 8, 2010 10:44 AM
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PCP
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Roger Ebert was pretty pissed that Fawcett was ignored.
Posted by PCP
at March 8, 2010 10:46 AM
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DarthCorleone
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Dr. T & The Women. The Apostle. Cannonball Run. She definitely should have been in.
And because not enough people are talking about it, and the Academy botched the memoriam segment yet again, can the Academy please have the television broadcast go immediately to the footage of the honorees once those segments begin? It was ridiculous and disrespectful that the television audience was looking at a wide shot of the Kodak Theater thus rendering the first few on the list almost invisible. Last year it was much worse with the Queen Latifah camera coverage, but this was still bad. Nothing at all against James Taylor intended - I like the live performance accompaniment; I just think it should not be the focus.
Posted by DarthCorleone
at March 8, 2010 10:49 AM
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Deathtongue_Groupie
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Fawcett, again snubbed while Jackson got the spotlight. Gibson and Arthur left out altogether, because they are all perceived as "TV people."
Edward Woodward is a major blunder, especially considering that BREAKER MORANT was nominated and WICKER MAN is such a "giant" cult film.
Again, it was the most ineptly produced, written and directed shows of the last couple of decades.
Posted by Deathtongue_Groupie
at March 8, 2010 10:49 AM
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PCP
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Let's see:
Fawcett was paired with Kurt Douglas and Harvey Keitel in Saturn 3.
She was in the Apostle which got some nominations and she was actually thought as a potential nominee herself.
Cannoball Run obviously.
Logan's Run was a pulp classic.
We can go on and on.
The Academy is pathetic!
And the interesting thing about Best Picture is though the Hurt Locker was a great flick and deserving, will it be put on any top 100 lists in the future? Probably not as many as Avatar or Up in the Air or IG would or could have if they had won.
It is all soooooo pedestrian!
Posted by PCP
at March 8, 2010 10:53 AM
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drbob
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Is there anywhere we can get a list of the people who were included in the death montage? I swear there were a lot more snubs than what were coming up with.
Posted by drbob
at March 8, 2010 10:59 AM
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squealy
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Bea Arthur had practically no film credits. She was a stage and TV actress.
She and Fawcett were recognized by the Emmys -- they were iconic TV figures. Isn't that enough?
Posted by squealy
at March 8, 2010 11:00 AM
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Floyd Thursby
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Gibson hasn't been a TV person for 40 years.
Posted by Floyd Thursby
at March 8, 2010 11:00 AM
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George Prager
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They fucked up at the beginning as well, you only saw Swayze on the stage screen, not the TV screen. This is really outrageous. No Gibson, No Fawcett. How many movies did Michael Jackson make? THE WIZ and that posthumous concert movie? Mechanic and Shankman are two dumb motherfuckers.
Posted by George Prager
at March 8, 2010 11:01 AM
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CitizenKanedforChewingGum
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I'm pretty sure Renfro was included in last year's telecast (if not, it was '08), for whoever was upset about that exclusion.
Either way, he did get his proper tribute/memorial.
Posted by CitizenKanedforChewingGum
at March 8, 2010 11:04 AM
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squealy
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No, Renfro was left out.
Posted by squealy
at March 8, 2010 11:07 AM
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corey3rd
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Woodward deserved better than James Taylor
Posted by corey3rd
at March 8, 2010 11:17 AM
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George Prager
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And no Zelda Rubenstein or Dan O'Bannon.
Posted by George Prager
at March 8, 2010 11:22 AM
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PCP
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NO DAN O'BANNON!
Unbelievable!
Posted by PCP
at March 8, 2010 11:32 AM
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Krillian
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Bea Arthur was banned from In Memoriam for her participation in the Star Wars Holiday Special.
But yeah, big fail not to have Farrah Fawcett in there.
Who was the second name? Patrick Swayze was first, but the camera was still far away to make out who the second name was.
Poorly directed show. Probably will still get nominated for best directing of a variety show at the Emmys in 5-6 months.
Posted by Krillian
at March 8, 2010 11:42 AM
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PCP
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Dan O'Bannon writes the screenplay for arguably one of the best sci-fi flicks ever and also one of the best crossovers to horror!
He was part of John Carpenter's crew back in the day.
He directs Night of the Living Dead which arguably made films like Shaun of the Dead, 28 Days Later, and Zak's Dawn of the Dead possible.
And his tribute was being kicked to the curb!
Great one again, Academy!
Posted by PCP
at March 8, 2010 11:44 AM
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PCP
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Not Night, Return of the Living Dead ... sorry.
Posted by PCP
at March 8, 2010 11:45 AM
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bmcintire
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Please - Sigourney Fucking Weaver is onstage introducing the Horror Movie tribute and even mentions ALIEN, but O'Bannon (who wrote the screenplay) gets no mention?
Lame.
Posted by bmcintire
at March 8, 2010 11:54 AM
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BurmaShave
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Will next year's In Memoriam include Shankman & Mechanic's gig as showrunners? Please?
Posted by BurmaShave
at March 8, 2010 12:44 PM
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TheCahuengaKid
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Hard to tell because of the wide shot they opened the IN MEMORIUM tribute with, but following Swayze were composer Maurice Jarre and cowboy star Monte Hale...
Posted by TheCahuengaKid
at March 8, 2010 12:57 PM
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PCP
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Maurice Jarre probably deserved his own trailer like John Hughes received.
Posted by PCP
at March 8, 2010 1:18 PM
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Renfield
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I'm still pissed over them ignoring Rudy Ray Moore last year.
If he were alive, he'd fuck those insecure motherfuckers up!
Posted by Renfield
at March 8, 2010 2:02 PM
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Hispanic party elephant
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Also Gene Barry, Phil Carey, Pat Hingle, Harve Presnell, ....should I go on?
Posted by Hispanic party elephant
at March 8, 2010 2:56 PM
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Doug Pratt
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I suppose it would have been too much for them to have included Frank Coghlan Jr., but the man had been making movies since 1920 for godsake.
Posted by Doug Pratt
at March 8, 2010 3:29 PM
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The Hoyk
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Floyd Thursby: not the most visible TV gig, but Henry Gibson was a regular voice on "KING OF THE HILL" in the last few years of the show.
Posted by The Hoyk
at March 8, 2010 8:32 PM
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at March 8, 2010 11:07 PM
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at March 8, 2010 11:09 PM
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Noah Cross
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I read a lame academy response about Farrah not being included, saying there were only 30 slots, so she didn't make the cut.
They just expanded the best picture slots from 5 to 10, but that 30 # for the memorials is sacrosanct.
Posted by Noah Cross
at March 9, 2010 1:20 AM
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Cadavra
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Posted by Cadavra
at March 9, 2010 2:42 PM
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