Awards Aftermath - Part 2

[BayCityJohn]

[Lyle (Mooska)]

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"Milk" and "Brokeback Mountain"

[Lyle (Mooska)]

AMPAS had a picture of Heath's family accepting his
award in yesterday's featured oscar ceremony.



...and Dustin Lance Black for the screenplay of "Milk."

[fritzkep]

Those who still don't realize the mistake made in 2006 are dying off.

[kathy]

**Well, that so-called "academy" (?) is certainly trying to put forth the assumption that Brokeback Mountain won Best Picture at the Mar. '06 ceremonies (in this pic they show Best Director AL, Heath and Jake - who should have won the acting honors too, as well as film itself winning more awards).  But for some, like me, I'll never forget or forgive what they caused so shamefully to be done to  it - the inside job they started by deriding it, the has-beens degrading and mocking it, the very willing accomplices they had throughout the membership and, always, in the "press". 

No matter what they do, it is probably the greatest injustice and travesty (oh, they've had others but none this blatant) that the Best Picture award was STOLEN from BBM and given to such an inferior piece of TRASH.  They sure realize it now, so does everyone else, but it's too late, isn't it?  It will not be forgotten.  Those ignorant, shameful, homophobic jackasses. 

kathy           

[Lyle (Mooska)]

The Courage Campaign, which was set up to fight Prop 8 a couple years ago, is
having a fundraiser and look who one of the hosts is going to be:  (!)

It's not often that we get to invite you to a party, but this one is pretty special.

What: MoveOn & Courage Campaign Present: DANCE FOR EQUALITY  
Date: Wednesday, March 2nd, 2011
Location: Avalon, 1735 Vine St, Los Angeles, CA 90028

Courage Campaign has been a major leader on this fight in California, and every dollar
donated to this event will go directly to their campaign work to overturn Prop 8 and
restore marriage equality to California.

MoveOn Civic Action and Courage Campaign invite you to DANCE FOR EQUALITY:
A Benefit to Continue the Fight Against Prop 8

Hosted by Lisa Edelstein, Heather Graham, Academy Award-winning director & writer
Paul Haggis, Patricia Velasquez and renowned activist and AIDS Quilt creator Cleve Jones

With the recent turnaround from the Obama administration (who will no longer defend the
constitutionality of the 1996 federal ban of the recognition of same-sex marriages), overturning
Prop 8 this year seems closer than ever.

[zebron]

I'm an infrequent visitor here these days. But on this Oscar night, I just wanted to say thanks for the Oscar event four years ago -- to BayCityJohn for organizing and to all who took part. It was memorable.

Mark.

[BayCityJohn]

I'm an infrequent visitor here these days. But on this Oscar night, I just wanted to say thanks for the Oscar event four years ago -- to BayCityJohn for organizing and to all who took part. It was memorable.

Mark.

Well, look what the wind blew in 

Thank you Mark!

[BayCityJohn]

"The King's Speech" Won Because Awards Shows Place Too Much Value On Giving Speeches

I learned to stop trusting the Academy Awards after the year that "Crash," a film that was essentially "Love Actually" but with racism instead of love, beat out "Brokeback Mountain" for best picture.  This was tragic because "Brokeback Mountain" was one of the greatest films ever made.

http://m.neontommy.com/news/2011/02/kings-speech-won-because-people-awards-shows-place-too-much-value-giving-speeches-0

[BayCityJohn]

Sunday Classics: ‘Brokeback Mountain’
By
Sarah Ward
– February 27, 2011

For those with short memories, in 2006 five films vied for the coveted statuette. With each well regarded by the critics, the race was considerably close, however one film stood out from the crowd. Despite the merits of the based on true events trio of Steven Spielberg’s Munich, George Clooney’s Good Night, And Good Luck, and Bennett Miller’s Capote, and the reaction to Paul Haggis’ race drama Crash, Ang Lee’s lyrical and luminous romance Brokeback Mountain was expected to take home the trophy. When Lee’s name was read out as the winner of the directorial prize, the film’s chances seemed assured; yet the Academy awarded Crash with the best picture gong instead, springing one of its most infamous surprises.

Five years later, the awards ascension of Crash over Brokeback Mountain is still contested, with millions of characters over just as many threads devoted to the topic in cyberspace. As the 2011 event draws closer, the Twitterverse has been awash in commentary over the snubbing of the latter in favour of the former, with the sense of disbelief still resonating throughout the film-savvy community. The majority of statements are barely fit to repeat, such is the anger at the controversial result, however the universal praise directed towards Brokeback Mountain is certainly worth reiterating. With the potent and poignant film receiving eight nominations yet only managing to secure three wins (for best director, adapted screenplay and original score), it will forever be remembered as the victim of one of the greatest Oscar injustices in history.


full article:

http://www.atthecinema.net/sunday-classics-brokeback-mountain

[Lyle (Mooska)]

...it will forever be remembered as the victim of one of the greatest Oscar injustices in history.

This was a very nice and well-written article.  (I say that because many aren't, even though I
agree with them!)  I'd like to suggest that the real victim of this oscar injustice is crash.  A
perfectly good, fine or okay film if left alone in the context of the pile of films that are out there,
but elevated to lofty heights of Best Picture status it begins to whither in that light and invite
people to throw stones.  It's like the story of The Emperor's New Clothes.  People convinced
enough ampas voters that crash was dressed up for the honors and now everyone sees right
through that folly.

Although you might phrase BBM as the victim of ampas' injustice that year, I prefer to look
at it as what Kenneth Turan wrote the night of those same awards:  "Sometimes you win by losing,"
or what Al Gore said on the night he had to concede the election to Bush, something his father had
told him once:  "Defeat may serve as well as victory to shake the soul and let the glory out."
   

[kathy]

**RE:  The previous three posts:

          Wonderful.  I wish I could think of something else to write, but these three posts say it all, beautifully and painfully.
          The injustice done to Brokeback Mountain by those nitwits will never be forgotten.  **

kathy 

[BayCityJohn]

The Academy Got It Wrong


"Crash" vs. "Brokeback Mountain" (78th Academy Awards, 2006)

This was one of the great WTF moments in Oscardom. Instead of giving the prize to the best-reviewed movie of the year, "Brokeback Mountain," the Academy picked this hectoring paean to liberal guilt. The movie is about as nuanced as a stubbed toe, as enjoyable as listening to your parents fight, and as honest as your average Wall Street executive.





http://oscars.movies.yahoo.com/photos/169-the-academy-got-it-wrong#OmgPhoid=3

[BayCityJohn]

Mixed Pickles in Hollywood
Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana

Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana, who have been collaborating on screenplays and novels since 1992, received numerous accolades for their work on the 2005 film Brokeback Mountain, directed by Ang Lee, including the Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay. What follows is a conversation about the confusions and occasional pleasures of the annual Hollywood awards season.

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Larry: We lost Best Picture, startling Jack Nicholson, who opened the envelope.

Diana: Did he mouth “Fuck!” when he opened the envelope?

Larry: I believe he did.

Diana: He told me afterwards that he voted for Brokeback.

Larry: We lost because ours was a rural story, and Crash was not only urban, but also locally made. America is so urban now, people can’t truly grasp the reality of rural life anymore.

Diana: I was most disappointed for our crew who worked on the movie. They were gallant and determined the entire time we were filming.


full article:
http://www.nybooks.com/blogs/nyrblog/2011/mar/01/mixed-pickles-hollywood/

[Lyle (Mooska)]

That was an interesting find, although I'm not sure of the context in which they were
being interviewed or whatever...

Also from that:

Larry: Isn’t that where Warren Beatty said there wasn’t a false note in Brokeback?

Diana: Yes. He was behind me in line at one of the food tables. We chatted some about producing, and he told me he’d actually forgotten his film Reds had lost Best Picture. He also said that if by chance Brokeback lost, I shouldn’t be too upset, because no one would remember that it lost twenty years from now …

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I'm afraid I will.