Comments on: 10 Oscar factoids that’ll impress everyone you know today

By: tasmanian devil

tasmanian devil — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 03:58:11 +0000

The only reason a woman should win an Oscar for Best Director is if that woman was the Best Director. Hopefully someone doesn’t miss out because of political correctness gone mad.

By: David

David — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 14:08:56 +0000

Thanks for the corrections, guys. I was sitting with my wife last night watching some of the Oscars and she reminded me about Sofia. Somehow I just forgot to add her (telling?)

I didn’t know about Brody, though. I’ll fix now.

By: KJ

KJ — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 13:53:04 +0000

Coppola won a Golden Globe for her screenplay, as well the Lina Mangiacapre Award at the Venice Film Festival for the film. She also received Best Director and Best Original Screenplay nods at the 2004 Academy Awards, winning the Best Original Screenplay Oscar.

By: Bill T

Bill T — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 13:36:49 +0000

Wasn’t Sofia Coppola (sp?) nominated for “Lost In Translation”?

By: Tim

Tim — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 13:30:21 +0000

“9) The only sequel to win Best Picture was The Godfather Part 2, which took the Oscar in 1974.”

Does “Lord of the Rings: Return of the King” count as a sequel?

By: nukebubba

nukebubba — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 13:13:54 +0000

> High time that changed, wouldnâ€™t you say?

No, I wouldn’t say. The awards reflect who is working in the industry. There will be more women director winners when there are more women directors. Are you suggesting some type of affirmative action quotas be imposed on Hollywood?

By: Karen Jensen

Karen Jensen — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 13:12:53 +0000

Two corrections — first Adrien Brody was actually a couple of months younger than Richard Dreyfuss when he won the best actor Oscar. And The third woman nominated for best director was Sofia Coppola.

By: Tim

Tim — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 13:08:16 +0000

“9) The only sequel to win Best Picture was The Godfather Part 2, which took the Oscar in 1974.”

It was the first sequel to win Best Picture, but “Lord of the Rings: Return of the King” won, too. Of course, you might consider the LotR movies to be just thirds of a whole and not really sequels.

filmsite(dot)org tells us:

“[The Godfather Part 2] was the only sequel to win a Best Picture Oscar at the time of its win. [An earlier unsuccessful attempt at a sequel-Best Picture win was The Bells of St. Mary's (1945) - following the Best Picture winner of the previous year - Going My Way (1944). Later, its 'sequel' The Godfather, Part III (1990) was also nominated for Best Picture - and lost, and two sequel-installments of The Lord of the Rings (in 2002 and 2003) were also nominated, with the latter winning the top honor. Some might consider the Best Picture-winning The Silence of the Lambs (1991) as a sequel to Manhunter (1986), but that stretches the definition of a true sequel.]“