Robert Altman to receive Honorary Oscar
01-12-06, 08:40 AM
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Robert Altman to receive Honorary Oscar
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Movie mogul Robert Altman is to be honored at the Oscars in March with an Honorary Award. The Gosford Park director will be celebrated for "a career that has repeatedly reinvented the art form and inspired filmmakers and audiences alike." Altman has received five Academy Award nominations as a director and producer but has never taken home the Oscar. Academy President Sid Ganis says, "He is a master filmmaker and well deserves this honor. The board was taken with Altman's innovation, his redefinition of genres, his invention of new ways of using the film medium and his reinvigoration of old ones." The Academy Awards will take place in Hollywood on March 5
Excellent decision, he really deserves the honor!
Movie mogul Robert Altman is to be honored at the Oscars in March with an Honorary Award. The Gosford Park director will be celebrated for "a career that has repeatedly reinvented the art form and inspired filmmakers and audiences alike." Altman has received five Academy Award nominations as a director and producer but has never taken home the Oscar. Academy President Sid Ganis says, "He is a master filmmaker and well deserves this honor. The board was taken with Altman's innovation, his redefinition of genres, his invention of new ways of using the film medium and his reinvigoration of old ones." The Academy Awards will take place in Hollywood on March 5
Excellent decision, he really deserves the honor!
. It's about time.
01-12-06, 10:46 AM
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I was just thinking...my 4 favorite English Language directors never received an Oscar for a particular film; Hitchcock, Kubrick, Scorsese & Altman.
01-12-06, 02:35 PM
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My favorite director finally get his due (albeit their version of a consolation prize). If you haven't, see "California Split", check it out, one of his best (and rarely seen), one of these days they'll put "The Wedding" on DVD and i'll be a happy camper (what does that expression mean exactly? are campers unusually happy?)
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01-12-06, 02:51 PM
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Originally Posted by thegingerbreadm
My favorite director finally get his due (albeit their version of a consolation prize). If you haven't, see "California Split", check it out, one of his best (and rarely seen), one of these days they'll put "The Wedding" on DVD and i'll be a happy camper (what does that expression mean exactly? are campers unusually happy?)
http://www3.cd-wow.us/detail_results...subcat=region2
It's a bit pricey but if one wants it...
01-12-06, 04:02 PM
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Originally Posted by thegingerbreadm
i'm in the US, oh well.... thanks for the heads up anyway
Region free player = DVD satisfaction from anywhere.
01-20-06, 10:17 PM
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Originally Posted by thegingerbreadm
My favorite director finally get his due (albeit their version of a consolation prize). If you haven't, see "California Split", check it out, one of his best (and rarely seen), one of these days they'll put "The Wedding" on DVD and i'll be a happy camper (what does that expression mean exactly? are campers unusually happy?)
http://www.dvdempire.com/Exec/v4_ite...item_id=923492
01-21-06, 09:39 AM
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Originally Posted by movielib
A Wedding is being released in R1 on April 25. The catch is that it's part of a four movie set (along with MASH, A Perfect Couple and Quintet) and it does not appear that you can buy it separately.
http://www.dvdempire.com/Exec/v4_ite...item_id=923492
http://www.dvdempire.com/Exec/v4_ite...item_id=923492
Thanks for the info, i wish they'd put on commentary for all of them (Quintet NEEDS commentary...im still not sure what that was about) but why put MASH in there when its available elsewhere? They should sub MASH with another little seen one from the late 70's, (OC and STIGGS maybe) a mixed bag quality-wise but would make more sense
01-21-06, 10:06 AM
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Originally Posted by slop101
Yeah, and he also had the audacity to take a great TV show (MASH) and turn it into a movie with none of the show's heart...
