So, I am in the process of watching every movie that has won Best Picture. Ask me anything!

[TheMightyFavog]

After this Year's Oscar Nominations came out, I looked at the list of movies that have won The Oscar for Best Picture, and marveled at just how few of these movies I have actually seen. I decided to fix that. For the past few weeks, I have been slowly working my way through the list.

As of this posting, I just finished Going My Way.

So go ahead, ask me anything.

[mackerel]

1. Why do they always pick the wrong film?

[Skittles]

4. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest was the correct film

[pressbox69]

15. Yes

Even though Jaws made the biggest splash that year.

[TheMightyFavog]

6. They sure as shit did in 1944

How the hell did Going My Way beat out Double Indemnity or Gaslight?

Also, 1941. Don't get me wrong, How Green Was My Valley was very good, but nowhere near as good as Citizen Kane.

[pressbox69]

16. I agree

100% about Kane vs. Green.

[sarge43]

48. In 1943 they sure didn't. n/t

[irisblue]

2. which one have you liked the most so far & the date too please

[TheMightyFavog]

7. Very Good Question

That's easy, Casablanca (Best Picture, 1943)

[retread]

40. Shocked!

[MFM008]

3. When Forrest Gump beat the Shawshank redemption...

why did it beat SR? It was almost a perfect movie.

[TheMightyFavog]

8. Haven't gotten that far yet.

I've only gotten to 1944.

[TexasBushwhacker]

13. It shouldn't matter, FG was a hit at the box office

SR didn't really find its audience until it was on cable and VHS.

[Skittles]

17. I thought Pulp Fiction should have won

[pressbox69]

18. Maybe because

Gump was #1 at the box office and Shawshank was #51, making about $300,000,000 less that year. Shawshank has become a cult classic over the years and rated at or near the top of the IMDB.

[jmowreader]

38. Gump was a "sentimental" favorite

[Rhiannon12866]

42. I saw Forrest Gump at the movies and had a tough time sitting through it

The fact other people seemed to like it, let alone that it won, totally baffled me. And I have seen numerous Tom Hanks films since and he's become one of my favorites, but Forrest Gump will never be a favorite with me...

[Hamlette]

70. thanks for speaking truth to power :) I hated Forrest Gump.

[Chipper Chat]

5. I thought it interesting that 'All About Eve' was filmed in black and white.

Color was available in 1950. So was it to cut costs or that the B&W format was better for the imagery?

[msongs]

9. did better davis do any films in color? can't think of one... nt

[pressbox69]

20. I think

The Private Lives Of Elizabeth And Essex (1939) may have been the first.

[radical noodle]

28. What's the matter with baby jane

was color, I believe.

[exboyfil]

30. Whatever Happened to Baby Jane

was originally filmed in black and white. Did you see one of Ted Turner's "damn crayola" movies?

http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=75247813

[radical noodle]

31. hahaha!

Yes I guess so!

[TheMightyFavog]

10. I do know that the last b&w film to win before Schindler's List...

Was The Apartment (1960)

Although I think it was 50/50 black and white/color in the 50s, though.

[pressbox69]

19. The only color Best Picture nominee that year was

King Solomons Mines. It won 2 awards including color cinematography for Robert Surtees.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

11. My all-time favorites:

A Man for All Seasons (1966)
Amadeus (1984)

[FrankfurtCat]

25. Great picks!

[First Speaker]

12. No questions, but a suggestion: get high before watching *The Greatest Show on Earth*...

...it will be about the only way to get thru it. Ditto for *Ben Hur*, *The Sound of Music*, *Oliver*, and many, many others. Oh--you might also wear bright yellow while watching Sound of Music. This way, you can--along with being high, of course--imagine that you're Ray, a Drop of Golden Sun...

[pressbox69]

21. My favorite part of TGSOE

is seeing Hope and Crosby in the audience and Noel Neill (Lois Lane) who gets one line. At least Neill had a cute scene early on in the 1951 Best Picture winner An American In Paris, and her Superman co star George Reeves had a role in Best Picture, From Here To Eternity (1953). Jimmy Stewart gives the best performance in clown makeup. Ben Hur is a lot more fun when you find out Stephen Boyd was playing the role of a spurned lover. Still can't believe Boyd wasn't nominated but Hugh Griffith won. TSOM would be better if they didn't cut the No Way To Stop It ( is it about the rise of nazism or Trump?) song from the film. Oliver is my favorite of the 1968 nominees but 2001: A Space Odyssey wasn't nominated. Oliver won me over when the doomed Nancy sings As Long As He Need Me. It has haunted me for years. Sometimes logic should trump love. Every woman who supported Trump should be urged to watch it.

[First Speaker]

24. *Oliver* has its moments--but giving Fagin a "happy ending"...

...would have made Dickens blanche. It is virtually a bowdlerization of the novel for sentimental 20th century audiences, something to remember whenever we're inclined to patronize the "Victorians"...

[rsdsharp]

29. George Reeves was in From Here to Eternity?

I didn't know that. He was also in Gone With the Wind.

[pressbox69]

34. Yes

He and Superman co star Noel Neill both had small roles in Oscar winning best films.

[pressbox69]

14. Great

Now start collecting them all on DVD's.

[mainer]

22. Have you gotten to "Spotlight" yet?

I watched it for the first time this week. Wow, what a fascinating inside look at a newsroom. Beautifully restrained acting, manages to be exciting and riveting just through its dialogue.

[JustAnotherGen]

27. It was REALLY well done

I was as happy with that one as I would have been with The Big Short or Brooklyn winning.

[pressbox69]

35. Sorry

but Spotlight left me cold. It wasn't a good year although I liked Trumbo, Brooklyn, The Hateful Eight and parts of The Revenant.

[Kingofalldems]

23. Dana Andrews first 2 films won Best Picture I believe.

Laura and Best Years of Our Lives.

True?

[pressbox69]

36. False.

Andrews made many movies before those two. Best Years won but Laura wasn't nominated for best picture. Director Otto Preminger was nominated.

[JustAnotherGen]

26. I'm all about

The Sting
Gigi

and The Last Emperor

Oh - and Casablanca.

[SchrodingersCatbox]

41. I am a huge fan of The Sting!

It was the first Best Picture I ever saw before it won. That was the year of the streaker, and David Niven DEMOLISHED him with one well-placed line.

[Yavin4]

32. I've always felt that they shouldn't vote for the best picture until 5 years after

the movie's release like they do with the HOF.

[radical noodle]

33. The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex

was in color, but I had to do some research to find it.

[hibbing]

37. I'll probably get some heat here..Tootsie over Gandhi

Comedies are always tough to get best picture over more serious movies. But I believe Roger Ebert agreed on me on this, or best actor or something.


Peace

[pressbox69]

39. E.T. would be my choice that year.

Okay with Hoffman over Kingsly. Always felt Tootsie was the Some Like It Hot of it's era. Lemmon and Curtis pretended to be women because their lives depended on it. Hoffman did it so he could get a job and that angle fit right in during the age of Reagan.

[rurallib]

43. have you found the acting to greatly improve from year to year?

Is it noticeable or not really much change?

[JudyM]

71. Good question!

The style of acting, and of shooting, used to be so different.

[milestogo]

44. Out of Africa

would have to be my favorite. Beautiful with great actors, great score.

[Tikki]

45. I liked that movie.."In the Heat of the Night" (1967)

Tikki

[LeftInTX]

49. I watched it last night

[fNord]

46. Why? N/t

[TheMightyFavog]

47. I'm on 1964 now. How the hell did My Fair Lady beat out Dr. Strangelove?

Dr. Strangelove is obviously the superior film. For crying out loud, these terrible Cockney accents are extremely grating.

And this professor. Holy shit, he comes off a domestic abuser, doesn't he?

[LeftInTX]

50. My Fair Lady - very overrated

[Siwsan]

51. I was lucky enough to meet the man who did the choreography for My Fair Lady

Hermes Pan. He was a lovely man. I met him on the Queen Elizabeth II when I took my once in a lifetime cruise. He was one of the guest speakers and I ran into him in the first class lounge. I wasn't traveling first class, believe me, but the lounges were open to everyone. He was sitting at the bar, sipping on something, so my friend and I introduced ourselves. We spent the rest of the night listening to his wonderful stories about old Hollywood, and the movies he worked on.

[CanSocDem]

58. Best movie song of all time...

[TheMightyFavog]

52. And why did Sound of Music beat out Doctor Zhivago?

Zhivago was the better movie...

[jrandom421]

53. Here's the question that's been bugging me for years

Why did "Ordinary People" win best picture and "The Great Santini" never even got nominated?

[pressbox69]

59. That question

could be asked about a lot of winners in a lot of years.

[UTUSN]

54. Lawrence of Arabia vs To Kill Mockingbird - yeah yeah I know

As a good Lib whatever, I know blah blah. But Lawrence and O'TOOLE were spectacular and what anybody will see repeatedly.

My fave quote, after O'TOOLE lost 7 or 8 nominations and the so-called Academy invited him (to plump themselves up) to accept an honorary Oscar/trinket, he demurred, saying (he was in his 70s),

[font size=5]"Oh, no, I still have time to *EARN* one...?!1" -----------SERIOUS BURN!1[/font]

[pressbox69]

60. After his win

[WiffenPoof]

67. I loved Peter OToole in...

My Favorite Year

[Smickey]

55. There were a bunch of oscar winners being shown...

last night on TCM (Turner Classic Movies) and I noticed a theme. Maybe there was one and maybe I am just seeing this shit wherever I look these days. Seems to me that "Mutiny on the Bounty" followed by "Network" and then "The New Land" (about new immigrants to the USA) and finally "Ninotchka" (about russian spies). This was all I watched but seems to me that one could draw many connections between those set of movies and our current clusterfuck.

OK maybe they are in alphabetical order but I prefer to see it as Ted Turner being active in his own way.

OK maybe I need a media fast. lol

[Orrex]

56. Have you gotten to the X-rated one yet?

[TheMightyFavog]

68. Just finished Midnight Cowboy. I didn't like it.

I don't know, it kind of rubbed me the wrong way.

[shenmue]

57. Any cute dogs in these movies?

[TheMightyFavog]

69. Don't like dogs. I'm a cat person.

And there is a gorgeous kitty in Gigi.

[pressbox69]

61. Quick note

about this years favorite La La Land, it seems Emma Stone is the big favorite for Best Actress. I feel that was set up when they didn't nominate Amy Adams for Arrival. Adams carries arrival on her shoulders.

[ashling]

62. Why are you doing this?

???

[TheMightyFavog]

63. When the list of nominations came out...

I went on Wikipedia and looked at the list of movies that won Best Picture. I marveled at just how few of these movies I have seen. So, I decided to go ahead and watch every one of them.

[WiffenPoof]

64. How is it possible...

...that Rocky beats out:

Network
All the Presidents Men
and
Taxi Driver

For Best Picture

Unbelievable!

[WiffenPoof]

65. Great scenes that almost steal the movie...

I can think of two...

Beatrice Straight in Network

Wilford Brimely in Absence of Malice

[WiffenPoof]

66. Best movie that was a sleeper...

Breaking Away

[JudyM]

72. Will you let us know your top 5 when you finish?