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 To Put Slumdog's 8 Oscars Into Context The English Patient won 9 Oscars, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Editing, Best Cinematography, Best Sound, and Best Score. 
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Re: To Put Slumdog's 8 Oscars Into Context and then the director died.
watch out, mr. boyle.
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Johnny Dollar
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Re: To Put Slumdog's 8 Oscars Into Context If you're suggesting there's a negative correlation between Oscar trophies and quality, well, let me tell you:
Return of the King won 11! Wait...
Gigi went 9-for-9! Hold up...
Out of Africa won 7! Uh oh...
Casablanca won 3! Ah, I see.
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Christian
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Re: To Put Slumdog's 8 Oscars Into Context WON'T HE JUST DIE ALREADY? /elaine
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Re: To Put Slumdog's 8 Oscars Into Context yoshue wrote:
Gigi went 9-for-9! Hold up...
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Johnny Dollar
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Re: To Put Slumdog's 8 Oscars Into Context You overlook the potent powers of persuasion held by the monstrous Leslie Caron!
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Dr. Lecter
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Re: To Put Slumdog's 8 Oscars Into Context But Best Screenplay... Damn...
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Johnny Dollar
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Re: To Put Slumdog's 8 Oscars Into Context Yeah, it's not good. I think they just wanted to celebrate Minnelli and Freed.
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Re: To Put Slumdog's 8 Oscars Into Context yoshue wrote: Out of Africa won 7! Uh oh...
and yet, not for meryl, the only thing that movie is remembered for.
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Re: To Put Slumdog's 8 Oscars Into Context Out of Africa is remembered for Meryl Streep? And here, all these years, I thought it was remembered for shit nothing.
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Re: To Put Slumdog's 8 Oscars Into Context well, on AD. but yeah, they will be talking about mamma mia into the 31st century.
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BJ
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Re: To Put Slumdog's 8 Oscars Into Context Rorschach wrote: Oscars mean nothing. Winning one doesn't make a film good or bad. Losing one doesn't make a film good or bad. Having more than others doesn't make a film good or bad. Oscars have zero value. _________________The Force Awakens
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Re: To Put Slumdog's 8 Oscars Into Context Rorschach wrote: Oscars mean nothing. Winning one doesn't make a film good or bad. Losing one doesn't make a film good or bad. Having more than others doesn't make a film good or bad. Oscars have zero value. I disagree. Oscars are helping slumdog gross at least 100M more than what it would have made without. That is just here. WW it would be HUGE.
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Re: To Put Slumdog's 8 Oscars Into Context Children Of Men won nothing in 2006.
I rest my case.
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Re: To Put Slumdog's 8 Oscars Into Context AnJon Lyrik Chigurh wrote: Children Of Men won nothing in 2006.
Overrated, it is. But it deserved Cinematography. Big time. _________________The greatest thing on earth is to love and to be loved in return!
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Tyler
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Re: To Put Slumdog's 8 Oscars Into Context What about Editing? Not that The Departed isn't well-edited, but it's old-hat by now.
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Dr. Lecter
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Re: To Put Slumdog's 8 Oscars Into Context United 93 all the way there.
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Re: To Put Slumdog's 8 Oscars Into Context AnJon Lyrik Chigurh wrote: Children Of Men won nothing in 2006.
I rest my case. And yet you'll still be bitching about Up getting only 4 nominations next year. See you then.
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Tyler
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Re: To Put Slumdog's 8 Oscars Into Context Why so uptight? I ain't predicting Up, no way, no how, either. Though as long as it's great, it'll probably be five or six. Ratatouille got that much in a really competitive year.
Ever see Virginia Woolfe? That's what my relationship with the Oscars is like. Movie fanatic thing.
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Re: To Put Slumdog's 8 Oscars Into Context Rorschach wrote: Oscars mean nothing. Winning one doesn't make a film good or bad. Losing one doesn't make a film good or bad. Having more than others doesn't make a film good or bad. Oscars have zero value. Long term you're right. They are not necessarily indicators of quality. _________________Buy my books! http://michaelaventrella.com
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