10. Denzel Washington wins an Oscar for Best Actor in 2001 for Training Day.
Long after Halle's little hysteria fest is forgotten, I think everyone will remember Denzel looking, grasping his Oscar, and nodding at Sydney Poitier. The two men had a very intimate moment on national television, but both were very quiet and dignified, and everything was exchanged with a smile, a twinkle in the eye, and a nod of acknowledgment. This is one of the most touching moments I've ever seen in the history of the awards.




9. Michael Moore tells Everyone exactly what he thinks. 2003
You may have hated it. You may have thought it was snooty and selfish, but say what you will, this is what makes the Oscars great. The unpredictable, the unexpected, and the incredibly strong opinionated Moore staring straight into the crowd and saying Iraq is a sham. He'll never get nominated again, but it was his chance and he took it. Action in a night of boring ettiequette.




8. The Kiss. 2003
Some people were mad and said he was taking advantage of Berry, but I really don't think so at all. He was just young and excited and had no idea what he was doing up there. He was along shot, and frankly, didn't deserve it compared to the other performances of the year, but we'll always remember this youngest oscar winner for lead male role bursting with kissable energy.




7. Robert Opal. 1974
Bwahahahaha! Nothing like a little streaking across the stage in front of millions of viewers to make Liz Taylor get flustered and David Niven rebound in grande style by claiming that Opal needed to get attention for his shortcomings in the only way he probably could. Expert suave cool on Niven's part. Instantly vaulted him to one of my favorite actors of all times.





6. Louis Fletcher wins for Cuckoo's Nest. 1975
Fletcher wins for her first and only nomination ever, and during her acceptance speech translates her own words into sign language for both her deaf parents who are watching from a tv at home. This is really one of the sentimental favorites and probably stimulated the awards to have an onsight sign translator in following ceremonies.





5. Godfather beats out Cabaret in 1972.
I don't get it. This is the Oscar shocker of all times for me. Its personal, I just don't see how the call went the way it did.





4. Lina Wurtmuller gets a nom nod for Best Director. 1976
She becomes the first woman in Oscar history to get a nomination for Best Director. And until Jane Campion decades later, the only woman





3. Hey, what are those kids signing anyways? 1977
Debby Boone sings her oscar nominated song "You Light Up My Life" while 11 kids in the background sign her song for the hearing impaired. The kids weren't actually deaf, what they were signing wasn't actually a language. Hehehe. Ooooooooh.





2. I Always Get My Man. 1990
Madonna, hands and voice shaking, gets up in a sultry white dress and a stole and proceeds to sing one of my favorite Madonna songs, Dick Tracy's "I Always Get My Man." Best singing performance in Oscar history. The lady knows how to put on a show. Whipping her stole around and throwing her earrings at the audiance before proceeding to yell at general Schwarzkopf. The fact that she was shaking and nervous as hell made it all the more endearing.





1. Sacheen Littlefeather. 1974
C'mon. I don't even need to explain this one, everyone knows it that well. This is the stuff that makes me want to watch every year. Its not what you watch, its what you can't miss.


Runner Up: Begnini (1998) walking ontop of all those people. Hopping up on stage, and saying something about making love to everyone in the firmament.

Enjoy...

I really liked Julia Robert's speech and Halle Berries speech as well

Unlessa, of course, you saw the IFP's the night before :wink:

That's what bothered m4e about it, actually...too rehearsed.

Agreed with Rod. He basically repeated what he said the night before. I thought Adrian Brody gave the best speech of the night when he talked about dehumanlization of the war. That's how you give an anti-war speech and actually deserve a standing ovation.

I can't remember a lot, but the one speech that sticks out is Julia's in 2000. I remember she thanked just about everybody, and the fellow nominees looked really happy for her (Even though I'm sure they wanted to win).

Shakespeare in Love winning Best Picture against Saving Private Ryan is up there.

An eternal disgrace for the Academy.

Oh, I know. I think I almost fell over when I heard that.

Not that SIL was bad, because it isn't, but SPR is just that good.

Roberto Benigni winning Best Actor, jumping to the top of the chair, and giving out the speech (he said something like "I already used all my English in the last speech) is the highlight of that year's ceremony, even though I don't agree with the choice (Ian McKellen should've won).

All I remember about Sir Ian that year was his interesting choice in boyfriends.

Yeah. But she forgot to mention Erin. That was hilarious. She apparently felt so bad later that she sent her flowers. Julia's cute and all, not a bad actress, but I've always found her to be so self-obsessed I want to slap her in the face.



@Rod and Xia...you mean Brody kissed Berry the day before too? If he did, then I'm switching it up for Coburn stopping the music to say he'll never be up there again, and then dieing the following year.


@Lecter and Chris...Oh but c'mon. If Shakespeare hadn't gotten such weird acclaim, than Paltrow wouldn't have gotten that Oscar and sniffled all over the mic thanking the two puppies that meant so much in her life. Her little puppy as a baby and Ben, her baby puppy as an adult.

Sally Field and her "You like me, you REALLY like me" speech was funny.

Julia Roberts gets on my last nerve, and I'd like to pee on her.

Sally Field will never live that down. She even made fun of herself the following year when she had to present the award for best actor. FYI...matatonio had a moment like that here recently. hehe.

Scroll half way down this page for Sally pics:

http://worldofkj.com/forum/viewtopic.ph ... &start=475

and I agree with you about Roberts. You got the whole world ready to listen to you, love you, and with the flick of a finger (at some point in the mid-90's) could have had more potent words then il Papa, and all you can do is kvetch about your hubbies and how tough your life it. Meh. I'm not losing tears for the highest paid actress in film history just because she's having trouble dating. I get that pleasure without the extra millions/year and health benefits. :violin:

somebody else used that infamous line after winning an award during one of the ones at BOM. Jim Carrey did it in The Mask too.

Julia's biggest problem these days, seems to be that Catherine Zeta Jones was billed before her in Ocaens 12. (even though she gets and Julia Roberts at the end, which is a big sign of respect, and far better than the billing Jones recieved at #5 or #6 or whatever she got. )

It's ALWAYS about Julia. Luckily she has a large sized mouth, because her feet are pretty big too, and when she puts one in her mouth, it's probably not too uncomfortable for her.

I'll defend Shakespeare in Love's win til the day I die (don't worry at the rate I'm going it wont be long :wink: ).

But I do agree that its one of the most surprising wins in history, hence one of the best/most memorable moments too.

Rod, shakespeare in love was cute, and pleasant. i watched it big screen and it had very good direction, script, the acting was decent, and I liked the camera work and costumes, but it wasn't that good. It was too easy of a line. I already mentioned in my neverland review that what i didn't like about it was how direct the connection between shakespeare and his muse, and Romeo and Juliet was. Its too easy. I write about my love for a woman, and it becomes a hit, and then we act in it together on the night that makes it a hit. Oh, how lovely.

Judy Dench then steps in to pardon the fact that the woman I love is in fact a woman, and shouldn't have been on stage, and then everyone is happy. Why split from the traditional ending of the Montagues and Capulets then? why not have it not be okay that a woman got on stage, sentence her to death, have her run to an apothacary and get some poison...and well, you know the story. Its too selective in when it ties their own lives into the literary characters lives and when it doesn't. Not very demnding of its audiance. I nice movie, very well done, probably abot a B, but not the cream of the crop. I haven't seen SPR, so can't say if that was better or not. I was holding out for Life is Beautiful that year I believe.

Well, the same can be said about Saving Private Ryan (and I always do). While I won't deny the film is extremely well done, it doesn't really break any new ground among war movies (though I'm not sure if I'd say its about the war itself), and I don't know...I just didn't find it to be the absolute best of the year.


I prefer shakespeare in love because, while, yes, there are some obvious cliches, it's hard to come by a movie so witty and ultimately entertaining. And it's nice to see the academy award something lighter instead of always going for the deep drama.

I don't think Julia ever had any problem with that, just people making up stupid rumors.

Yea, I remember that also. She thanked everybody, except Erin.

Nah. That sounds about right for a woman who is seeing herself fall from the limelight and is desperately trying to fend of the new Hollywood hunnies. If she's was smart, she'd just go in on collaborations and smaller projects. I actually thought it was good she did stuff like Mona Lisa Smile, even if it wasn't a great movie. She's just gotta ride with it and realize Hollywood, like everything, has a very short term memory. Doesn't matter is you got an Oscar three years ago, or if you were everyone's darling in 1990. Hollywood is always looking for a fresh face, and she should just pick up the mature roles like Burstyn and Streep and get on with it.

Well, I don't think she actually is mad that she was credited last. There's no reason to be. I think she's starting to "go with the flow" of hollywood actors. Doing Closer is a kind of starting point to mature roles that don't focus only on her. She is nearing 40, after all.

What about this memerable moment: John Wayne's last appearance in public. When he presented best picture, he made a speech so memorable that it is sad that he died shortly after this appearance.

Here is another famous moment: Charlie Chaplin returns to LA. After a 30 year exile, he was finally welcomed back to the US, to accept his Honarary Oscar. He got a 5 minute standing ovation.

What did Charlie do to flee the US?

He was banished for raping a 16 year old girl (who happened to be Marion Davis), so he flee to England before he was thrown in bar.