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The biggest theft in Oscar history was Tommy Lee Jones over Ralph Fiennes in 1994...
Posted on 7/3/26 at 2:13 pm
Posted on 7/3/26 at 2:13 pm
I'm sorry...but WTF? Look...I love me The Fugitive and think it's a very entertaining film with solid performances from the entire cast. However, can anyone say with a straight face that Tommy Lee Jones deserved the Oscar over Ralph Fiennes that year? His performance as Amon Goeth in Schindler's List is absolutely iconic. The man disappears in the role and shows us just how evil man can become given the right set of circumstances.
While Tommy Lee Jones is very entertaining as Gerard, his performance just isn't on the same level. Obviously people will counter with the likes of Crash, Shakespeare in Love, or even How Green Was My Valley...but I think Tommy Lee Jones beating out Fiennes is a far more egregious error.
While Tommy Lee Jones is very entertaining as Gerard, his performance just isn't on the same level. Obviously people will counter with the likes of Crash, Shakespeare in Love, or even How Green Was My Valley...but I think Tommy Lee Jones beating out Fiennes is a far more egregious error.
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Posted on 7/3/26 at 2:22 pm to RollTide1987
It’s a holiday weekend, maybe let that bitterness go.
Posted on 7/3/26 at 2:39 pm to PsychTiger
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It’s a holiday weekend, maybe let that bitterness go.
I'm working the entire weekend so I can't.
Posted on 7/3/26 at 2:40 pm to RollTide1987
You can't deny Tommy Lee Jones' tour de force performance playing Tommy Lee Jones.
Fiennes was robbed for sure.
Fiennes was robbed for sure.
Posted on 7/3/26 at 3:23 pm to coolpapaboze
n the 1993 film The Fugitive. He orders his team,
quote:
What I want from each and every one of you is a hard-target search of every gas station, residence, warehouse, farmhouse, henhouse, outhouse and doghouse in that area."
Posted on 7/3/26 at 3:38 pm to RollTide1987
2001: A Space Odyssey losing to Oliver for production design and not even being nominated for cinematography are all timers
Posted on 7/3/26 at 4:03 pm to RollTide1987
The Oscars has always been bullshite
Posted on 7/3/26 at 5:42 pm to RollTide1987
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The man disappears in the role and shows us just how evil man can become given the right set of circumstances.
Fictional, but an incredible work of art
Posted on 7/3/26 at 6:19 pm to RollTide1987
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The biggest theft in Oscar history was
Ellen Burstyn losing Best Actress to Julia Roberts.
Posted on 7/3/26 at 6:20 pm to RollTide1987
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but I think Tommy Lee Jones beating out Fiennes is a far more egregious error.
I had completely forgotten that. I agree.
Posted on 7/3/26 at 6:39 pm to RollTide1987
That would be Moonlight over La La Land.
I can’t argue that Fiennes wouldn’t have been a better pick but Moonlight was hot garbage and I usually like most Hollywood sniffing their own fart movies.
I can’t argue that Fiennes wouldn’t have been a better pick but Moonlight was hot garbage and I usually like most Hollywood sniffing their own fart movies.
Posted on 7/3/26 at 7:42 pm to SECSolomonGrundy
Posted on 7/3/26 at 8:18 pm to RollTide1987
Val Kilmer not even being nominated for “Tombstone” is an all-time disgrace. It goes to show that there are some actors whom Hollywood just doesn’t like, for whatever reason, and the industry makes it known. Even in subtle ways like this.
Posted on 7/3/26 at 8:21 pm to RollTide1987
Birdman robbed Whiplash in broad daylight
Posted on 7/3/26 at 9:19 pm to RollTide1987
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While Tommy Lee Jones is very entertaining as Gerard, his performance just isn't on the same level.
Posted on 7/3/26 at 10:37 pm to CocomoLSU
Michael Caine over
Tom Cruise
Jude Law
Michael Clarke Duncan
Haley Joel Osment
Literally any of the other four could’ve won and I’d have been happy.
Tom Cruise
Jude Law
Michael Clarke Duncan
Haley Joel Osment
Literally any of the other four could’ve won and I’d have been happy.
Posted on 7/3/26 at 11:16 pm to boston vol
won over
Posted on 7/3/26 at 11:18 pm to RollTide1987
I got one better. Do you know who won the Oscar for best supporting actor in the 1976 Oscars? Me either…but I know it wasn’t Robert Shaw in Jaws WHO WASNT EVEN NOMINATED!
That is the biggest theft
That is the biggest theft
This post was edited on 7/3/26 at 11:19 pm
Posted on 7/4/26 at 12:07 am to RollTide1987
A friend of mine was a PA when JFK was filming in New Orleans. He and a camera assistant were getting a ride from one of the remote locations back to Production HQ in a van along with TLJ. They thought he was just striking up a conversation when he asked them what their jobs were. After they answered him Jones said "My contract says that I don't ride with anyone below Executive Producer" and had the driver kick them out in the middle of the Projects.
Posted on 7/4/26 at 2:01 am to RollTide1987
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The biggest theft in Oscar history was Tommy Lee Jones over Ralph Fiennes in 1994...
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