[HPFGU-OTChatter] Re: Other academy awards

[Kathryn]

>I thought the NYC stuff hit just the right tone, and I was shocked 
>and pleased to see Woody Allen, and thrilled that they started off 
>the montage with an excerpt from "Manhatten."  (I also loved the bit 
>with him and Tony Roberts from "Annie Hall.'  One of my favorite 
>moments in the movies.)  In retrospect, it would have been nice if 
>there had been some mention of DC, but I can certainly understand 
>how it happened, since the folks in the entertainment industry only 
>actually beleve in the existence of two cities, LA and NY. ;)

One (or possibly both) of the planes that crashed in NY were heading for the west coast so I gues that affected the Hollywood types more too.
Jonathan Ross (or possibly Greg Proops) mentioned that it was nice that WA got to pay tribute to NY and plug his films at the same time. Although to be fair I imagine the selection process went something along the lines of - let's list all the films featuring NY, now cross of the ones where something major gets blown up ... Bearing in mind how much Hollywood seems to have been avoiding anything that might seem in any way offensive I'm surprised they put in King Kong!

>And I also loved the clip of Daniel Radcliffe (did they film him on 
>the set of CoS?) saying how much he liked "Twelve Angry Men," the 
>first black and white film he'd ever seen!  What a great choice, and 
>totally not what you'd expect a twelve- or thirteen-year-old kid to 
>say!  Perhaps now that he's in films, he's boning up on some of the 
>classics, planning to make a career of it.  TAM really is a fabulous 
>character study which also deals with issues of justice with which 
>our society is still unable to come to terms.

I was really impressed. He came across as being really intelligent. It was a good choice.


> And I loved the tribute to Sidney Poitier, who is a 
> prince among actors and among men.


I liked Whoopie's comments about black actors apparently having nothing to say about Robert Redfore because I'd sat through the tribute to SP (which I too loved) thinking, "I know he was a role model/hero for a lot of today's coloured actors but don't any white actors have anything to say about him?" It seemed like they thought only black actors could possibly have a valid opinion.

K
Remember, amateurs built the Ark, professionals built the Titanic. 


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