The first British film to win the Best Picture Oscar since Laurence Olivier’s “Hamlet,” in 1948, “Tom Jones” made its star, Albert Finney, a household name in America.
Oscar 2012: Argo Wins Producers Guild Award
January 27, 2013 by
“Argo” has advanced its awards momentum, scoring a major victory from the Producers Guild of America.
Oscar: Best Picture–My Fair Lady (1964)
January 27, 2013 by
George Cukor’s screen version of the hit musical, for which he finally won the Oscar (at his fifth nomination) is classy but also bloated, overlong, and suffering from bad dubbing.
Oscar 2012: Producers Discuss Joys, Fears, Anxieties–Eric Fellner, Ben Affleck, Kathleen Kennedy
January 27, 2013 by
Ang Lee: “Producers have to act as adults while directors can act like children, but the director’s side always wins.”
Oscar Movies: Murphy’s Romance (1986)
January 23, 2013 by
Martin Ritt reteams for the second time with Sally Field (who won an Oscar for their first film together, “Norma Rae”) in “Murphy’s Romance,” a mildly engaging tale, well acted by the two leads, especially James Garner, who received his first and only Best Actor nomination for his part.
