What did you think of the Oscar show? I thought that with Billy Crystal as host (for the ninth time), it was dull, conventional, old-fashioned and nostalgic The Hollywood Reporter’s Tim Goodman: Perhaps this is just another thing to blame Brett Ratner for, since his mouth cost him the gig and Eddie Murphy went with […]
Oscar 2011: Nostalgic, Old-Fashioned, Conventional
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Oscar telecast on Sunday night had a real international flavour, with the two top winners paying homage to a bygone age of moviemaking.
Oscar Movies: Schtonk (1992)
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In this slapstick political satire, written and directed by Helmut Dietel, the protagonist is Fritz, a life-long forger of Nazi memorabilia.
Oscar Movies: Scent of Green Papayas, The (1992)
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Oscar Nominations: 1
Foreign Language Film
Oscar Movies: Bitter Rice (1950)–Starring Silvana Mangano–Story Nom
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In “Bitter Rice” (“Riso Amaro”), a landmark film of the Italian neorealist movement, the gorgeously looking Silvana Mangano portrays a woman named Silvana, working in the Po Valley rice fields.
