Comments on: Ten Great Oscar-less Hollywood Icons

By: Kristel

Kristel — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 00:48:02 +0000

Steve McQueen definitely!!!!!!

By: Kristel

Kristel — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 00:48:00 +0000

Steve McQueen definitely!!!!!!

By: barry rebber

barry rebber — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 23:11:31 +0000

i agree with wooser johnny depp is da bomb

By: barry rebber

barry rebber — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 23:11:00 +0000

i agree with wooser johnny depp is da bomb

By: Zach

Zach — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 17:53:53 +0000

Actually Jason, the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film is NOT awarded to the
director. The director only accepts the Oscar at the award ceremony. The Oscar is then
given to the film academy of the respective country who won, and they can do with it as
they please (Canada, for instance, has the Oscar for The Barbarian Invasions on display
in a museum in Quebec). Therefore, Fellini, Kurosawa, and Bergman certainly accepted
many Oscars – on behalf of Italy, Sweden, Japan, and in that bizarre case with
Kurosawa, the Soviet Union, would only be able to keep those Oscars if their respective
film academies allowed them to.

There was only one instance where individuals were given the award, and that was in
1956 when Best Foreign Language Film first became an official category. “La Strada”
won, but guess what? They didn’t put the directors’ names on the ballot – the producers
were nominated. Therefore, Fellini didn’t receive an Oscar for “La Strada” – his
producers Carlo Ponti and Dino De Laurentis did.

By: Zach

Zach — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 17:53:00 +0000

By: fervor

fervor — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 06:41:00 +0000

I wonder how Lawrence of Arabia won best picture? Would Jason have relegated it to the best foreign film category? Back to the research… I’m with Brian on this one.

By: fervor

fervor — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 06:41:00 +0000

I wonder how Lawrence of Arabia won best picture? Would Jason have relegated it to the best foreign film category? Back to the research… I’m with Brian on this one.

By: ruben

ruben — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 10:16:25 +0000

Natalie Wood should have won for SPLENDOR IN THE GRASS

By: ruben

ruben — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 10:16:00 +0000

Natalie Wood should have won for SPLENDOR IN THE GRASS

By: Arthur Kroncke

Arthur Kroncke — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 08:15:36 +0000

Peter O’Toole is one of the 5 best actors OF ALL TIME! He should have at least two or three oscars by now. It is a crime that he never won even once. Lawrence of Arabia; Beckett; Lion in Winter. Each time he should have won. No one on this planet is more deserving of an Oscar.
Well done Mr. Peter O’Toole. Even without an actual Oscar win, we all recognize your brilliance.

By: Arthur Kroncke

Arthur Kroncke — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 08:15:00 +0000

By: Jason Linville

Jason Linville — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 05:49:44 +0000

This is ridiculous, the directors won what they could win, they were honored as much as possible. If a film has won an academy award for best foreign film what other honor at the oscar ceremonies is he/she, the director, eligible for. Since freaking when are foreign films and foreign directors nominated for best picture and best director at the oscars when they have a separate catagory of their own. Some people just can’t admitt when they are wrong. Here’s a little headline for you idiots that appeared just after Ingmar Bergmans death. I’ll just give you the first little bit emphasis mine …

“Legendary Swedish director Ingmar Bergman has died at the age of 89. The THREE-TIME OSCAR WINNER created some of the most acclaimed films of the past century, including “Fanny and Alexander” and “The Seventh Seal.”

By: Jason Linville

Jason Linville — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 05:49:00 +0000

By: Cole Abaius

Cole Abaius — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 19:45:03 +0000

It would also be pointless to create a list of non-Hollywood icons that weren’t honored. The list would be too long and too esoteric. And to count an Honorary Oscar is noble, but it’s more a situation of the Academy seeing someone who’s never won that should have and righting that wrong. This list is for people that achieved incredible feats but never directly won the statue.

Yeah, I love Peckinpah, and it would have been cool for him to snag an Oscar, but is he a Hollywood Icon? Doubtful. His name isn’t well known outside of film101 classes – not in the way Fellini’s or certainly Cary Grant’s is. And saying that foreign directors are Oscar winners because their film was named best foreign film is a little misleading. Best Film awards usually go to Producers because of their oversight of the entire project. The director is obviously a major part of the process, but there’s more to movie-making than that. It’s like an actor claiming he/she is an Oscar winner because their film won Best Pic. They’d never get away with that. Why should a director?

I really dig the conversation this list started though.

My only complaint at first reading was the lack of women. Maybe that should be its own list? The Top Female Icons that are Oscarless? Care to write a sequel Nate?

By: Cole Abaius

Cole Abaius — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 19:45:00 +0000

I really dig the conversation this list started though.

My only complaint at first reading was the lack of women. Maybe that should be its own list? The Top Female Icons that are Oscarless? Care to write a sequel Nate?

By: Brian C. Gibson

Brian C. Gibson — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 19:08:03 +0000

Why does nobody understand that when a director’s film wins an Oscar, that doesn’t make him an Oscar winner. A director does not win an Oscar unless it is a Best Director Oscar. He may have produced the film, and get an Oscar for producing a Best Film winner, but he himself is not an Oscar winner until he wins for his specific contribution to a film

By: Brian C. Gibson

Brian C. Gibson — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 19:08:00 +0000

By: Jason Linville

Jason Linville — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 17:24:26 +0000

You are right Joe it’s Gate of Hell, but the others are correct and it doesn’t change the face that Felini, Kurosawa, and Bergman have all won multiple oscars and should not be on this list.

It’s ridiculous that this got on the home page of IMBD.

By: Jason Linville

Jason Linville — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 17:24:00 +0000

You are right Joe it’s Gate of Hell, but the others are correct and it doesn’t change the face that Felini, Kurosawa, and Bergman have all won multiple oscars and should not be on this list.

It’s ridiculous that this got on the home page of IMBD.