Saturday, February 26, 2011
WHAT ARE THEY GONNA SAY ABOUT HIM? WHAT ARE THEY GONNA SAY? THAT HE WAS A KIND MAN? THAT HE WAS A WISE MAN? THAT HE HAD PLANS, MAN? THAT HE HAD WISDOM? Top pick for this year's Oscar Necrology include Dennis Hopper, Lynn Redgrave, Tony Curtis, Jill Clayburgh, Pete Postlethwaite, Leslie Nielsen, Patricia Neal, Blake Edwards and Gloria Stuart. (Lena Horne is receiving a separate tribute.) Place your bets, and we'll see you here tomorrow night for the live chat.
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Tony Curtis
ReplyDeleteDennis Hopper, and they borrow a page from the TCM reel and group Nielsen, Peter Graves and Barbara Billingsley together.
ReplyDeleteNow we just have to hope they don't repeat last years debacle and we can actually see the names of the lesser known people.
Is there really any chance it won't be Tony Curtis? I suppose an outside chance for Dennis Hopper. Sadly, I won't be able to watch with a Monday deadline for a brief.
ReplyDeleteI assumed Hopper would win. More beloved by the youngsters in the room.
ReplyDeleteI think Patricia Neal is a contender. Also Lynn Redgrave, and if they don't group the Airplane trio, Nielsen.
ReplyDeleteI hope Anne Francis leads into Leslie Nielsen.
ReplyDeleteI was the anon who said Tony Curtis. He and Hopper made more major movies than the others on the necrology rolls. But while both are pretty major, Curtis was better loved. His Sweet Smell of Success trumps Hopper's Rebel Without a Cause; Some Like It Hot trumps Giant; Spartacus and Easy Rider are probably equal. Blue Velvet trumps anything Curtis did in late career.
ReplyDeleteif Jamie Lee is in the theater, would that tip things toward Tony?
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