What makes this year unique is that I had never seen any of the Best Picture nominees before. Not a one. Coal Miner's Daughter? Missed it. Raging Bull? Passed me by. Tess? Never met her. Ordinary People? Look, you get the idea. This year was a chance for me to fill in some significant gaps in my movie knowledge.
And fill them I did! Not only did I finally watch The Elephant Man and The Blue Lagoon - I also included non-Oscar'd titles like The Blues Brothers and Popeye and American Gigolo. In the end, I watched 59 titles total - and still have a few more to go, as a VHS of Tribute is on its way, and the New Beverly Cinema in Los Angeles is playing Honeysuckle Rose next Sunday.
The Oscar Retrospective begins Monday, when we look back at the nominees for Best Supporting Actor. If you want to get in on the discussion, here's what's going down:
WEEK ONE
Best Supporting Actor (The Great Santini, Melvin and Howard, Ordinary People, Raging Bull)
Best Original Screenplay (Brubaker, Fame, Melvin and Howard, Mon oncle d'Amérique, Private Benjamin)
Best Score (Altered States, The Elephant Man, The Empire Strikes Back, Fame, Tess)
Best Actress (Coal Miner's Daughter, Gloria, Ordinary People, Private Benjamin, Resurrection)
Best Director (The Elephant Man, Ordinary People, Raging Bull, The Stunt Man, Tess)
Best Original Screenplay (Brubaker, Fame, Melvin and Howard, Mon oncle d'Amérique, Private Benjamin)
Best Score (Altered States, The Elephant Man, The Empire Strikes Back, Fame, Tess)
Best Actress (Coal Miner's Daughter, Gloria, Ordinary People, Private Benjamin, Resurrection)
Best Director (The Elephant Man, Ordinary People, Raging Bull, The Stunt Man, Tess)
WEEK TWO
Best Supporting Actress (Inside Moves, Melvin and Howard, Private Benjamin, Raging Bull, Resurrection)
Best Adapted Screenplay ('Breaker' Morant, Coal Miner's Daughter, The Elephant Man, Ordinary People, The Stunt Man)
Best Adapted Screenplay ('Breaker' Morant, Coal Miner's Daughter, The Elephant Man, Ordinary People, The Stunt Man)
Best Original Song (The Competition, Fame, Honeysuckle Rose, Nine to Five)
Best Actor (The Great Santini, The Elephant Man, Raging Bull, The Stunt Man, Tribute)
Best Picture (Coal Miner's Daughter, The Elephant Man, Ordinary People, Raging Bull, Tess)
Best Picture (Coal Miner's Daughter, The Elephant Man, Ordinary People, Raging Bull, Tess)
WEEK THREE
Casting Coup Week: Re-Casting the Best Picture Nominees of 1980
WEEK FOUR
Top Ten
Retro Hollmann Awards Nominees
Complete List of Movies Seen
The 1980 Retro Hollmann Awards
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