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Jack Lemmon ’47, 1956, Best Supporting Actor...
Broderick Crawford, Class of 1934, 1950, Best Actor...
...Best Supporting Actor field is almost as low-intensity; out of the five nominees, Mystic River’s Tim Robbins has had the lion’s share of awards momentum, and few think that he’ll be denied a statue. Charlize Theron has a lock on Best Actress: she played against type six ways to Sunday, and Roger Ebert has led the same “Best...acting...ever” critical charge that helped propel Halle Berry to her Monster’s Ball Oscar two years ago. And if Return...
...hard favorites this year in every one of the big six categories—and I can’t remember the last year when that was the case. It’s hard to imagine Mystic River’s Sean Penn being upset for Best Actor, by Bill Murray or by anybody else; Penn’s been nominated four times, so he’d be due even if Academy voters didn’t already see him as his generation’s greatest talent. Renee Zellweger’s on her third Oscar...
...first place? Nobody went into last year’s awards thinking Roman Polanski or Adrien Brody had a chance at winning their awards; both were nominated in categories that became two-way races (Rob Marshall and Martin Scorcese for Director, Jack Nicholson and Daniel Day-Lewis for Best Actor) of which neither was considered a viable contender. Their richly deserved triumphs for their work in 2002’s best film not only made the show’s third act immediately exciting (could The Pianist actually ride its momentum to defeat long-standing favorite Chicago?), it offered enough...