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...Back to our story. So this is how I figure it went: "What about Cider House Rules?" one of the brothers must have muttered during a particularly exasperating Oscars strategy meeting. "Can I have another doughnut?" said the other...
...Forty-three ads in Variety later, Cider House Rules finds itself with seven nominations. Deserving films like The Talented Mr. Ripley, Election, Toy Story 2 and Being John Malkovich get shut out by a cheesy Republican movie. Miramax preserves its streak. The story ends happily for the Weinsteins. Ah! But wait... It's more complicated. See, last year, the race boiled down to Saving Private Ryan vs. Shakespeare in Love. Saving Private Ryan was a Dreamworks movie, Shakespeare, of course, a Miramax one. Ryan was the heavily favored juggernaut-but the Weinsteins orchestrated such a monster PR campaign with literally...
...when The Cider House Rules got nominated, you can bet that Spielberg and the team at Dreamworks had abdominal cramps. American Beauty, of course, is the frontrunner-and that's a Dreamworks film. Do you see it now? Yes, Miramax is staging a repeat of last year's race: Dreamworks' favored American Beauty vs. the Miramax underdog Cider House. Does it matter that Cider House isn't as good as Shakespeare in Love and that American Beauty is far superior to Saving Private Ryan? Absolutely not. The Academy voters ignore such subtleties. If you scream loud enough, their hearing aids...
...recently announced Oscar nominations. He expresses disappointment that Bob Hoskins didn't receive a nod for his work in Felicia's Journey, but admits that the category of Best Actor was very crowded this year, with many deserving candidates. "I was kind of surprised The Cider House Rules ended up with a Best Picture nod," he says. "But I was very happy to see The Sixth Sense recognized. I also thought Topsy-Turvy might have gotten more nominations...
...votes every year)--so the nominees always represent either good, wholesome entertainment or box-office blockbusters (when older people are in doubt as to what's cool, they just follow the charts. By that rationale, Pokemon probably placed 6th in the Best Picture race.) So they nominate The Cider House Rules, The Green Mile and The Sixth Sense instead of the three real best pictures of the year--The Talented Mr. Ripley, Being John Malkovich and The End of the Affair (throw in Election or Toy Story 2 and I'd still be happy). To look edgy, they reluctantly toss...