Word: oscared
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...could win you big money in a trivia contest some day, so save this list: Complaints of a Dutiful Daughter, D-Day Remembered, Freedom on My Mind, A Great Day in Harlem and Maya Lin: A Strong Clear Vision. One of these films will win this year's Oscar for Best Documentary Feature. And a host of moviewise people will mutter, "Yeah, well, it shoulda been Hoop Dreams...
...list: Roger & Me, The Thin Blue Line, A Brief History of Time, Visions of Light, 28 Up, It's All True, Paris Is Burning, The Wonderful Horrible Life of Leni Riefenstahl. These are among the most acclaimed documentaries of the past decade. And none was even nominated for an Oscar...
Aside from the campaign for President, the Oscar derby is America's most contentious horse race. Last week, when the year's nominations were announced, much of the noise was about one of the losers: Hoop Dreams, the story of two high school basketball stars from Chicago's ghetto. This potent family epic touched critics and audiences. Many felt it might get a Best Picture nomination, unheard of for a documentary...
Well, their friends got on a trivia list. But with Hoop Dreams-and another brilliant documentary, Crumb-missing, this Oscar category is like major league baseball. The heavy hitters aren't around, and replacement players have taken the field...
...OSCAR WILDE He's finally memorialized in Westminster Abbey's Poet's Corner THE WEINSTEIN BROTHERS Their Miramax Films nabs a leading 22 Oscar nominations...