Major Oscar Comebacks
Henry Fonda in The Grapes of Wrath (top); Fonda and Katharine Hepburn in On Golden Pond (bottom)
Below are the performers and directors who had a 20-year or longer gap between Academy Award nominations.
Unless otherwise noted, the nominations are for leading roles; years in bold means Oscar wins.
41 years between nominations
Henry Fonda (1940, The Grapes of Wrath — 1981, On Golden Pond)
38
Helen Hayes (1931-32, The Sin of Madelon Claudet — 1970, supporting, Airport)
Jack Palance (1953, supporting, Shane — 1991, supporting, City Slickers)
Alan Arkin (1968, The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter — 2006, supporting, Little Miss Sunshine)
35
Ralph Richardson (1949, supporting, The Heiress — 1984, supporting, Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes)
33
John [...]
by Andre Soares | February 1, 2006
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Tags: Academy Awards, Fay Bainter, Film Awards, Helen Hayes, Henry Fonda, Jack Palance, Julie Christie, Lynn Redgrave, On Golden Pond, Ralph Richardson, The Grapes of Wrath
Oscar’s Comeback Nominees
Ellen Burstyn in Requiem for a Dream (top); Roman Polanski, Adrien Brody in The Pianist (middle); Diane Lane in Unfaithful (bottom)
Since the 1960s, nearly every year has had at least one Oscar comeback in the acting/directing categories. Some were veterans getting their first chance at the Oscars; others were Oscar veterans getting their first nod in years.
Below are a few examples in the last 10 years. As per this list, Oscar’s comeback veterans hardly ever win.
2005
William Hurt, nominated as best supporting actor for A History of Violence. Hurt has three previous best actor nominations; the last one in 1987 was for Broadcast News. He won in 1985 for Kiss of [...]
by Andre Soares | February 1, 2006
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Tags: Academy Awards, Alan Alda, Diane Lane, Ellen Burstyn, Film Awards, Jeff Bridges, Julie Christie, Lauren Bacall, Lynn Redgrave, Roman Polanski, William Hurt
KINSEY II – Liam Neeson
KINSEY Review: Part I
Like the controversial hero of another biopic, Dustin Hoffman’s Lenny Bruce in Lenny, Kinsey is ostracized because he dares tell the uncomfortable truth to a hypocritical society that wants none of it. But unlike Hoffman’s neurotic and abrasive stand-up comedian, Condon’s Kinsey is an eccentric but wholly likable fellow. And therein lies the film’s biggest flaw.
Since this is a (mostly) American movie, we can accept hunky Liam Neeson playing the role of the hound-faced Alfred Kinsey, a carbon copy of actor Tom Ewell (the quasi-errant husband in The Seven Year Itch). But it is difficult to accept a sex-obsessed hero who is hardly ever shown enjoying the pleasures of sex. Even if Kinsey was more interested in [...]
by Andre Soares | October 14, 2004
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Tags: Alfred Kinsey, Bill Condon, Film Reviews, Gay Interest, Kinsey, Laura Linney, Liam Neeson, Lynn Redgrave, Sex, Timothy Hutton
