Cinema legends forgotten by the Oscar – The Nacional.com

In its 88 year history, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has made some omissions when delivering his famous Oscar awards, forgetting about a great geniuses of direction and acting that, sometimes , they were tried to apologize with some honorary awards. In the list below we review the most recognized names in the film industry that were forgotten at the Oscars

. ACTORS FORGOTTEN BY ACADEMY

GRETA GARBO
The Swedish actress never won an Oscar despite being nominated four times ( for his work and “Anna Christie,” “Romance,” “the lady of the camellias” and “Ninotchka”). In 1954, the Academy awarded him the Honorary Oscar, Greta Garbo spoke about sending their appreciation, but decided not to be present at the ceremony.

GENE KELLY
Renowned actor and dancer, was nominated for Best Actor for the film “anchors Aweigh” in 1945. Six years later he would receive the Honorary Oscar for his great contribution to the musical theater.

CARY GRANT
Renowned actor was nominated twice. First by “Lonely Heart” (1941), then by “Penny Serenade” (1944). Being one of the best actors of the time, only received an Honorary Oscar in 1970.

KIRK DOUGLAS
Celebrated actor, known for his wonderful role in “Spartacus” (1960). Douglas was nominated three times: with “The idol of clay” (1949), with “The Bad” (1952) and “Lust for Life” (1956). Like his former colleagues, veteran Kirk Douglas had to settle for an honorary Oscar in 1996.

HENRY FONDA
the actor, who was an icon of classic cinema, father of Jane Fonda also very talented, after 40 years of experience had not received any Oscar . In 1981, Henry, Jane and Katharine Hepburn starred in “On Golden Pond”, a film about the difficult relationship between a father and his daughter. Jane agreed to act as a daughter of his own father. Although this is not the best performance of this actor, the Academy, by way of apology, was awarded the Oscar for this role in March 1982. Henry Fonda did not come to receive the prize, but did Jane, who with tears eyes thanked his father for everything. Months later, in August of that same year, Henry Fonda would die at age 77. Only prize is a souvenir photo appear where Jane and Henry pretty run down, holding the Oscar.

FORGOTTEN BY DIRECTORS ACADEMY

CHARLES CHAPLIN
director, actor, screenwriter, producer and composer. One of the founders of the history of cinema and never received an Oscar in any of the main categories: Best Director, Best Actor and Best Screenplay. It is true that Chaplin has three Oscars, but the first one is an honorary Oscar he received in 1928 for having produced, written, acted and directed the film “The Circus”.

In the fifties, Chaplin was touring Europe promoting “Limelight”, where he received a telegram from the US government notifying him that he can not return home because he has been accused of communist, so I had to exile in Switzerland until his death in 1977.

in 1972 he returned to Hollywood only to receive apologies from the film world and the Academy, who decides to give his second Honorary Oscar for his career and great contribution to the cinema, one of the pioneers of cinema. When Chaplin, 83, approaches the podium to receive the gold statuette is evident emotion of the audience to stand for 12 minutes and praise among strong palms, screams and sobs, being the longest standing ovation in the history of the Oscars and one of the greatest moments. Charlot was back!

The third Oscar winning this genius was the Best Soundtrack for the film “Limelight,” which finished filming in 1952 and premiered globally least in America. This film contains a magnificent scene next to be his “rival” in comedy for many years, another great silent film comedian Buster Keaton, the first and only time acting together. “Limelight” just might be released in the US in 1972, so the prize was only in the year’s Academy Awards 1973.

ALFRED HITCHCOCK
the master of suspense was also one of the forgotten Hollywood. Hitchcock, who may have a record of masterpieces in his career, never won an Oscar despite being nominated six times, five of them for Best Director for “Rebecca” (1940), “Lifeboat” (1944) “Remember” (1945), “Rear window” (1954) and “Psycho” (1960); and Best Producer for “Suspicion” (1941).

In 1968, he was awarded the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award, the Honorary Oscar producers. His speech was, so far, the shortest in the history of the Oscars. He just went up to the state to say “thank you”, as he was cheered by the audience. Hitchcock was very upset with the Academy for not having never granted the long-awaited golden statuette and when asked what he thought about the awards, his answer was quite clear: “The Oscars Are these annual awards which nobody remembers? who won the previous year. “

Michelangelo Antonioni

the Italian filmmaker tops the list of major foreign” ignored “by the Academy. Antonioni, who reflected in his films the darkest parts of a desperate society, be an active participant in various demonstrations against the Vietnam War in the United States during the 70s, so he was arrested and marked its tab technique. When, in 1995, he returned to the country to receive the Honorary Oscar for his talented film career, he was arrested, but because of his advanced age and having medium body paralyzed by a stroke, was released at the same time.

RIDLEY SCOTT AND Stanley Kubrick

The two talented directors one of them currently in force have not been recognized by the Academy.

Ridley Scott, nominated for Best Director for “Thelma and Louise” (1991), “Gladiator” (2000) and “The fall of black hawk” (2001); and Best Picture in this edition of Osca by “The Martians” (2015), has failed to achieve to date none of the prizes in the categories mentioned. Only credited with an Oscar in his career, which was the winning “Gladiator” in 2001 for Best Picture, but in this category the prize is taken the producers of the film.

Stanley Kubrick, the master of science fiction cinema remembered for his “2001: a space odyssey”, has been nominated 12 times throughout his career, among which his following films: “Dr. Strangelove” (1964), “orange mechanics “(1971),” Born to kill “(1987). Only he won for “2001: A Space Odyssey” (1968), in the category of Best Visual Effects. Kubrick died in 1999 at age 70, he was in the last days of filming his controversial film “Eyes Wide Shut” starring Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman.